Byron Connolly

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Aussie ISV does $11m Latin dance

Aussie ISV does $11m Latin dance

Perth-based software developer HarvestRoad has bagged a four-year, $11 million contract with Mexico-based Latin American Institute of Educational Communication (ILCE) to provide its Hive software for a digital repository system.
Byron Connolly Jan 15 2004, 12:00AM Software
Commander to buy Jtec

Commander to buy Jtec

Commander Communications is set to pay $3.5 million for managed outsourced telecommunications provider and Panaseer subsidiary Jtec.
Byron Connolly Jan 8 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Retailers revel in Christmas sales bonanza

Retailers revel in Christmas sales bonanza

Retailers have reported strong computer product sales over the Christmas period, driven largely by a boom in consumer spending on digital cameras and notebooks.
Byron Connolly Jan 6 2004, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Dell enters retail market in New Zealand

Dell enters retail market in New Zealand

Dell Computer has initiated a pilot project selling its low-end Dimension 2400 PCs at New Zealand retailer The Warehouse.
Byron Connolly Jan 6 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Symantec to reduce enterprise channel

Symantec to reduce enterprise channel

Security vendor Symantec will reduce its number of enterprise security and solution partners by 50 percent, following an ongoing restructure of its channel.
Byron Connolly Dec 16 2003, 12:00AM Security
Quadtel resurrected

Quadtel resurrected

Six months after going into administration, ASX-listed Quadtel Limited has been resurrected with an agreement to acquire Original Spin, a developer of wireless mobile software applications.
Byron Connolly Dec 12 2003, 12:00AM Training & Development
Wyse launches formal channel program

Wyse launches formal channel program

Thin-client vendor Wyse Technology has launched its first formal partner program, opening a market development fund (MDF) for Gold and Platinum partners who achieve a quarterly POS of US$10,000 or more from distributors Express Data and Alstom IT.
Byron Connolly Dec 11 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Integrators in end of year acquisitions

Integrators in end of year acquisitions

Storage integrator SecureData (SDG) has acquired Victorian IT infrastructure company Fulcrum just a few weeks after its purchase of database management provider SQL Services.
Byron Connolly Dec 9 2003, 12:00AM Strategy
Half of tech suppliers will die

Half of tech suppliers will die

Up to 50 percent of technology suppliers will be eliminated from the competitive landscape by the end of 2005, as job losses and vendor consolidation continues, according to research conducted by Gartner.
Byron Connolly Dec 4 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
Sydney reseller forced to pay for counterfeiting

Sydney reseller forced to pay for counterfeiting

Western Sydney computer reseller Big Ben Computer has paid $55,000 compensation to Microsoft Australia after being sued in the Federal Court for hard-loading unlicensed copies of Microsoft Windows software onto PCs.
Byron Connolly Dec 3 2003, 12:00AM Security
Dell hits the printer market

Dell hits the printer market

Direct vendor, Dell Computer Australia has jumped into the printer market with two new models, which are manufactured in China by Lexmark.
Byron Connolly Dec 1 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Hagemeyer loses Minolta distribution

Hagemeyer loses Minolta distribution

Distributor Hagemeyer Brands Australia will lose its exclusive camera distribution contract with Minolta in April next year, following the recent global merger between Konica and Minolta.
Byron Connolly Nov 28 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Ethan expands, three integration businesses formed

Ethan expands, three integration businesses formed

Fledgling Australian integrator Ethan SI has launched three subsidiary businesses as part of its national expansion plan launched in June this year.
Byron Connolly Nov 27 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
Manaccom cracks China market

Manaccom cracks China market

Australian software developer and distributor Manaccom has signed a deal with publisher Fuzzy Eyes, that will see a Chinese version of its locally-developed adventure game software ‘Tito’ launched into mainland China and Taiwan.
Byron Connolly Nov 27 2003, 12:00AM Software
Software slump hurts Novell

Software slump hurts Novell

Novell last week posted quarterly earnings that showed a widening net loss, thanks in large part to software sales that were down 25 percent from last year.
David M. Ewalt , Byron Connolly Nov 24 2003, 12:00AM Software
Reseller bags QLD government e-procurement deal

Reseller bags QLD government e-procurement deal

Local government reseller IPlatinum has won a lucrative deal with Local Buy to integrate the marketboomer e-procurement system for 125 Queensland local government councils.
Byron Connolly Nov 24 2003, 12:00AM Software
QDI goes it alone

QDI goes it alone

Victorian distributor QD Innovative Computer (QDI) will end its exclusive distribution agency with UK-based PC and notebook assembler Hi-Grade on 15 December, as the distributor cranks up its own brand.
Byron Connolly Nov 19 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Catholic schools jump on broadband bandwagon

Catholic schools jump on broadband bandwagon

Three Catholic dioceses have combined their purchasing power to provide broadband services to 4,000 teachers and 40,000 students at around 100 regional schools, at a cost of around $4.5 million.
Byron Connolly Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Optima MD resigns, new appointments announced

Optima MD resigns, new appointments announced

Optima ICM managing director Douglas Wong has resigned after only four months in the job.
Byron Connolly Nov 15 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Apple dealers sound off about DJs

Apple dealers sound off about DJs

Apple dealers are frustrated by the vendor’s decision to sell its products at David Jones stores, but believe their ‘specialist knowledge’ will give them the upper hand when competing with the mass market retailer.
Byron Connolly Nov 13 2003, 12:00AM Hardware

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