Byron Connolly

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MessageLabs in managed services drive

MessageLabs in managed services drive

Security vendor MessageLabs is making a new suite of managed services available to the channel just as it gears up to launch an Associate Reseller Program at the end of this quarter.
Byron Connolly Jan 18 2006, 3:28PM Security
SonicWALL gets new boss

SonicWALL gets new boss

Security vendor SonicWALL has promoted Chris Barton to regional manager for Australia/New Zealand, replacing Tim Dickinson, who left the company last week.
Byron Connolly Jan 17 2006, 10:53AM Security
ASG bags $88M WA government deal

ASG bags $88M WA government deal

Integrator ASG Group and its sub-contracted partner CSC have won an $87.8 million, 10-year contract to provide hardware and IT support to around 100 Western Australian government agencies.
Byron Connolly Jan 9 2006, 9:35AM Strategy
Kyocera sales “double”

Kyocera sales “double”

Kyocera managing director David Finn claims the company’s printer sales in Australia have “doubled” since April this year, potentially driven by its Porsche sales promotion.
Byron Connolly Dec 14 2005, 1:20PM Hardware
From the Trenches: A look into the future

From the Trenches: A look into the future

I hate doing this. It’s that time of year where we look into our crystal ball, or more to the point, take a stab in the dark, in an attempt to find out which technologies and solutions are going to fill channel coffers in 2006.
Byron Connolly Dec 14 2005, 10:32AM Collaboration
Crossbeam, Check Point, Firewall team on UTM

Crossbeam, Check Point, Firewall team on UTM

Crossbeam Systems, Check Point and distributor Firewall Systems have partnered to deliver a unified threat management (UTM) service via resellers to the mid-market.
Byron Connolly Dec 12 2005, 11:21AM Security
Cellnet’s turnaround man

Cellnet’s turnaround man

The legal profession is a long way from IT distribution, and Adam Davenport has been involved in both, these days preferring to be at the ‘coal face’ of business as the managing director of ASXlisted national IT distributor Cellnet.
Byron Connolly Dec 6 2005, 2:21PM Collaboration
NetComm to acquire Dynalink

NetComm to acquire Dynalink

ASX-listed broadband hardware vendor NetComm has signed a heads of agreement to acquire 100 percent of New Zealand-based Dynalink Modems and its subsidiary Askey Australia.
Byron Connolly Dec 1 2005, 2:49PM Collaboration
Network Box, Firewall launch UTM bundles

Network Box, Firewall launch UTM bundles

Network Box and its distributor Firewall Systems want resellers to realise that selling security is not about moving a product, launching a range of financed security services bundles that are charged monthly.
Byron Connolly Dec 1 2005, 9:30AM Security
From the Trenches: Striking a balance

From the Trenches: Striking a balance

Following a pretty rough 2005, HP Australia is now charged with the job of restructuring its channel rules of engagement and repairing relations with a handful of disgruntled resellers.
Byron Connolly Nov 30 2005, 11:02AM Hardware
Peak performance

Peak performance

Solution providers and vendors alike are saying 'optimise this' with WAN acceleration technology.
Byron Connolly , Jennifer Hagendorf Follett Nov 28 2005, 3:57PM Collaboration
inTechnology signs InfoExpress

inTechnology signs InfoExpress

inTechnology Australia has signed an agreement to distribute network access control products manufactured by US company InfoExpress.
Byron Connolly Nov 28 2005, 3:36PM Strategy
Ericsson buys TUSC

Ericsson buys TUSC

Ericsson has paid $9.5 milllion for Australian systems integration company TUSC Computer Systems, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Allied Technologies Group.
Byron Connolly Nov 25 2005, 12:25PM Collaboration
Integrity Data Systems sold to TR Corporation

Integrity Data Systems sold to TR Corporation

The administrator of distributor Integrity Data Systems, Sims Partners, has sold the business to national electronic equipment service and rental company TR Corporation.
Byron Connolly Nov 22 2005, 2:31PM Strategy
Paclink opens in Queensland

Paclink opens in Queensland

Australian wireless and fibre optic network equipment distributor Paclink has opened a new Brisbane office and support centre dubbed Paclink Queensland.
Byron Connolly Nov 21 2005, 2:43PM Collaboration
From the trenches: Wider opportunity

From the trenches: Wider opportunity

These days, the key to this game is identifying a piece of technology early and taking full advantage of it before your competitors do.
Byron Connolly Nov 17 2005, 1:39PM Software
Todaytech unveils ‘Macron’ laptop brand

Todaytech unveils ‘Macron’ laptop brand

Todaytech has unveiled locally-assembled notebooks under its new ‘Macron’ brand, following requests from resellers that don’t have the resources to do their own building.
Byron Connolly Nov 17 2005, 11:54AM Hardware
Linksys in small business communications play

Linksys in small business communications play

Cisco-owned Linksys has unveiled a new brand selling an IP-based services platform targeted squarely at the small business market.
Byron Connolly Nov 15 2005, 2:00PM Collaboration
KAZ's CRM master

KAZ's CRM master

There wouldn’t be too many people in the global IT industry that could say they worked with a member of any royal family.
Byron Connolly Nov 11 2005, 4:42PM Collaboration
Firewall signs Crossbeam

Firewall signs Crossbeam

Firewall Systems has added another supplier to its swelling vendor ranks signing to distribute Crossbeam Systems' unified threat management security appliance products.
Byron Connolly Nov 9 2005, 2:22PM Collaboration

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