Fleur Doidge

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Victorian clinics get 86km wireless link

Victorian clinics get 86km wireless link

South Australian integrator MIMP has launched what it believes is the world’s longest commercial wireless broadband link, linking radiology centres in Victoria’s Ballarat and Geelong in one 86km hop.
Fleur Doidge Dec 14 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
SecureData in debt before DiData buyout

SecureData in debt before DiData buyout

Storage reseller and service provider SecureData Group - bought late November by integrator DiData for around $1 million -- was up for sale due to serious financial difficulties, a former executive of the storage specialist has revealed.
Fleur Doidge Dec 10 2004, 12:00AM Security
Vic office bears fruit for Israeli firm

Vic office bears fruit for Israeli firm

Israeli vendor RAD Data Communications has marked the end of a promising first year in Oceania, with Australian sales revenue rising 15 percent to about $8 million since the company’s regional office opened in Melbourne November 2003.
Fleur Doidge Dec 9 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Lenovo to get IBM PCD resellers

Lenovo to get IBM PCD resellers

Lenovo is set to inherit IBM’s PC business partners in its US$1.75 billion purchase of a major share in IBM’s Personal Computing Division (PCD) – a deal that has made the Chinese vendor the world’s third-largest PC business.
Fleur Doidge Dec 9 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Blades, networking to drive storage next year

Blades, networking to drive storage next year

Blade servers, iSCSI and networked storage are three themes Australian resellers can expect to harness for bigger profits from the data management sector next year, industry players said.
Fleur Doidge Dec 8 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Nexon buys customers from troubled NTG

Nexon buys customers from troubled NTG

Voice and data integrator Nexon Asia-Pacific has bought some 200 customer contracts from fiscally troubled service provider National Telecoms Group for an undisclosed sum.
Fleur Doidge Dec 7 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Concorde no longer flying in Brisbane

Concorde no longer flying in Brisbane

Brisbane reseller Concorde Computer has entered voluntary administration with a rumoured $1.6 million in debts after a poor October-November period was the last straw in several years of dwindling returns.
Fleur Doidge Dec 6 2004, 12:00AM Software
UK channel strategist IDL opens Sydney shop

UK channel strategist IDL opens Sydney shop

UK-based channel marketing company IDL has opened an Asia-Pacific headquarters in Sydney, with a view to selling more of its channel sales programs to locally based multinationals.
Fleur Doidge Dec 2 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Red Crescent buys NewSat broadband for Iran aid

Red Crescent buys NewSat broadband for Iran aid

Communications provider and distributor Multiemedia has added to a string of Middle East contract wins inking a $1 million deal with the Iranian Red Crescent Society to deliver satellite broadband to disaster recovery and relief operations in Iran.
Fleur Doidge Dec 1 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Local ISV partners ACA in ISP anti-spam trial

Local ISV partners ACA in ISP anti-spam trial

The Melbourne arm of Singapore ISP Pacific Internet has teamed up with the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to trial an anti-spam plug-in from Australian developer SpamMatters.
Fleur Doidge Dec 1 2004, 12:00AM Security
Software sales at risk with multiple core PCs

Software sales at risk with multiple core PCs

Software prices could skyrocket to unaffordable levels for many users in coming years as computer hardware evolves to multiple core models, a Gartner analyst has claimed.
Fleur Doidge Nov 30 2004, 12:00AM Software
3Com promises more partner support in 2005

3Com promises more partner support in 2005

Networking vendor 3Com has sworn to do better by its channel this coming year, promising more and better demand generation, marketing development, service and support for 2005.
Fleur Doidge Nov 29 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
3Com lays down gauntlet to Cisco

3Com lays down gauntlet to Cisco

3Com has claimed its challenge to Cisco's dominance of global networking hardware sales is market ready with a range of switches that complete its product arsenal - the latest from a quadrupled R&D investment that has resulted in 160 new products this year and 240 more promised for 2005.
Fleur Doidge Nov 26 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Convergence to cannibalise service providers, SMS

Convergence to cannibalise service providers, SMS

Gartner has predicted shrinking service provider ranks and the death of SMS as a business tool as technological convergence accelerates in coming years.
Fleur Doidge Nov 24 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Spam diet expanding for Melbourne Barracuda

Spam diet expanding for Melbourne Barracuda

Anti-spam appliance vendor Barracuda Networks has opened its first Australian office, planning to ramp up staff and reseller numbers as revenues rise.
Fleur Doidge Nov 23 2004, 12:00AM Security
Brisbane ISV signs three US deals

Brisbane ISV signs three US deals

Brisbane ISV Ephox has signed three OEM deals with US-based companies for its browser-based authoring software EditLive! for Java, ahead of plans to expand into Europe in 2005.
Fleur Doidge Nov 22 2004, 12:00AM Software
NetApp ups channel commitment

NetApp ups channel commitment

US-based storage vendor Network Appliance has flagged a bigger channel push locally as part of its drive into grid-style storage next year.
Fleur Doidge Nov 19 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Phish on Christmas menu

Phish on Christmas menu

Christmas is coming and phishers are expected to take increased advantage of the holiday season this year to con their way to the bank and credit accounts of computer users worldwide, an IT security vendor has warned.
Fleur Doidge Nov 18 2004, 12:00AM Security
Staff layoffs at Fujitsu Queensland

Staff layoffs at Fujitsu Queensland

Fujitsu Australia has laid off four long-serving Brisbane-based staff in circumstances the company has declined to clarify.
Fleur Doidge Nov 17 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Destra wants super resellers

Destra wants super resellers

ASX-listed service provider Destra has scheduled three roadshows across Australia next week with a view to creating a group of super resellers for its range of internet-related communications products and services.
Fleur Doidge Nov 16 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration

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