Fleur Doidge

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Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey

Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey

Thin client vendor Wyse Technology has been travelling Australia promoting a recent survey that suggests most users actually do prefer server-centric computing to desktop PCs.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Stolen HP printer consignment recovered in Sydney bush

Stolen HP printer consignment recovered in Sydney bush

Authorities are seeking the rightful owners of some 100 HP laser printers recovered from Sydney bushland this morning after being stolen last night from Chullora railyard while in transit.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Sun won't shine on box-droppers

Sun won't shine on box-droppers

Sun Microsystems president and chief operating officer Jonathan Schwartz has predicted an "inevitable" demise for traditional IT resellers who don't adopt services or subscription pricing.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Anti-spam developer seeks $3M in funding

Anti-spam developer seeks $3M in funding

Former Pearl Communications chief Julian Ehrlich is again seeking funding for his spam prevention brainchild, an application that mimics the behaviour of a butler barring or granting entry to visitors at the door.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2004, 12:00AM Security
WhiteGold adds Fortinet

WhiteGold adds Fortinet

Security distributor WhiteGold Solutions has signed US vendor Fortinet in a bid to broaden its appeal to customers seeking a box to handle anti-virus, intrusion detection and prevention, URL-filtering and firewall duties.
Fleur Doidge Oct 11 2004, 12:00AM Security
Next Byte quits the PC game

Next Byte quits the PC game

Independent Apple reseller Next Byte has closed its PC store NBPC in Chapel Street, citing poor walk-in business in the fashionable Melbourne shopping street.
Fleur Doidge Oct 8 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Simply Wireless staff, creditors to go home empty-handed

Simply Wireless staff, creditors to go home empty-handed

Staff and unsecured creditors have been told they are unlikely to recoup any part of the $1.9 million still owing to them after insolvent wireless integrator Simply Wireless has been wound up.
Fleur Doidge Oct 8 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Local call centre operations ready to spend

Local call centre operations ready to spend

An industry-sponsored study has claimed the Australian call centre market is set for expansion, with 62 percent of local call centres signalling plans to increase operations in the next 12 months.
Fleur Doidge Oct 8 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Synnex flags plans for automated warehousing in Sydney, Melbourne

Synnex flags plans for automated warehousing in Sydney, Melbourne

Distributor and box-builder Synnex has outlined plans to open at least one $25 million automated warehouse in either Melbourne or Sydney by 2006.
Fleur Doidge Oct 1 2004, 12:00AM Services
SurfControl applauds local channel

SurfControl applauds local channel

UK web and email filters vendor SurfControl has lauded its channel as a major contributor to a 31 percent growth in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2004.
Fleur Doidge Sep 30 2004, 12:00AM Security
Canon signs up as Australian Equitrac reseller

Canon signs up as Australian Equitrac reseller

Canon Australia has signed up as an official reseller of US document accounting software provider Equitrac.
Fleur Doidge Sep 29 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Channel talks up Ingram/TechPac deal

Channel talks up Ingram/TechPac deal

Australian distributors have met the news of Ingram Micro’s $700 million buyout of Tech Pacific with optimistic talk of potential opportunity as well as misgivings for smaller players’ future in a less competitive channel.
Fleur Doidge Sep 28 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Gartner: TechPac "not best merger choice"

Gartner: TechPac "not best merger choice"

A Gartner channel analyst has questioned the value of Tech Pacific to Ingram Micro following the latter's $700 million buyout of its only rival in local broadbased IT distribution.
Fleur Doidge Sep 28 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Legend signs Foxconn motherboards

Legend signs Foxconn motherboards

ASX-listed hardware manufacturer and distributor Legend has partnered giant motherboard maker Foxconn to distribute the latter's products in Australasia and around the globe.
Fleur Doidge Sep 27 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
DCG becomes ispOne to focus on wholesale

DCG becomes ispOne to focus on wholesale

Melbourne ISP Data Consulting Group (DCG) has axed its retail operation Dinkum Internet and renamed itself ispOne to focus on its wholesale business.
Fleur Doidge Sep 27 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Sun shines light on servers, storage in latest lineup

Sun shines light on servers, storage in latest lineup

Sun's latest quarterly products announcement emphasises servers, workstations and storage in a growing push towards utility computing and lower cost networking, company executives said.
Fleur Doidge Sep 23 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Resellers welcome Coalition ICT policy

Resellers welcome Coalition ICT policy

Resellers have cautiously welcomed the Coalition's ICT policy ahead of the polls, citing relief of public indemnity requirements as a big boon for channel players reliant on government contracts.
Fleur Doidge Sep 23 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Australasian information brokers widen data net

Australasian information brokers widen data net

Information broker Citec Confirm, a division of Queensland IT outsourcer Citec, has struck a three-year services deal with New Zealand-based credit check agency Baycorp Advantage.
Fleur Doidge Sep 22 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
WhiteGold fishes up Barracuda distribution

WhiteGold fishes up Barracuda distribution

Niche security VAD WhiteGold Solutions has signed on to become the second Australian distributor for US-based anti-spam appliance vendor Barracuda Networks.
Fleur Doidge Sep 21 2004, 12:00AM Security
VARs top customer shopping list for single-function printers

VARs top customer shopping list for single-function printers

Value-added resellers have emerged as the preferred choice of channel for Australian business customers seeking to purchase single-function printers.
Fleur Doidge Sep 21 2004, 12:00AM Hardware

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