Fleur Doidge

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Five-year Telstra copyright fight destroys content provider

Five-year Telstra copyright fight destroys content provider

A small Australian service provider has been forced into liquidation following a five-year court battle with Telstra over copyright.
Fleur Doidge Jul 16 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Nexon seeks high-speed VLAN hawkers

Nexon seeks high-speed VLAN hawkers

Cisco integrator Nexon Asia-Pacific is seeking integrators and ISPs to shift its private virtual LAN package via a new channel program.
Fleur Doidge Jul 14 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Express Data joins HP severance list

Express Data joins HP severance list

Another distributor, Express Data, has parted ways with market giant HP, citing "a mutual decision" as reason for the split.
Fleur Doidge Jul 14 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Intangible, human aspects big winner in mobile businesses

Intangible, human aspects big winner in mobile businesses

Businesses expect intangible aspects - such as human resources - to improve most as a result of deploying mobile & wireless technologies, new research by Griffith University business school has revealed.
Fleur Doidge Jul 13 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
No promises on PocketPC future: Toshiba

No promises on PocketPC future: Toshiba

Toshiba locally has refused to confirm or deny rumours that the notebook heavyweight is getting set to ditch PocketPCs in the next 12 months.
Fleur Doidge Jul 13 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Half retail supply chain may get tagged by 2005: study

Half retail supply chain may get tagged by 2005: study

About half of Australia’s major retail supply chain companies will have been involved in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging pilots or projects by the middle of 2005, if a recent European study is any guide.
Fleur Doidge Jul 9 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Local internet content monitor seeks resellers

Local internet content monitor seeks resellers

Internet security service provider MailGuard has opened a Sydney office and plans to boost its channel from 60 to 80 or more resellers.
Fleur Doidge Jul 9 2004, 12:00AM Security
Pirates, ISPs hamper local software industry: BSA

Pirates, ISPs hamper local software industry: BSA

A global anti-piracy lobby group has claimed that bringing down software piracy would boost local software development and that local ISPs should be roped into stopping online pirates.
Fleur Doidge Jul 8 2004, 12:00AM Security
Next 64-bit Windows not for retail

Next 64-bit Windows not for retail

Microsoft Australia has confirmed a global rumour that the next 64-bit version of Windows XP will only be available to OEMs, including local system builders, and resellers.
Fleur Doidge Jul 7 2004, 12:00AM Software
Apple resellers starved of iMacs until September

Apple resellers starved of iMacs until September

Smaller Apple resellers may be left with no iMacs to sell for two months in the wake of an Apple admission that its next release of the popular line has been delayed until September.
Fleur Doidge Jul 6 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Adobe rejigs licensing for resellers

Adobe rejigs licensing for resellers

Adobe has flagged changes to its software licensing program from 19 July that the vendor claimed would make it easier for resellers to earn points from sales of popular Adobe applications such as Acrobat and Photoshop.
Fleur Doidge Jul 5 2004, 12:00AM Software
Oracle ISVs to get helping hand in database app market [updated]

Oracle ISVs to get helping hand in database app market [updated]

ISVs have been tipped as major beneficiaries of an expected marketing boost by Oracle via its reseller partners, including NSW VAD Attain IT.
Fleur Doidge Jul 5 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Zultys digs an Australian channel

Zultys digs an Australian channel

VoIP vendor Zultys Technologies has reversed its previous channel policy and begun building a distribution channel here, signing Melbourne’s Polaris Systems as the first of what it expects will be a series of niche deals.
Fleur Doidge Jul 1 2004, 12:00AM Software
inTechnology partners Singapore hotspot gear provider

inTechnology partners Singapore hotspot gear provider

Melbourne-based distributor inTechnology has signed Singapore-based wireless provider Advanced Network Technology Laboratories (ANTlabs) with a view to building on its current 802.1x security portfolio.
Fleur Doidge Jul 1 2004, 12:00AM Software
Sun links ISVs with enhanced iForce program

Sun links ISVs with enhanced iForce program

Sun Microsystems has beefed up its iForce program for ISV partners in Australia and New Zealand with co-marketing and co-sales support.
Fleur Doidge Jun 30 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
WLAN sales to jump 90 percent

WLAN sales to jump 90 percent

Research firm IDC has released new figures predicting the Australian market for WLAN-related products to grow 90 percent this year to $43 million, fuelled by a 120 percent leap in sales to consumers.
Fleur Doidge Jun 29 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Vic VAD takes on MIT support role post-IBM

Vic VAD takes on MIT support role post-IBM

Victorian VAD Meier Business Systems has snapped up a chance to become the premier provider of support for Management Information Tools (MIT) across Australia, New Zealand and south Asia.
Fleur Doidge Jun 28 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Cellnet signs Samsung and Sony

Cellnet signs Samsung and Sony

Cellnet has launched a consumer products division and signed Sony and Samsung in deals expected to be a shot in the arm for the distributor, which lost its $78 million Hutchison handsets contract when that vendor cut five distributors mid-June.
Fleur Doidge Jun 28 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Feds to crack down on market power abuse

Feds to crack down on market power abuse

Resellers have welcomed the Federal Treasurer’s announcement of a major package of reforms to the Trade Practices Act, a move aimed at helping smaller businesses fight anti-competitive behaviour by bigger companies.
Fleur Doidge Jun 25 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Mac1 becomes six with Wollongong opening

Mac1 becomes six with Wollongong opening

ACT-based Apple reseller Mac1 has geared up to open a store in Wollongong on 1 July, a move which gives it the only Apple dealership in that city as well as access to 384 schools across the region.
Fleur Doidge Jun 24 2004, 12:00AM Hardware

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