Recent articles by Fleur Doidge

UPDATE: Sun targets HP in product blitz

UPDATE: Sun targets HP in product blitz

Sun has ramped up its attack on HP with its quarterly global products release, which focuses on networking convergence and platform migration.
Fleur Doidge Dec 8 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
WebCentral spreads DSL net

WebCentral spreads DSL net

In a bid to boost demand for its managed services, Queensland’s WebCentral has promised free ADSL to any customers that sign for 10 or more mailboxes before 29 February.
Fleur Doidge Dec 8 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
LG withdraws low-end notebook

LG withdraws low-end notebook

One of LG Electronics’ first three notebooks has been withheld from release to the Australian market.
Fleur Doidge Dec 3 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Laos goes wireless with LongReach

Laos goes wireless with LongReach

North Ryde company LongReach Wireless has partnered two Laotian companies to deploy point-to-point digital microwave across 300 square kilometres of steaming, mountainous jungle in southern Laos.
Fleur Doidge Dec 3 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
iiNet acquires national status, $260m cap

iiNet acquires national status, $260m cap

Perth ISP iiNet has lifted its market capitalisation from $36 million to $260 million this year -- largely due to aggressive expansion incorporating nine rival ISP acquisitions.
Fleur Doidge Dec 2 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
WebCentral to challenge beleaguered ISPs for email crown

WebCentral to challenge beleaguered ISPs for email crown

Self-styled ‘incognito ASP’ WebCentral has set out to topple kingpin ISPs in the email server space, acquiring 50 percent of an 18-month-old Sydney spam filtering and monitoring firm for an undisclosed sum.
Fleur Doidge Dec 2 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
SecureData heads SQL attack with NZ acquisition

SecureData heads SQL attack with NZ acquisition

Storage reseller and services provider SecureData Group has bought a controlling stake in a New Zealand-based database management company, SQL Services.
Fleur Doidge Dec 1 2003, 12:00AM Security
Wireless IP cleans up Microsoft Australia gongs

Wireless IP cleans up Microsoft Australia gongs

ISV Wireless IP Technology has cleaned up at Microsoft’s annual local partner awards, winning Most Innovative Solution Partner of the Year, ISV Partner of the Year and Partner of the Year titles at an awards ceremony in Queensland.
Fleur Doidge Dec 1 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
NSC ramps up in Brisbane

NSC ramps up in Brisbane

Communications integrator NSC Group has appointed two more staff to its Brisbane office.
Fleur Doidge Nov 28 2003, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Business package partners would plug gaps: Microsoft

Business package partners would plug gaps: Microsoft

Microsoft is recruiting partners for its Business Solutions channel in Australia and New Zealand, doubling its point of sale software resellers to 40 or 50 and its retail management-focused ISVs to four.
Fleur Doidge Nov 27 2003, 12:00AM Software
Linux no good for small business: Microsoft

Linux no good for small business: Microsoft

Microsoft small business sales VP Steve Guggenheimer took a swipe at Linux while pushing Small Business Server 2003 to partners at Microsoft’s Australia and New Zealand partner conference at the Gold Coast on Tuesday.
Fleur Doidge Nov 26 2003, 12:00AM Software
Fair three-year weather for enterprise integration

Fair three-year weather for enterprise integration

Enterprise integration will be one of the biggest software revenue earners for Microsoft partner developers and system integrators in the next three years, according to figures presented at its annual Australia and New Zealand partner conference.
Fleur Doidge Nov 26 2003, 12:00AM Software
Storm blacks out Melbourne resellers

Storm blacks out Melbourne resellers

A sudden storm cut power across a broad swathe of south-eastern Melbourne yesterday, Thursday 20 November, with some resellers and other businesses hamstrung for hours.
Fleur Doidge Nov 21 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
Mulder puts MMS truth out there

Mulder puts MMS truth out there

Niche integrator Mulder Communications has announced a deal with Dutch software vendor Fenestrae to push an integrated fax, SMS, MMS and email server to large Australian customers.
Fleur Doidge Nov 21 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
HP sues Dynamic Supplies for $5.2m

HP sues Dynamic Supplies for $5.2m

HP Australia has sued a former authorised distributor -- Brisbane printer consumables specialist Dynamic Supplies -- in the Supreme Court of NSW for $5.2 million.
Fleur Doidge Nov 21 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Synnex takes national Epson distribution

Synnex takes national Epson distribution

Printer-maker Epson Australia has lifted Victoria’s Synnex to national hardware distributor status -- taking Digiland’s role in a deal tipped to double Synnex’ revenue.
Fleur Doidge Nov 20 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Hardware partners slide in new HP drive

Hardware partners slide in new HP drive

HP has sent another three partners what it terms ‘re-alignment’ notices, in a move that channel players believed reflects a shift in that vendor’s focus away from hardware dealers.
Fleur Doidge Nov 19 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Iona woos big SIs with web services tools

Iona woos big SIs with web services tools

US-based middleware vendor Iona Technologies has begun talking with large Australian system integrators about distributing its new web services suite.
Fleur Doidge Nov 19 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
Trend to lift anti-virus services

Trend to lift anti-virus services

Security software vendor Trend Micro has outlined a managed services-based strategy for its anti-virus portfolio.
Fleur Doidge Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Security
Eko sounds in Australian SMS market

Eko sounds in Australian SMS market

Victorian system integrator and developer Remora Technologies has lobbed its first SMS appliances on a trajectory targeting the direct-marketing needs of medium to large companies.
Fleur Doidge Nov 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility

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