Recent articles by Fleur Doidge

Putting managers in the cockpit

Putting managers in the cockpit

French IT integrator and consultancy Atos Origin is pushing a new model in business intelligence management to Australian ERP customers, ahead of a major global merger.
Fleur Doidge Oct 1 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
PocketPCs rumoured dead

PocketPCs rumoured dead

The PocketPC market is dead, one prominent hardware vendor has claimed.
Fleur Doidge Sep 30 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Empired RAMS way into WA

Empired RAMS way into WA

Software systems and services provider Empired has signed an ongoing contract to roll out an ASP-type recruitment management system to the whole of the Government of Western Australia.
Fleur Doidge Sep 30 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
META sun sets on system integration

META sun sets on system integration

System integrators and professional services firms are in a declining market that could wipe out pure-play companies, a new report has predicted.
Fleur Doidge Sep 29 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
Swen.A hit Australia hardest

Swen.A hit Australia hardest

Australia had one of the highest rates of infection by Swen.A, a worm whose creators targeted users by spoofing a Microsoft security support email.
Fleur Doidge Sep 29 2003, 12:00AM Security
Too many box droppers

Too many box droppers

Too many resellers retain a box-selling mentality that will ruin their customer relationships and business long term, one hardware vendor has claimed.
Fleur Doidge Sep 26 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
DiData layoffs reflect low demand

DiData layoffs reflect low demand

South African system integrator Dimension Data has laid off 25 Australia-based employees due to low demand for its entry-level deployment services.
Fleur Doidge Sep 26 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
WebCentral manages new Exchange

WebCentral manages new Exchange

Application service provider WebCentral is gearing up to launch the second version of its Microsoft-based managed exchange offering next Monday.
Fleur Doidge Sep 25 2003, 12:00AM Software
Athlon 64 for desktops hits channel

Athlon 64 for desktops hits channel

A new era of performance improvements in business computing may have taken another step today, with the launch of what chipmaker AMD claims is the world’s first 64-bit, 32-bit-compatible processor for desktop and mobile applications - the Athlon 64.
Fleur Doidge Sep 24 2003, 12:00AM Hardware
Distributor to manage PGP channel

Distributor to manage PGP channel

Messaging software vendor PGP Corporation has outlined its first formal reseller program, which will be delivered to resellers here by niche Sydney distributor Aquion.
Fleur Doidge Sep 23 2003, 12:00AM Software
Upstart sets pace in VoIP sales race

Upstart sets pace in VoIP sales race

New entrant into the IP telephony space in Australia, Zultys Technologies, has announced a licensing deal aimed at sparking a customer stampede to VoIP ahead of major competitors such as Cisco and Avaya.
Fleur Doidge Sep 23 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
Alstom IT adds app management

Alstom IT adds app management

In its third signing in as many weeks, Alstom IT has won exclusive rights to distribute Mercury Interactive application management software in Australia.
Fleur Doidge Sep 22 2003, 12:00AM Software
eXeed triples vendor ranks

eXeed triples vendor ranks

Melbourne-based distributor eXeed has tripled its vendor ranks, adding four partners to its previous two - giving it national coverage in the first of a number of new signings expected to grow revenues to $30 million in two years.
Fleur Doidge Sep 19 2003, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Web services gains a long way off

Web services gains a long way off

Companies jumping into web services are reaping ‘extraordinary benefits’, but several fundamental issues around the technology could be years from resolution, according to an analyst.
Fleur Doidge Sep 18 2003, 12:00AM Software
SHDSL re-enters the market

SHDSL re-enters the market

SHDSL broadband could be poised to burst onto the consumer and small business market in Australia, if the predictions of one networking vendor prove correct.
Fleur Doidge Sep 17 2003, 12:00AM Mobility
Sun challenges Microsoft in integration wars

Sun challenges Microsoft in integration wars

Sun has released its Project Orion integrated enterprise software system to the market in a direct challenge to main competitor Microsoft, asserting its own integrated package as a simpler, cheaper way to adopt open source.
Fleur Doidge Sep 17 2003, 12:00AM Software
Adelaide goes WLAN

Adelaide goes WLAN

A South Australian consortium has launched an inner-city wireless network offering complete hotspot-style coverage to Adelaide passers-by with related opportunities for resellers.
Fleur Doidge Sep 17 2003, 12:00AM Collaboration
Business IT security spend to double

Business IT security spend to double

Companies are tipped to nearly double their IT security spend from two-and-a-half percent to around four percent of their total technology budget next year, vendors at a recent IT media conference said.
Fleur Doidge Sep 15 2003, 12:00AM Security
Aust business lax on IT security

Aust business lax on IT security

Recent thefts of Customs and Transport computers show the Australian market has failed to take a proactive approach to PC security, one company in the field has claimed.
Fleur Doidge Sep 12 2003, 12:00AM Security
LogicaCMG signs $4m Woodside extension

LogicaCMG signs $4m Woodside extension

Outsourcer LogicaCMG has signed a three-year, $4 million contract to keep providing application and IT services management and support to Woodside Energy in Western Australia.
Fleur Doidge Sep 12 2003, 12:00AM Security

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