Fleur Doidge

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Nexon buys Heyday's telephony arm

Nexon buys Heyday's telephony arm

Managed services integrator Nexon Asia-Pacific has bought cabling and infrastructure provider Heyday Group's telephony business for an undisclosed sum.
Fleur Doidge May 25 2005, 3:50PM Software
Davenport eyes acquisitions, further Cellnet growth

Davenport eyes acquisitions, further Cellnet growth

Adam Davenport expects to focus on further growth and possible acquisitions for Cellnet when he takes the leadership post at the Australia-owned distributor 1 June.
Fleur Doidge May 25 2005, 10:51AM Collaboration
Loyalty makes $5.5m merger magic

Loyalty makes $5.5m merger magic

Melbourne marketing applications developer Loyalty Magic has received a financial shot in the arm through a $5.5 million merger with ASX- and NASDAQ-listed POS provider Catuity.
Fleur Doidge May 24 2005, 11:55AM Strategy
mcr boosts services, seeks partners

mcr boosts services, seeks partners

IT infrastructure reseller mcr Computer Resources has outlined plans to boost its services portfolio, adding skills, staff and partnerships to take advantage of the growth in infrastructure outsourcing.
Fleur Doidge May 23 2005, 12:50PM Collaboration
Channel bewildered by Rust, Baillie departure

Channel bewildered by Rust, Baillie departure

Channel leaders have expressed surprise and bewilderment at Kerry Baillie's and Steve Rust's retirement from Ingram Micro, predicting a destabilising effect on the distribution giant after its merger with main rival Tech Pacific.
Fleur Doidge May 20 2005, 3:18PM Strategy
Toshiba signs ITW in SMB comms drive

Toshiba signs ITW in SMB comms drive

Toshiba has appointed IT Wholesale as a national distributor to accelerate an SMB push outside traditional IT and into communications.
Fleur Doidge May 20 2005, 1:30PM Hardware
Software piracy still rising

Software piracy still rising

An anti-piracy lobby group, the Business Software Alliance, has released survey results claiming software piracy in Australia is on the rise.
Fleur Doidge May 18 2005, 4:15PM Software
Storage wars

Storage wars

How storage giants are battling to dominate the enterprise data centre.
Joseph F. Kovar , Fleur Doidge May 17 2005, 4:20PM Data centre
Adweb seeks dashboard resellers

Adweb seeks dashboard resellers

The Adweb Agency, an Australian developer of a home-grown intranet dashboard with 34 in-built tools and applications, has set up a new partner program to attract resellers.
Fleur Doidge May 17 2005, 10:32AM Software
IBM eyes Dell, HP in SystemSeller initiative

IBM eyes Dell, HP in SystemSeller initiative

IBM has launched a channel initiative in Australia that includes tailored server and storage bundles in a global bid to steal SMB market share from competitors such as Dell and HP.
Fleur Doidge May 16 2005, 4:07PM Hardware
Bakir company enters administration

Bakir company enters administration

Crazy Ron's Communications – a company founded by the Queensland reseller, Ron Bakir, that funded Schapelle Corby's defence team in Bali -- has entered voluntary administration after declaring insolvency in early April.
Fleur Doidge May 13 2005, 1:15PM Collaboration
Local IT industry hopeful on Budget

Local IT industry hopeful on Budget

The Federal Budget has met with approval from local industry players who hope organisations and consumers may spend more on IT products and services .
Fleur Doidge May 12 2005, 11:42AM Finance
Gartner critique unfair, says Salesforce.com

Gartner critique unfair, says Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com has hit back at claims by market researcher Gartner that its hosted CRM offerings may not offer value for money in large corporations.
Fleur Doidge , Staff Writers May 11 2005, 3:15PM Software
Seccom gives thumbs up to channel

Seccom gives thumbs up to channel

Young managed security services provider Seccom Networks has added a partner program to what was a direct sales-dominated strategy and plans to sign three distributors and some 10 resellers.
Fleur Doidge May 11 2005, 2:29PM Security
A little channel Vignette

A little channel Vignette

Content management and web applications vendor Vignette has started beefing up its channel program and sales staff with a view to growing its indirect business to 50 or 60 percent of total local sales.
Fleur Doidge May 11 2005, 9:15AM Software
PatchLink opens Sydney office

PatchLink opens Sydney office

US-based patch management software vendor PatchLink has opened an office in Sydney as part of an Asia-Pacific ramp-up of its presence and channel.
Fleur Doidge May 10 2005, 2:47PM Security
RSA Security rejigs channel program

RSA Security rejigs channel program

Nasdaq-listed vendor RSA Security has refurbished and relaunched its channel partner program with what it claims are improved financial rewards and tools for its resellers.
Fleur Doidge May 9 2005, 3:20PM Security
Aquion adds four vendors

Aquion adds four vendors

Specialist security distributor Aquion has bedded down vendor agreements with Patrick Townsend & Associates, Ecora, GuardedNet and Digital Persona in advance of what it expects to be a strong year.
Fleur Doidge May 6 2005, 4:50PM Security
Serena seeks resellers to ramp up channel

Serena seeks resellers to ramp up channel

Serena Software has refocused on indirect sales through the channel and seeks Australia and New Zealand-based resellers for its change management software.
Fleur Doidge May 6 2005, 3:18PM Software
InfoComp expands to larger premises

InfoComp expands to larger premises

Sydney financial software developer InfoComp has relocated to new larger premises due to five years of continued growth.
Fleur Doidge May 5 2005, 3:51PM Software

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