Recent articles by Lilia Guan

Google's Aussie partner Waves in opportunity

Google's Aussie partner Waves in opportunity

Australian-owned Devnet says users should reconsider investments in Microsoft Exchange or Sharepoint and ride Google's Wave.
Lilia Guan Jun 2 2009, 5:00AM Software
Avaya: 'Good reason' to tempt Nortel partners

Avaya: 'Good reason' to tempt Nortel partners

CRN speaks to Andy Hurt, acting managing director for Avaya South Pacific about the vendor's reasons for going after another vendor's channel partners.
Lilia Guan Jun 1 2009, 9:30AM Collaboration
Vodafone keeps its own channel plans

Vodafone keeps its own channel plans

Despite the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) approval for a merger between Vodafone and Hutchison, neither have any plans for a joint channel program, as yet.
Lilia Guan Jun 1 2009, 9:29AM Mobility
Avaya buys NZ's Agile Software

Avaya buys NZ's Agile Software

Avaya has acquired Agile Software NZ Limited, the developer of the Avaya Contact Centre Express product for mid-size enterprises.

Lilia Guan May 29 2009, 1:42PM Software
Avaya goes after Nortel's channel partners

Avaya goes after Nortel's channel partners

Global contact centre vendor has put together incentives to attract Nortel resellers to its Avaya Business Partner program.
Lilia Guan May 28 2009, 9:35AM Collaboration
Opinion: NBN opens a giant can of worms

Opinion: NBN opens a giant can of worms

The Federal Government's decision to invest in a $43 billion national broadband network (NBN) has created more questions and forced the issue of separating Telstra to the forefront of everyone's mind.
Lilia Guan May 27 2009, 3:27PM Collaboration
NSC forecasts more Sun business

NSC forecasts more Sun business

Australian voice integrator has been appointed as one of five Sun Microsystems 'Executive Business Partners' in the region.
Lilia Guan May 26 2009, 2:09PM Services
Brennan: Heads down and tails up during recession

Brennan: Heads down and tails up during recession

Local IT service provider for the medium business market, concentrates on the basics for its clients during an IT spending freeze.
Lilia Guan May 26 2009, 9:33AM Services
PowerBuy offers cash back to SMBs

PowerBuy offers cash back to SMBs

After five years at Dell, former employee Joel Montgomery saw a need for small to medium businesses (SMBs) catch a break with their investment in IT.
Lilia Guan May 22 2009, 2:04PM Services
Former NSW Premier touts interest in Optima

Former NSW Premier touts interest in Optima

Investment company flags interest for Optima.
Lilia Guan May 19 2009, 3:14PM Finance
Dell tempts SMBs with Vostro revamp

Dell tempts SMBs with Vostro revamp

Hardware vendor offers IT service providers extra support with their end users.
Lilia Guan May 15 2009, 2:24PM Hardware
AMD: Intel's EU law violation ruling a win for competition

AMD: Intel's EU law violation ruling a win for competition

Hardware vendor sees the European Commission's (EU) decision to find Intel guilty of abusing its dominant position in the global x86 microprocessor market an important step.
Lilia Guan May 14 2009, 3:07PM Hardware
Jabra said its products are a 'bastian of healthy margins'

Jabra said its products are a 'bastian of healthy margins'

Headset accessories vendor adds 30 resellers taking its total to 60, with no plans to limit the number of partners it takes on board.
Lilia Guan May 14 2009, 3:05PM Collaboration
Aussie telco consultant Tangoes with bill management

Aussie telco consultant Tangoes with bill management

Gibson Quai-AAS (GQ-AA) resells Tangoe's patented lifecycle management application.
Lilia Guan May 13 2009, 2:16PM Software
Integrators must hold their customer's hand, says Symantec

Integrators must hold their customer's hand, says Symantec

More than half of SMB respondents to Symantec's 2009 Global Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) Security and Storage survey in Australia and New Zealand, experienced security breaches.
Lilia Guan May 12 2009, 1:30PM Security
POS POS sees changes in market

POS POS sees changes in market

CRN sat down with the CEO of Australian-owned Point-of-Sales (POS) distributor to talk about the market and the potential for more consolidation between distributors.
Lilia Guan May 7 2009, 2:39PM Strategy
Optima's Mark Ung joins Synnex

Optima's Mark Ung joins Synnex

After 10 years at Optima, Mark Ung has started another chapter in his channel career with Synnex Distribution.
Lilia Guan May 6 2009, 2:24PM Hardware
NetComm spends $3.2M for C10 Communications

NetComm spends $3.2M for C10 Communications

Australian broadband products vendor buys local manufacturer of telecommunications products.
Lilia Guan May 5 2009, 3:13PM Collaboration
Alepine Peripherals converts notebooks to tablet PCs with Tablo

Alepine Peripherals converts notebooks to tablet PCs with Tablo

Local distributor adds tablet PC converter to its portfolio.
Lilia Guan May 4 2009, 2:32PM Hardware
WebCentral resellers staggered by lack of service

WebCentral resellers staggered by lack of service

Channel partners exclusively told CRN, web hoster's Exchange email server outage was a pain, but even worse was the difficulty in obtaining information on what was being done about it.
Lilia Guan May 1 2009, 2:42PM Collaboration

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