Recent articles by Lilia Guan

Opinion: 2008 - IT channel’s boom and bust year

Opinion: 2008 - IT channel’s boom and bust year

With the demise of two Australian iconic channel players – Commander and Optima – 2008 proved to be an interesting year.
Lilia Guan Dec 31 2008, 12:12PM Finance
NewSat signs multi-million dollar US deal

NewSat signs multi-million dollar US deal

Australian satellite communications service provider, NewSat, has signed a five year with CapRock Communications.
Lilia Guan Dec 30 2008, 9:24AM Collaboration
Opinion: Xmas brings cheers and tears for retailers

Opinion: Xmas brings cheers and tears for retailers

High-street merchant, Harvey Norman reported slight rises in sales, while Amazon said customers went crazy for bargains; however EzyDVD threw its hand up and called in the administrators.
Lilia Guan Dec 29 2008, 9:08AM Sales & Marketing
DWS wins $5.3M tender from Victoria’s Department of Transport

DWS wins $5.3M tender from Victoria’s Department of Transport

DWS has won a $5.3 million tender to build and maintain the Victorian Government’s Department of Transport (DOT) with its Performance Reporting System (PRS).
Lilia Guan Dec 24 2008, 8:24AM Software
Apple price cuts an early Christmas present?

Apple price cuts an early Christmas present?

Price slashing is usually good news for the channel.
Lilia Guan Dec 17 2008, 11:51AM Hardware
NSW Police upgrades biometrics with Argus

NSW Police upgrades biometrics with Argus

Argus Solutions has won a $400,000 tender from the NSW Police Force to upgrade and enhance its biometrics infrastructure.
Lilia Guan Dec 17 2008, 11:39AM Software
eCorner claims online sales enjoy strong growth

eCorner claims online sales enjoy strong growth

Despite economic woes and predictions of a gloomy Christmas ecommerce solutions provider, eCorner, has experienced a 90 percent increase in traffic volume for November.
Lilia Guan Dec 16 2008, 2:35PM Sales & Marketing
Telstra and Govt's NBN fall out bad for both sides

Telstra and Govt's NBN fall out bad for both sides

While outrage has been expressed over Telstra being ousted from the National Broadband Network (NBN) bid, it will prove to be a burden for the telco and the Government.
Lilia Guan Dec 16 2008, 2:02PM Collaboration
Avnet spies in IP surveillance with Zylotech

Avnet spies in IP surveillance with Zylotech

Avnet Technology Solutions has signed on to distribute IP surveillance range of products manufactured by Australian-owned, Zylotech.
Lilia Guan Dec 15 2008, 2:44PM Security
Nextgen MD talks up optic fibre network

Nextgen MD talks up optic fibre network

Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) services won’t be enough for medium businesses that demand more bandwidth for their company, says Phil Sykes, managing director at NextGen.
Lilia Guan Dec 15 2008, 2:42PM Mobility
IT service providers heading into interesting times in 2009

IT service providers heading into interesting times in 2009

Ovum says IT service providers will need to hold down the fort as their cusotmers go through tough economic times in 2009.
Lilia Guan Dec 12 2008, 9:56AM Collaboration
ComputerCorp buys Paragon for $2.1M

ComputerCorp buys Paragon for $2.1M

Local IT service provider, ComputerCorp, has purchased Paragon IT and Paragon Systems, as part of its strategy to achieve “critical mass” on the east coast of Australia.
Lilia Guan Dec 11 2008, 3:12PM Strategy
Nortel educates resellers on industry-wide UC

Nortel educates resellers on industry-wide UC

Networking vendor, Nortel, launched a new educational program designed to provide IT professionals with a broader understanding of unified communications (UC).

Lilia Guan Dec 11 2008, 2:24PM Collaboration
End users swing back towards 'Service Operations'

End users swing back towards 'Service Operations'

Compuware Corporation’s second Australian IT Service Management Survey revealed that IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 continues to win converts at an almost alarming rate.
Lilia Guan Dec 10 2008, 1:28PM Collaboration
EMC and Dell extend OEM storage agreement to 2013

EMC and Dell extend OEM storage agreement to 2013

Dell and EMC have extended their multi-year global OEM agreement through to 2013 in addition Dell will add EMC Celerra NX4 storage system to its portfolio.
Lilia Guan Dec 10 2008, 7:34AM Data centre
DiData subsidiary slashes WAN traffic for Pumpkin Patch

DiData subsidiary slashes WAN traffic for Pumpkin Patch

Dimension Data’s subsidiary, Datacraft, has been chosen by children’s clothing store, Pumpkin Patch, to install Riverbed Steelhead appliances at its New Zealand headquarters.
Lilia Guan Dec 9 2008, 2:48PM Collaboration
Will Dell play the good guy with its resellers?

Will Dell play the good guy with its resellers?

The IT channel claims Dell’s partnership with the Good Guys will have no bearing on their business, however, they question the vendor’s treatment of its local partner, when it comes to product pricing.
Lilia Guan Dec 9 2008, 2:18PM Hardware
DET wants thin laptops at $500 for NSW students

DET wants thin laptops at $500 for NSW students

Just days after securing an extra $180 million from the Commonwealth for computers for schools, the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has called for tenders to deliver 200,000 laptops to NSW senior students at 570 state high schools.
Lilia Guan Dec 5 2008, 2:52PM Hardware
Dell goes in to see the Good Guys

Dell goes in to see the Good Guys

Hardware vendor, Dell has chosen the Good Guys, as its second retail partner in Australia.
Lilia Guan Dec 5 2008, 10:43AM Hardware
Kaseya offers IT integrators two new products

Kaseya offers IT integrators two new products

Kaseya has released two new versions of the Kaseya Endpoint Security (KES) and Backup and Disaster Recovery (BU-DR) modules for IT integrators.
Lilia Guan Dec 4 2008, 12:30PM Security

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