Recent articles by Lilia Guan

EMC brings in Clarion CX4 to local product portfolio

EMC brings in Clarion CX4 to local product portfolio

EMC has released its Clariion CX4 series of storage systems for the mid-tier storage market to Australian resellers.
Lilia Guan Aug 8 2008, 2:31PM Data centre
Microsoft appoints Altech as distributor of the year

Microsoft appoints Altech as distributor of the year

With less than a year under its belt as a Microsoft OEM distributor, Altech has beaten the likes of Ingram and Synnex to be appointed as Microsoft ‘Distributor of the Year’.
Lilia Guan Aug 8 2008, 2:25PM Software
Brennan gets SaaS OEM with NetSuite

Brennan gets SaaS OEM with NetSuite

Australian mid-market IT service provider, Brennan, has signed a multi-million dollar Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM) agreement with business software management vendor, NetSuite.
Lilia Guan Aug 7 2008, 2:42PM Collaboration
Symantec expands virtual products with nSuite

Symantec expands virtual products with nSuite

Symantec is expanding its virtualisation portfolio with the inclusion of products from nSuite Technologies, a US-based privately held virtualisation workspace management company.
Lilia Guan Aug 7 2008, 2:41PM Security
Engin’s operational restructure helps decrease debt

Engin’s operational restructure helps decrease debt

Engin's operational restructure has helped it increase its VoIP revenue and promise new products.
Lilia Guan Aug 6 2008, 4:13PM Finance
ShoreTel adds Aria Tech to distie stable

ShoreTel adds Aria Tech to distie stable

Unified Communications vendor, ShoreTel, has appointed Aria Technologies as its second distributor for Australia.
Lilia Guan Aug 5 2008, 3:24PM Collaboration
Telco analyst claims mobile data explosion

Telco analyst claims mobile data explosion

Mobile data traffic is soaring in Australia due to Telco's capped mobile data services, according to independent telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde.
Lilia Guan Aug 5 2008, 3:24PM Mobility
Aussie IT retailers feel the economic pinch

Aussie IT retailers feel the economic pinch

IT retailers are seeing a tightening of consumer belts as confidence in spending drops, petrol prices/interest rates rise, and an ominous threat of recession looms in the coming year.
Lilia Guan Aug 4 2008, 3:30PM Finance
Opinion: Apple's Chatswood store a burden for local IT retailers?

Opinion: Apple's Chatswood store a burden for local IT retailers?

With IT and CE retailers currently feeling the pinch from a drop in consumer confidence in spending, local Apple IT retailers will now have to deal with another Apple store located in the suburb of Chatswood, Sydney.
Lilia Guan Aug 4 2008, 2:52PM Hardware
NetComm releases routers for Telstra's 3G network

NetComm releases routers for Telstra's 3G network

Australian broadband hardware company, NetComm has teamed up with Telstra to launch the Telstra Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway and Bigpond 7.2 Wireless broadband Network Gateway for use on Telstra’s Next G Network.
Lilia Guan Aug 4 2008, 2:07PM Hardware
Pioneer Computers on the hunt for vertical market resellers

Pioneer Computers on the hunt for vertical market resellers

Pioneer Computers Australia has come up with a green computing solution and the PC manufacturer is looking for resellers to push the $199 machines out to new vertical markets.
Lilia Guan Aug 1 2008, 1:26PM Hardware
Optima purchase on cards for Pioneer Computers

Optima purchase on cards for Pioneer Computers

Pioneer Computers’ managing director, Jeff Li, told CRN that he was seriously considering the purchase of the embattled company.
Lilia Guan Aug 1 2008, 1:26PM Hardware
ISP helps F-Secure profits grow

ISP helps F-Secure profits grow

Global security vendor F-Secure Corporation claims it continues to fuel its growth through its strategic business model of selling security as a service through Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Lilia Guan Jul 30 2008, 3:17PM Finance
Azurn's Merlin magic for call centres

Azurn's Merlin magic for call centres

Azurn International, a local Australian technology developer in the call centre market, will give resellers an opportunity to differentiate their offering by adding Web and telephony solutions.
Lilia Guan Jul 30 2008, 3:11PM Software
Harvey Norman's sales defy fall in consumer spending

Harvey Norman's sales defy fall in consumer spending

Despite a fall in consumer spending, retailer Harvey Norman has reported a healthy increase in sales figures for the financial year.
Lilia Guan Jul 30 2008, 8:17AM Finance
FreshTel and Star-Tech VoIP up Uni students

FreshTel and Star-Tech VoIP up Uni students

Australian VoIP vendor, FreshTel has partnered with Star-Tech Communications to bring Internet telephony to several universities across Australia.
Lilia Guan Jul 29 2008, 3:02PM Collaboration
NEC tempts channel with new UC products

NEC tempts channel with new UC products

Technology vendor NEC is making its unified communications (UC) products available to the Australian SMB and enterprise markets.
Lilia Guan Jul 29 2008, 2:59PM Collaboration
Optima loss sad for the industry according to CRN readers

Optima loss sad for the industry according to CRN readers

Australian white-box builder, Optima Technology Solutions’, announcement to the ASX that it was now under administration has garnered sympathy from CRN readers.
Lilia Guan Jul 25 2008, 2:26PM Hardware
Brennan to open data centre in lucrative QLD market

Brennan to open data centre in lucrative QLD market

Australian mid-tier service provider, Brennan, has invested $3.2 million in building a tier 2 data centre in Brisbane.
Lilia Guan Jul 25 2008, 12:27PM Collaboration
Optima puts hands up and calls in administrators

Optima puts hands up and calls in administrators

One of Australia’s longest running white-box builders, Optima Technology Solutions, has had the administrators called in by parent company Optima ICM Limited. Jeff Li, managing director at Pioneer Computers exclusively told CRN it would take up the warranty and servicing for Optima’s customers.
Lilia Guan Jul 24 2008, 2:16PM Hardware

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