Recent articles by Lilia Guan
Digital Content: The technology is here, but who supplies the content?
Are telecommunications providers missing out on the big bucks by simply reselling digital content to end users? According to independent research and IT&T analyst group, IDC, most telecommunications providers would struggle to deliver their own content. If it was to be done by a telco they would either sky rocket to success or fail dismally.
Mar 4 2008, 3:23PM
Training & Development
Former TEAC Australia CFO guilty of financial dishonesty
Kenneth David Evans, the former chief financial officer and director of TEAC Australia Pty Ltd, has been sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment, wholly suspended for three years, in the County Court of Victoria following an investigation by ASIC.
Mar 3 2008, 12:29PM
Hardware
NSW IT systems developer sentenced on ASIC charges
Payment systems developer, Lindsay William Field of West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, has been sentenced in the Downing Centre Local Court following a charge brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Mar 3 2008, 12:26PM
Software
Cellnet makes net profit of $1.8M
Australian IT distributor, Cellnet has announced a loss after tax for the period ending December 31 2007 of $836 000 a 129 percent decrease from the result in 31 December 2006. The distributor achieved sales revenue of $244.3 million, a decrease of 8 percent from the period to 31 December 2006.
Mar 3 2008, 7:07AM
Finance
NewSat has no further opportunities for an ABG license
Australian satellite and Internet service provider, NewSat Limited’s reapplication for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license will not be considered in two months time by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
Feb 29 2008, 4:02PM
Collaboration
Labor's Australian Broadband Guarantee committments brought into question
NewSat’s announcement that its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license was put on hold by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy has raised a few questions about the former Government’s Broadband Guarantee initiative.
Feb 29 2008, 3:34PM
Collaboration
ACCC grants authorisation code to the Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted ‘authorisation’ to certain provisions of the code of conduct to the Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association (ITCRA).
Feb 29 2008, 7:22AM
Training & Development
BigAir: WiMax now on an even playing field with ADSL
Australian WiMax operator, BigAir has made its first Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) profit of $116 thousand dollars for the completed half year ending 31 December 2007 and since the launch of its operations in 2004, thanks to increased interest in WiMax technology.
Feb 28 2008, 2:20PM
Mobility
Linux mobile devices open new market for Australian resellers
A new IDC report predicts that over the long term and certainly in next-generation devices, Linux will be a player and it won't have to capture market share from incumbents to be successful. These Linux-based products can create a new market for Australian resellers.
Feb 27 2008, 2:48PM
Mobility
NewSat's satellite access for rural areas put on hold
Australian satellite and Internet service provider, NewSat Limited, has had its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license put on hold by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
Feb 27 2008, 6:56AM
Collaboration
Australian distributors: Security vendors need the channel
A review conducted by IDC has estimated that over 80 percent of all security software in Australia and New Zealand was sold through the channel in 2007. Australian security distributors talk to CRN about why the number could be higher.
Feb 26 2008, 3:00PM
Security
