Recent articles by Lilia Guan

NEC bows out of entry level LCD market

NEC bows out of entry level LCD market

NEC Australia, a provider of commercial LCD display solutions, said it would be exiting the entry level LCD monitor market, to concentrate on its mid to high end range of LCD product.
Lilia Guan Feb 11 2008, 6:26PM Hardware
Commander sackings gets review from Workplace Ombudsman

Commander sackings gets review from Workplace Ombudsman

The Commonwealth Workplace Ombudsman will investigate the dismissal of 600 staff at telecommunications and information services company Commander Communications Limited to ensure workers receive their lawful termination entitlements under federal workplace law.
Lilia Guan Feb 11 2008, 2:50PM Collaboration
People Telecom in $200M deal with Telstra Wholesale

People Telecom in $200M deal with Telstra Wholesale

ASX-listed, People Telecom has signed a $200 million supply agreement with Telstra Wholesale, which will underpin People Telecom’s continuing growth in national fixed wire and broadband services.
Lilia Guan Feb 11 2008, 1:59PM Collaboration
KLM expands into Tasmania with TC Electrical

KLM expands into Tasmania with TC Electrical

National electrical and communications service provider, KLM Group has further expanded the company’s national network with the acquisition of Hobart based business, TC Electrical Pty Ltd.
Lilia Guan Feb 11 2008, 12:30PM Collaboration
Labor‘s $30M technology funding cut will not affect the industry

Labor‘s $30M technology funding cut will not affect the industry

The Labor government has taken a blade to some of the previous government's pre-election promises for the 2007-08 fiscal year, including $30 million from the federal technology budget.
Lilia Guan Feb 11 2008, 6:46AM Collaboration
Avalanche sees reseller growth with AVG product

Avalanche sees reseller growth with AVG product

Local distributor, Avalanche has seen growth in its reseller numbers since it started a separate business looking after the distribution and promotion of AVG Internet security software, to the Australian and New Zealand marketplace.
Lilia Guan Feb 8 2008, 1:15PM Hardware
NSC head out with FrontRange’s ITSM

NSC head out with FrontRange’s ITSM

Communications integrator, NSC has chosen FrontRange Solutions’ IT Service Management (ITSM) to drive service improvement for NSC’s growing customer base. Craig Neil (pictured) managing director at NSC group said the contract is worth $750,000.
Lilia Guan Feb 8 2008, 11:22AM Software
Clearswift and itX part ways

Clearswift and itX part ways

Content security vendor, Clearswift and ASX-listed distributor itX, have parted company after two years. Clearswift will not appoint a new distributor and has elected to engage in a direct relationship with resellers.
Lilia Guan Feb 7 2008, 2:30PM Strategy
Labor kicks Telstra into action over ADSL2+

Labor kicks Telstra into action over ADSL2+

Telstra’s announcement yesterday to switch on its high-speed ADSL2+ broadband at more than 900 telephone exchanges, signals new policy activism from the government, says Ovum Research.
Lilia Guan Feb 7 2008, 7:45AM Collaboration
Informatica INFORMs resellers

Informatica INFORMs resellers

Enterprise data integration software and service provider, Informatica Corporation launched its new worldwide partner program, INFORM. The new program was designed to help partners develop and promote solutions in conjunction with Informatica.
Lilia Guan Feb 6 2008, 10:49AM Software
Hyro Limited stops acquisition, changes CEO

Hyro Limited stops acquisition, changes CEO

The board of directors of Hyro Limited has decided not to proceed with the previously proposed acquisition of Indigo Pacific by Hyro.
Lilia Guan Feb 5 2008, 11:50AM Services
Tonnex opens office in Sydney

Tonnex opens office in Sydney

Printer consumables distributor, Tonnex has opened an office in Sydney’s North. The new office will look after sales and customer service and complements the Melbourne and Brisbane distribution centres.
Lilia Guan Feb 4 2008, 2:11PM Hardware
Commander lets go of Unitel for $10M

Commander lets go of Unitel for $10M

Voice and data integrator Commander has sold Unitel, its wholesale network services business arm to M2 Telecommunications for the sum of $10 million.
Lilia Guan Feb 4 2008, 1:34PM Services
Telecom NZ continues with pieNETWORKs’ Webphone trials

Telecom NZ continues with pieNETWORKs’ Webphone trials

Despite Telecom NZ’s decision not to sell part of its payphone network to Australian VoIP developer, pieNetworks, the telecommunications provider will continue to trial pieNetworks’ Webphone product.
Lilia Guan Feb 1 2008, 3:02PM Mobility
Telstra cops complaints from four rival telcos

Telstra cops complaints from four rival telcos

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received notification of five telecommunications access disputes under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
Lilia Guan Feb 1 2008, 12:30PM Collaboration
Cellnet reinvigorates IBM division

Cellnet reinvigorates IBM division

Broadbased IT distributor, Cellnet has hired Aidan Fitzgerald as its IBM business manager, to reinvigorate the distributor’s IBM division.
Lilia Guan Jan 31 2008, 2:19PM Mobility
Lenovo sales up 15 percent, sells mobile phone division for $100M

Lenovo sales up 15 percent, sells mobile phone division for $100M

Despite strong financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2007/08 and increased PC shipments in Asia Pacific (excluding China), Lenono has sold its entire interest in its mobile handset business to a private equity group led by Hony Capital, the private equity arm of Legend Holdings, for US$100 million.
Lilia Guan Jan 31 2008, 1:50PM Mobility
Synnex makes US$1.97B in the fourth quarter of '07

Synnex makes US$1.97B in the fourth quarter of '07

IT distributor Synnex Corporation’s fiscal fourth quarter for the year ending 30 November 2007 shows the distributor’s revenues were US$1.97 billion, exceeding the company's guidance range of US$1.875 billion to US$1.925 billion. This represents an increase of 13.4 percent compared to US$1.74 billion for the quarter ending 30 November 2006.
Lilia Guan Jan 31 2008, 12:06PM Finance
Zlyotech scores $11M distribution deal, heads to US, Europe and Asia

Zlyotech scores $11M distribution deal, heads to US, Europe and Asia

Local enterprise surveillance vendor, Zylotech has entered into an $11M distribution agreement with VIVOtech, an Asian hardware manufacturer of IP surveillance products.
Lilia Guan Jan 31 2008, 10:56AM Finance
Telecom NZ rejects Aussie Webphone

Telecom NZ rejects Aussie Webphone

ASX-listed Internet and VoIP telephony vendor, pieNETWORKS’will no longer commercially roll out its Webphone to the New Zealand marketplace using Telecom NZ.
Lilia Guan Jan 30 2008, 2:28PM Mobility

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