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Harvey Norman’s Slack-Smith gets promoted

Harvey Norman’s Slack-Smith gets promoted

Long time Harvey Norman computer and communications GM John Slack-Smith has moved upstairs to become the retailer’s chief operating officer, effective last week.
David Binning Nov 3 2005, 9:23AM Sales & Marketing
PluggedIn: Digital revolution set to sweep "Bollywood"

PluggedIn: Digital revolution set to sweep "Bollywood"

Digital cinema is about to take off in India, home of the world's most prolific film industry, but not without some twists and turns worthy of a "Bollywood" melodrama.
Narayanan Madhavan Oct 31 2005, 9:00AM Strategy
Warner Bros revamps home video, adds digital wing

Warner Bros revamps home video, adds digital wing

Warner Bros film studio has reorganised its home video unit into a broad group aimed at new markets that use the internet, wireless and other digital technologies to send movies and TV shows to consumers.
Bob Tourtellotte Oct 26 2005, 1:43PM Strategy
iTunes lands in Australia

iTunes lands in Australia

Apple’s iTunes online music store is now available in Australia, offering users more than one million songs and over 1000 music videos.
Staff Writers Oct 25 2005, 10:30AM Sales & Marketing
Bird flu may create sales opportunity

Bird flu may create sales opportunity

Organisations have been urged to prepare for avian flu by reviewing business continuity plans and ensuring staff can work from home -- suggesting a possible sales opportunity for the channel.
Staff Writers Oct 24 2005, 3:50PM Strategy
Aust signs MoU with India

Aust signs MoU with India

Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India, which aims to encourage cooperation between the two countries in the ICT space.
Vivienne Fisher Oct 24 2005, 3:36PM Strategy
PluggedIn: DVD format war brews even as videos go off-disk

PluggedIn: DVD format war brews even as videos go off-disk

Hollywood is gearing up for an ugly war over rival DVD formats, but the real battle may be in keeping customers hooked on physical discs at all.
Sue Zeidler Oct 24 2005, 8:30AM Strategy
Tata buys Sydney's FNS for $35m

Tata buys Sydney's FNS for $35m

Indian software and service provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bought Sydney banking and financial software vendor Financial Network Services (FNS) for $35 million.
Fleur Doidge Oct 21 2005, 4:04PM Strategy
One minute with...Colin McKenna

One minute with...Colin McKenna

CRN chats with Colin McKenna, managing director at Avnet Partner Solutions.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2005, 11:18AM Strategy
Venture capitalists seek next big thing in tech

Venture capitalists seek next big thing in tech

Luxemburg-based internet telephony firm Skype has shown that Europeans can build a US$4 billion company in just over two years, but venture capitalists are wondering if it was a fluke or the start of a trend.
Georgina Prodhan Oct 21 2005, 9:00AM Finance
TCS says buys Aussie firm FNS for US$26 million

TCS says buys Aussie firm FNS for US$26 million

India's largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, said on Thursday it had acquired Sydney-based Financial Network Services (FNS) for US$26 million to strengthen its offering for the banking industry.
Staff Writers Oct 20 2005, 3:20PM Strategy
Symposium to talk up buying trends

Symposium to talk up buying trends

Gartner's annual travelling talkfest, Symposium, will put customer relationships with vendors and other IT providers under the spotlight next month, an analyst has said.
Fleur Doidge Oct 19 2005, 12:36PM Training & Development
Integrity Data Systems up for sale

Integrity Data Systems up for sale

The administrator of Adelaide specialist wireless product distributor Integrity Data Systems is attempting to sell the business.
Byron Connolly Oct 19 2005, 11:16AM Finance
FEATURE: US digital firm looks to Europe, not Hollywood

FEATURE: US digital firm looks to Europe, not Hollywood

US start-up S.two Corp has convinced a Hollywood director to use its digital recorder, but its hopes of winning more devotees hang on a small production company doing a children's film in Belgium.
Gilles Castonguay Oct 18 2005, 12:00PM Strategy
PluggedIn: In China, internet creates new wave of pop stars

PluggedIn: In China, internet creates new wave of pop stars

Yang Chengang was a music teacher by day and lounge singer by night in central China's Hubei province when one day three years ago a friend suggested putting one of his songs on the internet.
Doug Young Oct 17 2005, 2:30PM Sales & Marketing
Podcasters prepare to launch video era

Podcasters prepare to launch video era

Podcasting is on the verge of setting off a video revolution and users of Apple Computer's new video iPod can expect a deluge of outspoken commentary, religious sermons and pornography.
Pascal Pinck Oct 14 2005, 9:00AM Sales & Marketing
Variety is the spice

Variety is the spice

Australian "digital diva" Rita Arrigo talks about the road less travelled and finds some interesting diversions along the way.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2005, 4:25PM Strategy
Google funds "social entreprenuer" program

Google funds "social entreprenuer" program

Google has begun to make good on its commitment to plow a small fraction of the proceeds from its wildly successful stock offering into social investment projects.
Eric Auchard Oct 13 2005, 10:00AM Training & Development
Tata Consultancy Q2 net up 20.5 percent, above forecast

Tata Consultancy Q2 net up 20.5 percent, above forecast

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top software services company, reported on Tuesday its quarterly net profit rose a better-than-expected 20.5 percent on rising outsourcing of IT services by overseas clients.
Staff Writers Oct 12 2005, 3:30PM Finance
Infosys Q2 profit jumps, raises full-year forecast

Infosys Q2 profit jumps, raises full-year forecast

India's number-two software exporter, Infosys, posted a better-than-expected 36 percent rise in quarterly net profit and raised its full-year forecast as Western clients ramp up their outsourcing of technology jobs.
Narayanan Madhavan Oct 12 2005, 12:00PM Finance

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