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Former IT Wholesale boss lands at XIT

Former IT Wholesale boss lands at XIT

Former Cellnet senior executive Santo Pappalardo has landed at Brisbane-based startup distributor XIT Distribution, joining four of his former IT Wholesale (ITW) colleagues in the process.
Byron Connolly Jan 16 2004, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Home automation sales up for distributor

Home automation sales up for distributor

Distributor W Home Automation has reported $412,971 in net profit for the six months ending December 31, up 26 percent on management forecasts for that period.
Staff Writers Jan 13 2004, 12:00AM Finance
Midware buys SynergyIT, takes on debt

Midware buys SynergyIT, takes on debt

Software developer and services provider Midware has bought out Sydney infrastructure support rival SynergyIT for about $700,000 - including payment of $373,000 in debt.
Staff Writers Jan 12 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Synnex earns US$8 million in first public results

Synnex earns US$8 million in first public results

Synnex posted strong earnings and revenue in its first quarter as a public company.
Scott Campbell Jan 9 2004, 12:00AM Finance
Intel focuses on digital home market

Intel focuses on digital home market

Chip giant Intel is organising two new significant business initiatives based around entertainment PCs and consumer electronics in a bid to deliver its existing silicon technology into a wide swath of new devices.
Edward F. Moltzen Jan 9 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Retailers revel in Christmas sales bonanza

Retailers revel in Christmas sales bonanza

Retailers have reported strong computer product sales over the Christmas period, driven largely by a boom in consumer spending on digital cameras and notebooks.
Byron Connolly Jan 6 2004, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
IT pros on New Year jobhunt?

IT pros on New Year jobhunt?

Linux, coupled with governments looking at moving to open source, could offer increased job opportunities for Australian IT professionals this year, according to one recruitment firm.
Claire Doble Jan 6 2004, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Axe falls on insurance firms

Axe falls on insurance firms

Sydney integrator Axe Group has partnered IBM Global Services to deliver a multi-million dollar electronic hub for a consortium of seven insurance organisations - Allianz, NRMA, MTQ, GE Insurance, CGU, QBE Mercantile Mutual and the Insurance Council of Australia.
Fleur Doidge Jan 5 2004, 12:00AM Finance
Volante, Ipex merge to win government, outsourcing deals

Volante, Ipex merge to win government, outsourcing deals

Volante is merging with Melbourne's Ipex to create a single $480 million Australian-owned IT infrastructure and services company with 850 employees, subject to a shareholder vote in February.
Fleur Doidge Dec 23 2003, 12:00AM Training & Development
Quadtel resurrected

Quadtel resurrected

Six months after going into administration, ASX-listed Quadtel Limited has been resurrected with an agreement to acquire Original Spin, a developer of wireless mobile software applications.
Byron Connolly Dec 12 2003, 12:00AM Training & Development
Victoria loosens purse-strings for smaller ISVs

Victoria loosens purse-strings for smaller ISVs

The Victorian government has announced a $1 million software development program to help Victorian developers gain global accreditation.
Fleur Doidge Dec 11 2003, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Sarbanes sound and fury signifying not a lot

Sarbanes sound and fury signifying not a lot

Despite all the sound and fury on corporate governance, a global META Group survey has found that businesses aren’t buying technology targeting US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act compliance.
Fleur Doidge Dec 10 2003, 12:00AM Training & Development
Integrators in end of year acquisitions

Integrators in end of year acquisitions

Storage integrator SecureData (SDG) has acquired Victorian IT infrastructure company Fulcrum just a few weeks after its purchase of database management provider SQL Services.
Byron Connolly Dec 9 2003, 12:00AM Strategy
ASI scores $1.1m Vic govt contract

ASI scores $1.1m Vic govt contract

ASI Solutions has won a tender with a Victorian government department, estimated to be worth more than $1.1 million.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2003, 12:00AM Strategy
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

When most people think of having a digitally ‘connected home’ they conjure up images of living in a world created by the animators of the successful ’60s cartoon The Jetsons.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2003, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
NSC ramps up in Brisbane

NSC ramps up in Brisbane

Communications integrator NSC Group has appointed two more staff to its Brisbane office.
Fleur Doidge Nov 28 2003, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Calculli back in the channel

Calculli back in the channel

After 12 months at manufacturer Acer Computer, Michael Calculli is back in the channel, taking up a position as channel sales manager at one of Australia’s largest PC assemblers, Optima Technology Solutions.
Staff Writers Nov 25 2003, 12:00AM Sales & Marketing
Customers for lease

Customers for lease

Vendors and resellers would each dearly love to own their relationship with their customers, but most channel partners at the recent CRN Roundtable agree that relationship is only, at best, rented.
Staff Writers Nov 21 2003, 12:00AM Finance
Finding the right margin mix

Finding the right margin mix

The channel has to work harder on its value proposition, stop competing on price and understand its cost model better for each particular vendor to ensure they have the right profit margin mix, according to attendees at CRN’s Channel Roundtable.
Staff Writers Nov 21 2003, 12:00AM Training & Development
Avnet reports Q1 loss

Avnet reports Q1 loss

Avnet lost US$11.4 million, or US9 cents per share, in the first fiscal quarter ended October 4, which compares with a loss of US$488,000, or less than a penny per share, in the year-ago quarter.
Scott Campbell Nov 3 2003, 12:00AM Finance

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