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Blue Star cuts more staff as it completes Silverwater site merge

Blue Star cuts more staff as it completes Silverwater site merge

Blue Star Print Group has completed the integration of McMillan Print into its Silverwater operations, though it has come at a cost, with more job cuts being made at the company.
Daniel Fitzgerald Jul 2 2009, 10:33AM Strategy
Disaster recovery gets the CIO touch

Disaster recovery gets the CIO touch

Virtualisation derails best-laid plans.
Ry Crozier Jul 1 2009, 11:32AM Strategy
Blue Coat to expand

Blue Coat to expand

Peter Owen has been appointed as the director of channels for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) at Blue Coat.
Jenny Eagle Jun 30 2009, 10:15AM Software
Australian Defence spends $13M on tech ideas

Australian Defence spends $13M on tech ideas

Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Material and Science, said seven technology proposals have been allocated funding by Defence, with more ideas and technology wanted.
Lilia Guan Jun 29 2009, 11:53AM Services
Cellnet axes more IT vendors

Cellnet axes more IT vendors

Following its decision to sell its IBM business to Avnet, Cellnet will end distribution agreements with IT vendors including Asus and Acer.
Lilia Guan Jun 29 2009, 11:01AM Services
Kogan avoids channel and expands

Kogan avoids channel and expands

Aussie Kogan manufacturer and online retailer of consumer electronics products is opening a US warehouse which will pave the way for the company's global expansion.
Negar Salek Jun 23 2009, 3:45PM Strategy
HP and EDS: A Happy Marriage?

HP and EDS: A Happy Marriage?

Integration should be done and dusted by November.
Brett Winterford Jun 23 2009, 9:32AM Strategy
Ingram and SonicWALL part ways

Ingram and SonicWALL part ways

SonicWALL has reduced its distribution partners from three to two, with Lan 1 and Infotronics being retained.
Jenny Eagle Jun 20 2009, 2:11AM Hardware
JCurve brings NetSuite to the masses

JCurve brings NetSuite to the masses

The JCurve Solution's licensed CRM package is a cheaper version of NetSuite targeting businesses of five to 20 people.
Jenny Eagle Jun 18 2009, 12:47PM Services
Ingram to close Comms division

Ingram to close Comms division

The division has worked with Telstra for 10 years to distribute Telstra-branded fixed line products but this will be taken over by Hong Kong company VTech.
Jenny Eagle Jun 18 2009, 5:37AM Mobility
Dell partner program gets a B+

Dell partner program gets a B+

The vendor which made its fortune on the direct model is hard-selling its partner program, with varying degrees of success.
Sholto Macpherson Jun 15 2009, 2:26PM Strategy
Juniper to launch aggressive channel strategy

Juniper to launch aggressive channel strategy

Speaking at the J-Partner Summit in Queensland Frank Vitagliano senior VP worldwide channels for Juniper Networks said the vendor is re-evaluating all marketing activity.
Jenny Eagle Jun 11 2009, 12:43PM Collaboration
Juniper kicks off its J-Partner Summit

Juniper kicks off its J-Partner Summit

Juniper Networks invited 35 partners to its J-Partner Summit in Byron Bay, New South Wales, this week.
Jenny Eagle Jun 11 2009, 8:30AM Security
CRN Tech: a fresh idea for the channel

CRN Tech: a fresh idea for the channel

Today marks the first issue of CRN Tech Australia - a bold step in the history of channel publishing, and hopefully a resource that will become an indispensable tool for resellers.
Sholto Macpherson May 18 2009, 2:33PM Strategy
Haymarket Media revamps CRN online

Haymarket Media revamps CRN online

Haymarket Media Australia is proud to announce the launch of its revamped news site dedicated to the channel - CRN online.
Jenny Eagle May 15 2009, 10:13AM Strategy
Avnet's Costigan moves to Mumbai

Avnet's Costigan moves to Mumbai

Michael Costigan, director of marketing and business innovation for Avnet Technology Solutions Asia Pacific is on a four month secondment to India.
Jenny Eagle May 13 2009, 1:00PM Strategy
POS POS sees changes in market

POS POS sees changes in market

CRN sat down with the CEO of Australian-owned Point-of-Sales (POS) distributor to talk about the market and the potential for more consolidation between distributors.
Lilia Guan May 7 2009, 2:39PM Strategy
Top IT companies to work for in Australia

Top IT companies to work for in Australia

NetApp and Distribution Central are just some of the IT companies that have been named in BRW magazine's '50 Best Companies to work for in Australia' this month.
Jenny Eagle May 6 2009, 9:30AM Strategy
Q&A: Sean Davis, retail sales director A/NZ, Microsoft Entertainment Division

Q&A: Sean Davis, retail sales director A/NZ, Microsoft Entertainment Division

Davis heads up sales for all Microsoft products sold at retail across Australia and New Zealand.
Jenny Eagle Apr 17 2009, 10:00AM Strategy
The new age umbrella

The new age umbrella

These days the humble umbrella has more features than its inventors ever envisaged, so at what point did Wi-Fi become a necessity, wonders CRN’s resident reseller.
Apr 7 2009, 2:52PM Strategy

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