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Yahoo buys Zimbra for US$350m

Yahoo buys Zimbra for US$350m

Yahoo has agreed to acquire Zimbra for US$350m. Zimbra markets an email platform that combines an open source client with proprietary server components.
Tom Sanders Sep 19 2007, 6:37AM Strategy
PGP Corporation announces partnership with inTechnology Distribution

PGP Corporation announces partnership with inTechnology Distribution

Data protection vendor, PGP Corporation, today embarked on a new partnership agreement with the value-add distributor inTechnology signalling a partner expansion in APAC.
Staff Writers Sep 18 2007, 2:51PM Strategy
BT buys Belgium's INS Group

BT buys Belgium's INS Group

BT has acquired INS Group, a Belgium-based network and systems integrator, for an undisclosed sum.
Matt Chapman Sep 14 2007, 6:48AM Strategy
Gateway shareholders rebel against Acer deal

Gateway shareholders rebel against Acer deal

Disgruntled investors have begun filing class action lawsuits against PC vendor Gateway over its pending sale to Acer.
Shaun Nichols Sep 14 2007, 6:47AM Strategy
Wacom appoints NZ disti

Wacom appoints NZ disti

Pen tablet vendor expands its New Zealand channel by signing Scholastic.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2007, 2:29PM Strategy
Double appointment

Double appointment

MessageLabs has announced two enterprise sales appointments amid increasing demand for its managed security services for large businesses.
Staff Writers Sep 3 2007, 10:36AM Strategy
Datacom acquires NSW IT outsourcer for $10.5 million

Datacom acquires NSW IT outsourcer for $10.5 million

IT services provider, Datacom, has acquired the NSW based IT outsourcing and facilities management arm of Hansen Technologies, Hansen Professional Services, for a cash consideration of $10.5 million.
Mitchell Bingemann Aug 31 2007, 10:36AM Strategy
Microsoft to buy corporate group-chat provider

Microsoft to buy corporate group-chat provider

Microsoft agreed to acquire Parlano, which provides technology to allow companies to create group chat sessions for employees, and add the application to its portfolio of communication offerings.
Staff Writers Aug 30 2007, 3:04PM Strategy
Paramount turns its back on Blu-ray

Paramount turns its back on Blu-ray

Studio goes exclusively HD-DVD.
Tom Sanders Aug 23 2007, 2:35PM Strategy
Kazacos acquires Sensis' Invizage

Kazacos acquires Sensis' Invizage

Peter Kazacos, the man that left Kaz to Telstra has returned to buy up an arm of Sensis.
Lilia Guan Aug 16 2007, 6:50AM Strategy
Sigtec buys Brisbane-based Technisyst

Sigtec buys Brisbane-based Technisyst

Australian mobile computing solutions vendor, Sigtec Group has acquired Brisbane-based Technisyst.
Lilia Guan Aug 14 2007, 2:30PM Strategy
Riverbed chooses Networld as first distie

Riverbed chooses Networld as first distie

Fresh from its deal with vendor Acronis, Networld has also recently picked up WAN optimisation vendor Riverbed.
Lilia Guan Aug 10 2007, 1:25PM Strategy
Multimedia Technology takes on board DDR memory.

Multimedia Technology takes on board DDR memory.

Melbourne-based distributor Multimedia Technology adds more memory to its protfolio.
Staff Writers Aug 6 2007, 7:44AM Strategy
Holding the middle ground

Holding the middle ground

Vendors, distributors and resellers discuss Australia’s distribution landscape.
Trevor Treharne Aug 1 2007, 2:05PM Strategy
HMV sells off Japanese business

HMV sells off Japanese business

Retailer sells 62 stores and website for £70m.
Staff Writers Aug 1 2007, 7:53AM Strategy
Web business strategy focus of Microsoft meeting

Web business strategy focus of Microsoft meeting

Microsoft has showed early signs of narrowing the gap with Google in its Web business, leading Wall Street to ask whether the world's biggest software company may be able to turn an overlooked unit into a financial powerhouse.
Daisuke Wakabayashi Jul 25 2007, 1:15PM Strategy
Eureka for Bluefish Technologies

Eureka for Bluefish Technologies

Local distirbutor signs-up to distribute products from Bluefish444, a division of Australian-based Bluefish Technologies.
Lilia Guan Jul 19 2007, 4:00PM Strategy
Candle Australia buys Jav IT for $4M

Candle Australia buys Jav IT for $4M

Candle Australia heads into ICT services through the acquisition of Jav IT.
Lilia Guan Jul 12 2007, 4:04PM Strategy
Objective lands $2.8 million deal

Objective lands $2.8 million deal

ECM vendor selected by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
Staff Writers Jul 12 2007, 3:40PM Strategy
NetWorld defends drop by Exinda

NetWorld defends drop by Exinda

Exinda drops NetWorld - an arm of Distribution Central, via a letter, as the vendor cuts a new distribution deal with TechPlus.
Lilia Guan Jul 10 2007, 11:30AM Strategy

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