Collaboration

Aussie firm CI sells up to US service provider

Aussie firm CI sells up to US service provider

US-based KBR – an engineering, construction and services company – has purchased Australian-based Catalyst Interactive (CI), an e-learning and training solutions provider.
Lilia Guan Apr 9 2008, 1:21PM Collaboration
Angels keeping guard over Australian ICT innovation

Angels keeping guard over Australian ICT innovation

As the Federal Government plans for the future with an upcoming review on national innovation, a group of dedicated investors want to lend their own expertise to ensure the growth of Australian ideas truly stay down under.
Ashley Clark Apr 9 2008, 6:41AM Collaboration
Telstra and Alcatel link Oz to US with submarine cable

Telstra and Alcatel link Oz to US with submarine cable

Telstra and Alcatel-Lucent have demonstrated a new 9,000 kilometre submarine cable that - both organisations claim - will dramatically increase Internet capacity between Australia and the United States.
Lilia Guan Apr 8 2008, 4:35PM Collaboration
Distribution Central's SAN Systems goes virtual with Xsigo

Distribution Central's SAN Systems goes virtual with Xsigo

Virtualisation vendor, Xsigo Systems, has appointed SAN Systems - a divsion of Distribution Central - as the local distributor of its infrastructure offerings.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 8 2008, 2:20PM Collaboration
Telstra talks up Next G network

Telstra talks up Next G network

Telstra is talking up its Next G network, claiming the wide coverage and data speeds of its Next G network could open up new opportunities for businesses across Australia to monitor and control remote sites without leaving their home or office.
Lilia Guan Apr 8 2008, 11:36AM Collaboration
Opinion: RIP bushband WiMax

Opinion: RIP bushband WiMax

That’s one way to save $1bn – nuke a huge contract bequeathed to you by the previous government. Today Senator Conroy has killed off the OPEL broadband deal which was supposed to bring wireless broadband to lots of places where you can’t get broadband.
Ian Yates Apr 8 2008, 9:29AM Collaboration
Asia-Pacific markets take to virtualisation

Asia-Pacific markets take to virtualisation

Virtualisation software and service vendors will be making US$1.35bn a year in the Asia-Pacific region within two years, analysts report. The technology is now becoming an 'imperative' at the server level.
Simon Burns Apr 8 2008, 6:27AM Collaboration
CRN launches Channel Champion Awards 2008

CRN launches Channel Champion Awards 2008

The Australian channel’s night of nights returns for the second year running with a new voting system and reseller categories.
Trevor Treharne , Helen Frost Apr 7 2008, 4:15PM Collaboration
Primus completes data centre upgrade

Primus completes data centre upgrade

Telecommunications provider, Primus Telecom, has announced the completion of its Melbourne data centre upgrade.
Staff Writers Apr 7 2008, 4:04PM Collaboration
A virtual Paradigm

A virtual Paradigm

Australian reseller Paradigm Technology Group, a subsidiary of Peter Kazacos’ PK Business Advantage Managed Service Provider, has signed up as a strategic technology and commercialisation partner to provide the Virtual.Offis server virtualisation solution to the small to medium business sector.
Lilia Guan Apr 7 2008, 1:56PM Collaboration
802.11 standard: A goldmine for Aussie channel

802.11 standard: A goldmine for Aussie channel

The latest version of the 802.11 wireless standard, 802.11n, is set to offer new business opportunities for the channel as vendors begin to bring to market products using this new revision.
Mitchell Smith Apr 7 2008, 12:16PM Collaboration
Cisco Partner Summit: What lies ahead for channel partners?

Cisco Partner Summit: What lies ahead for channel partners?

Tomorrow is the first official day of Cisco’s 2008 Partner Summit in Hawaii, with the vendor unveiling its channel approach for 2008. CRN's managing editor, Helen Frost, investigates live from the conference ...
Helen Frost Apr 7 2008, 10:06AM Collaboration
Netgear’s renewed channel focus

Netgear’s renewed channel focus

The upcoming Netgear partner event held in Sydney this Wednesday will be the setting for the local launch of the vendor’s latest consumer and SMB products.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 7 2008, 9:55AM Collaboration
ATUG: Conroy must have alternative for OPEL

ATUG: Conroy must have alternative for OPEL

The Australian Telecommunication Users Group (ATUG) has put in its two cents' worth on Senator Conroy’s decision to disband OPEL. According to a recent statement, ATUG viewed the OPEL initiative as an important part of the solution to the lack of communication services available to regional Australia.
Lilia Guan Apr 5 2008, 10:25AM Collaboration
Asia Pacific expecting IT services bonanza

Asia Pacific expecting IT services bonanza

Businesses in Asia will spend almost US$56bn annually on IT services within three years, new research predicts.
Simon Burns Apr 5 2008, 7:15AM Collaboration
Google and Proofpoint weigh in on the ‘cloud computing’ debate

Google and Proofpoint weigh in on the ‘cloud computing’ debate

The recent Australian visit by Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer for Google, has livened discussion around the ‘cloud computing’ model as a viable alternative to on-premise networking solutions.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 5 2008, 6:45AM Collaboration
ASG scores $75M worth of contracts, includes one with Dell

ASG scores $75M worth of contracts, includes one with Dell

Australian IT services provider ASG Group has secured contracts with a total value of approximately $75 million, including provision of IT services support to Dell Australia on a new CSIRO contract and provision of Oracle and general IT support to Multiplex.
Lilia Guan Apr 4 2008, 2:14PM Collaboration
CeBIT Australia confirms attendance by Telstra and Optus

CeBIT Australia confirms attendance by Telstra and Optus

With CeBIT Australia 2008 only a month away, local event organiser Hanover Fairs Australia has confirmed Optus and Telstra will join multinational technology vendors Fujitsu, Motorola, Oracle, Panasonic, Red Hat, Siemens, Sony and Yahoo at the event.
Lilia Guan Apr 4 2008, 1:05PM Collaboration
Opinion: Conroy "deserves knighthood" for canning OPEL

Opinion: Conroy "deserves knighthood" for canning OPEL

According to one CRN reader, The Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s is right to disband the OPEL consortium, despite criticism from the Federal Opposition.
Lilia Guan Apr 3 2008, 5:30PM Collaboration
Green IT prompts Sharp to ramp up solar panel production

Green IT prompts Sharp to ramp up solar panel production

Sharp has announced plans to more than double the volume of solar cells it produces in coming years.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 3 2008, 1:06PM Collaboration

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