Data centre

Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft

Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft

Oracle has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for about US$10.3 billion.
Staff Writers Dec 14 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
CIOs see more project spending

CIOs see more project spending

Several US CIOs have told attendees at a supply chain conference in New York they expect vibrant spending for new IT projects next year.
Steven Burke Dec 10 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
More than a game, as server sets record for most players

More than a game, as server sets record for most players

Move over, XBox. Officials from The Guinness Book of World Records recently confirmed the highest number of players ever recorded on a single game server at the DreamHack Winter 2004 festival. DreamHack, in Jnkping, Sweden, is the world's largest LAN party and game festival.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Cortex IT, Westan in storage deal

Cortex IT, Westan in storage deal

Melbourne distributor Westan has stuck an OEM storage arrangement with backup software company Cortex IT to deliver a pre-configured network attached storage (NAS) solution to the Australian channel in a deal both companies claimed was a world first.
Byron Connolly Nov 23 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
NetApp ups channel commitment

NetApp ups channel commitment

US-based storage vendor Network Appliance has flagged a bigger channel push locally as part of its drive into grid-style storage next year.
Fleur Doidge Nov 19 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Grid project puts unused PCs to work

Grid project puts unused PCs to work

IBM and several of the world's leading scientific and philanthropic groups this week launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer's to disaster forecasting.
Staff Writers Nov 17 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Plumtree to bear partner fruit

Plumtree to bear partner fruit

Enterprise portal software specialist Plumtree Software has initiated a channel drive and would look to recruit an extra five partners over the next six months.
Byron Connolly Nov 12 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Oversupply expected to hit chip market

Oversupply expected to hit chip market

An oversupply of semiconductors is expected to cause the market to shrink next year, according to a market research firm.
Staff Writers Nov 5 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
iSCSI finds fans in Australian channel

iSCSI finds fans in Australian channel

The Australian market may finally be ready for iSCSI storage, if the experience of Sydney specialist distributor Lan 1 is any guide.
Fleur Doidge Oct 28 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
EMC goes Dantzing

EMC goes Dantzing

EMC scored big with its acquisition of Dantz Development, a small developer of data backup and restore software sold under the Retrospect brand.
Joseph F. Kovar Oct 18 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
StorageTek beefs up channel with new program

StorageTek beefs up channel with new program

Storage vendor StorageTek has outlined plans to ramp up channel sales to 60 percent of its turnover in two years, flagging a possible raft of new local signings from early 2005.
Fleur Doidge Oct 14 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
LAN Systems grabs exclusive EMC deal

LAN Systems grabs exclusive EMC deal

LAN Systems has scored an exclusive distribution agreement with enterprise-cum-SMB storage vendor EMC, in a deal that would potentially catapult its storage sales to 15 percent of its business over the next 18 to 24 months.
Byron Connolly Oct 1 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
SanDisk sees photo memory opportunity in Big W

SanDisk sees photo memory opportunity in Big W

Memory vendor SanDisk is taking its digital camera flash memory cards to the retail mass merchant channel for the first time with the news that it has signed a distribution deal with Big W.
Sarah Stokely Sep 30 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Concerto signs Melbourne BPO provider UCMS

Concerto signs Melbourne BPO provider UCMS

US contact centre applications vendor Concerto Software has signed a Melbourne-based business process outsourcing specialist, UCMS.
Fleur Doidge Sep 17 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Fiorina talks down HP storage problems, talks up channel

Fiorina talks down HP storage problems, talks up channel

Before a throng of end users at Hewlett-Packard's Americas StorageWorks Conference, chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina downplayed the impact of recent problems in HP's storage business, but she talked up the channel.
Joseph F. Kovar Sep 15 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Server sales across the Asia-Pacific region were up 12.4 percent in the second quarter to US$1.4 billion, according to new Gartner Dataquest figures.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
DYO Services seeks resellers

DYO Services seeks resellers

Australian backup technology company DYO Services is cranking up a campaign to recruit resellers to sell its SME storage software DYObackup and has promised margins of 30 percent with the product.
Byron Connolly Sep 3 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Frontrange to double up

Frontrange to double up

Mid-range CRM vendor, FrontRange Solutions is planning to use a combination of a new products and a bulked up channel presence to double its local revenue over the next two years.
Darren Baguley Aug 12 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
EMC centralises Asia-Pacific partner support

EMC centralises Asia-Pacific partner support

Storage vendor EMC has centralised Asia-Pacific partner support, opening seven reseller help centres in what it sees as key markets.
Fleur Doidge Aug 5 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Utility computing may revolutionise IT services: IDC

Utility computing may revolutionise IT services: IDC

Internet delivery of processing power, storage, software, network bandwidth and other services could eventually transform the IT services market and cause upheaval among today's leading outsourcing firms, a US market research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Jul 21 2004, 12:00AM Data centre

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