Data centre

Popularity growing for open source databases

Popularity growing for open source databases

Database systems built from open-source code are gaining in capabilities and enjoying rapid adoption by early users of new technology on IT staffs.
Charles Babcock Mar 12 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
CRM consultancy flags Asian expansion

CRM consultancy flags Asian expansion

CRM specialist Aaromba Technologies has expanded into Western Australia with an eye to a campaign to conquer Asia starting 2005.
Fleur Doidge Mar 8 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Server market posts growth

Server market posts growth

The worldwide server market posted growth for the third consecutive quarter at the end of 2003, with Linux use continuing to accelerate, according to market-research firm IDC.
Antone Gonsalves Mar 1 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Channel may take Quantum leap

Channel may take Quantum leap

US storage vendor Quantum is making a play for more sales in the Australian channel, enhancing its reseller program to push tape drives to SMBs.
Fleur Doidge Feb 24 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Sun refreshes server line

Sun refreshes server line

Sun Microsystems continued its tradition of quarterly new product blitzes by unveiling more than 25 new servers on Tuesday.
Joseph F. Kovar Feb 11 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Swiftel broadband orders accelerate

Swiftel broadband orders accelerate

Data services provider Swiftel has recorded 100 average daily orders for its ADSL subscription service for the past three months.
Staff Writers Feb 10 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
EMC’s search for the holy grail

EMC’s search for the holy grail

EMC CEO Joe Tucci says there are only two choices for companies in the fast-moving storage market: create change or react to it. Tucci, for his part, is doing his best to create change.
Staff Writers Feb 10 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Business Objects reports outstanding Q4

Business Objects reports outstanding Q4

Business intelligence software heavyweight Business Objects reported impressive results for the fourth quarter and year, ended 31 December 2003.
Rochelle Garner Feb 9 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
HP buys two more firms in automation drive

HP buys two more firms in automation drive

In a continuing effort to add automation capabilities to its OpenView enterprise management software suite, HP has signed definitive agreements to acquire two US management software companies.
Matt Villano Feb 6 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
SMB transformation earns SAP a rap

SMB transformation earns SAP a rap

A push into the SMB market and increased commitment to engaging new channel partners resulted in a 12 percent profit jump in 2003 for the Australia and New Zealand subsidiary of software giant SAP.
David Hutchins Jan 30 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Channel boss named for Actuate ANZ

Channel boss named for Actuate ANZ

ERP vendor Actuate has appointed a channel director to lead the US firm's new partner strategy in Australasia.
Staff Writers Jan 23 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
XSI takes on EMC

XSI takes on EMC

Storage reseller XSI Data Solutions has taken on EMC’s entire storage product range, in a deal that is expected to earn the company an additional $6 million in sales revenue this calendar year.
Byron Connolly Jan 22 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
StorageTek certifies to sex up storage

StorageTek certifies to sex up storage

StorageTek has expanded its focus on services, co-operating with North Sydney TAFE to develop what is claimed to be Australia's first vendor-independent storage engineering certification.
Angus Kidman Jan 21 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Veritas rolling out utility computing to channel

Veritas rolling out utility computing to channel

Veritas Software is starting to reach out to the channel with products related to its utility computing strategy.
Joseph F. Kovar Jan 12 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Veritas, EMC storage arrays link up

Veritas, EMC storage arrays link up

Veritas has shipped new Storage Extension software that lets it's Indepth application performance manager (APM) monitor EMC hardware to squeeze performance from databases running on EMC arrays.
Staff Writers Jan 2 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Software arena goes MAD

Software arena goes MAD

They're off to the races. EMC's blockbuster $US635 million buyout of VMware, followed by IBM's purchase of Green Pasture and Red Hat's acquisition of Sistina Software capped a months-long flurry of merger and acquisition activity. And there's more to come, resellers and observers say.
Barbara Darrow , Paula Rooney Dec 22 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
Citrix pays US$225 million for Expertcity

Citrix pays US$225 million for Expertcity

In its largest acquisition to date, Citrix Systems inked a definitive agreement to acquire Expertcity, a leader in providing Web-based desktop access and help desk services, for US$225 million in cash and stock.
Steve Burke Dec 19 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
SAP/Sybase deal broadens SMB suite

SAP/Sybase deal broadens SMB suite

SAP and Sybase have done a deal to put SAP's Business One suite of SMB applications on Sybase's SQL server database.
Rochelle Garner Nov 18 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
Aust data vendor opens door to US govt

Aust data vendor opens door to US govt

Data communications vendor Westel Wireless has signed a joint marketing agreement with its former US distributor King Communications USA that will enable its digital wireless base station gear to be offered to the US government.
Staff Writers Nov 14 2003, 12:00AM Data centre
Brocade offers fabric platform to OEMs, ISVs

Brocade offers fabric platform to OEMs, ISVs

Storage vendor Brocade has made its flagship fabric application platform available to its OEM and developer partners worldwide.
Staff Writers Nov 6 2003, 12:00AM Data centre

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