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Hitachi's new channel focus

Hitachi's new channel focus

Hitachi Data Systems has announced the appointment of Steve Kelly as channel director for A/NZ. The company has also appointed six new channel staff to steer business across the region. Kelly replaces Kerstin Baxter, who will now lead Hitachi’s Asia Pacific channel push as director of Volume Channels.
Mitchell Smith Apr 15 2008, 12:17PM Software
TelcoSI adds US call centre product to protfolio

TelcoSI adds US call centre product to protfolio

Australian-based TelcoSI - a provider of service management solutions to telecommunications users, service providers, integrators and equipment manufacturers in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region - has added Empirix's Hammer Test System and OneSight solution to its customer self-service offerings.
Lilia Guan Apr 15 2008, 11:02AM Software
Blue Coat extends Web filter with cloud computing service

Blue Coat extends Web filter with cloud computing service

WAN application delivery and secure Web gateway vendor Blue Coat Systems released its WebPulse service – a real-time cloud computing security service that extends its Blue Coat WebFilter product – through Australian resellers.
Lilia Guan Apr 14 2008, 2:03PM Software
Euro MP calls for Microsoft ban

Euro MP calls for Microsoft ban

Heidi Ruhle, a German green member of the European Parliament (MEP), has called for the organisation to stop buying Microsoft software licences until the company opens up to competition.

Iain Thomson Apr 14 2008, 7:54AM Software
IBM buys FilesX

IBM buys FilesX

IBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FilesX, a privately held storage software company based in Massachusetts and Israel.

Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008, 12:17PM Software
Opinion: A penguin for your thoughts

Opinion: A penguin for your thoughts

What if Microsoft released a service pack and nobody noticed? It’s starting to look as though that’s exactly what has happened to Windows XP SP3.
Ian Yates Apr 11 2008, 10:46AM Software
Red Hat leads open source contributions to Linux Kernel

Red Hat leads open source contributions to Linux Kernel

Linux distribution vendor Red Hat has streaked ahead as the leading corporate contributor to the ongoing open source project, the Linux Kernel.
Mitchell Bingemann Apr 11 2008, 6:55AM Software
Australia’s first Open Source Census published

Australia’s first Open Source Census published

Results of Australia’s first large-scale Open Source community census have been released to the public.
Liz Tay Apr 10 2008, 1:03PM Software
Eight April patches from Microsoft

Eight April patches from Microsoft

Microsoft has released its latest security update package and there are five critical fixes in this month's update.
Shaun Nichols Apr 10 2008, 6:46AM Software
Opinion: Security hack reveals Microsoft porn virus

Opinion: Security hack reveals Microsoft porn virus

Well, nothing in the headline above is remotely connected to the truth, but with those keywords this webpage is going to go ballistic. Can you digg it baby? Yeah! Groovy!
Ian Yates Apr 9 2008, 6:36AM Software
Cisco Partner Summit: New SaaS push for resellers

Cisco Partner Summit: New SaaS push for resellers

Cisco's senior vice president Software Group - Don Proctor - spoke to CRN Australia about new opportunities for resellers in the SaaS market.
Helen Frost Apr 8 2008, 2:37PM Software
Microsoft Windows 7 to supersede Vista?

Microsoft Windows 7 to supersede Vista?

The channel is preparing for the release of Microsoft’s latest operating software – codename Windows 7 – following an announcement by Bill Gates.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 8 2008, 5:52AM Software
China tightens control over Web media

China tightens control over Web media

Amnesty International’s recent report on human rights in China revealed the country has fallen short of its pledge to provide unrestricted Internet access leading up to the Beijing Olympics.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 7 2008, 3:30PM Software
Google CIO defects to EMI

Google CIO defects to EMI

Douglas Merrill, de facto chief information officer and vice president of engineering at Google, has quit his post to become president of digital business at EMI Music.
Guy Dixon Apr 7 2008, 6:43AM Software
Aussie MYOB parts with UK division for $77M

Aussie MYOB parts with UK division for $77M

Australian software vendor MYOB – devloper of the popular MYOB accounting software package – has sold its UK and Ireland Accountants Division to Wolters Kluwer for a cash payment of $77.2 million (GBP 35.5 million).
Lilia Guan Apr 7 2008, 6:29AM Software
IBM to build corporate Second Life

IBM to build corporate Second Life

IBM is to team up with Linden Lab to develop an in-house version of Second Life for businesses.
Shaun Nichols Apr 5 2008, 7:14AM Software
Windows XP gets two-year extension

Windows XP gets two-year extension

Microsoft is to extend the availability of Windows XP by two years. But only for specialised low-end PCs.
Shaun Nichols Apr 5 2008, 7:12AM Software
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
Apple fixes critical QuickTime flaws

Apple fixes critical QuickTime flaws

Apple has issued an update for the Mac and Windows versions of QuickTime. XP, Vista and Mac OS X versions affected.
Shaun Nichols Apr 4 2008, 6:50AM Software
Oracle goes social with latest CRM offering

Oracle goes social with latest CRM offering

With the latest release of Oracle’s On Demand CRM solution, the company is not only touting the rise of social networks but making them the core of its functionality.
Mitchell Bingemann Apr 4 2008, 6:42AM Software

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