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Max-SI beefs up Linux practice with Red Hat [updated]

Max-SI beefs up Linux practice with Red Hat [updated]

Brisbane system integrator MAX-SI has stepped up its Linux software practice, signing on as a Red Hat business partner.
Fleur Doidge , Staff Writers Jun 21 2004, 12:00AM Software
SCO adds channel support to aid new products

SCO adds channel support to aid new products

The SCO Group has beefed up its channel support program, adding new training and marketing initiatives to help its Australian resellers promote its UnixWare to application providers and integrators.
Fleur Doidge Jun 18 2004, 12:00AM Software
Red Hat posts US$10.7M profit

Red Hat posts US$10.7M profit

Red Hat posted more than US$10 million in profit for its first fiscal quarter of 2005 amid a 53 percent increase in sales from the same quarter a year ago.
Paula Rooney Jun 18 2004, 12:00AM Software
MAX-SI takes on Red Hat

MAX-SI takes on Red Hat

Brisbane-based system integrator MAX-SI has stepped up its Linux software practice signing on to be a Red Hat business partner.
Staff Writers Jun 18 2004, 12:00AM Software
Review: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

Review: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

While server virtualisation is nothing new, with the forthcoming release of Virtual Server 2005, an application that virtualises the Windows 2003 Server operating system, Microsoft promises to ease server application migration and simplify testing environments using a unique take on the technology.
Frank J. Ohlhorst Jun 17 2004, 12:00AM Software
Sun to open Solaris?

Sun to open Solaris?

Sun's president publicly announced recently that the company will open-source its Solaris operating system, but he may end up eating those words.
Paula Rooney Jun 16 2004, 12:00AM Software
Tech Pacific signs Electronic Arts

Tech Pacific signs Electronic Arts

Distributor Tech Pacific has beefed up its games software portfolio signing on to distribute titles developed by Electronic Arts (EA), following a similar agreement with Take 2 Interactive in March.
Byron Connolly Jun 16 2004, 12:00AM Software
SCO faces tougher IP battle against Novell, IBM

SCO faces tougher IP battle against Novell, IBM

SCO's would face a tougher IP battle against Novell and IBM in the aftermath of court rulings late last week, but the war is not over, observers said.
Paula Rooney Jun 15 2004, 12:00AM Software
CA cuts Ingram and ACA Pacific

CA cuts Ingram and ACA Pacific

Computer Associates (CA) has cut Ingram Micro and ACA Pacific from its distribution books following the completion of a wholesale channel review.
Fleur Doidge Jun 15 2004, 12:00AM Software
Brocade hits back at McData accusations

Brocade hits back at McData accusations

Storage vendor Brocade has hit back at claims by rival McData that the former plans to withdraw resources from its channel and de-emphasise sales to medium business in Australia.
Fleur Doidge Jun 11 2004, 12:00AM Software
Domain names - look at your options: NetRegistry

Domain names - look at your options: NetRegistry

Australian businesses have been urged to 'shop around' when re-registering their domain names this year.
Staff Writers Jun 10 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft’s patent plans worry open source providers

Microsoft’s patent plans worry open source providers

Microsoft's new policy for licensing its patents has supporters of open source software worried that the company will use a broken government system for protecting intellectual property to beat back gains Linux and other competing software have made in the marketplace.
Antone Gonsalves Jun 7 2004, 12:00AM Software
ISV releases MMS-capable server for Exchange, Outlook

ISV releases MMS-capable server for Exchange, Outlook

An Australian ISV, Better Network Services Group (BNS), has created software that allows text, pictures, audio and video to be sent from Outlook via Exchange and Active Directory controls to SMS- and MMS-capable mobile phones.
Fleur Doidge Jun 7 2004, 12:00AM Software
Sun, Fujitsu to jointly develop Solaris and SPARC-based systems

Sun, Fujitsu to jointly develop Solaris and SPARC-based systems

In what Sun Microsystems chairman and CEO Scott McNealy called an ‘acceleration’ of a 22-year partnership, Sun and Fujitsu revealed this week that they have entered a joint development pact that will see the two vendors merge their Solaris and SPARC-based server product lines by mid-2006.
Elizabeth Montalbano Jun 2 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft to spend US$40B in R&D

Microsoft to spend US$40B in R&D

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told more than 100 CEOs that web services -- and Microsoft's software in particular -- were quietly driving a ‘rewiring of the economy’ in the post-dot-com era.
Paula Rooney May 21 2004, 12:00AM Software
We won’t oppose MYOB’s proposed Sol6 acquisition: ACCC

We won’t oppose MYOB’s proposed Sol6 acquisition: ACCC

MYOB’s proposed acquisition of Solution 6’s accounting and compliance business is unlikely to pose a threat to competition in the marketplace, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Vivienne Fisher May 21 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft updates ‘Biz Desk’ for Commerce Server

Microsoft updates ‘Biz Desk’ for Commerce Server

Microsoft's revamped ‘Business Desk’ interface for Commerce Server 2002 will hit this week.
Barbara Darrow May 19 2004, 12:00AM Software
PeopleSoft: Oracle’s takeover bid will still fail

PeopleSoft: Oracle’s takeover bid will still fail

In the wake of Oracle Corp's latest revision of its bid to acquire PeopleSoft Inc, the latter firm said it believed the hostile bid couldn’t be completed at any price because of antitrust obstacles.
Staff Writers May 18 2004, 12:00AM Software
Citrix talks up access infrastructure at partner event

Citrix talks up access infrastructure at partner event

Software vendor Citrix has outlined several initiatives that benefit partners and underline its move away from server-based computing to access infrastructure provision.
Fleur Doidge May 13 2004, 12:00AM Software
Microsoft rolls out ninth partner specialisation

Microsoft rolls out ninth partner specialisation

Microsoft has added a ninth partner specialisation as it works to deploy the revamped next-generation channel program announced last October.
Fleur Doidge May 10 2004, 12:00AM Software

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