Job opportunities in Australia's information technology sector are set to increase by 4.2 per cent over the next three months, according to the latest forecast from recruitment specialists Drake International. According to Drake executives, most of the recruitment activity is set to emanate from Victoria and Western Australia and be based on the areas of millennium conversion, intranet and Internet development and electronic commerce installation.
In the aftermath of the Digital integration, Tech Pacific last week threw its hat into the new, specialised Compaq distribution ring by announcing that it will carry the vendor's complete product line with the exception of its retail products.
Australian systems integrator Business Computers of Australia (BCA) has followed the signing of its recent deal with Kinnears by announcing that Cisco has awarded it accredited Cisco Silver Certified Partner status. This follows a decision earlier this year by Cisco to appoint several of BCA's systems engineers as Cisco Certified International Experts.
The convergence of digital technologies continues apace with the latest incarnation of this phenomenon arriving via print technology distributor Star Micronics. New from Avision is a product called ScanCopier, which hangs directly off a network laser printer without needing a PC, thus giving the printer most of the functionality of a photocopier.
Now this is value-added distribution. LAN Systems will send its most successful resellers to California via New Orleans, where they will attend exclusive executive briefings with key Silicon Valley executives. Dealers will receive points for every product purchased from LAN Systems from October 1, 1998 and running through to March 31, 1999. The 15 resellers who collect the most points earn the trip.
Local developer Vision Abell has teamed with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to develop a new product that prevents hackers from accessing important government systems. The new product, called Interactive Link, is the result of DSTO's Starlight Information security project, a program that was initially established 10 years ago to research defence computer security needs.
Games developer GT Interactive pushed the marketing of its titles to new limits recently with the launch of a massive advertising campaign to accompany the arrival of the latest version of one of it best-selling products. If you are selling computers, chances are you are selling software, and if you are selling the latest programs, you are stocking the latest games including the most popular of the console titles.
Following an extensive tender process, Harvey Norman has announced it will be teaming up with both Optus and Vodafone in the mobile phone connections business. "Of all the carrier options forwarded, Optus and Vodafone offered us the most retail-friendly package," said Greg Humphreys, Harvey Norman's national communications manager.
Now is the chance to sort out all your questions about the recent changes to the sales tax legislation.
Job opportunities in Australia's information technology sector are set to increase by 4.2 per cent over the next three months, according to the latest forecast from recruitment specialists Drake International. According to Drake executives, most of the recruitment activity is set to emanate from Victoria and Western Australia and will be based in the areas of millennium conversion, intranet and Internet development and electronic commerce installation.
Retail king Harvey Norman moved closer to its goal of 50,000 connections a year yesterday by awarding the tender for its mobile phone connections business to Optus and Vodafone. According to Tony Gattari, Harvey Norman's general manager for computers and communications, the Optus/Vodafone deal signals the start of the retailer's bid to attack the comms market. It also serves a warning to Telstra and AAPT along with the plethora of mobile phone speciality shops that dot the landscape.
The retail industry is a rapidly changing marketplace in which those who don't read the trends and adjust to them will not be around for long, according to a leading authority on the subject. While speaking at The Retail Show in Sydney recently, Joanne Walter, vice president of Future Retailing at NCR Corporation, said these changes are accelerating exponentially with technology.
Job opportunities in Australia's information technology sector are set to increase by 4.2 per cent over the next three months, according to the latest forecast from recruitment specialists Drake International. According to Drake executives, most of the recruitment activity is set to emanate from Victoria and Western Australia and be based on the areas of millennium conversion, intranet and Internet development and electronic commerce installation.
Hot on the trail of the renewed demand for Macintosh software incited by the launch of Apple's iMac, software utilities publisher Symantec has released Norton Utilities for Macintosh 4.0.
Office equipment reseller Danka has moved to distance itself from reported financial problems with its US parent. John Parsons, Danka Asia Pacific's managing director, moved to head off any rumours which link the Australian and New Zealand operations with the troubled US organisation.
