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Stories by Agnes King

  • StarOffice 6.0 gets a hearing

    Rumours are circulating that "a number of large banks and a major telco" are actively evaluating Sun's new desktop suite, StarOffice 6.0, as an alternative to Microsoft Office XP.

  • Tyre-kickers eye Dicker Data

    Dicker Data is flirting with the prospect of selling, however the distributor's owner, Fiona Dicker, said she is not entertaining any serious offers as yet.

  • LAN Systems wins Nokia award

    LAN Systems has taken out Distributor of the Year 2001 at the recent Nokia Executive Summit, in recognition of its success with Nokia's IP security product range.

  • KAZ' spending spree pays off

    KAZ Group announced earnings of $251.9 million for the year ending June 2002 last week, an 80 per cent increase on last year's figures and a vindication for managing director Peter Kazacos' big spend attitude over the last 12 months.

  • A sluggish awakening

    The importance of data to an organisation wasn't suddenly just realised in the last 12 months, despite what the vendors would have us believe. Businesses with critical operations have always been conscious of them and those at the upper echelons, who spend millions of dollars on the security of their information, have long been aware of the need to protect it and are willing to incur the cost of doing so.

  • Antivirus: Is all-in-one a safe bet?

    The problem with recommended system requirements detailed on the back of software boxes is that they will only get you so far - laboratory environments don't exist in the real world.

  • Genseric plans buying spree

    While scores are bailing out of the IT industry, little-known customer software developer Genseric is on the acquisition trail to round out its hardware services and consulting business.

  • Check Point targets Top 500, telcos

    Check Point has assembled a new account team to foster opportunities among Top 500 companies in Sydney and Melbourne and in the telco service provider space.

  • HP announces 3-year storage roadmap

    Hewlett-Packard told partners and customers that it would continue to support the full range of Compaq and HP storage products for the immediate future at its annual ENSA [Enterprise Networked Storage Architecture] conference in Queensland last month. However, the number of partners dealing direct with the vendor could be cut.

  • Powerlan to sell off hardware business

    The ink is nearly dry on a deal that will see Powerlan divest its business infrastructure arm in NSW and QLD for significantly less than the traditional market rate.