Updated: BigAir buys Wizz Communications
ASX-listed ISP, BigAir, has acquired wholesale fixed wireless rival, Wizz Communications, for $1.4 million in cash and shares.
ASX-listed ISP, BigAir, has acquired wholesale fixed wireless rival, Wizz Communications, for $1.4 million in cash and shares.
It appears ARN editorial staff aren’t the only ones with long memories when it comes to distributors and their leaders.
Hardware distributor, Dicker Data, has taken its first steps towards becoming a public company on the Australian Stock Exchange.
ASX-listed reseller, Corporate Express (ASX: CXP), is rolling out Axios’ IT service delivery platform as part of a major overhaul of internal operations.
Broadband hardware distributor, PC Range, has recruited Ingram Micro veteran, Stewart Goodier, as its first general manager.
The term “cloud computing” has only graced the pages of technology publications and corporate IT agendas over the last 18 months. But already, it has become one of the most dominating technology trends influencing the IT industry.
Scalable, dynamic and process-oriented are all major selling points for cloud computing. But Data#3’s Pat Murphy also pointed out cloud solutions offered environmental benefits for customers around more efficient use of infrastructure and services.
One of the questions raised during the roundtable was how much of the cloud conversation centred on internal, rather than external, hosted clouds.
One of the major customer concerns around third-party cloud offerings is security of information and access to data. Although vendors and integrators can address things like identity management, Data#3’s Pat Murphy questioned how to address the governance piece and laws associated with data sitting in India.
Cloud computing is being touted as a completely new way of delivering technology, yet many of the solutions on offer sound surprisingly similar to traditional outsourcing. So what is the difference between the two?
Cloud computing is a transformative phenomenon affecting all manner of channel and end-user organisations. ARN brought together several industry representatives to discuss where cloud computing adoption is today, and ways IT providers can monetise this broad-reaching opportunity.
Australia’s distribution industry has gone through massive change over the past decade. Maturity of technology, coupled with changing usage behaviours, forced many distributors to merge, acquire or simply close their doors.
Westcon Group has launched a free email-based quoting tool for registered resellers to provide real-time pricing information and ordering.
ARN has announced the prestigious fourth annual IT Industry Awards celebration for 2010.
After several months of searching, ASX-listed integrator, Synergy Plus, has appointed Tony Kafer as its national services director.