Multimedia Technology marches north
Victorian IT distributor, Multimedia Technology, is opening offices in Sydney and Brisbane as the company moves to march its operations north.
Victorian IT distributor, Multimedia Technology, is opening offices in Sydney and Brisbane as the company moves to march its operations north.
Bing Lee, a giant in whitegoods and audio-visual products, has grabbed the convergence bull by the horns.
While the newly-signed free trade agreement with the US has many implications for local developers of IT products in Australia, the IT distribution channel is likely to feel little affect, according to industry commentators.
Panasonic Business Systems Australia (PBSA) has announced a new partnership with financial services organisation, CIT Group Australia, which will enable Panasonic’s resellers to offer financing solutions to customers buying Panasonic products.
Telecommunications giant, Telstra, has reported a $2.3 billion half-year profit - up 93.7 per cent on the same period last year.
Volante shareholders have voted in favour of a merger with IT services company, Ipex, which will result in the formation of one of Australia’s largest IT services organisations.
Microsoft is looking to tackle the security vulnerabilities of its products through a mix of reseller campaigns, free patch management tools and a focus on security during future product development.
Australia’s IT distributors had a pleasant surprise when returning to work: a strong sales pipeline.
Hard drive distributor, eSys, has been robbed of approximately 2000 hard drives after a break-in at its Sydney factory over the weekend.
Microsoft has moved to ensure that copies of its Office productivity suite for the Apple OS X operating system continue to sell in the shadow of a new version due for release in the coming months.
The LCD panel shortage is claiming more victims as distributors grow frustrated over large backorders for certain models of notebook computers.
Telecommunications giant, Telstra, in the face of growing criticism over the quality and reach of its broadband service, claims to have come up with a strategy to enable broadband connectivity outside of Australia’s major urban centres.
The local announcement of SCO’s Intellectual Property License has angered the local Linux community.
Networking vendor, Alcatel, claims that distributor, LAN Systems, is no longer authorised to sell its products and has cut off supply to the Sydney-based company.
Enterprise content management vendor, FileNet, has appointed former Staffware business development manager, Richard Gray, to a newly-created role of channel sales manager.