Advanced Micro Devices is to ramp up the speed of its K6-2 microprocessors with a version running at 350MHz. According to spokesman Scott Allen, AMD will position the chip as a viable competitor to Intel's Pentium II processors in the market for performance desktop PCs.
Virtually every business has some sort of sensitive data on computer systems which is why the PC security issue is emerging as yet another potential cash cow for resellers. A new supply option for the Australian market comes from Czech Republic-based company Compelson Laboratories who are represented in Australia via start-up distributor, All PC Securities (APCS).
Quark, maker of the desktop publishing system QuarkXPress, recently announced its intention to acquire Adobe Systems in the hope of making Adobe's publishing tools Photoshop and Illustrator work better with QuarkXPress.
Sources confirmed this week that reports of an impending release of an improved PCI specification by IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Compaq are true. The three vendors have reportedly developed a specification dubbed "PCIx" that would increase the technology bandwidth and throughput speeds in a computer system.
After more than two years of happy matrimony, inkjet distributor Star Micronics has dumped Lexmark in favour of Minolta. But Lexmark wasted little time securing a replacement by announcing Synnex as the new national distributor of its inkjets, low-end lasers and associated consumables.
With cracks slowly starting to appear in Intel's processor strategy, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) this week made its play for the lucrative corporate desktop PC market.
Acer and its Canberra-based reseller Dataflex have won a major tender to supply desktop PCs to the Commonwealth Treasury of Australia. Dataflex's involvement is key to the deal, and the initial rollout of 300 PCs was expected to be completed by the end of last month.
Philips has announced it will launch the Windows CE-based Nino 300 on the Australian market on September 28.
How cheap can monitors get? Right now, in the US, you can go out and buy a 17in monitor for what a 15in one cost last year.
The bandwagon will roll once again as PC vendors broaden their product offerings following Intel's introduction of a 450MHz Pentium II CPU and new versions of the Celeron chip.
When it comes to lowering the total cost of notebook PC ownership, it appears that neither the bait of a lower price from second and third-tier vendors nor the often promoted quality of first-tier service and support has as much value to IT managers as supporting fewer products.
CD-RW drives, which can record CD-ROMs on both permanent (CD-R) or rewritable (CD-RW) media, have grabbed the lion's share of the hot market for CD writers.
Hewlett-Packard this week wrenched its gaze from the high-end PC market with the announcement of an entry-level PC workstation at the not-so entry level price of $3500.
The growth of interest in digital video applications is creating opportunities for retailers and value-added resellers.
Speculation in some parts of the channel about monitor "dumping" is proving to be unfounded.
Epson yesterday released its new colour printer line up, featuring its variable-sized droplet technology in the Stylus Colour 740. Variable-sized droplet technology is said to deliver a combination of small, medium and large ink droplets, which Epson claims gives greater detail and smoother halftones.
Intel is planning to introduce its fastest processor yet -- the 450MHz Pentium II Xeon -- the first week in October, and is already preparing products that can use that level of performance. Intel is working with Lucent on "away-from-the-office" business applications that use Lucent's Speech Application Platform.
In a move to refresh its ageing information systems infrastructure, the Sydney office of accounting and consulting specialists KPMG Peat Marwick LLP is booting out most of its 800 Apple Macintosh computers.
Sick of the expense and hassle of reselling PCs for minimal or even non-existent margins? Former direct-only vendor Gateway last week claimed to have tossed a lifeline, with a unique hybrid direct/channel model that allows resellers to focus on the services side of their business.
Lotus officials this week acknowledged putting on hold the public beta test of its forthcoming Notes and Domino Release 5 upgrade until late September, citing a need to shore-up key features of the Notes client interface.
