Buoyed by strong growth across its Australian operations, value-added distributor, Uptime Distribution, has kicked off its international plans in New Zealand. Managing director, Tony Geagea, said the time was ripe for expansion.
LAN Systems has filled the senior management hole left by the departure of Tony Heywood with former Epson marketing director, Ralph Marshall.
Network optimisation vendor, Packeteer, has appointed its first dedicated channel manager to help drive new sales opportunities for partners.
A former business line manager at Queensland integrator, Ordyss, has jumped the fence and taken on a role with Dimension Data.
Nortel claims it is on track to recruit 1000 resellers under its new SMB partner program by the end of the year.
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has rolled out what it claims is the first certification recognising digital home resellers in Australia.
Harris Technology has signed on as the latest dealer for Telstra's Next G mobile broadband service via distribution partner, ICT Distribution.
Cisco subsidiary, Linksys, has introduced a tiered partner program and specialisations across its product lines. It coincides with the launch of a raft of new SMB products and services under the Linksys Connected Office platform.
After nearly four years at the helm, Cisco A/NZ vice-president, Ross Fowler, has been promoted to head up the networking giant's service provider business in Europe. He is being replaced locally by current client director for Telstra business, Les Williamson.
Dell will be unable to supply desktop PCs to NSW Government agencies for at least three years under the state's newly announced whole-of-government supplier panel.
Dimension Data Learning Solutions (DDLS) has launched a new recruitment program to provide corporates, government agencies and the channel with a way to source qualified staff.
AWA is the latest IT services provider to tackle the home and small business troubleshooters market.
Microsoft has selected local employee, Tracey Fellows, as its new managing director for A/NZ. The appointment comes a month after former boss, Steve Vamos, announced he would take up a role as vice-president, international online service group in the software giant's US office.
The Federal Court of Australia has found ISP, Dataline.net.au Pty Ltd, guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct against customers.
Hostworks has recorded a fall in net profits from $1.5 million to $200,000 in the year to June 30. Revenues rose 20 per cent to $20.5 million.