Intellect has chalked up yet another strong export contract with an order for 1000 of its MicroBank terminals for use in a pilot version of the French national electronic purse smart card scheme. The deal may lead to enormous spin-off business for Intellect when the final scheme is rolled out across France in the third quarter of this year
Not all the news from the US IT industry was gloomy last week, just most of it
In its continuing struggle towards profitability, listed IT services provider and product distributor IT&e has decided to sell its distribution business and concentrate instead on "pure e-commerce and IT services"
Kaz does it again, Digital Now, IDEAS, XYZed and Alston make some noise
Bruce Lakin, the former general manager of Toshiba (Australia) Information Systems Division has taken the job of CEO with ASX-listed software developer Prophecy International and will work from the company's Americas head office in Colorado
Davnet, Interpath, Cedar, Beonic, Golden Orb, Deep Video Imaging, and IIA report movements
Bruce Thompson, former managing director of Hewlett-Packard Australia, has joined the board of Keycorp as a non-executive director, at the same time as Malcolm Irving has been appointed non-executive chairman.
It's hard to keep track of what's happening at market researcher IDC. Just a few weeks ago the company announced a number of new appointments, and over the past six months it seems to have lifted staff numbers by about 18 or more to such unprecedented levels that it is having to move to bigger premises in North Sydney. But now IDC has lost PC analyst and industry identity Bernie Esner.
Telstra picks Deloittes, Objective wins in UK, Thin gets going and other items
While there must be some debate about whether Australia needs yet another telco, Uecomm has decided we probably do, and has backed its decision with $A10 million in cash and about $A4.3 million worth of services. In return it gains 19.9 per cent of People Telecom
Listed company NetComm this week progressed a step in its transformation from modem manufacturer to broadband carrier when it completed the negotiation of three agreements allowing it access to Telstra's Unconditioned Local Loop Service
The Australian subsidiary of giant software developer Oracle has set up a Down Under arm of the Oracle Venture Network, which aims to create a support community for technology entrepreneurs
Acer Computer Australia has implemented a Nortel customer relationship management system that is now claimed to be fielding 10,000 calls a month for the call centre and technical service departments alone.
The reality of recession moved very much closer last week as some of the industry's biggest names confessed to tough times and took harsh measures to cut costs
Keycorp and CBA, Quadtel, Plexus, Tomato, Objective and Computershare make headlines