Stories by Brett Winterford

ThinPrint enters Asian market through Australia

German printing software vendor, ThinPrint GmbH, has launched its first operations in the Asia-Pacific region in Sydney, and has wooed several distributors to market its solutions to the reseller channel.

SCO looks to channel for license sales

The SCO Group has announced the local availability of its SCO Intellectual Property License, but its channel partners are hardly chomping at the bit to promote it.

Telstra's BigPond slammed in broadband survey

JOHANNESBURG (01/20/2004) - The latest annual survey of broadband subscribers conducted by Whirlpool Corp. has shown that the vast majority of Telstra Corp. Ltd. subscribers are less satisfied with their connectivity than customers of smaller ISPs.

Hosting market 'ripe for consolidation'

SYDNEY (09/29/2003) - North American hosting company Hostway Corp. has acquired its second Australian company in three months, snapping up the Web hosting, co-location and managed services businesses of Dedicated Hosting Pty. Ltd.

Oracle takes E-business suite to mid-market

After several sales campaigns testing out the “dumbing down” and box-bundling of its enterprise software for the mid-market, Oracle has created a new version of its E-Business product specifically for mid-market customers, to be deployed exclusively by channel partners.

McAfee puts MSPs on guard in Asia

Network Associates subsidiary McAfee.com is testing the water with a managed service provider (MSP) model in the Asia-Pacific region, appointing three partners to begin offering its software as a service.

Bricks and mortars click to Christmas success

Traditional bricks and mortar companies with an online presence recorded significant growth in hits over the Christmas season, according to ACNielson eRatings.com, winning out over the pure-play dot-coms.

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