Stories by: Nadia Cameron

Commander’s (ASX: CDR) telecoms business has been sold to a consortium of telco investors for an undisclosed sum.

Australian business software provider, Coordimax, has picked up local asset management vendor, Pinnacle, to diversify its solutions platform.

Cisco is creating new collaborative partner models to bring its WebEx technology platform to its unified communications (UC) channel.

ASX-listed integrator, Data#3 (ASX: DTL), says it is on track to improve its first-half financial performance despite a slowdown in customer spending.

Looking to drive more global sales opportunities, Cisco has put together a new go-to-market program to facilitate partner-to-partner collaboration worldwide.

Cisco has introduced short-term cost-saving initiatives for channel partners in an effort to ease pressures resulting from the financial downturn.

It’s Movember time of the year again and ARN is calling on those in the IT industry representatives growing facial furniture to send in photos of their efforts and join our TechMo’ Gallery.

Several industry representatives are reporting the settling economic gloom is starting to impact transactional and project-based IT work as customers look to rein in costs and lower risk. But despite the darkening skies, many see a silver lining in managed services.

What was your first IT job?

Barrack Obama’s ascendance to the US presidency is being hailed by many as the start of a generational change in the US – not just in terms of politics, but also its cultural and social systems. Among his many campaign promises are redistributing wealth and re-igniting America’s middle class, along with rethinking the country’s foreign policy.

Cisco is launching a new small business group and range of products as part of efforts to grow its presence in the sub-100 customer segment.