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  • Revealed: Excom owed millions to employees and creditors
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  • Independents firm on favouring NBN
  • Australian Crime Commission targets UC suppliers
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Revealed: Excom owed millions to employees and creditors

Liquidators are in discussions with interested buyers and hope to close a deal in two weeks
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    Ingram guns for WA after negative feedback from resellers 06 September, 2010 17:45:00

    Distie’s warehouse space to double in Perth as resellers get more customer focus and localised stock
    Ingram Micro has begun a push in Western Australia after reseller feedback indicated a need for more customer focus. The distie is looking to double its Perth warehouse space and has hired a new local sales manager for SME.
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    Ingram launches cloud seminar series and eBook 06 September, 2010 14:28:00

    In conjunction with its top 14 cloud vendors, the distributor sets to help resellers understand where the value in cloud services lie
    Ingram Micro has launched a new cloud computing resource for resellers called Smart Way.
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    Revealed: Excom owed millions to employees and creditors 06 September, 2010 14:05:00

    Liquidators are in discussions with interested buyers and hope to close a deal in two weeks
    The liquidators of failed IT training organisation, Excom Education, are in discussions with potential buyers as it discovers the millions owed to employees and creditors.
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    Australian Crime Commission targets UC suppliers 06 September, 2010 11:26:00

    Panel of suppliers set to provide a raft of UC services and solutions to peak crime-fighting body
    One of the nation’s peak crime-fighting bodies, the Australian Crime Commission, is on the hunt for an integrated unified communications system worth up to $2.2 million along with a panel of suppliers.
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    Independents firm on favouring NBN 06 September, 2010 10:15:00

    The guessing game on numbers continues
    Australia might still be waiting to find out which of the major parties will form Government following Election 2010, but it appears the three independents yet to make up their mind which side they will support are still giving off signs they view Labor’s National Broadband Policy with enthusiasm.
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    Internode joins terabyte brigade 06 September, 2010 09:17:00

    ITB for $149.95 per month when bundled with Internode's NodeLine telephone service (which will cost customers an additional $34.95 a month)
    Internode has become the latest internet service provider to launch an ADSL broadband plan featuring a terabyte of broadband quota.
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    Sony eReaders to hit Australia this month 06 September, 2010 09:26:00

    Prices range from $229-$299
    After some time hinting it would do so, Japanese electronics giant, Sony, has finally committed to bringing several of its eReader line-up to Australia, partnering with giant retail chain Borders to do so.
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    Toshiba Satellite laptops recalled for burn hazard 04 September, 2010 01:08:00

    Faulty component could overheat and melt the base of laptops
    The U.S. and Canadian governments this week said that Toshiba is voluntarily recalling some Satellite laptops for posing a burn hazard to customers.
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    Independents firm on favouring NBN 06 September, 2010 10:15:00

    The guessing game on numbers continues
    Australia might still be waiting to find out which of the major parties will form Government following Election 2010, but it appears the three independents yet to make up their mind which side they will support are still giving off signs they view Labor’s National Broadband Policy with enthusiasm.
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    Internode joins terabyte brigade 06 September, 2010 09:17:00

    ITB for $149.95 per month when bundled with Internode's NodeLine telephone service (which will cost customers an additional $34.95 a month)
    Internode has become the latest internet service provider to launch an ADSL broadband plan featuring a terabyte of broadband quota.
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    Ingram guns for WA after negative feedback from resellers 06 September, 2010 17:45:00

    Distie’s warehouse space to double in Perth as resellers get more customer focus and localised stock
    Ingram Micro has begun a push in Western Australia after reseller feedback indicated a need for more customer focus. The distie is looking to double its Perth warehouse space and has hired a new local sales manager for SME.
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    Microsoft outlines Gold certification changes 01 September, 2010 22:09:00

    The software giant also plans to introduce new partner incentives in the next 12 months
    The renewed Microsoft Gold certification status will take shape in October and it also plans to introduce new part incentives during the next 12 months.
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    Latest Skype beta offers group video calls for 10 06 September, 2010 03:45:00

    The feature requires using the latest version of Skype's software
    The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people.
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    SAS rolls out predictive analytics for business users 03 September, 2010 03:58:00

    The Rapid Predictive Modeler tool follows a similar release by rival SPSS
    SAS Institute on Thursday announced a new toolset aimed at giving business users the ability to work with predictive analytics software, which has historically been the province of specialized statisticians.
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    Women did well on Defcon social engineering test 06 September, 2010 05:34:00

    Contest results will be published next week, organizers say
    Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate information whatsoever. And guess what? All five were women.
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    Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit 06 September, 2010 05:07:00

    Google will spend $US8.5 million to settle the lawsuit, with money going to privacy groups
    Google is spending US$8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over the rollout of its Google Buzz social-networking service.
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    3Par faces lawsuit as bidding war continues 02 September, 2010 09:04:00

    Crossroads Systems, which makes a range of storage products, accuses 3Par and others of patent infringement
    3Par, which is already the subject of a bidding war between Hewlett-Packard and Dell, is now among a group of companies being sued by Crossroads Systems for patent infringement.
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    NetApp, Syncsort team up on data protection 01 September, 2010 06:07:00

    A single product combines backup, recovery, snapshots, deduplication and storage capacity
    NetApp and Syncsort are bringing storage and data protection together in a single product, NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup, to offer quick backup and restoration of an enterprise's data.
More >Mobility
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    Independents firm on favouring NBN 06 September, 2010 10:15:00

    The guessing game on numbers continues
    Australia might still be waiting to find out which of the major parties will form Government following Election 2010, but it appears the three independents yet to make up their mind which side they will support are still giving off signs they view Labor’s National Broadband Policy with enthusiasm.
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    Internode joins terabyte brigade 06 September, 2010 09:17:00

    ITB for $149.95 per month when bundled with Internode's NodeLine telephone service (which will cost customers an additional $34.95 a month)
    Internode has become the latest internet service provider to launch an ADSL broadband plan featuring a terabyte of broadband quota.
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    Retailers: PlayStation Move will outsell Xbox Kinect 03 September, 2010 17:52:00

    Based on customer feedback, Kinect will lose the motion control war against the Move, according to a video games retailer and a games distributor
    Sony’s PlayStation Move has been tipped to be the more popular motion control device than Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect, according to a national video games retailer and a games distributor.
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    Apple unveils new iPod touch, with high-res screen 02 September, 2010 07:12:00

    Apple today unveiled its newest iPod Touch, in effect a Wi-Fi version of the iPhone. Like the iPhone 4, the newest iPod touch features iOS 4.1 and A4 processor, the same high-resolution touch display, FaceTime video chat, and high definition video recording.
    Apple today unveiled its newest iPod Touch, in effect a Wi-Fi version of the iPhone. Like the iPhone 4, the newest iPod touch features iOS 4.1 and A4 processor, the same high-resolution touch display, FaceTime video chat, and high definition video recording.
Recent Appointments
Recent AppointmentsTracking the industry's movers and shakers as they climb the corporate ladder.
Cloud Computing
Cloud ComputingThe latest on cloud computing trends and on-demand IT
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    IBM code unfetters virtual workloads 04 September, 2010 07:23:00

    IBM has cracked the problem of moving virtual machines across different servers, without using shared storage
    Some of the first fruits of a European Union-funded project led by IBM are making their way into the field of cloud computing, in the form of a virtual machine migration technology.
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    HP buys 3Par, Apple rolls out new gear 04 September, 2010 04:55:00

    And Facebook makes more security changes, the Great Browser Wars continue apace
    Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.
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    As IBM cuts jobs in Vermont, others hire 03 September, 2010 05:14:00

    Burlington officials, tech execs explain a shifting employment landscape
    IBM's shrinking U.S. workforce is particularly worrisome in Burlington Vt., which has long counted on the company to provide many good jobs for area residents.
Product Reviews
Recent Acquisitions
Recent AcquisitionsKeeping you up to date with industry mergers and acquisitions.
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    Top Tasmanian IT companies join forces 01 September, 2010 14:24:00

    Professional Computer Maintenance to merge with Intuit Technologies
    Two of Tasmania’s leading IT companies will join forces from October 1. Third-party IT maintenance company, Professional Computer Maintenance (PCM), will merge with business technology provider, Intuit Technologies, to create an ICT service provider employing 50 people throughout the state.
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    Hostech buys D2K Townsville customers for $90,000 30 August, 2010 10:27:00

    ASX-listed reseller Hostech (ASX:HTC) has acquired the customer base of D2K’s customer base in Townsville for a cash consideration of $90,000.
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    Citrix buys VMLogix 30 August, 2010 17:07:00

    Citrix plans to announce Monday that it will buy VMLogix as part of a larger push to offer more self-service tools and address concerns like vendor lock-in facing enterprises using the cloud.
Telecommunications
TelecommunicationsKeeping track of the telco sector
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    Independents firm on favouring NBN 06 September, 2010 10:15:00

    The guessing game on numbers continues
    Australia might still be waiting to find out which of the major parties will form Government following Election 2010, but it appears the three independents yet to make up their mind which side they will support are still giving off signs they view Labor’s National Broadband Policy with enthusiasm.
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    Internode joins terabyte brigade 06 September, 2010 09:17:00

    Internode has become the latest internet service provider to launch an ADSL broadband plan featuring a terabyte of broadband quota.
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    Broadband not worth a mention in Katter’s list of demands 03 September, 2010 10:08:00

    Key independent MP, Bob Katter, has released a letter with 20 key policy points, none of which are broadband or Internet-related.
 
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