Consumers rescue PC industry's fourth quarter
Y2K could have been a disaster for the Australian PC industry if it hadn't been for continued consumer confidence, said analyst IDC.
Y2K could have been a disaster for the Australian PC industry if it hadn't been for continued consumer confidence, said analyst IDC.
Distributor Alstom IT has beaten SGI's North American distributor Ingram Micro by winning the sole right to distribute the high-end hardware vendor's new range of Windows NT and Linux workstations and servers locally.
Creative Labs has managed to secure its NSW and Victorian distributors but is still yet to finalise national arrangements.
Adaptec continued to dominate the SCSI market last week with the launch of its Ultra 160 SCSI card, vowing to make it the next industry standard in the e-commerce era.
Raidar Distribution Australia (RDA) has secured the exclusive Australian and New Zealand distribution rights for eSoft's Linux software suite TEAM Internet.
ERP reseller J.D. Edwards Australia and New Zealand realised its dream late on Friday night when it was acquired by business partner J.D. Edwards.
Printer vendor Kyocera has finally propped up its New South Wales distribution channel with the appointment of Tech Pacific to distribute its range of laser printers.
Just a week after establishing its local presence in the Australian market, Creative Technology is having trouble with its new channel. Creative Labs was meant to announce its distributors on February 8, but complications have forced the vendor back to the negotiating table, with Nick Angelucci, marketing manager of Creative Labs, saying that so far only `four or five distributors have come through.' He was unable to reveal how many were being lined up or how many Creative Labs wanted to sign.
Distributor cum service provider Avnet's Australian and New Zealand operations are set for a shake-up with the adoption of a new corporate structure, the addition of several new line cards and a closer relationship with the channel.
The motherboard market is set to enter the twilight zone once more as CPU shortages and new releases change the parameters of the market. `There is a lot of confusion and we have to predict what motherboard will take off in the market next,' said Phillip Tran, sales and marketing director of distributor Tech Excel.
Accounting software vendor Pastel has managed to differentiate itself in a crowded space with the launch of a business-to-business e-commerce inventory solution for SMEs that integrates with its accounting packages.
Distributor Alstom IT has beaten out SGIs North American distributor Ingram Micro and won the sole right to distribute the high-end hardware vendor's Windows NT and Linux workstations and servers to the Australian market.
Sound Blaster vendor Creative Technology is undertaking a massive channel revolution, abandoning its exclusive relationship with local partner Creative Pacific and launching a B2B site for its new distributors. Forsaking its long-distance relationship with Australia from Singapore, the manufacturer has set up local subsidiary Creative Labs in Sydney.
MYOB will do what many resellers and retailers thought was unthinkable and relinquish monopolistic control over upgrades before the GST takes effect in July. Currently, resellers' angst with the software vendor stems from MYOB's policy of taking responsibility for all upgrades after the initial reseller sale.
Sunrise Computer Systems has delivered what it claims is the first Australian Windows 2000 deployment with a multimillion dollar rapid deployment of an enterprise-wide system for a Brisbane school.