Lucent gives Softswitches the eServ
Telecommunications services company eServ is partnering with Lucent Technologies to migrate its operations to Lucent's Softswitch platform.
Stories by ARN Staff
Swish Group - Nothing but Net
ASX-listed Internet services company The Swish Group yesterday announced a strategic alliance with Cable&Wireless Optus (CWO) to target the Internet for services and solutions revenues.
Netsys' Australian distributor in liquidation
Yet another Australian distributor has bitten the dust as Netsys Australia winds up its operations following a court judgement against its Swedish parent company.
Quadtel pulls out of CHA acquisition
CHA's tale of woe in attempts to sell up continued this morning with the announcement that its proposed acquisition by telco hardware distributor Quadtel was not proceeding.
Viruses get creative
Trend Micro is warning the Australian IT community of a new e-mail-born virus.
Powerlan's antipodean deal
ASX-listed Powerlan's training subsidiary the Australian IT Careers Institute (AITCI) has entered an agreement with a similar British-based firm to provide trans-national training courses for Indian students.
Bundle breaking CRTs
Sales of third-party CRT monitors last year generated $190 million, according to a recent report from channel research company Inform. Inform describes third-party monitors as those sold separately to the PC or having a different badge to the PC base unit.
eGlobal adds Webgrain to its solutions
Enterprise software and e-business integrator, eGlobal was last week appointed Australian distributor for high end Java development tools vendor Webgrain. The announcement comes at the same time as its acquisition by ASX-listed Coms21 is being completed.
IDG Titles Ring Up Bell Awards
IDG Communications dominated the annual ABP Bell Awards for Excellence announced Friday, winning the top two major awards, six of the eight awards for editorial excellence, two of the three electronic publishing awards and the award for magazine launch of the year.
Online sales to octuple: Inform
CIOs and IT managers are rethinking the way they want to buy from resellers, according to a recent survey conducted by channel research company Inform.
Austrade links to Europe for B2B trade
The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) has signed an agreement with similar trade promotion organisations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland to develop an international portal to link the nations' B2B marketplaces.
Com Tech sold
South African-based Dimension Data has announced the acquisition of the outstanding 24 per cent of its Australian-based subsidiary Com Tech communications.
corProcure CEO appointed
The board of corProcure, the procurement hub touted as Australia's largest horizontal e-market place, has appointed Len Ward as chief executive officer.
Tequinox CEO quits
Chris Poelma, the man ASP Tequinox hired to give the company an international presence, has resigned as chief executive and managing director.
KAZ Cheques in to Banking Industry
Australian outsourcing company KAZ Computer Services is on a roll this week, announcing today it has signed a significant outsourcing deal with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).