dingo blue snatches One.Net customers from Big Boys
dingo blue has every man and his dog on deck to direct the flood of One.Net customers signing up, after the ISP wrested One.Tel's Internet subscriber base from rival OzeMail.
Stories by Agnes King
KAZ bags another bank
KAZ Computer Services shares jumped 11 cents yesterday following the announcement of a $15-20 million dollar outsourcing contract with ANZ to provide an image processing system via its subsidiary, Ausdata.
Healthpoint uncovers greener UK pastures
Healthcare software and hardware developer, Healthpoint Technologies has struck greener pastures in the UK after securing a $17.5 million contract with Vega Nutritionals.
Australian watchdog tightens ISP leash
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is turning the screw on Internet service providers (ISPs) that use misleading tags such as "free" and "unlimited" in advertising campaigns but then fail to deliver the goods.
Yahoo! keeps Melbourne IT in domain game
Australian domain-name supplier Melbourne IT Ltd. is recovering from its rocky ride last year and received a further boost this week as Yahoo! Inc. joined its reseller entourage.
Internet usage booms in the bush
Rural and regional Australians are matching the big smoke in their uptake of Internet usage, providing regional resellers with a loyal market of seven million consumers, according to online monitoring company, Red Sheriff.
EN PASSANT: The power of three
In July 2000, three managerial staff of Liberty One's troubled Web developer, Zivo, walked off the job in a display of business ethics. After being asked to grow the company, they had added up to 60 staff; but now, over 24 hours, they were being asked to develop a strategy to rationalise heavily.
Sun forms Bullant alliance
Privately held software developer Bullant has signed a development agreement with Sun Microsystems that will secure its ongoing hardware, service and support.
Warning to ASPs over SLAs
IDC analysts in the US are issuing warnings to application service providers (ASPs) offering overly ambitious service level agreements (SLAs) in an effort to secure customers.
Genie enters garden of Eden
Genie Systems has added Eden Technology to its team of distributors in an effort to tap its government and corporate customer base.
Frontline takes first step to national coverage
Frontline Systems has "entered the 'brave new world' of national coverage" following an alliance with Brisbane-based company ICC.
Alstom IT adds enterprise management arm
Distributor Alstom IT unveiled its enterprise management centre yesterday in an effort to diversify its business in the face of narrowing margins on box moving.
Spike CyberWorks injects techpacific.com equity
Spike CyberWorks will receive an $11 million cash injection from Hong Kong based financial and technology services firm techpacific.com Limited.
Senteq seals $10M DataTrack deal
Senteq Information Systems has signed an agreement with DataTrack Solutions to seal the development partnership of the new Council Track software.
Yamaha carries its tune to PCs
Yamaha is launching into PC peripherals on the back of the audio visual/IT convergence, offering high-end speakers and CD rewritable components as part of its range.