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Visual Image Expo returns in October 
News > Sales & Marketing
Visual Image Expo returns in October
Aug 12, 2009
The Visual Image Expo is returning to the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre later this year, with organisers promising the event will be “bigger and better”.
 
Canon Australia appoints new sales manager 
News > Sales & Marketing
Canon Australia appoints new sales manager
Jul 10, 2009
Canon Australia has recruited Richard Hamlin to the position of senior general manager of direct sales, replacing Nick Peterson after four years in the role.
 
Connect09 Australia offers marketing resource kit 
News > Sales & Marketing
Connect09 Australia offers marketing resource kit
Jul 8, 2009
Attendees at this year’s Connect 09 Australia conference will be exclusively offered a suite of self-help marketing resources entitled FutureProof Kit.
 
Océ to shed 300 more jobs following €14m Q2 loss 
News > Strategy
Océ to shed 300 more jobs following €14m Q2 loss
Jul 6, 2009
Océ will cut 300 more jobs after posting a €14 million (A$24.6m) loss for the second quarter of 2009.
 
Canon Australia releases PosterArtist 2009 
News > Software
Canon Australia releases PosterArtist 2009
Jul 6, 2009
Canon Australia has launched the latest version of its PosterArtist software for the imagePROGRAF range of large-format printers.
 
Sustainable Green Print program launched 
News > Training & Development
Sustainable Green Print program launched
Jul 2, 2009
Queensland’s climate change and sustainability minister Kate Jones has described Printing Industries’ Sustainable Green Print (SGP) program as a "great branding tool for green ...
 
ES Wigg & Son turns 160 
News > Hardware
ES Wigg & Son turns 160
Jun 29, 2009
Mailing industry icon ES Wigg & Son celebrated its 160-year anniversary this week, with the Adelaide business still owned and operated by the fifth generation descendants of ...
 
Fujifilm opens Victorian Business Centre 
News > Sales & Marketing
Fujifilm opens Victorian Business Centre
Jun 19, 2009
Fujifilm Australia has officially opened its new Victorian Business Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Campbellfield, which is designed to house both the company itself and ...
 
Starleaton signs two reseller deals 
News > Hardware
Starleaton signs two reseller deals
Jun 17, 2009
Starleaton Digital Solutions has signed two reseller deals for the SEAL and Neschen brands, with Positive Camtec to distribute the brands in Australia and Aarque Graphics to ...
 
Printing industry confidence plunges: PIAA 
News > Finance
Printing industry confidence plunges: PIAA
Feb 12, 2009
Printing industry confidence has plunged to its lowest level since 1990, according to the 2008 quarter Printing Industry Trends Survey report.
 
Global PC shipments disappoint 
News > Hardware
Global PC shipments disappoint
Oct 20, 2008
IDC reports sales up 16 per cent, but still lower than expectations.
 
The Cell appearing in laptops 
News > Hardware
The Cell appearing in laptops
Jun 21, 2008
The Cell is not just for the PlayStation 3 - now the technology is making inroads into laptop territory.
 
Apple to 'rule the home' by 2013 
News > Strategy
Apple to 'rule the home' by 2013
May 24, 2008
More predictions it will be the laptop and iPod maker, not brands like Sony or Microsoft, who will dominate the home. Cue fanboys rushing off to the iToilet..
 
gotalk acquires Aussie phone card company World Telecom 
News > Voice & Data
gotalk acquires Aussie phone card company World Telecom
Apr 3, 2008
Following the 2007 acquisition of Telstra’s international phonecards - Say G’day and Super Buzz – Australian-based telecommunication provider, gotalk, has acquired one of ...
 
3Com country manager appointed to boost presence in A/NZ 
News > Networking
3Com country manager appointed to boost presence in A/NZ
Apr 2, 2008
3Com Corporation has appointed Grant Howe as country manager for Australia and New Zealand. Howe is the latest addition to a new management team that combines 3Com and recently ...
 
Telstra shops pass the Next G accreditation test, resellers next 
News > Voice & Data
Telstra shops pass the Next G accreditation test, resellers next
Apr 2, 2008
Telstra country wide director Gary Goldsworthy said that all of Telstra's branded shops have completed a Next G accreditation program. The telco will also introduce the ...
 
Ex-DiData joins NSC in WA  
News > Services
Ex-DiData joins NSC in WA
Apr 2, 2008
Australian converged communications integrator, NSC Enterprise Solutions, has appointed Noel Northcott as WA branch manager to drive the company’s growth in Western Australia.
 
Manaccom’s James Mackay steps down as CEO 
News > Strategy
Manaccom’s James Mackay steps down as CEO
Apr 1, 2008
Australian software and e-commerce company Manaccom Corporation Limited’s chief executive officer of Manaccom’s software publishing and distribution division, James Mackay has ...
 
Open Channel Solutions bags deal with Aladdin Knowledge Systems 
News > Software
Open Channel Solutions bags deal with Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Mar 31, 2008
Australian distributor, Open Channel Solutions (OCS), will distribute Aladdin eToken solutions to Australian resellers. Aladdin’s two-factor authentication products enhance ...
 
Allphones Retail investigated for alleged ‘deceptive conduct’ 
News > Mobility
Allphones Retail investigated for alleged ‘deceptive conduct’
Mar 30, 2008
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney against - Australian mobile phone retail franchise - ...
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Issue: 277 | March, 2010

CRN Magazine looks in-depth at the emerging issues and developments for the Channel, and provides insight, analysis and strategic information to help resellers better run their businesses.