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Hype cycle: Enter the third dimension

By Nate Cochrane | Mar 17, 2010

Is this the biggest video revolution since colour?

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Managed print: Fix the doc and prosper

By Anthony Caruana | Mar 9, 2010

Generating documents eats away at companies’ margins in an insidious manner. Intelligent solutions can bring it all under control, writes Anthony Caruana

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In-depth: Good deals to drive printing market

By Sholto Macpherson | Mar 9, 2010 | 1 Comment

Printer vendors are coming out guns blazing to win customers and sell units.

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Hypecycle: E-books turn over a new leaf

By Nate Cochrane | Mar 9, 2010

Digital reader tablets becoming all the rage.

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Hypecycle: Multi-touch systems

By Nate Cochrane | Jan 22, 2010

Thirty years on, multi-touch systems still have a long way to go.

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Opinion: A noughty sendoff

By Matthew JC Powell | Jan 21, 2010

Looking forward to a whole new decade of developments.

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Confessions of an entrepreneur

By Sholto Macpherson | Jan 13, 2010

Stead Denton reveals why he sold out of Oki and picked up Panasonic.

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Opinion: Falling through the cloud

By Matthew JC Powell | Nov 7, 2009

Amid all the talk about the cloud computing future, there are some disturbing considerations.

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Virtual desktops: Are they almost here?

By Nate Cochrane | Sep 18, 2009

PCs in the cloud promise so much but are still limited in scope.

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Tunnel vision blinds GPS to the right co-ordinates

By Matthew JC Powell | Aug 10, 2009

Switching off your mind when you switch on technology is a route to disaster.

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Frontline scoops the spoils of rivals' staffing decisions

By Leon Gettler | Aug 7, 2009

Frontline, the biggest HP technology partner in Australia and Sun reseller of the year for seven years running, has been on a recruitment drive.

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Dell's next day delivery

By Negar Salek | Aug 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

There's got to be something in the water at Dell's Australian headquarters.

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Rabid reseller: Yes Minister

Jul 10, 2009

We got an email from our local member of parliament the other day.

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Kogan: a generation-Y business

Jul 7, 2009

Twenty-six-year-old Ruslan Kogan has grabbed headlines again with the international expansion of his consumer electronics business.

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Will the resurgence of the data centre kill off distributed computing?

By Sholto Macpherson | Jun 18, 2009

The virtualisation craze has desktops in its sights.

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A survival guide to printing

By Sholto Macpherson | May 11, 2009

For printer resellers, it is less about the hardware and more about managing the print cycle. Competition is fierce, so resellers need to make a solid case.

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Rabid Reseller: Technology's little terrors

By Rabid Reseller | May 11, 2009

Home invaders push grandpa's buttons.

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Five minutes with...Jade Meara from Ingram Micro

May 7, 2009

If she wasn't in marketing at Ingram Micro, Jade Meara might be pre-occupied with other screens, either as an actor or movie critic - ideally, in Paris.

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Selling Green IT in an economic downturn

By Tom Lewis, Marketing Manager A/NZ Fuji Xerox Printers | Mar 16, 2009

Increased concern for the environment by businesses and customers has driven the creation of green products.

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Nehalem Vs. Shanghai

Jan 19, 2009

Intel and AMD square off with new chips that are shockingly similar.

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Channel gazing 2009

Dec 17, 2008

The world isn’t farewelling 2008 on a happy financial note, that’s for sure. CRN takes out its crystal ball to see what the channel holds for 2009.

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Apple price cuts an early Christmas present?

By Lilia Guan | Dec 17, 2008

Price slashing is usually good news for the channel.

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We’re all beta testers for new product releases

Dec 17, 2008

Matthew JC. Powell looks forward to next year’s gadgets.

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gartner lists best green it companies at itxpo 2008

Nov 27, 2008

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EBS 2008 – how can it help you?

By Wayne Small | Nov 27, 2008

Part 2: A reseller’s guide to EBS 2008, designed for businesses with in-house IT staff.

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Hacking is as hacking does in the US of A

Nov 27, 2008

Matthew JC. Powell and the tale of Sarah Palin’s hacked email account

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Unwired launches corporate WiMAX

Nov 27, 2008

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Hasta La Vista...Vista– it’s a dead man walking

By Lilia Guan | Nov 17, 2008

Despite Microsoft declaring Vista one of the great Operating Systems, Vista is on its way out. But some may ask why has it taken so long?

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What’s hot and profitable in 2009?

Nov 17, 2008

Industry insiders talk up reseller opportunities despite next year’s predicted spending downturn

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Five seconds to explain why you’re a PC

Nov 17, 2008

Matthew JC. Powell’s not convinced by Microsoft’s new U.S ad campaign.

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Delivering greener IT solutions

Oct 28, 2008

As demand for Green technology increases, Mathew Dickerson discusses several ways to help your customers make the switch.

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Services are vital

Oct 13, 2008

Networking is back on the agenda and resellers providing services will benefit the most.

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Would you partner with Dell?

Oct 13, 2008

Dell’s recent entry to the channel has ignited a rich debate about partnership opportunities.

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BenQ will work directly with you

Oct 13, 2008

Philip Newton talks about growing BenQ’s reseller stable and the vendor’s renewed channel push.

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Merging on ridiculous - How about Harvey Rabid

By Rabid Reseller | Oct 9, 2008

Rabid considers the big names in computing who may want to merge with his company.

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Why is power and cooling an important solution for Green IT?

Sep 30, 2008

We explore why power and cooling is an essential component in the Green IT machine.

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Government goes Green

By Sholto Macpherson | Sep 30, 2008

Forget Canberra without environmental credentials, and other sound advice from Tony Wright.

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Race to the midmarket

By Craig Zarley | Sep 30, 2008

VARs make the moves to cultivate relationships with midmarket companies.

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The impotance of fixing a pesky hole in the wall

By Rabid Reseller | Sep 30, 2008

Rabid assesses who is the bigger pest - is it the invading mice or his nephew?

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Which markets will low-cost PCs predominantly serve in Oz?

Sep 30, 2008

Dell is the latest vendor to join the low-cost computing bandwagon, so we assess the markets that are keen to adopt the devices.

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Getting inside the Intel channel

Sep 30, 2008

Intel’s reseller channel head tells CRN Australia what has gone right for the chip giant, its battle in the mobility space and its stance on Green IT.

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Intel delivers APAC channel appraisal

By Trevor Treharne | Sep 30, 2008

Processor giant gathers partners in Bangkok to discuss its past 12 months and the packed product roadmap it has in store for the channel.

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Thanks to new technology, it's easy being green

By Kathryn Small | Sep 29, 2008

Cheaper, faster and better for the environment — why you should learn about environmentally friendly hardware.

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12 Technologies Midmarket Customers Need Now

Sep 29, 2008

Talk about pressure: typical midmarket CIOs stare down myriad challenges on a daily basis: Hackers are getting craftier, workforces are becoming more dispersed, globalisation ...

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‘A good time to be a global company’

Sep 26, 2008

CRN recently spent some face-to-face time with Xerox chairman and CEO Anne Mulcahy.

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There’s low interest in such business matters

By Rabid Reseller | Sep 26, 2008

Rabid challenges the Reserve Bank and asks why it keeps reserving the right to not up rates

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Trade show success

Sep 26, 2008

Trade shows are a great way to network in the channel, if you play your cards right.By Kate Castellari.

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A sign of the times

By Lilia Guan | Sep 19, 2008

Mass merchant retailers and online merchants have become a customer’s first choice for consumer-grade televisions. An increasing number of resellers have found themselves being ...