Salmat has launched lasoo.com.au, a central retail web hub connecting online shoppers with traditional retailers. The new site expects to cater to demand from around 5 million Australians who buy goods online.
Both Mitsubishi Electric and NEC have recently announced they are repositioning their Australian businesses to concentrate primarily on the pro AV and commercial markets, and it seems Panasonic is now joining them with its foray into the commercial IP space.
The greening of businesses is on the increase, with IT asset disposal on the increase globally despite data security topping the list of concerns for those considering such a program.
Search kings Google are trying to king hit Microsoft where it could really hurt: right in the highly lucrative Office application market. Their offering is cheap, easy to use and in some cases free. The ideal beneficiary of the new offering is small medium business.
Small businesses are competing on an unequal playing field with shopping centre owners and bigger retail players in negotiating rents, according to the head of the Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA).
Cisco Systems will acquire an equity stake in VMWare as part of its plan to grow its base of customers who use VMware virtualisation products in conjunction with Cisco networking infrastructure
Epson has launched a budget multi-function printer aimed squarely at the SMB user. The CX5500 retails at $99 and features hi-res printing capability, scanner, copier and fax.
Mass mailer and Trojan viruses have been the most prevalent types of malware affecting SMB and individual users between January and June 2007, according to a Top 10 list compiled by BitDefender.
Business users needing high capacity storage now have a green option in Western Digital's (WD) new GreenPower range of power-saving hard drives for desktop, enterprise and CE, headed up with a 1TB model.
Toshiba has tweaked its SMB-targeted Tecra, Portege and Satellite Pro series of notebooks to boost performance, battery life and wireless connectivity.