Brothers open Sydney's Matrix

The MD of Sydney's newest network integrator has claimed Australian system integrators have done a poor job filling network integration needs, opening a gap in the market for specialist companies like his own. Deni Saupin, managing director of Matrix CNI, said he believed his new consultancy and integration company had the customer relationships and expertise to revolutionise Australian network integration. "Here's something a bit contentious. A lot of system integrators believe they have network expertise, but we don't think so. They might do business on the basis of existing customer relationships they have, but they should do their...

HP resellers to offer business continuity services

Hardware vendor HP has offered selected services resellers a business continuity package to push into the Australian market. HP's services channel partner manager Mike Bazely and business continuity head Steve Cartland said that eventually about six of the vendor's services channel partners could be signed to offer the package. This included access to off-site support, such as HP's own disaster recovery centres.  Initially, only HP services resellers Volante and Starcom would be permitted to offer the business continuity services, they said. 'We have had a large number of customers and resellers, because of some of the changes...

Want some spam for Christmas?

Spammers are using Christmas overspending to tempt unwary consumers, according to a survey released today. Content filtering vendor Clearswift found an increase in the amount of finance related spam -- it made up 12 percent of spam received in September, and rose to 24 percent during October. The vendor also found an increase in direct product related spam, particularly for DVD burners. Chy Chuawiwat, managing director Asia Pacific at Clearswift, told iTnews that Christmas spam could include both gifs and hoaxes. “Direct marketing will increase because of Christmas gifts and buying,” Chuawiwat said. “Also, there'll be an increase in scams...