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  • Bleak forecast for PC vendors

    Australian computer vendors can expect poor sales for the second quarter of 2001, according to forecasts outlined in a report on the PC market's performance, released by IT industry analysts International Data Corporation (IDC).

  • Consumers blamed for sluggish PC sales

    Australian PC sales have tumbled considerably in the second quarter of this year, according to an IDC report, which attributes the problem to consumers not upgrading their PC’s.

  • IBM embraces wireless for Australian PC launch

    IBM has embraced wireless LAN technology at the Australian launch of its new PC range.

  • Vendors fear pre-GST slump

    IT sales may drop in the lead-up to the GST if customers decide to wait for price-cuts, warns IDC. Vendors need aggressive marketing campaigns to encourage people to buy before July 1, 2000, according to IDC Australia market analyst Rupinder Toor.

  • HP,Compaq: rationalisation the key

    The marriage of rivals Hewlett-Packard and Compaq will make HP the largest vendor in the Australian landscape, but the collective entity must see a rapid rationalistion of product ranges if it’s to be successful in the local arena, according to Australian research analysts.

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  • How do CIOs keep up with technology?

    Keeping up with changing technologies means CIOs have to go through a mountain of information, and then decide which of it if any is useful to their company. ZDNet.com.au delves into how they do it.

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  • Bleak forecast for PC vendors

    Australian computer vendors can expect poor sales for the second quarter of 2001, according to forecasts outlined in a report on the PC market's performance, released by IT industry analysts International Data Corporation (IDC).

  • IBM embraces wireless for Australian PC launch

    IBM has embraced wireless LAN technology at the Australian launch of its new PC range.

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