Gartner says the US$10.5bn figure will be reached by the end of 2008, rising to US$13.1bn by 2012, as SMEs intensify their focus on security.
Printing solutions company Lexmark Australia and New Zealand has appointed Dietrich Buechner to the newly created role of general manager, Enterprise and Government.
The Children's Hospital in the Sydney suburb of Westmead has signed a new contract with its existing printing partner Lexmark that will deliver new technology to the facility.
Dell has beat rival offers from Hewlett-Packard, IBM and ADNet Technology to win a large chunk of Sydney Water's IT spend for at least the next three years.
Sydney Water will soon decide on suppliers for a substantial portion of its IT spend over the next three years with the business planning to continue keeping a lot of its technology work at arm's length.
For Bankstown City Council, a 170,000-resident council south-west of Sydney, a desire to regain control of its printing environment -- and to reduce its impact on the environment -- recently led to a complete reconsideration of its printing, scanning and faxing processes.
At its Winning Edge event in Beijing, HP took the wraps off several new printers including large-format Designjets, a new document scanner and it's latest and greatest, Edgeline, an inkjet designed to replace high-volume office photocopiers.
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Asus' high-end wireless router has plenty of throughput grunt, but we do wish the company would offer better support documentation.
The Asus WL-500W is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of some of router's USB features and aren't afraid to wade into those waters without help.
Despite some flaws, the Apple iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated phone and MP3 player.
Hewlett-Packard has launched a new range of Officejet Pro printers Down Under aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses that use laser printers.
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