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OFX Group Turns to Box for Cloud Content Management
July 29, 2018 08:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time SYDNEY--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Box Inc. (NYSE:BOX), a leader in cloud content management, today announced that OzForex Limited, trading as OFX, part of the OFX Group (OFX:ASX) (“OFX”), the Australian international money transfer specialist, has moved its workforce to Box. Since 2016, OFX has been using Box in its seven global offices as part of its strategy to become a truly digital workplace. “Box has completely transformed how we work on content,”...
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Intertype in Australia: First With Color-Logic on Fuji Xerox Iridesse
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Mark Geeves at 513-258-0047 or mark@color-logic.com Intertype in Australia: First With Color-Logic on Fuji Xerox Iridesse West Chester, Ohio, USA; January 2019-- Intertype, a premier printer in Australia, recently installed a Fuji Xerox Iridesse press and became the first printer worldwide to utilize the Color-Logic process on this press. Discussing the installation, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves...
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Konica Minolta announces new workflow solution in Australia
Konica Minolta Australia has today announced the release of its newest workflow solution, Dispatcher Phoenix. Konica Minolta says the solution ensures organisations can secure important business information, drive productive collaborations and distribute documents directly to content management systems via its processing features, batch scanning and indexing tools, and direct connectors to other vendors’ systems. Research shows employees spend considerable time on recurring tasks as part of...
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Fuji Xerox sues former Australia employees
- Filed against former managing director Neil Whittaker, former CFO Delvin Bell - Resulting from a $450 million accounting scandal - Claims that offices in Australia had a “sales at any cost” culture - Apparently commissions were paid on contracts that included speculative estimates of future MFP usage
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Canon Australia acquires Converga
Canon Australia has acquired The New Zealand Post Group’s managed services and business process outsourcing company Converga. Converga has over 1,300 staff based in offices and technology centres throughout Australia, New Zealand, United States and the Philippines. The acquisition of Converga is Canon’s fourth in four years reflecting that robust growth will be achieved through diversification. This move solidifies Canon as a key player in business process outsourcing, IT Managed Services,...
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Ricoh Australia creates a smarter workplace using its
SYDNEY – 9 December 2015 - Ricoh Australia has created a smarter workplace at its new Head Office located in North Ryde using its own smarter workplace technology to improve its ability to adapt to change and meet business objectives now and into the future. The new activity-based working environment has increased staff connectivity, collaboration, and productivity. It features dedicated workstations, conference facilities, one-on-one meeting rooms, and breakout areas to create the perfect...
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Fuji Xerox and Ricoh for the the Provision of Print and Imaging as-a-Service PlaaS
Photocopiers Sunshine Coast Queensland State Government chooses Fuji Xerox and Ricoh for the the Provision of Print and Imaging as-a-Service PlaaS All of Queensland State Government Standing Offer Arrangement for the Provision of Print and Imaging as-a-Service (PlaaS) – ICTSS.14.04 Introduction ICTSS.14.04 is a whole of government Standing Offer Arrangement (SOA) for the delivery of Print and Imaging as-a-Service (PlaaS). The SOA has a term of five (5) years commencing 17 November 2014 with...
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PrintReleaf Partners with PrintSolv to Open Distribution in Australia
PrintReleaf Partners with PrintSolv to Open Distribution in Australia SYDNEY, Australia – May 7, 2015 – PrintSolv, the exclusive distributor of FMAudit products in Asia Pacific, has become an authorized distribution partner of the PrintReleaf Exchange [PRX], the first technology platform to enable cloud-based forest product (e.g., paper) tracking and reforestation. This strategic partnership allows the company to provide its network of channel partners and dealers with an innovative and...
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Konica Minolta acquires duo of Microsoft and SAP resellers
Another printing giant enters IT territory. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia has acquired two Australian software integrators, giving these IT firms access to thousands of potential customers around the country. The...
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Ergo bought by Konica Minolta
Ergo bought by Konica Minolta Posted by: Tiffany Hoy in AUSTRALIA July 1, 2014 0 22 Views Ergo Asia, the $100m print management company based in Australia, has been bought by Konica Minolta. Konica Minolta says it is taking on Ergo to help it take the global lead in marketing print management services, and to complement its 2012 purchase of similar provider Charterhouse, which operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The deal has been driven by Konica Minolta in Japan. Eugene Cora,...
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Jason Coleman to head Panasonic business systems
Panasonic Australia has appointed Jason Coleman to lead its business systems group. The former Canon direct sales general manager will oversee the sales of the brand’s B2B offering - including Toughbook, projectors and commercial displays, broadcast and security solutions and phone systems. Jason brings to the role over 15 years of industry experience across IT, office solutions, print and document management and information management. Most recently, Jason spent two years at Canon Australia...
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Canon partners with Fujitsu to host its first cloud application, ‘Therefore Online’
Canon Australia and Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand have today announced a partnership to host Canon’s Therefore Online workflow and information management solution on Fujitsu’s cloud platform. Therefore Online is an extension of Canon’s Therefore software platform, which is designed to provide a full information management and workflow solution for businesses across various sources of information including paper documents, electronic files, barcodes, email, internet forms and XML files.
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NEXTDC signs national agreement with Telstra to expand cloud reach
NEXTDC (ASX: NXT), Australia’s leading Data-Centre-as-a-Service (DCaaS) provider today announced an agreement with Telstra that enables Telstra’s enterprise, government and business customers access to NEXTDC data centres across Australia. This national agreement allows Telstra customers the ability to move critical IT infrastructure to NEXTDC’s data centre co-location facilities in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth (from February 2014), with connectivity via Telstra’s Next IP®...
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AE Smith, a Leading Energy Efficiency Company in Australia, Achieves an ROI in Less Than a Year with Altecs doc-link Integrated to the WennSoft Field Service Solution
Laguna Hills, CA (PRWEB) December 12, 2013 Altec Products, Inc., a Microsoft Dynamics® ISV for over 12 years and a leading expert in ERP integrated document management and workflow solutions, announced today that one of their premier international doc-link customers, AE Smith, gained an ROI on their software investment in less than a year and has plans to expand functionality into other departments and applications. AE Smith is a BRW Top 500 Private Company with a team of more than 700...
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Canon Australia launches new division
Canon Australia has launched a new services business to take advantage of the $1 billion business process market. The new business (Canon BPS) has been established after extensive market research which revealed customers are facing increasingly...
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Laserfiche Facilitates Activity-Based Working at Ricoh Australia
GOLD COAST, Australia, Oct. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Many organisations across Australia have embraced the concept of activity-based working (ABW), which eliminates assigned office seating and replaces it with a variety of different workspaces employees can move between at will. To gain maximum benefit from ABW, Ricoh Australia is expanding its use of Laserfiche to automate business processes and provide employees with instant, secure and anywhere access to information. During Gartner...
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Fuji Xerox Australia launches content management software solution DocuShare 7
SYDNEY, August 9, 2016 – Fuji Xerox Australia has launched the latest version of its software solution, DocuShare 7. This version offers a new range of solutions for small to medium size businesses and large enterprises aimed at reducing costs, labour and risks associated with document storage. DocuShare 7 improves daily processes by enabling businesses to unify all devices through one program. This version includes a new web based interface which allows users to drag and drop multiple files...
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Print Audit Announces Moderator/MC for the 2016 Top 100 Summit
Calgary, AB - August 15, 2016 - Print Audit® announced today the appointment of Paul Brady, Managing Director of Business Enabled, as the Moderator/MC (Master of Ceremonies) for the 2016 Top 100 Summit . The role is an important one as the Moderator must have the proven ability to guide business leaders of all backgrounds as they spend 3 days together building the business model of the future. Mr. Brady’s experience includes founder and long term managing director of a highly successful...
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Fuji Xerox takes home $28M Sydney toll ticket deal
The NSW Government Roads and Maritime Services has awarded Fuji Xerox Australia a $27.7 million, 18-month managed print and mailing contract. Technically, the new contract, which runs until the end of November 2018, is for the provision of management and business professionals and administrative services. However, it is understood that the arrangement will specifically see Fuji Xerox Australia provide integrated system, printing and mail house services associated with the NSW Roads and...
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Sharp Australia names new managing director
Kasey Katsuta (left) with his successor Hitoshi Kagawa. Sharp Corporation of Australia has appointed Hitoshi Kagawa as managing director, succeeding Keiichi (Kasey) Katsuta who will return to the company's head office in Japan, where he will work alongside the business solutions group in the Asia Marketing Department. Kagawa currently serves as the president of Sharp Brazil and will vacate that post for his Australian role. “I am excited to be joining the Australian team and lead the local...
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Ricoh Australia lets go of general managers of leasing, marketing and service in major reshuffle
Ricoh Australia has restructured its executive team, with general managers of leasing, marketing and services all leaving the business last Friday. An internal email seen by CRN revealed that general manager of service Nick Mills left after 13 years, general manager of finance David Berryman left after almost six years, and general manager of marketing and product strategy Joe Ciliberto left after a career with Ricoh and Lanier stretching back to 1997. Ricoh is creating a new position of...
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Canon Australia announces clean sweep of BLI’s across the Wide Format Printer Category
Canon Australia is proud to announce the latest string of BLI wins in the world of wide format. 1. 2017 Wide Format Line Of The Year Award 2. Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2000/PRO-4000 Series - Outstanding Professional Photo and Fine Art Wide-Format Printer Series, Winter 2017 3. Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000S/PRO-6000S Series - Outstanding Poster and Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-6000S Series Indoor Signage Wide-Format Printer Series, Winter 2017 BLI’s coveted Line of the Year designation is awarded once...
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Fuji Xerox Australia Launches Digital Multifunction Printers. Introducing the ApeosPort-VII C ...
Sydney, 4 November 2019 – Fuji Xerox Australia, has today announced it has launched six models in the ApeosPort-VII C / DocuCentre-VII C multifunction printer series. These new high-speed models have been specifically designed to meet the needs of customers who print consistently high volumes of documents that demand reliability, accuracy and beauty. “Targeted at customers in government, education and enterprises we are proudly pitching the devices as high image quality with durability,...
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Brennan IT launches Hybrid Secure SD-WAN to redefine networking for the Hybrid Cloud
Brennan IT, Australia’s leading managed services provider for 10 years in a row, has launched Hybrid Secure SD-WAN which utilises a ‘Hybrid Networking’ approach. Hybrid Networking refers to the intelligent and dynamic use of MPLS and broadband internet via SD-WAN at the branch to improve user application experience across privately and publicly-hosted applications, whilst maintaining external security and adding complete application visibility. Optimising productivity and control, even as...
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PaperCut launches mobile app
- PaperCut, headquartered in Australia, announced that it’s making its mobile-printing and BYOD printing feature, PaperCut Mobility Print, a free standalone product - Automatic printer and print-driver installation to enable printing from Chromebooks, Android, iOS, Mac OS, and Windows devices. - will also let users print over the Internet and/or from un-trusted guest networks by sending print jobs via PaperCut’s cloud service – compressed, encrypted - no charge for the applications
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International Intrigue: From Russia (...the UK, Latin America, South Africa & Australia) with Love
International Intrigue: From Russia (...the UK, Latin America, South Africa & Australia) with Love By West McDonald, Mar 15, 2017 8:00:00 AM We hear that in the age of globalization the world just keeps getting smaller. But if you stop to think about it, this only makes the opportunities for all of us much larger. According to IDC , the current global market for managed print services is roughly $33 billion a year and growing at CAGR of just over 6%. According to Transparency Market...
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TeleApps Launches One Stop Shop IT&T and Managed Services Offering for SMEs
TeleApps, a trusted technology partner for corporate and customer communications solutions, has launched a tailored one-stop shop IT&T and managed services offering for Australian SME businesses. TeleApps has been providing corporate telephony, contact centre and networking-based solutions for more than ten years to medium and large sized enterprises and has a customer base of more than 100 customers in Australia. Traditionally, the company has focused on providing vendor agnostic...
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Ricoh Australia announces winning companies of the "Ricoh Small Business Competition"
Sydney, 14 February, 2018 - Ricoh, a leading provider of smart workplace technology, has announced the winners of the Ricoh Small Business Competition, a three-month long contest which now see five dynamic business organisations across Australia take home an equal share of $50,000 of Ricoh workplace technology solutions. In order to win a slice of the overall prize, small businesses were required to simply state in 50 words or less what their digital challenges are and how Ricoh might help...
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Shimano streamlines warranty claims processing with Ricoh
Sydney, 14 February, 2018 - Ricoh, a leading provider of smart workplace technology, has announced the successful deployment of its Laserfiche Avante workflow business management solution at Shimano Oceania Holdings, the Australian subsidiary of Shimano, a global manufacturing and distribution organisation. The Ricoh solution transforms Shimano's entire Australian warranty claims process by providing a purpose-built workflow to guide the warranty process from start to finish. This has...
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Orora and EFI Expand Global Partnership with Purchase of Two EFI Nozomi Presses
NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orora and EFI Expand Global Partnership with Orora’s Purchase of Two EFI Nozomi Presses Ultra-high-speed digital printing investment expands EFI/Orora partnership for digital production and workflow systems FREMONT, California and MELBOURNE, Australia -- February 26, 2018 --Silicon Valley printing technology company Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) and Australian packaging innovator Orora Limited (ASX:ORA) today announced an expanded global partnership...
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Fuji Xerox Australia head of sales Garry Gray resigns
Garry Gray, Fuji Xerox Australia executive general manager, sales, has resigned after nearly a decade with the printer vendor amid turmoil for the company. Gray will remain with Fuji Xerox for a short time to assist with the transition before being replaced by Steve Green, a printing industry veteran who has worked with EFI, Océ, Ricoh and Kodak, on 28 September. In a news alert sent to Fuji Xerox staff, Sunil Gupta, managing director of Fuji Xerox Australia, thanked Gray. "I know he feels...
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Dispute as Canon Australia tries to GPS track copier technicians
A proposal by Canon to implement GPS tracking apps on the mobile phones of technicians has raised the ire of the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (ASU). The photocopier manufacturer wants to activate GPS tracking on devices that it provides for its fleet of technicians. The 'GPS Tracking Policy' aims to give customers improved visibility of copier technicians' whereabouts, to allow more efficient scheduling, to improve customer satisfaction and to ensure...
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Sharp Corporation of Australia Appoints Daniel Gard to National Sales and Marketing Manager – Business Solutions Group (B2B) Office and Visual Solutions
Sydney, Australia - 22 May 2018 - Sharp Corporation of Australia today announces that Daniel Gard has been appointed to National Sales and Marketing Manager – B2B, effective 16 May 2018, replacing Greg Wallis who retired in April 2018. In this position, Gard will report directly to Hitoshi Kagawa, Managing Director of Sharp Corporation of Australia and will be responsible for directing the strategic growth and profitability of Sharp's Business Solutions Group (B2B) Office and Visual...
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Ricoh names former Fuji Xerox exec as Aussie production printing chief
Simon Lane - Ricoh's new Australia production printing business country manager Ricoh Australia has named former Fuji Xerox Australia marketing executive general manager, Simon Lane, as its new Australia production printing business country manager. In his new role, Lane will oversee the entire Ricoh production portfolio in Australia, including digital cut sheet, wide format, continuous feed and software solutions. According to Ricoh Australia’s general manager for sales, David Phillips,...
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HP Inc. names head of printer division as new CEO
San Francisco (CNN Business) HP CEO and president Dion Weisler is stepping down due to a "family health matter," the company announced on Thursday. In its third quarter earnings report, HP said Weisler -- who has served as company CEO since 2015 -- will be returning home to Australia but will remain at the company through January 2020. He will stay on its board of directors until Spring 2020. Enrique Lores, president of HP's imaging, will take over as president and CEO, effective November 1.
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Brennan IT ranks number one on the MSP 501 for 10th consecutive year
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 19 June 2019: Brennan IT, Australia’s leading managed services provider, has been named the number one MSP in Australia and New Zealand for the 10th year in a row. The result was announced today by Channel Futures in the MSP 501 - the largest and most comprehensive global ranking of managed services providers. Brennan IT’s recurring number one ranking over the past 10 years on the MSP 501 is unmatched by any other Australian MSP. Stephen Sims, CEO of Brennan IT, says the...
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Oki Australia is launching two new toner-based label printers
Oki Australia is launching two new toner-based label printers: the Pro 1040 CMYK and Pro 1050 CMYK + white, which are aimed at the burgeoning craft food and beverage markets. The LED printers will be available through Labelpower and Gulmen Engineering, and will be on the PrintEx stands. New from Oki: Jeremy de Silva (left) with colour label printing for inhouse or short runs Jeremy de Silva, marketing manager at Oki Australia said, "The Pro1040 and Pro1050 narrow-format label printers have...
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PaperCut 20.0 is now ready for the Channel
It's official, the 20.0 Release is here! Hi Art, Channel Availability for Release 20.0 has arrived. We're tipping our hats to healthcare, with a new EMR integration for Epic Systems that's making printing more secure for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. There's also a new "Application Server" fail-over feature to help keep customers printing. We're optimizing our release process by providing comprehensive videos for each feature, giving you all the content you'll need to get the...
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The Week in Copiers 10 Years Ago This Week In 2010
The Week in Copiers 10 Years Ago This Week In 2010 Recently I signed up for my own lead service because I'd rather spend my time with those that are interested rather than making huge amounts of phone calls each week in a state where businesses are not back to normal. Yes, some of the leads are crap and most are price buyers. I realize I will lose more than I win but just having the data points for that business with DM information is worth the extra dough spent. Enjoy these beautiful...
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Fuji Xerox Australia returns to the black despite revenue dip
Fuji Xerox Australia has made a profit for the year ended 31 March 2020 despite seeing its revenue contract. The printing giant saw its revenue fall to $608 million, down 6 per cent from $650 million in 2019. However, having been landed with a $49 million tax bill in 2019, and subsequently posting a loss of $47 million for that year, Fuji Xerox has since returned to the black with a profit of $5.9 million. Broken down, Fuji Xerox’s revenue from both customer contracts and sales of goods...
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Laserfiche Partners with Fujitsu Australia to Provide Enterprise Content Management Software and ...
SYDNEY , Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Laserfiche — a leading global provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — today announced a solution bundle with Fujitsu Australia Limited, one of the largest information and communications technology (ICT) solution providers in the Australasia marketplace. Until Dec. 31, 2020 , customers in the Oceania region can receive a free Fujitsu Image Scanner fi-800R upon subscribing to Laserfiche Cloud. "Working with Fujitsu,...
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PaperCut launches cloud based product
PaperCut launches cloud based product PaperCut, headquartered in Australia, introduced PaperCut Hive, a cloud-native print management solution - Providers server-less secure print release - Uses Edge Mesh technology - Pricing not announced
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Pro Cloud SaaS partners with directprint.io
Pro Cloud SaaS partners with directprint.io CLOUD RANCH, RIO VERDE, ARIZONA – March 3, 2022 - Pro Cloud SaaS has today announced a global partnership with directprint.io . The collaboration will see Pro Cloud SaaS expand its SaaS offering, enabling customers to leverage directprint.io ’s feature-rich serverless print management solution to migrate print infrastructure to the cloud. directprint.io is a secure, serverless SaaS solution that enables organizations to reduce print costs, simplify...
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Fujifilm to showcase Revoria & wide format Acuity at PacPrint
Fujifilm's Acuity Prime - to be showcased at FESPA Berlin and PacPrint Melbourne FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia and FUJIFILM Australia will come together on stand G14 at PacPrint to create what it calls ‘the ultimate one-stop-shop’ for the print industry – covering everything from commercial offset and print-on-demand to packaging and large format print “We are thrilled at the prospect of being able to connect with our customers and the industry again at a face-to-face tradeshow,”...
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How to prepare for the increasing demand for cloud-ready partners
With Gartner predicting that total spending on public cloud services in Australia will hit $18.7 billion in 2022 , there is a strong demand for more cloud-ready players to enter the market. While developing or managing cloud workloads has traditionally been the domain of specialists, we’re now finding that partners of all types are working with customers who have cloud workloads. However, we have found that many partners with a current managed services and data centre offer are struggling to...
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Fujitsu acquires ServiceNow partner Enable
Fujitsu Australia has made its third acquisition in 15 months, scooping up Melbourne-based ServiceNow partner Enable Professional Services. As part of the deal, Fujitsu will gain access to Enable’s ServiceNow advisory, consulting and delivery services, as well as its employees based across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and India. Enable will now operate as a stand-alone Fujitsu company under the leadership of founder Bruce Hara, and be re-branded ‘Enable, a Fujitsu...
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38 contract terms in 11 Fuji small business contracts declared unfair and void
12 August 2022 The Federal Court today declared that 38 contract terms used in contracts entered into by Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia or Fujifilm Leasing Australia (together, Fuji) with many thousands of small businesses are unfair, following court action by the ACCC. The Court declared the unfair contract terms void and unenforceable. Fuji was also ordered to stop enforcing these terms in current small business contracts and to cease using these terms in 11 types of standard form...