Earthquake halts reseller

Byte Power Group (BGP) has delayed its expansion plans in the wake of the recent earthquake which devastated China, says CRN.

BPG had planned to install around 3 000 e-kiosks, which supply Byte Power's range of on/offline services, around Chonqiang City. The company has so-far rolled out 19 kiosks in Chonqiang City and a further 26 completed and waiting final government approvals.

Receipt of site licences approvals are taking longer than anticipated, which in turn has had an "impact on revenue growth with the number of operational e-kiosks at this time being lowered than expected," claimed BPG.

Open Text has appointed Chris Petersen as manager for channel alliances and partners for Australia and New Zealand based in Sydney, states ARN.

Petersen joins Open Text with over 10 years' experience in the IT channel. He will be responsible for driving all aspects of Open Text's channel business, including sales and solutions strategies and market development.

He is also responsible for management of current partners for Open Text's existing enterprise content management solutions.

Bloxx, the enterprise Web filtering specialist, announced at Channel Expo that Network Technology Solutions (NTS) has been awarded the 'Reseller of the Year' title, according to PR-Inside.

Commended for its impressive sales during 2007-08, NTS was presented with a plaque to honour its commitment to the company and its outstanding sales growth.

NTS has played a key role in introducing Bloxx's revolutionary Tru-View Technology to the market, which has moved Web filtering into a third-generation sphere, by offering real-time classification of Web sites.