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Manaccom was one of Australia's oldest software publishers, founded in 1986 and based out of Brisbane

Brisbane

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. It also published to New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

with distribution managed by Total Interactive.

Manaccom was previously the principal distributor of video games by Apogee Software

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, Epic MegaGames, Safari Software

Safari Software

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and id Software

Id Software

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in Australian and New Zealand territories but later changed its focus to application software

Application software

Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...

. Manaccom's software distribution operations expanded significantly after obtaining the rights to distribute the Trend Micro

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Inc. is a computer security company. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and markets Trend Micro Internet Security, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security, OfficeScan, and other related security products and services...

range of consumer Internet Security software.

Manaccom's decision in 2009 to switch from distribution of Trend Micro

Trend Micro

to McAfee

McAfee

McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...

Internet Security software resulted in substantial operating losses. In an attempt to restore profitability a significant restructure was undertaken, including a renegotiation of the McAfee

McAfee

distribution contract and the removal of company founder, Ian Mackay

Ian Mackay

Ian Mackay Abad is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CE Sabadell FC in the Spanish second division, as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...

, from his position as board member and general manager.

These measures proved insufficient to return the business to a viable state. As of 2 February 2011, Manaccom Pty Ltd has gone into administration. To date, no other company has taken on the McAfee

McAfee

consumer Internet security distribution business for Australia or New Zealand.

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