Alliant Computer Systems Inc of Littleton, Massachusetts has made a three-way deal with its Japanese subsidiary and a new distributor in Australia, Tech Trend Pty Ltd, under which Nippon Alliant Computer will provide technical services and customer training Down Under: the Australian scientific computer market is characterised by strong representation of Cray Research Inc and Control Data Corp machines, with one installation of a Fujitsu VP-1000 at the Australian National University; Tech Trend is a supplier of computers and peripherals and engineering services; it hopes to sell between five and 10 systems; Alliant has been busy building alliances in the Far East – in June 1988 it signed a distributorship agreement with Syscom Computer Technologies of Taipei, and is building a sales network in South Korea and Hong Kong and the Japanese subsidiary is to provide technical support for the entire Pacific Rim.
