Flinders Uni to build $14m campus network
10 July, 2013Flinders University has teamed with Cisco and Dimension Data to build a campus network - including 802.11a/c Wi-Fi and a dedicated high-speed research network - for students and staff.
Managed comms services improve productivity at United Voice
04 July, 2013United Voice has adopted a new managed communications service to improve staff productivity.
Crowdfunding independent research into the major parties’ NBN plans
04 July, 2013Tech website The Register is attempting to fund independent research into both Labor’s and the Coalition’s competing National Broadband Network (NBN) plans, by asking readers to open their wallets and make a contribution.
Albanese new Comms Minister, no big changes anytime soon
02 July, 2013Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken the mantle of Communications Minister, after Stephen Conroy stepped down in last week’s Labor leadership spill. Analysts say there will be no big changes between now and the election.
Masterpet accelerates 5 Mbps connection to 140 Mbps
17 June, 2013Masterpet has streamlined its nightly Veeam virtual machine replication and disaster recovery exchange between NZ and Australia. Using data acceleration software, Masterpet is now transmitting three times more data twice as fast over a 5 Mbps connection.
Is your new network SDN or CCN?
13 June, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaWith ethernet now 40 years old, it would be easy to say that most of the innovation cycle is done and that all we have ahead of us is incremental evolution. But is that true? What will your new network look like?
NBN asbestos debacle: heads roll, school affected, govt forms register
04 June, 2013The NBN asbestos debacle has deepened this week, with more dangerous sites continuing to be identified, talk of legal liability, the formation of an asbestos register and the head of one Telstra subcontractor leaving his company following the asbestos revelations.
Telcos rebuke NBN Co for SAU delays; NBN Co buys TransACT fibre network
28 May, 2013 by Andrew CollinsAustralian telcos accuse NBN Co of delaying finalisation of the special access undertaking, while NBN Co drops $9 million on TransACT’s FTTP network.
Govt warns ACCC against interfering in NBN; Insider details Google’s “immoral” tax avoidance schemes
21 May, 2013The Department of Broadband has warned the ACCC against interfering in NBN pricing and negotiations, while an ex-Google executive has blown the whistle on the company’s “immoral” tax avoidance.
Creating a network for the mobile workforce
03 May, 2013 by Ray Maisano, General Manager, HP Networking, South Pacific | Supplied by: HP NetworkingThe rapid global take-up in mobile devices has been breathtaking - a trend that is creating opportunities as well as serious challenges for organisations.
Growing a distributed network with root and branch infrastructure management
23 April, 2013 by Robert Waldie, Opengear | Supplied by: OpengearA look at the evolution of out-of-band infrastructure management tools and technologies shows their growing impact beyond the data centre in managing today’s highly distributed networks.
NBN wrap: ISPs reject NBN Co’s fibre fast-track plan; Quigley defends NBN Co’s costings
23 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsNBN Co’s plan to fast-track 262,400 extra customers onto fibre meets ISP resistance and Mike Quigley refutes the Coalition’s costings of Labor’s NBN.
Back to the Future
18 April, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaForty years ago, a revolution took place that completely changed the way we connect, communicate and collaborate.
NBN wrap: Coalition policy analysis roundup
16 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsThe Coalition last week revealed its plan for Australia’s National Broadband Network. The plan has drawn both praise and derision from across the industry.
NBN news: ACCC rejects special access undertaking; Confidential documents list NBN contractor blunders
09 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn the last week, the ACCC rejected NBN Co’s special access undertaking (SAU), while a confidential NBN Co document has revealed the organisation’s doubts about its own contractors.
