Networking

VMware’s partner EDS helps AAPT go virtual

VMware’s partner EDS helps AAPT go virtual

In an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint and hardware costs Australian telecommunciations company, AAPT, will deploy VMware’s datacentre virtualisation and management suite through VMWare channel partner EDS.
Lilia Guan Jul 17 2008, 8:37AM Collaboration
Optus outage disrupts QLD airport, emergency services

Optus outage disrupts QLD airport, emergency services

A backhoe and a faulty network card took down mobile, landline and Internet services for more than 1 million Queenslanders yesterday.
Kathryn Small Jul 16 2008, 5:02PM Collaboration
Sun helps NSC find ‘pot of gold’

Sun helps NSC find ‘pot of gold’

Australian voice and data integration service provider, NSC, claims to have stumbled on a ‘pot of gold’, with its new strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems.
Lilia Guan Jul 16 2008, 2:14PM Collaboration
More regulations for Telstra

More regulations for Telstra

The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) now is requiring Telstra to keep detailed records and submit reports about its telephone exchange activities.
Ashley Clark Jul 15 2008, 5:00PM Collaboration
Internode to construct 'green' data centre

Internode to construct 'green' data centre

Australian ISP Internode has allocated $3 million to build a 'green' data centre as part of the company's conservation efforts.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 15 2008, 3:29PM Collaboration
BT goes global with Cisco certification

BT goes global with Cisco certification

British Telecom has become only the fourth company to be awarded Global Certification by networking giant Cisco.
Staff Writers Jul 15 2008, 3:26PM Collaboration
Opinion: Not enough fibre

Opinion: Not enough fibre

According to experts the world will soon run out of Internet bandwidth unless we install oodles more fibre optic cable. This shortage was discovered by a company which makes…..fibre optic cables.
Ian Yates Jul 15 2008, 1:45PM Collaboration
Unified comms 'primary threat' to IP phones

Unified comms 'primary threat' to IP phones

But UC not negatively affecting IP telephony yet.
Robert Jaques Jul 14 2008, 11:34PM Collaboration
Expert predicts global bandwidth famine

Expert predicts global bandwidth famine

Growing demand will outstrip supply.
Jul 14 2008, 11:33PM Collaboration
Telstra trials speedier Next G

Telstra trials speedier Next G

Telsta and its network supplier Ericsson are trialling enhanced High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology that could result in 42Mbps mobile broadband speeds by next year.
Staff Writers Jul 12 2008, 10:01AM Collaboration
Southern Cross Cable to quadruple traffic capacity

Southern Cross Cable to quadruple traffic capacity

The Southern Cross Cable, Australia's highest-capacity submarine internet cable, will be undergoing upgrades which promise to quadruple its capacity.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 12 2008, 9:56AM Collaboration
IT service provider develops blogs for Cerebral Palsy community

IT service provider develops blogs for Cerebral Palsy community

In collaboration with the Spastic Centre, Australian-owned IT consultancy Energetica have developed and launched four innovative blogs designed to provide a voice for people living with cerebral palsy.
Staff Writers Jul 11 2008, 2:50PM Collaboration
House to size up global roaming rates

House to size up global roaming rates

Australians love to travel overseas. We also love our mobile phones. But anyone who's tried to place a call on their mobile while travelling internationally knows how expensive combining those two loves can be.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 10 2008, 2:54PM Collaboration
Datacom picks up Aussie Home Loans' IT operations

Datacom picks up Aussie Home Loans' IT operations

One of Australia’s leading mortgage brokers, Aussie Home Loans, has outsourced its IT operations to Datacom in a three year commitment – as of 1 July.
Lilia Guan Jul 10 2008, 2:28PM Collaboration
Opinion: Separating Telstra IS the answer

Opinion: Separating Telstra IS the answer

Apologies in advance to the analyst community, but recent warnings that the sky will fall if Telstra is split into infrastructure and service divisions are errant nonsense.
Ian Yates Jul 9 2008, 11:00PM Collaboration
iPhone carriers here, there and everywhere

iPhone carriers here, there and everywhere

With the iPhone's release just hours away, Aussie punters who were holding out on contracts are feverishly comparing prices and weighing up the benefits between the three confirmed carriers. Elsewhere in the world, however, most iPhone customers have only a single choice to make.
Ashley Clark Jul 9 2008, 10:37PM Collaboration
Residential VoIP still overcoming inhibitors

Residential VoIP still overcoming inhibitors

A new study by IT analyst group IDC has revealed that although residential VoIP services have been available in Australia for the past four years, their uptake has been slow compared with Europe and the US.
Staff Writers Jul 9 2008, 3:33PM Collaboration
Telcoinabox signs green-friendly Imagine Limited

Telcoinabox signs green-friendly Imagine Limited

Telecommunications wholesale provider and franchisor, Telcoinabox, has signed Imagine UN Limited.
Lilia Guan Jul 9 2008, 3:27PM Collaboration
Wanted: Single IT service provider for DAFF

Wanted: Single IT service provider for DAFF

Australian IT service providers will have the opportunity to bid for a mid-range government contract, with the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) on the verge of releasing a Request For Tender.
Lilia Guan Jul 8 2008, 3:03PM Collaboration
Telcos complain to ACCC about Telstra's ULL service - again

Telcos complain to ACCC about Telstra's ULL service - again

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recently received notification of two further telecommunications access disputes relating to Telstra's ULL service.
Lilia Guan Jul 8 2008, 2:34PM Collaboration

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