Networking
Video Ezy goes with Irish telco for electronic platform
Video Ezy, one of Australia’s largest movie rental franchises, has selected Ireland’s DigiSoft.tv’s IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of the Video Ezy Electronic Video Rental service, which will be rolled out in Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in A/NZ.
Apr 15 2008, 2:20PM
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Brennan cashes up mid-market for IT spend
Australian IT and telecommunications mid-market service provider – Brennan – has launched ‘Brennan Finance’. The new arm of the company will offer customers a complete range of finance options to assist mid-market businesses access to the latest software and hardware technologies.
Apr 15 2008, 2:09PM
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IT provider speaks out against National Secondary School Computer Fund criteria
With round one of applications now closed for the $1 billion National Secondary School Computer Fund, educational computing provider Computelec is raising concerns of whether some schools are equipped with sufficient support facilities or internal resources to meet the Rudd Government’s application criteria.
Apr 12 2008, 6:26AM
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Netspace Networks complains to ACCC about Telstra
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has recently received notification of a telecommunications access dispute – under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 – brought on by Netspace Networks Pty Ltd against Telstra.
Apr 11 2008, 3:17PM
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Liberal Party: OPEL abolishment supporters named
The Liberal Party is adamant that project data relating to the OPEL broadband network reveals the impact the Rudd Labor Government's decision to axe it will have on underserved premises across rural, regional and remote Australia, including in many Labor electorates.
Apr 11 2008, 1:17PM
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Raritan addresses pain point with power management solution
Raritan has announced the release of a power management tool, Dominion PX, to address pain points faced by organisations including the spiraling cost of energy and limited power availability within the data centre.
Apr 10 2008, 12:59PM
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Opinion: Hey Cisco!
So, the Mexican networking company has realised there’s not much future in selling black boxes and now wants to be a ‘software as a service’ provider. Uhuh. Well, the market for Ethernet switching has certainly been eaten out from underneath the network majors as vendors such as Netgear offer “lifetime warranty”.
Apr 10 2008, 6:14AM
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Cisco launches new ASR router in Australia
Cisco used the Sydney leg of its Technology Solutions event to announce to the A/NZ region its new Aggregation Services Router (ASR), the ASR 1000. The event was attended by over 1000 delegates and featured more than a dozen technology demonstrations from Cisco partners. As with most standard Cisco products, the ASR 1000 will be available through Australian resellers.
Apr 9 2008, 3:15PM
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Angels keeping guard over Australian ICT innovation
As the Federal Government plans for the future with an upcoming review on national innovation, a group of dedicated investors want to lend their own expertise to ensure the growth of Australian ideas truly stay down under.
Apr 9 2008, 6:41AM
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Telstra talks up Next G network
Telstra is talking up its Next G network, claiming the wide coverage and data speeds of its Next G network could open up new opportunities for businesses across Australia to monitor and control remote sites without leaving their home or office.
Apr 8 2008, 11:36AM
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Opinion: RIP bushband WiMax
That’s one way to save $1bn – nuke a huge contract bequeathed to you by the previous government. Today Senator Conroy has killed off the OPEL broadband deal which was supposed to bring wireless broadband to lots of places where you can’t get broadband.
Apr 8 2008, 9:29AM
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