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Netregistry deal with local domain name aftermarket

Netregistry deal with local domain name aftermarket

Netregistry has inked a deal with a new local domain aftermarket website, Netfleet, in a move the latter hopes will position it as an Aussie version of international domain selling giants like Sedo.
Staff Writers Dec 29 2008 4:04PM Telco/ISP
Conroy delays ISP trial of Internet content filters

Conroy delays ISP trial of Internet content filters

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has come clean on the highly anticipated technical trials of content filter technologies by ISPs, announcing he will push them back until at least mid-January 2009.
Staff Writers Dec 23 2008 10:17PM Telco/ISP
Check Point buys Nokia security appliance business

Check Point buys Nokia security appliance business

Security vendor Check Point Software Technologies has snapped up Nokia’s security appliance business for an undisclosed sum.
Staff Writers Dec 23 2008 12:36PM Security
Oxygen8 content aggregator escapes ACMA wrath

Oxygen8 content aggregator escapes ACMA wrath

Content aggregator Oxygen8 Communications has avoided a spam warning by accepting an ‘enforceable undertaking’ to monitor SMS messages being sent using its technology platforms - but the individuals who sent the messages might not be so lucky.
Staff Writers Dec 23 2008 12:23PM Software
SMEs shun wireless broadband technology?

SMEs shun wireless broadband technology?

More than half of small business owners who work over Christmas will do so from their offices, despite the fact technology could enable them to work just as effectively from home, according to Telstra.
Staff Writers Dec 22 2008 5:23PM Telco/ISP
ACMA proposes VoIP number management changes

ACMA proposes VoIP number management changes

The Australian Communications and Media Authority could amend rules around the use of geographic numbers and numbering support for ‘VoIP Out’ services.
Staff Writers Dec 19 2008 12:24PM Telco/ISP
Audi Australia rolls out Mitel unified communications

Audi Australia rolls out Mitel unified communications

Audi Australia is claimed to be one of the first local companies to use a virtual voice and data desktop environment incorporating unified communications that has been created by Mitel and Sun.
Staff Writers Dec 19 2008 10:35AM Software
ACS renews calls to include ICT in energy star system

ACS renews calls to include ICT in energy star system

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has renewed its call for the Federal government to introduce an energy star rating system for commercial ICT products.
Staff Writers Dec 19 2008 10:34AM Hardware
Telstra to give unified communications to 10,000 staff

Telstra to give unified communications to 10,000 staff

Telstra has upgraded 10,000 users of its internal CustomNet phone system to IP telephony in a unified communications deal that is also said to be one of the largest IP handset deployments for Polycom globally.
Staff Writers Dec 19 2008 10:33AM Telco/ISP
Spam to hit record levels in 2009

Spam to hit record levels in 2009

Barracuda Networks is predicting that spam volumes will rise to more than 95 per cent of all email in 2009.
Staff Writers Dec 18 2008 10:49AM Security
Internode unveils pricing for new ADSL2+ plans

Internode unveils pricing for new ADSL2+ plans

Internode has claimed it is offering ‘far better value’ reselling ADSL2+ services on Telstra’s DSLAMs than BigPond does ‘at all price points’.
Staff Writers Dec 17 2008 2:12PM Telco/ISP
Don’t use other browsers, says Microsoft

Don’t use other browsers, says Microsoft

Microsoft Australia has issued a plea to customers not to switch browsers in the wake of the Internet Explorer zero-day exploit, claiming it will have a fix ‘roughly’ within 24 hours.
Staff Writers Dec 17 2008 12:35PM Security
WIPO bumps Aussie domain name dispute panel numbers

WIPO bumps Aussie domain name dispute panel numbers

The name principal of a Melbourne law firm is the latest admission to the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) domain name panel, which examines domain name disputes globally.
Staff Writers Dec 16 2008 2:17PM Telco/ISP
IT vendors team up to address Gershon findings

IT vendors team up to address Gershon findings

Compuware and Fujitsu claim they can help federal government agencies address the Gershon Report requirements of cutting contractor numbers and reducing IT budgets – by selling them more software and services.
Staff Writers Dec 16 2008 2:15PM Software
Conroy cans Telstra wireless broadband threats

Conroy cans Telstra wireless broadband threats

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has dismissed the threat of a wireless broadband network from Telstra competing with the NBN on level speed terms because ‘the laws of physics say that’s not right’.
Staff Writers Dec 16 2008 11:44AM Telco/ISP
NSW Health heads down e-procurement path

NSW Health heads down e-procurement path

The NSW Department of Health will implement a new e-procurement hub to standardise its purchasing processes.
Staff Writers Dec 15 2008 2:39PM Software
Telstra ‘excluded itself’ from NBN: Conroy

Telstra ‘excluded itself’ from NBN: Conroy

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has officially shut the gate on Telstra’s NBN proposal, saying the incumbent ‘excluded itself’ by failing to submit ‘one of five mandatory requirements of the RFP’.
Staff Writers Dec 15 2008 2:38PM Telco/ISP
Suncorp goes Agile for 19k desktop integration project

Suncorp goes Agile for 19k desktop integration project

Suncorp has revealed that, as part of its merger with Promina, it used a variation of the Agile software development methodology to deliver a major desktop integration project covering 19,000 computers.
Staff Writers Dec 13 2008 1:05AM Hardware
IronPort opens Sydney support centre

IronPort opens Sydney support centre

IronPort, the security arm of Cisco, has opened a new support centre in Sydney to deliver a local and more personal level of technical support to customers.
Staff Writers Dec 12 2008 2:45PM Security
F-Secure Christmas warning: watch your phone

F-Secure Christmas warning: watch your phone

Two thirds of people surveyed by F-Secure said they would not resist the temptation to leave a co-workers phone untouched if they found it unattended at the staff Christmas party.
Staff Writers Dec 12 2008 2:44PM Security

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