Networking

NBN a boon for network equipment

NBN a boon for network equipment

Networking vendors have stepped up lobbying efforts around the proposed National Broadband Network to get a slice of what could be up to $25 billion.
Ry Crozier Aug 21 2008 7:41AM Networking
Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags

Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags

Breeze Consulting is creating one of the largest non-traditional RFID networks assembled in Australia to track certain people movements at Microsoft Tech Ed in Sydney.
Ry Crozier Aug 19 2008 12:10PM Networking
Global broadband revenues to decline, analysts predict

Global broadband revenues to decline, analysts predict

Despite a growing demand for enterprise broadband access, falling prices could mean a decline in global broadband revenues during the next five years, analysts say.
Staff Writers Aug 19 2008 6:57AM Networking
Urban planners get virtual community

Urban planners get virtual community

Cisco Systems is hoping a custom virtual community built using its WebEx software will impact future urban design and planning.
Ry Crozier Aug 13 2008 1:18PM Networking
South East Water avoids $250k floor strengthening

South East Water avoids $250k floor strengthening

What do you do when you need a structural engineer to sign off on each new server to be added to the data centre?
Ry Crozier Aug 12 2008 10:32AM Networking
Olympic WiMax likely to disappoint

Olympic WiMax likely to disappoint

A much-heralded WiMax deployment at China's Olympics looks likely to be " over promised and under delivered", according to analysts..
Simon Burns Aug 12 2008 7:26AM Networking
US universities adopting 802.11n

US universities adopting 802.11n

Wi-Fi is expected to be available in 99 per cent of North American universities by 2013, according to research released by industry analyst ABI Research this week.
Clement James Aug 8 2008 7:39AM Networking
IBM to open Amazon EC2-style cloud service

IBM to open Amazon EC2-style cloud service

IBM will look to open up its internal Research Compute Cloud to the public as an Amazon EC2 service clone.
Ry Crozier Aug 7 2008 3:08PM Networking
MySpace users get free Wi-Fi access

MySpace users get free Wi-Fi access

Users of social networking site MySpace.com will be given free Wi-Fi access when using broadband service provider The Cloud.
Rosalie Marshall Aug 7 2008 7:39AM Networking
Steve Jobs: Mobile Me launch was a mistake

Steve Jobs: Mobile Me launch was a mistake

Steve Jobs has made an unprecedented move by admitting that Apple made a big mistake rolling out its paid-for cloud computing service Mobile Me in one go.
Stewart Meagher Aug 6 2008 2:27PM Networking
Brocade revamps network managed service for Australia

Brocade revamps network managed service for Australia

Brocade is revamping its network managed services offering to streamline load balancing and application migration in virtualised environments.
Ry Crozier Aug 1 2008 1:50PM Networking
Enterprise networking: are your decisions your own?

Enterprise networking: are your decisions your own?

Enterprise network managers should regain control of their purchasing decisions, analysts say.
Liz Tay Jul 28 2008 3:30PM Networking
PCI enlists Nortel to build green UC centre

PCI enlists Nortel to build green UC centre

PCI is building a new unified communications centre for its customer service agents, and has chosen Nortel to supply technology in a bid to make the centre as 'green' as possible.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 28 2008 2:57PM Networking
Brocade deal signals shift in Ethernet space

Brocade deal signals shift in Ethernet space

Brocade's US$3bn acquisition of Foundry is indicative of forthcoming consolidation in the Ethernet switch marketplace, according to analysts.
Clement James Jul 28 2008 9:27AM Networking
Organisations expanding uses for IP networks, survey shows

Organisations expanding uses for IP networks, survey shows

Australian organisations are finding more and more uses for Internet Protocol [IP] Networks as technologies and business practices change, according to a recent survey conducted by Optus.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 25 2008 2:24PM Networking
Cisco targets home market with Pure Networks buy

Cisco targets home market with Pure Networks buy

Cisco has thrown its chips in with the home market with the US$120 million acquisition of Pure Networks.
Mark Ballard Jul 24 2008 4:20PM Networking
LAN plan tool supports 802.11n

LAN plan tool supports 802.11n

Motorola's Enterprise Mobility unit has updated its wireless LAN planning tool to support 802.11n rollouts. The software is likely to prove beneficial to IT departments or network providers planning to upgrade their Wi-Fi installations in the near future.
Daniel Robinson Jul 23 2008 9:09AM Networking
Brocade lines up Foundry buy

Brocade lines up Foundry buy

Fibre channel storage vendor Brocade has reached agreement to acquire enterprise network vendor Foundry Networks for £1.5bn (AUD$3b).
Dave Bailey Jul 23 2008 9:09AM Networking
Network card crashes Dublin air traffic control

Network card crashes Dublin air traffic control

A faulty network card shut down Dublin airport after air traffic control (ATC) was unable to track the location of incoming planes.
Iain Thomson Jul 21 2008 9:07AM Networking
China spends big on the internet

China spends big on the internet

Online spending in China rose almost 60 per cent in the first six months of the year, new research reveals.
Simon Burns Jul 18 2008 9:10AM Networking

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