Spotlight on networking Spotlight on networking

Network infrastructure may be last bastion of traditional enterprise IT, with conventional routers, Ethernet and MLPS still the mainstays of many corporate networks – but that’s starting to change as open networking, SDN and other emerging technologies take hold.

Add the impact of the NBN and increasing viability of wireless as an alternative to fixed-line networks, and you have an environment that’s ripe for change.

In our Spotlight on networking, iTnews will look at what these emerging technologies bring to the connected enterprise.

Social networking websites make recruiting spies difficult

Social networking websites make recruiting spies difficult

A social networking world makes it harder for the UK intelligence services to recruit a spy without a profile, as Ken Munro explains.
Ken Munro Feb 4 2009 2:53PM Security
Most businesses missing Facebook policy

Most businesses missing Facebook policy

More than half the respondents of a recent poll said their organisation does not have a policy on using Facebook.
Angela Moscaritolo Feb 4 2009 10:39AM Security
Web identity hijacking on the rise

Web identity hijacking on the rise

Business professionals are being warned to create and maintain online profiles in all the major social networks in order to mitigate the risk of criminals impersonating them and mining sensitive corporate and personal information.
Phil Muncaster Feb 3 2009 10:55AM Security
Facebook plays down privacy concerns

Facebook plays down privacy concerns

Social networking giant Facebook has denied reports in the press that it is selling details of its 150 million users to multinational companies for market research purposes.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 3 2009 10:49AM Security
Vic College deploys 802.11n network

Vic College deploys 802.11n network

Galen Catholic College has deployed a series of Xirrus Wi-Fi arrays to enable a ‘one-to-one computer initiative’ at its campus in Wangaratta in Victoria.
Staff Writers Jan 28 2009 3:33PM Networking
Elcomsoft software means WiFi users should step up security

Elcomsoft software means WiFi users should step up security

WiFi users have been urged to step up security as a Russian firm releases new software.
SC Australia Staff Jan 21 2009 11:14AM Security
No free tech support for myKP unlimited broadband plan

No free tech support for myKP unlimited broadband plan

Users of myKP’s soon-to-be-launched unlimited download xDSL service will have to pay extra for technical support, web space, multiple IP addresses and email addresses.
Ry Crozier Jan 16 2009 12:10PM 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
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
Apple iPhone driving up Wi-Fi use

Apple iPhone driving up Wi-Fi use

Smartphone users are driving up the use of Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a new survey, with Apple's iPhone accounting for nearly 10 per cent of access requests in the US.
Daniel Robinson Dec 19 2008 6:18AM Hardware
CSU rolls out unified communications statewide

CSU rolls out unified communications statewide

Charles Sturt University is deploying a unified communications system connecting its campuses, residential accommodation sites and dentistry school.
Staff Writers Dec 5 2008 2:47PM Software
Vodafone reveals all-in-one business service pricing

Vodafone reveals all-in-one business service pricing

Vodafone has released details of its first Business One hardware and services package with pricing set to start from around $3,700 per month - not including handsets.
Staff Writers Nov 27 2008 3:52PM Telco/ISP
Social networking juror kicked out of court

Social networking juror kicked out of court

Criminals are expected to face up to their actions in court, but trial by Facebook is not an option, apparently, as a British juror discovered after being booted out for running a poll on the social not-working site to determine the defendants’ guilt.
Sylvie Barak Nov 26 2008 3:42PM Software
Telstra pumps $5.5m into South Queensland projects

Telstra pumps $5.5m into South Queensland projects

Telstra has dropped $5.5 million into two communications infrastructure projects in Southern Queensland to provide a backbone for mining and gas developments in the region.
Staff Writers Nov 25 2008 3:24PM Telco/ISP
Nasa tests interplanetary internet

Nasa tests interplanetary internet

Nasa has announced that it has successfully tested what it calls its “Interplanetary Internet,” a communications system for use in space.
Iain Thomson Nov 19 2008 2:43PM Hardware
Simplified UC tools will dominate market in 2009: analyst

Simplified UC tools will dominate market in 2009: analyst

Unified communications (UC)-as-a-service was the future of the UC industry, an analyst told guests at yesterday’s Frost & Sullivan ICT Roundtables.
Kathryn Small Nov 7 2008 3:03PM Software
Vulnerability discovered in WPA encryption

Vulnerability discovered in WPA encryption

German researchers have found a way to decrypt packets from a WPA-protected network.
Angela Moscaritolo Nov 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Enterprise 'wrong spot' for unified communications

Enterprise 'wrong spot' for unified communications

Unified communications applications should reside within telecommunications carrier networks rather than individual enterprises, the NSC Group has said.
Ry Crozier Nov 6 2008 12:52PM Telco/ISP
Social networking good for business

Social networking good for business

A new report by the think tank Demos has concluded that staff should be encouraged to use social networking sites as part of their daily activities.
Iain Thomson Oct 30 2008 3:13PM Training & Development
3 lets users share wireless broadband capacity

3 lets users share wireless broadband capacity

3 Mobile has taken the wraps off a new 3G Wi-Fi router offering that lets users share their wireless broadband connection with others at work or home.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:34PM Telco/ISP

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