Spotlight on telecommunications & networking Spotlight on telecommunications & networking

As the rollout of the NBN presses on, 5G is fast approaching along with regulatory changes that will shape enterprise buyers and suppliers alike.

These shifts all come as Internet of things becomes ubiquitous, mobile evolves to a default consumer and workplace channel and intelligent and intuitive networks evolve rapidly.

In our Spotlight on Telecommunications and Networking, iTnews examines how and why enterprises and government are responding to new challenges, innovations and solutions as they emerge.

Malware most potent on social networks

Malware most potent on social networks

Malware distributed via social networking sites is 10 times more effective than malware spread via email, according to Kaspersky Lab Global Research.
Chuck Miller May 13 2009 10:41AM Security
Analysis: Industry groups jostle for NBN influence

Analysis: Industry groups jostle for NBN influence

Australia's ICT industry groups all want to claim credit for the NBN and play a strategic role in its development. But who has sway over the industry or Government?
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 6:01AM Telco/ISP
CeBIT09: Skellern calls for industry cohesion around NBN

CeBIT09: Skellern calls for industry cohesion around NBN

NICTA chief executive Dr David Skellern has called on the ICT sector to form a united voice as multiple splintered industry groups jostle for a position of influence on the Federal Government's proposed National Broadband Network (NBN).
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 5:56AM Telco/ISP
Swan's ‘B+’ 2009/10 Federal Budget at a glance

Swan's ‘B+’ 2009/10 Federal Budget at a glance

Budget 2009-10 has revealed scant direct ICT stimulus measures apart from the NBN but a number of indirect opportunities around innovation, prompting the AIIA to rate it a ‘B+’.
Ry Crozier May 13 2009 12:01AM Financial Services
CeBIT09: Axia NetMedia ‘toying’ with NBN re-entry

CeBIT09: Axia NetMedia ‘toying’ with NBN re-entry

One of the bidders from the collapsed NBN RFP, Axia NetMedia, is said to be examining its options for participation in the “new new NBN”, after attending a de-brief on the RFP process last week.
Ry Crozier May 12 2009 11:26AM Telco/ISP
CeBIT09: Telstra still a regulatory threat, say iiNet and Optus

CeBIT09: Telstra still a regulatory threat, say iiNet and Optus

iiNet chief Michael Malone has urged Senator Conroy not to put the development of a telecommunications policy framework on the backburner following the change of leadership at Telstra.
Ry Crozier May 12 2009 11:08AM Telco/ISP
CeBIT09: NSW Government wants to build NBN testbeds

CeBIT09: NSW Government wants to build NBN testbeds

The NSW Government has established a broadband implementation taskforce in a bid to secure the NBN company headquarters in Sydney.
Ry Crozier May 12 2009 9:38AM Telco/ISP
Optus to fund filtering pilot off its own bat

Optus to fund filtering pilot off its own bat

A mandatory grant reporting document released by the Department for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) reveals it has spent close to $300,000 this year on its controversial ISP-level filtering pilot.
Ben Grubb May 11 2009 3:25PM Telco/ISP
Citrix-Amazon partnership to provide cloud computing ‘sandbox'

Citrix-Amazon partnership to provide cloud computing ‘sandbox'

Citrix is partnering with Amazon in an effort to entice corporations to trial -- and potentially migrate to -- cloud computing.
Liz Tay May 10 2009 4:00PM Software
US still withholding key ACTA data

US still withholding key ACTA data

The US government has been accused of paying lip service to openness over the forthcoming Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty.
Iain Thomson May 7 2009 1:15PM Telco/ISP
Aussie Windows 7 internet traffic “as big as Obama”?

Aussie Windows 7 internet traffic “as big as Obama”?

Akamai has confirmed that internet traffic on its Aussie network yesterday sustained levels between nine and 12 per cent higher than normal, caused by an “event” it said was either as big - or bigger - than the Obama inauguration.
Ry Crozier May 7 2009 12:53PM Telco/ISP
Windows 7 fuels internet traffic, slows Tassie links

Windows 7 fuels internet traffic, slows Tassie links

Australian ISPs have reported Akamai server traffic spikes of up to 50 percent as Windows 7 RC was released to the public, while Internode has blamed it for congestion on fibre links into Tasmania.
Ry Crozier May 6 2009 3:37PM Telco/ISP
IBM unveils CloudBurst SOA appliance

IBM unveils CloudBurst SOA appliance

IBM unveiled a raft of new and updated products at its Impact 2009 conference in Las Vegas, aimed at encouraging enterprise use of cloud-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology.
Madeline Bennett May 6 2009 6:38AM Hardware
NBN Expert Panel united on Ruddstra, not "weird" RFP

NBN Expert Panel united on Ruddstra, not "weird" RFP

Professor Reginald Coutts says the Government's U-turn on the National Broadband Network is very much in the spirit of the recommendations the expert panel made in its report.
Ben Grubb May 6 2009 6:28AM Telco/ISP
Yankee Group primes for NBN advisory role

Yankee Group primes for NBN advisory role

The Yankee Group will make a play to become advisers to the National Broadband Network by establishing a presence in Australia.
Ry Crozier May 5 2009 2:28PM Telco/ISP
Exetel says no to internet filtering

Exetel says no to internet filtering

Exetel chief John Linton has ruled out selling an opt-in ‘clean feed’ internet service to users as a result of last week’s trial because the technology can be too easily bypassed.
Ry Crozier May 5 2009 2:24PM Telco/ISP
Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Gazing into its crystal ball, analyst International Data Corporation predicts "pockets of opportunity" for the IT industry in an otherwise gloomy outlook this year.
Nate Cochrane May 5 2009 2:18PM Hardware
Exetel trial records 20,000 hits on filtered URLs

Exetel trial records 20,000 hits on filtered URLs

Mandatory ISP filtering would cost internet users about $6 a year to implement, according to the results of a five-day trial of the technology by ISP Exetel.
Ry Crozier May 4 2009 3:57PM Telco/ISP
Telstra misused Optus long-distance traffic stats

Telstra misused Optus long-distance traffic stats

The Federal Court has ruled in favour of Optus in a long-running dispute with Telstra, finding the incumbent misused Optus traffic information to set its own marketing, promotion and sales strategies in the 1990s.
Staff Writers May 2 2009 7:45AM Telco/ISP
Researchers look to rocks for Aussie internet cable risks

Researchers look to rocks for Aussie internet cable risks

Australian researchers are hoping to examine the sediment layers in Hawaii’s geological landscape to more accurately predict tsunami risks to submarine cables that route 70 per cent of local web traffic daily.
Ry Crozier May 1 2009 3:02PM Telco/ISP

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