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    The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has recently dumped an irregular array of network management servers using open source software for an appliance-based solution from vendor Infoblox.

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    The Australian Communications and Media Authority, the newly formed super-regulator, will seek to push the boundaries of its powers, deputy chair Lyn Maddock said.

  • Alleged Perth spammer shut down for now

    The Federal Court has issued a temporary injunction preventing Perth company Clarity1 and its managing director Wayne Mansfield from sending out commercial electronic messages from Australia that do not comply with the Spam Act 2003.

  • Academics converge on ENUM trial

    The Australian Academic & Research Network (AARNet) on Wednesday kicked off trials of ENUM, a method of electronically mapping telephone numbers to IP addresses.

  • New board but no chair for ACMA

    The federal government has announced six appointments to its new broadcasting and communications mega-regulator -- but is still to publicly name a permanent chairperson just one week before the new body starts operations.

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    The first prosecution under the Spam Act last week may seem like nothing more than a single renegade marketeer being shut down. But it isn’t…

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    What happens when two storage specialists get an opportunity to joust? Mark Latchford of IBM and Steve Redman from EMC go head-to-head.

  • Consumers rights still lagging: ACA chief

    In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.

  • RFID: Can it help your business?

    In 10 years almost everything will be tagged, say the experts. So what are these little chips that are soon to be so pervasive, and how will they take over your business?

  • Unwired wary of big carriers in broadband spectrum sale

    Unwired CEO, David Spence, has urged Australia's communications regulators to protect a tranche of prime wireless broadband spectrum due to be auctioned September from anti-competitive behaviour by existing carriers.

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    Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

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