News (289)

  • Optus enters Melbourne co-lo market

    Optus has opened a new AU$1 million data centre at its Sunshine exchange in Melbourne's west. The facility allows businesses to locate their servers on the carrier's Internet backbone, reducing the cost of high-bandwidth links.

  • Optus outage: new capacity rented

    Optus has decided to lease a new capacity from another unnamed carrier to prevent a network disaster such as Queensland's loss of internet, voice and mobile services last month.

  • The cultural divide and the Internet's future

    After a couple of weeks on the hot seat, VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos is turning up the fire on his company's most severe critics.

  • Everyone will be on VoIP in 5 years, says Asia Netcom

    In five years every organisation in the world will be running some of their telecommunications on an IP-based network, and under-developed nations are showing the rest of the world how to do it, according to Asia Netcom's president and chief operating officer, Bill Barney.

  • Aust academic network fires up for business

    The Federal Government has launched a $AU14 million network designed to facilitate academic and educational research along Australia's eastern seaboard.

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    IPv6 hits NZ internet backbone

    The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    What's behind Seven's Foxtel hunt?

    Seven has made no secret of its expansion ambitions, but buying into pay-TV monolith Foxtel lends even greater clarity to the network's long-term vision. With wireless distribution and solid content channels under its belt, can Seven bring IPTV into the mainstream?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The more things change...

    With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.

Features and Case Studies (58)

  • Internet2: 2004 and beyond

    Experimental network excels at long-distance collaboration; researchers hope to up ante with hybrid optical packet infrastructure.

  • When phone meets Internet

    As VoIP use rises, so does the number of questions about it. Here are some of the essentials.

  • Security wake-up call

    The recent worm attack on SQL Server should be a warning to all CIOs focused on Web services security. Here are five tasks CIOs and their staff need to do to better secure the enterprise.

  • Internet VPNs: the WAN and the light?

    They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?

  • Web hosting: survival of the fittest

    The Web hosting market has changed with the collapse of a few big name providers, and a move from co-location to more managed environments. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the market now.

Reviews (16)

  • The best VoIP solution is ...

    The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.

  • Broadband: Which plan is for you?

    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router

    The Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router offers small offices with a broadband Internet connection or an Ethernet backbone a simple and affordable solution to get all of their PCs interconnected and online.

  • MMS: Emulating the success of SMS

    Following the success of SMS, the industry is counting on Multimedia Messaging Service as the next big thing.

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