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  • Google wants 'dark fibre'

    Is Google planning to build a global fibre optic network from scratch? And, if so, why?

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    A new showcase for optical networking technology is beginning to light up, offering a test bed for research that could help spark a fire under the moribund industry.

  • Optical ethernet looks like logical upgrade

    Optical Ethernet offers a logical upgrade route for both enterprise networks and telecommunication carriers.

  • Film to fibre: The future is connectivity

    Part three: While debates regarding digital equipment and editing software rage, there is one technology the film and television industry has embraced wholeheartedly; optical fibre.

  • Netspace turns on Tasmanian ADSL2+

    Melbourne-based internet service provider Netspace today said it had switched on ADSL2+ broadband services in Tasmania, making it one of the first to do so in anticipation of the launch of the Basslink fibre-optic cable across the channel.

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  • Internet2: 2004 and beyond

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

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    Forget Internet2. The National LambdaRail is the most ambitious network research project going. But can it save the optical networking industry?

  • Melbourne Airport's Mark Funston: CIO profile

    The average traveller may think of air travel in terms of security checks and airport lounges, but Melbourne Airport IT manager Mark Funston has a completely different perspective.

  • Photos: Telstra's undersea fibre optic cable

    Installing cables can be difficult especially if they're 9,000 kilometres long and up several kilometres underwater. Our photo gallery gives you a look inside the 'Ile de Sein', a ship used to lay Telstra's latest fibre optic cable, which will become part of Australia's global Internet network backbone.

  • Managed services: Kinder, gentler outsourcing

    It was around nine years since strong-armed government departments began to realise willy-nilly outsourcing wasn't, perhaps, the best idea. However, with contracts signed and staff already migrated, there was little to do but ride out the storm. In this special report, we look at the Victoria Police and the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals' approach to managed services.

Reviews (6)

  • HP ProCurve Switch 8212zl

    The ProCurve Switch 8212zl is a sophisticated and highly configurable network switch capable of handling 48 10-Gigibit Ethernet ports.

  • Ten Gigabit Ethernet standard approved

    The first fibre-only Ethernet standard has been approved, opening the door for a new generation of Ethernet products.

  • Four network maintenance tools tested

    We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

  • Quantum deep

    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • Gigabits and pieces: Speed up your network

    There's no question data volumes are growing; how long will it be before 100 megabits isn't enough? ZDNet Australia evaluates the performance benefits and cost effectiveness of gigabit Ethernet over copper and fibre.

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