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News (157)

• 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.

• 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.

• Defence powers up CIO role

  The Department of Defence has flagged plans to significantly beef up the powers of its chief information officer role as part of a wide-ranging review that culminated in the release of its Defence White Paper 2009 over the weekend.

• New shield foiled Internet backbone attack

  An attack in early February on key parts of the backbone of the Internet had little effect, thanks to new protection technology, according to a report released last week.

• Physical security integration can increase risk: CA expert

  Head of security software for Computer Associates, Ron Moritz, has warned the convergence of physical and IT security can increase a company's exposure to risk if not managed properly.

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  Telstra's last-mile strategy: Broadband limbo

  Should Telstra be investing in a pre-emptive defence against the NBN? Or should it go slow and wait like everybody else?

Features and Case Studies (52)

• Securing the air for wireless

  As wireless networks become ubiquitous extensions of wired networks, the threat of intruders becomes more pervasive. Organisations need to look beyond local access points and think globally to secure the air across the entire enterprise.

• E-commerce turns 10

  After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?

• What's the future of online security?

  The managing director of VeriSign Australia, Gregg Rowley, and the CEO of SecureNet Asia-Pacific, Paul O'Rourke, go head-to-head to provide the answers.

• Intrusion detection systems reviewed

  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.

• Fighting DoS attacks

  Choosing the right weapon against denial-of-service attacks is more challenging as new technologies hit the shelves. Learn how some enterprises chose solutions, and find out what tech issues came into play.

Reviews (14)

• 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.

• Detection and prevention: 6 intrusion detection systems tested

  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.

• 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.

• HP ProCurve Switch 8212zl

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

• PentaWare PentaZip 6: Comprehensive compression

  PentaSuite is feature rich, but you'll get better service and support from venerable PKZip.

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