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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • VeriSign to put more backbone into the Net

    VeriSign plans to significantly increase the number of DNS servers it operates, a move that it says will make a key part of the Internet's infrastructure more resilient to cyberattacks.

  • Lenovo on-track for Beijing 2008

    Tomorrow marks the 500 day countdown to the opening of Beijing 2008 where official sponsor Lenovo will provide up to 20,000 products to ensure the logistics behind the event runs smoothly.

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  • The skinny on Fibre Channel

    Fibre Channel is ideal as a server backbone. Learn more about this reliable and flexible architecture, and find out how to overcome its compatibility issues.

  • Sharper than your average server: 3 Blades tested

    Vendors are hyping blade servers as the latest and greatest, but do you really need them? We put blade servers from three vendors through their paces and find out what the big deal is.

  • Are you ready for Windows .NET Server?

    Windows .NET Server contains some notable changes compared with its Windows 2000 predecessor"some for the better and some for the worse.

  • The hacker challenge

    Security systems continue to get more sophisticated--and so do the hackers who are seeking to break through them. How can you best combine your defences to protect your company networks?

  • 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.

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  • Sharper than your average server: 3 Blades tested

    Vendors are hyping blade servers as the latest and greatest, but do you really need them? We put blade servers from three vendors through their paces and find out what the big deal is.

  • 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.

  • 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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