The Federal Government has launched a $AU14 million network designed to facilitate academic and educational research along Australia's eastern seaboard.
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.
A team of Australian scientists have demonstrated a photonic chip that boosts the data rate of fibre-optic connections by more than 64 times to 640Gbps, promising faster, cheaper internet for all.
Without more investment in high-speed fibre broadband, Australia's competitiveness will suffer, according to academic Internet service provider Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).
The University of Western Australia has flagged plans for a number of large new technology projects as it continues to standardise core ICT services. The institution has a total ongoing annual IT spend of around AU$16 million, excluding major projects.
It's been just over 12 months since Peter Nikoletatos moved west to take over the role of CIO at Perth's Curtin University of Technology. Since then, he's been working to manage the inevitable complexities of university IT while making sure he has enough time to keep his head in the clouds.
During the holiday season, snow isn't the only thing analysts shovel. With that in mind, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, Jon Oltsik, takes a look forward on networking technology and related industry trends in 2008.
Experimental network excels at long-distance collaboration; researchers hope to up ante with hybrid optical packet infrastructure.
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Is it possible that analog chips will displace the zeros and ones at the heart of the binary language used in computing for some 20 years?
Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?
Few managers consider it a sexy area, but well-planned storage systems are critical to the functioning of businesses of all sizes. How has storage technology evolved and how can you plan the right system at the right price?
Just because a printer is cheap to buy off the shelf doesn't mean it's going to save you money in the long term. We look at the real costs of network laser printers.
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