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    Former high-flying small companies in the communications industry, such as Sycamore Networks, Redback Networks and Foundry Networks, face a less-certain future in the midst of an unrelenting downturn in their fortunes.

  • Aussies pay more: dollar hits ICT prices

    The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.

  • Why can't Apple, Cisco just play nice?

    Cisco had hoped to forge an interoperability agreement with Apple in exchange for the use of its trademarked name "iPhone" but...

  • Juniper aims to secure Cisco rivalry

    Telecommunications hardware maker Juniper Networks is going where it hasn't gone before--into security and the low-end corporate market.

  • Cisco vs. the world

    If there was ever a high-tech company held up as a blueprint for how to build a successful large business, it would be Cisco Systems. So why are so many investors treating Cisco as if it has the plague?

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  • What happened to WiMax's American dream?

    With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.

  • VoIP the right prescription for Melbourne medical chain

    It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.

  • Cisco turns 20

    When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. Can the networking giant build on past success and find new ways to grow?

  • Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

    Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

  • Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

    A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory

Reviews (4)

  • Voice over IP: Security, stability, success

    If you're thinking about voice over IP, we take a look at the steps involved in getting it set up and what's on offer from four major vendors.

  • Personal tech Visionary: Simplicity is key

    Mike Nuttal believes that simplicity is key to a successful product and that integrated devices such as combination mobile phone-camera-MP3 players are a step in the wrong direction.

  • Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

    It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

  • Wireless lans get to work

    Wireless LANs have finally matured into a viable and affordable means of extending your wired network.

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