News (93)

  • Budget: No money for broadband

    The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is disappointed the federal budget failed to allocate new funds to further the rollout of a world class high-speed broadband network.

  • Labor: Broadband central to Australia 2.0

    Labor leader Kevin Rudd has reinforced the importance of a high-speed national broadband network, describing it as the missing cog in the nation's future economic wheel.

  • Broadband network big ticket item in budget

    Senator Conroy says the proposed national broadband network will rival the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in terms of scale and significance.

  • Telstra stands up for shareholders

    Telstra has denied it is being inflexible by deciding against a fibre to the node network (FTTN) deployment until the right regulatory environment comes into play, a senior executive said.

  • CIOs shift focus to IT services in 2005: Gartner

    Chief information officers (CIOs) will be shifting their priorities in 2005 to improving business processes, according to analyst Bob Hayward from Gartner Group.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

    If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    2Vouch refers well

    Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".

Features and Case Studies (48)

  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • 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.

  • The road to convergence

    There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.

  • What's a PABX, dad?

    For Loddon Shire Council's corporate services director, Brett Eastwood, making the move to a VoIP telephone system was a no-brainer.

  • Avoiding common budget missteps

    IT managers often find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to reconcile an overextended budget by midyear. Here are some of the reasons why this happens.

Reviews (13)

  • Telstra F850

    The Telstra F850 offers a relatively inexpensive way to jump aboard the carrier's Next G platform, as long as you don't mind travelling in the slow lane.

  • 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.

  • AU: Vodafone's multimedia push gets thumbs up

    Vodafone Live, launched on Tuesday, is likely to be a success in Australia, according to mobile communications analyst Jason Ross.

  • 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.

  • Australia's MNP a AU$50 million failure: Vodafone

    Vodafone Australia's managing director has savaged mobile number portability as a regulator-driven failure that cost his company AU$50 million.

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