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• Avaya's Nortel buy could cause trouble for Cisco

  Avaya's US$475 million bid for Nortel's Enterprise Solutions Business could spell trouble for Cisco in Australia's enterprise telephony market, according to an industry analyst, but it would also be good news for customers.

• Silicon Valley trip for Qld minister

  Queensland's information and communications technology minister Robert Schwarten has scheduled a trip to the US and Canada to meet with global tech giants and top-ranking public sector technology officials.

• Cisco partners sell fake routers to US military

  Cisco admits its partners sold counterfeit Cisco products to the US military, posing a serious threat to military and critical national infrastructure, according to the FBI

• Democratic convention gets wired

  It will take more than a whoppingly huge stadium to host tens of thousands of party insiders, journalists, and bloggers who began arriving in Denver this weekend for the US Democratic convention.

• Norton 2009 tackles whitelisting

  Symantec has adopted whitelising techniques in an effort to dramatically improve the performance of its upcoming Norton 2009 security suite, according to the company's vice president of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.

Blogs (3)

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  In carriers' high-def future, pants are the real winners

  As anybody who works from home knows, one of the great benefits of telecommuting is that pants are optional. Wear your pyjamas to that teleconference, or attend in your birthday suit if you prefer; nobody will be the wiser.

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  Social networking -- good business or a waste of time?

  By allowing people both in and outside of companies to connect with each other, and share information over the network, the pace of business operations will escalate.

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  Competition still matters

  Let's not go back to the bad old days where telco and vendor incumbents were unchallenged.

Features and Case Studies (82)

• Where else but Queensland?

  Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.

• VoIP war stories from the Australian front

  In this feature, ZDNet.com.au speaks to IT managers across the nation to collate their "war stories" deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in their organisations. Cut through the spin and find out what's really happening on the Australian VoIP front.

• How open source is losing the charity battle

  Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.

• The next Internet revolution is coming

  "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.

• Cisco's new security target: consumers

  Cisco Systems, a multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses, is planning to move into the consumer market.

Reviews (14)

• Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Beta 1

  If you spend more time fighting fires than adding business value through IT, it's time to look at this comprehensive management solution for medium businesses.

• PCs to be Intel's wedge into wireless

  Intel is set to release its first chips into the wireless market and plans to use its strength in the PC world to get a head start.

• Antivirus software alone is not enough protection

  When the Blaster, MS/SQL, and Sobig worms made their appearance on the scene in 2003, one thing became clear: none of the worms was initially stopped with antivirus software.

• Intel hopes for new connection

  Intel is building new technology for connecting chips inside telecommunications and networking equipment, part of its plan to delve deeper into the communications world.

• Storage: The inside story

  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?

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