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  • Broadband technologies vie for dominance

    Cisco says Metro Ethernet is the future of broadband. Rubbish, says Alcatel, celebrating its 20 millionth DSL line

  • Start-up blues in networking?

    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.

  • The truth about Aust broadband technologies

    Is it the technology you can't do without or an expense you don't need? We examine the alternatives, pitfalls, myths, and benefits.

  • Telstra Next IP upgrade 90% done

    Telstra's $1.5 billion Alcatel-Lucent-led core network upgrade is 90 per cent complete, according to the telco's general managing director of networks and services, Michael Rocca.

  • WiMax gets royalty-dodging patent pool

    Six technology titans are banding together to jointly license patents that cover WiMax in an effort to prevent costly royalty rates.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Just how fast is fast, anyway?

    There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.

Features and Case Studies (21)

  • Cisco: Still hot or not?

    CTO Charles Giancarlo wants to prove wrong the critics who say Cisco has lost the drive that turned it into a 1990s superstar.

  • Linksys Wi-Fi router vulnerability discovered

    Cisco Systems has issued a patch for a security flaw in one of its Linksys routers that could give hackers access to consumers' home networks.

  • NSW Parliament: Life after Telstra

    As the place where all legislation governing New South Wales originates, NSW Parliament has more than your basic obligations when it comes to ensuring the security of its data. But how can a small government department, with just five network staff looking after a main office and network of 94 branch offices spread across the country, ever hope to keep up?

  • Redback on the comeback trail

    Eight months after it emerged from bankruptcy, Redback Networks is racking up new contracts.

  • VoIP: ROI in seven months for car dealership

    For Western Australia's DVG Automotive Group, the ability to move phone calls over a data network was just the beginning of a VoIP project that's on track to pay for itself in as little as seven months.

Reviews (7)

  • Cisco 891 ISR

    A great little all-in-one network connectivity and security device that offers good value for money and is perfect for a small office or branch/regional office deployment. You would be hard pressed to pass by the 890 family of ISR devices from Cisco.

  • 3G is dead, claims mobile phone inventor

    The bandwidth and business model for 3G is not there according to Marty Cooper -- the man credited with inventing the mobile phone.

  • Faster and stronger: Six ADSL firewall routers tested

    Distributed companies increasingly use VPN connections to access and share information. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this purpose.

  • Untangling the wireless future

    Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.

  • Apple's new UFO-like device lands

    When the first UFO-shaped AirPort Base Station landed in stores, it was part of the wireless networking vanguard.

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