Cisco says Metro Ethernet is the future of broadband. Rubbish, says Alcatel, celebrating its 20 millionth DSL line
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.
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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.
Six technology titans are banding together to jointly license patents that cover WiMax in an effort to prevent costly royalty rates.
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.
CTO Charles Giancarlo wants to prove wrong the critics who say Cisco has lost the drive that turned it into a 1990s superstar.
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.
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?
Eight months after it emerged from bankruptcy, Redback Networks is racking up new contracts.
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.
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.
The bandwidth and business model for 3G is not there according to Marty Cooper -- the man credited with inventing the mobile phone.
Distributed companies increasingly use VPN connections to access and share information. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this purpose.
Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.
When the first UFO-shaped AirPort Base Station landed in stores, it was part of the wireless networking vanguard.
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