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News (93)

• June Aussie launch for Cisco's blades

  Australia will be accessing the last block in Cisco's unified computing strategy, its own blade servers, at the same time as the rest of the world, according to executives speaking today.

• Cisco Australia's top line heads south

  Cisco Systems Australia's overall income slumped in the year to 27 July 2008, new documents have revealed, despite staff growth that saw 118 new employees added to the networking giant's local roster.

• 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.

• Brisbane Council: Optus kicks Telstra out

  Optus has secured a seven-year managed network services and network refresh deal with Brisbane City Council, leaving incumbent supplier Telstra out of the picture.

• Mass unpaid leave at Avaya Australia

  Half of Avaya's 160 Australian staff have voluntarily accepted a week's unpaid leave to be spread over the coming year, according to recently appointed managing director Rob Wells.

Blogs (2)

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  Unscripted shower rattled Trujillo

  Like many reporters engaged in the shady business of covering the Australian telecommunications sector, I spent Friday, 6 October, at Telstra's mammoth eight hour investor briefing in Sydney.

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  A third of the way to a zettabyte

  This week on Twisted Wire we look at how internet usage is changing in Australia and around the world. How are we meeting this demand and how is the cost structure changing for the service provider?

Features and Case Studies (31)

• 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.

• Cisco prepares Aust home networking onslaught

  Cisco plans to kick off 2004 in Australia with a major push for its Linksys home wireless networking brand -- a move which may see the network giant re-establish relations with distributor Tech Pacific.

• Can pure security companies survive?

  Mergers and buyouts are muddying the lines between security and other industries. Will purely security-focused providers be a thing of the past?

• SANitising your data growth strategy

  Storage area networks are redefining the way data is managed within Australian businesses. Find out how SAN will change the way you work.

• Aussie ICT should de-couple from the US

  Australia needs to do more to de-couple itself from an over-reliance on the boom or bust impacts that the US ICT Industry brings to Australia's own ICT industry.

Reviews (2)

• Surrendering security

  Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.

• 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.

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