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News (405)

• Speculation rife over Macquarie FTTN bid

  Macquarie bank has refused to comment on repeated claims that it is preparing to bid for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network, as observers fete the possibility of another contender entering the race.

• Telstra reabsorbs troubled network design unit

  Telstra has decided to reabsorb its Network Design and Construction (NDC) unit in what one union branch claims is a "desperate bid" to preserve the skills it requires to maintain its regional networks.

• Conroy calls ACCC doc release "regrettable"

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has taken the rap for mistakenly making public confidential information about the value of Telstra's copper network assets.

• Schoolmaster Billson chastises Conroy

  Shadow Communications Minister Bruce Billson has presented a satirical prize to his Labor counterpart Stephen Conroy, citing his achievement of topping a "Breaking Broadband Promises" class.

• Telstra ditches 97 suppliers to save AU$140 million

  Telstra has announced a cull in its access network supplier contracts, trimming 100 contracts and 100 vendors to three -- Service Stream, Silcar and Visionstream -- with a view to saving AU$140 million over two years.

Blogs (13)

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  Doing for AV what VoIP did for telephony

  Sydney-based start-up Audinate is making traditional analog cabling obsolete in favour of TCP/IP-based networking technology. And it's doing a pretty good job so far, with its technology used by World Youth Day and the Sydney Opera House.

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  Tasmanian NBN: Small step or a giant leap?

  Like the engineers that sat down on day one with an empty blackboard and a mission to get man to the moon and back, building the NBN from the ground up is a daunting and complex opportunity that will present more than its share of challenges.

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  NBN needs workers on board

  Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.

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  NBN tender turns into bloodsport

  Fair is not what the National Broadband Network tender is about; it's bloodsport, and a fight for survival, and a challenge of the wills, and all the other sorts of superlatives you might expect from an Olympics announcer.

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  Telstra's BT coat doesn't fit

  The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.

Features and Case Studies (108)

• The 10 most important things to teach your users

  Your users don't need an encyclopedic knowledge of how their computers work or how your network is configured -- but they may need a little technical enlightenment here and there. This list includes some of the basics that will help them (and you) work more effectively.

• Remote access no longer an Upstream battle

  Single view of IT assets saves gas company thousands.

• Tech beyond black boxes? It just won't fly

  In the digital era, why don't planes beam more flight data directly to a network of ground stations?

• NAS for the rest of us: 4 storage solutions

  We test and compare NAS devices designed to suit a specific set of medium-enterprise requirements.

• Virtual privacy: Eight VPN appliances tested

  If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

Reviews (83)

• The intruder at the gate

  Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

• NAS for the rest of us: 4 storage solutions

  We test and compare NAS devices designed to suit a specific set of medium-enterprise requirements.

• Virtual privacy: 8 VPN appliances tested

  If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

• Detection and prevention: 6 intrusion detection systems tested

  Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

• 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.

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