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  • Anglican Homes rejuvenates elderly network

    Aged-care provider Anglican Homes has replaced a PABX telephone system with a converged voice and data network at two sites as part of a wider project due for completion by the end of 2007.

  • Security fears hold back network convergence

    The fear of disclosing confidential customer records is by far the biggest barrier to deploying a converged IP network, according to a network security survey commissioned by communications giant AT&T.

  • Channel Seven places Engin call

    Australian television broadcaster Seven Network has taken a 33 percent stake in fledgling Internet telephony company Engin in a move heralding the convergence of telecommunications and media assets Down Under.

  • VoIP needs in-house staff, warns school

    Melbourne Grammar School's (MGS) IT director has warned organisations examining Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony not to underestimate the value of allocating in-house staff to the project.

  • Optus Business division talks tough

    Despite burgeoning competition in the Australian enterprise telecommunications market, Optus's Business division today claimed it was the only credible alternative to former monopoly supplier Telstra.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    When will operators let me IP freely?

    Writing a blog about mobile technology on 28 April almost necessitates holding forth on CDMA shutoff. But if you ask me, there's something far more disruptive happening in the wireless world right now.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    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 (33)

  • The road to convergence

    There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.

  • Making the call for VoIP standards

    No killer application has yet been discovered that makes Internet telephony absolutely essential, and the standards leave too many questions unanswered

  • Corporate Express calls on IP telephony

    VoIP delivers cost-savings and improved control over customer support calls for Australian office-products supplier, Corporate Express.

  • 3com, Netgear Australia square off

    Two of Australia's top managing directors of networking firms go head to head on critical issues.

  • Get your network up, while they're down

    As network hardware reaches saturation point, now's the time to pick up a bargain in emerging networking technologies. David Braue examines which innovations you can ignore and which ones your business can't do without.

Reviews (6)

  • Samsung OfficeServ 7100

    An impressive set-up well worth the consideration for any small office looking to bring their telephony systems into the 21st century.

  • Billion BiPAC 7402G

    An 802.11g wireless router with an integrated ADSL modem suitable for multiple PC homes and small offices.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fortinet FortiGate-224B

    Fortinet has taken their proven UTM firmware and hardware experience and combined those with a 24-port network switch. While perhaps not suited to larger enterprises, the FortiGate-224B certainly represents an excellent proposition for SMB or branch office deployment and worthy of further research.

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