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  • Optus sale: Australia on the defence

    Singapore Telecommunication’s AU$14 billion takeover bid for Cable & Wireless Optus is still raising concerns about whether Australia’s national security is at risk.

  • SingTel, Optus deal raises defence concerns

    The Australian Federal Government has moved to ease fears that SingTel’s US$9 billion for local telco Cable & Wireless Optus could compromise the country’s military satellite communications.

  • Australian defence signs SingTel deal

    The Australian Defence department says it has signed a deed of agreement with SingTel and Cable and Wireless Optus to resolve security concerns ahead of a proposed AU$14 billion merger.

  • Defence picks Telstra for exclusive $162m contract

    Telstra is celebrating a victory on two fronts after winning a $162 million contract with the Department of Defence while also denying its rivals a slice of the action, but the telco should consider itself lucky to be part of the natural ebb and flow between multi-sourcing and single-sourcing, according to one analyst.

  • Telstra, CommBank, DoD in secret cyberwar games

    In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II.

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  • SMB Series: Secure your perimeter

    This guide is aimed at helping small and medium businesses stay safe.

  • Telstra: What lies ahead

    Telstra is determined to create new sources of revenue by investing in new IP infrastructure and building managed offerings around the integration of infrastructure and services. This means turning the company into a new kind of business -- with major implications for the whole economy.

  • Why outsourcing should be regulated in Australia

    Approximately 98 percent of respondents strongly welcome anti-outsourcing legislation, an IT Manager Australia survey revealed.

  • Keeping the door open...and shut

    A Web server opens up your business to the outside world, so how do you keep out those parts of the world you don't like?

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