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• Trujillo aims to 'blow everyone out of the water'

  Telstra's plans to switch on ADSL2+ across 900 exchanges throughout the country may have a substantial destabilising effect on the communications market, and alter the national carriers relationship with government and regulators, according to a report.

• Government to help get more bodies in IT

  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, introduced the Skills Australia Bill 2008 to Parliament yesterday, with some observers already saying it will bolster the IT industry in fighting the skills crisis.

• Tanner promises to lead Razor Gang in IT carve-up

  Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has pledged to eradicate the costs of the previous government's "haphazard and fragmented" IT spending, but one commentator has argued that the government needs to spend more to make more of its technology.

• Kiwis surprised by Aussie NBN spend

  The reaction across the pond in New Zealand to the Federal Government's $43 billion network announcement is one of surprise at the size of the proposed investment, and "the Aussies trumped us again".

• NBN plan 'tantamount to Telstra separation'

  Analysts have responded to the Federal Government's new NBN strategy with optimism, noting that while risky, the plan makes an important break from years of stagnation and promises an important new foundation for Australia's broadband future.

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  ADSL2+ at last but at what cost?

  Much has been made of Telstra's decision to finally stop holding Australia to ransom, and to actually turn on the ADSL2+ equipment it has installed in what is apparently over 900 of its exchanges around the country.

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• NBN plan 'tantamount to Telstra separation'

  Analysts have responded to the Federal Government's new NBN strategy with optimism, noting that while risky, the plan makes an important break from years of stagnation and promises an important new foundation for Australia's broadband future.

• Aust IP telephony revenues to boom: IDC

  Australian IP telephony hardware revenue is set to hit AU$679.33 million by 2006, with up to 40 per cent of existing equipment replaced by hardware that includes IP telephony capability, according to IDC.

• Storage shipments to boom: IDC

  A number of factors are combining to push new storage capacity up nearly 44 percent in Australia, according to IDC.

• How to manage outsourcing risks

  If you think managing the risk of IT projects is all about throwing everything over the fence to an external supplier, think again.

• Experts: No end to data overload

  Is our ability to manage information keeping pace with the growing reams of stuff we're being bombarded with?

Reviews (19)

• Bleak forecast for PC vendors

  Australian computer vendors can expect poor sales for the second quarter of 2001, according to forecasts outlined in a report on the PC market's performance, released by IT industry analysts International Data Corporation (IDC).

• Archival survival guide

  In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.

• DAS the stuff: 5 RAID units tested

  It's affordable and easy to manage -- two qualities you rarely hear mentioned about storage. We test your RAID options.

• Radiation buster

  Fancy a mobile phone that splits into two but maintains connectivity wirelessly via Bluetooth?

• CRTs: The price of progress

  There are about a million tonnes of glass from old CRT monitors sitting in homes and offices - all set to become waste over the next 10 years.

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