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• The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight?

  Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?

• Around the world in ... Fibre-to-the-home

  If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

• Australia a step closer to WiMAX

  Wireless broadband users in Australia could enjoy maximum surfing speeds of 75 megabits per second by mid-2006, analysts say.

• Tech threats to Telstra can't be "strangled at birth": ACCC

  Australia's competition regulator has warned it will act to ensure technological innovations that pose a serious threat to Telstra's dominance of the telecommunications sector are not "strangled at birth".

• Six ADSL firewall routers tested

  Distributed companies increasingly use VPN connections to access and share information. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this purpose.

• 2002 predictions get a low grade

  Columnist Tim Landgrave reviews his 2002 predictions and how they fared. While he believes the sluggish economy was a major reason for his poor prediction grades, he's still pretty bullish on a few expectations.

• VPNs without all the hassles

  Running a virtual private network can save you money on leased lines, but can also create a lot of work. Can managed VPN services save you the trouble?

• What's next for wireless?

  The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?

• IT in Australia: What's in store in 2002?

  As the year is waking up from its NYE celebrations, rubbing its eyes and reaching for the Berocca, the moment has come to return to that fine tradition of predicting what the next 12 months hold in store.

• 10 ways to improve network performance

  If a car starts to stall, drivers would pop the bonnet and check the individual components. But when a network goes down, how are the weak points identified and isolated?

• VPNs via Windows Server 2003

  feature Although Windows NT and 2000 both boast remote access services, including VPN, Windows Server 2003 offers the next level of these services, providing a secure communications mechanism for your users and infrastructure.

• Networking guide: Building a network

  So you want to build a network? ZDNet Australia provides you with this guide to selecting the right technology, planning the set-up, buying the necessary hardware and building an Ethernet LAN.

• The broadband route

  Looking for an easy way to extend that broadband connection to more of your organisation's PCs? ZDNet Australia explores which broadband routers could be the solution.

• Mesh: The next step for wireless

  Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Additional reading: WLAN Resource Centre

• Internet VPNs: the WAN and the light?

  They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?

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