A 10 Gbps fibre-optic connection between Perth and Sydney designed to foster research and development was officially launched today, halfway through a three year program intended to connect as great a number of Australian research centres as possible.
So you have a small network running at home, you use Linux, and you want to be able to share a single ISP with all of your machines. How do you do it? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you IP Masquerading!
Microsoft needs IPv6 for its future peer-to-peer plans, and network companies and LAN administrators are simply not adopting it.
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The new PBX extender line from MCK can make Bob the Rogue Traveler seem like he's in the office every day.
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.
So there I was, craving a pizza and dialling my local Domino's for a BBQ Meat Lover's special.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
As anybody who works from home knows, one of the great benefits of telecommuting is that pants are optional. Wear your pyjamas to that teleconference, or attend in your birthday suit if you prefer; nobody will be the wiser.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
So you have a small network running at home, you use Linux, and you want to be able to share a single ISP with all of your machines. How do you do it? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you IP Masquerading!
Storage area networks are redefining the way data is managed within Australian businesses. Find out how SAN will change the way you work.
A technology that promises to bridge the worlds of data storage and networking has passed a key point on its path to becoming a usable standard.
During the holiday season, snow isn't the only thing analysts shovel. With that in mind, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, Jon Oltsik, takes a look forward on networking technology and related industry trends in 2008.
Cisco's Nick Watson discusses 802.11n, the battle with Microsoft in unified communications, and security issues with Unified Communications Manager.
Although VoIP is now a mainstream product, an uncontrolled service compromises quality, which is why iiNet keeps its VoIP service within its own network, according to the company's CTO Greg Bader.
Davis Thomason, senior director of technical services at Sourcefire, describes Enterprise Threat Management (ETM), which combines IPS, vulnerability assessments, network behaviour analysis and network admission control, to create a pro-active defence system.
HP's ProCurve 2610-24-PWR is not cheap for a 100kbps switch, even with PoE, but it has plenty of features and is a quality machine.
NComputing's X300 provides a cost-effective way to hang up to six terminals off a single desktop PC using low-power, secure, easy to administer and quiet access terminals. It's not for power users, but is well suited to schools, business workgroups, libraries and internet cafes.
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The company starts selling its Pentium M chip for notebooks as a chip for networking devices, part of its effort to become a dominant manufacturer in the communications market.
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