Worldwide subscribers for location-based mobile phone services will increase by 168 percent this year, according to analyst house Gartner.
AJAX, mashups, location-aware software and sensor mesh networking are among the key emerging technologies set to have a significant impact on businesses over the next 10 years, Gartner says.
In his upcoming role as Google's chief Internet evangelist, Vint Cerf says he'll act as a 'bumblebee,' transporting ideas among the company's worldwide laboratories.
Telstra this morning launched a multi-million dollar network operations centre to manage the enterprise networks of 1,100 corporate Telstra customers who have paid for the premium service.
Optus is decommissioning its Nortel-powered hosted VoIP Centrex offering in favour of a new voice module delivered over its next-generation Evolve network.
So there I was, craving a pizza and dialling my local Domino's for a BBQ Meat Lover's special.
StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0.
Shoving everything into a hosted environment effectively creates a quick and dirty disaster recovery strategy.
If you're considering an upgrade to Entourage 2008, think again -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't bothered to add some vital functions that are critical to making Apple Mac systems welcome on any Exchange network.
Backup plans are almost ubiquitous -- and a good thing too. But have you checked the use-by date on yours?
Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network.
Apple's Mac OS X operating system simplifies the process of connecting Windows systems to Macintosh PCs, and this guide shows you how it is done.
New technology gains legitimacy when it solves real business problems, but becomes indispensable when it offers to take that business in completely new directions. Such has been the case at Maroochy Shire Council, where a quite conventional thin-client rollout is now facilitating new ways of working for employees in the office and on the road.
Your users don't need an encyclopedic knowledge of how their computers work or how your network is configured -- but they may need a little technical enlightenment here and there. This list includes some of the basics that will help them (and you) work more effectively.
Single view of IT assets saves gas company thousands.
At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Lucasfilm's director of IT operations, Kevin Clark, spoke about the difficulties in networking and providing data storage for their large collection of companies--including locations in Singapore and the remote Marin Headlands. He discusses how they managed to move to a new...
The Rack Station RS408 is an attractive NAS solution with plenty of performance, plus lots of extras to tempt the smaller business.
With the right packet sniffers you can truly lead the dog's life. What's most impressive is network monitoring devices will help you see problems immediately. These tools can aid in analysis, migration, monitoring, security, testing, and administration of the network.
Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.
D-Link's DCS-5300G is no real match for a dedicated wired and monitored solution, but it's also nowhere near as expensive.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
Apple drops iPhone NDA
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StartupCamp Melbourne: The review
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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Storage and server superguide
Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
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