With Hurricane Gustav headed straight toward New Orleans, emergency officials and telecommunication companies are preparing for the worst.
A deal with telco giant Optus signals the Australian entry of network data management company XACCT, which could have a significant impact on Australian telecommunications customers.
Despite expectations of slower growth this year, telcos in Asia Pacific are expected to fare well in 2002.
Hewlett Packard has set out to bridge the gap between major telcos and the computing industry by introducing a new partner program to provide data networking combined with value-added services, with a keen eye on Australia.
Telecommunications companies are only now beginning to realise the potential of broadband in the Australian home. As a Home Service Provider, they'll assume the role of housekeeper - keeping check on the day-to-day running of the Internet-enabled house.
As expected, Senator Stephen Conroy -- who made a career out of picking holes in the actions of his predecessor Helen Coonan -- was named to Kevin Rudd's front bench, bearing the interesting new title of Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (BCDE).
It wasn't too long ago that vendors still made a lot of their money through equipment markups. Telcos were the same, with comfortable profit on ISDN, STD calls, calls to mobiles and other heavily used services padding out financial reports.
In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
What's next for AAPT? Australia's number three telco refused to join Twisted Wire this week, so we decided to cover them anyway, guerrilla-style.
As we know, farmers are such bleaters. They bleat as much as the four-legged woolly things in their paddocks. If it's not the weather, it's the strength of the dollar! Nothing is ever right. Likewise with rural broadband.
Telstra's negotiation with Optus for cheaper wholesale copper network access was an exercise in protecting its assets, said veteran telecommunications analyst Paul Budde, who claimed the deal would actually lessen competition.
Two leading network performance specialists go head to head. Les Howarth, managing director, F5 Networks and Shaun Page, vice president, Juniper Networks ANZ talk strategy and numbers.
Michael Young, the chief technology officer of Hutchison, doesn't believe outsourcing is a good move for companies. So when the telco considered outsourcing its network, he went about things a little differently to usual.
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?
As network hardware reaches saturation point, now's the time to pick up a bargain in emerging networking technologies. David Braue examines which innovations you can ignore and which ones your business can't do without.
Another analyst report has savaged 3G mobile telecommunications networks, claiming only a quarter of mobile phone users plan to upgrade to 3G technology.
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.
Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.
Telstra has quietly started offering two new ways of accessing its new nation-wide third-generation Next G mobile network, with two new USB modems now on sale.
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