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• NBN Co hires HR director

  The National Broadband Network Company has nabbed Qantas's former executive general manager of human resources, Kevin Brown.

• Nokia, Avaya, Siemens circle Nortel

  Telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks is reportedly in discussions to sell two key business units, a move that may affect its ability to re-emerge from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy status.

• Nortel makes Aussie MD redundant

  Troubled network hardware maker Nortel Networks today said it had made the role of its Australia and New Zealand chief Mark Stevens redundant and he would not be replaced.

• Nortel UK goes into administration

  Around 2,000 jobs could be under threat after Nortel, having filed in the US for bankruptcy protection just a day ago, decided to put its UK operation under administration.

• RMIT considers thin for 4,500+ PCs

  The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) this week said that the first half of 2009 would see the university evaluate whether to commit to a thin client solution for thousands of university workstations.

Features and Case Studies (30)

• VoIP wants to cut the computer cord

  Software-based phones are coming to the fore as big changes come to the way people make calls.

• Virtual privacy: Eight VPN appliances tested

  If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

• Optical networking: The next generation

  Forget Internet2. The National LambdaRail is the most ambitious network research project going. But can it save the optical networking industry?

• Sun faces stiff competition in networking

  The company has officially entered the networking business with the launch of switches from its Nauticus acquisition but competitors and analysts agree that it won't be a slam dunk for the server company.

• Six wireless access points tested

  Until recently, it's been difficult to use the words "secure" and "wireless" in the same sentence. Recent developments mean that's no longer the case. ZDNet Australia looks at six different options.

Reviews (7)

• Virtual privacy: 8 VPN appliances tested

  If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

• Lose the wires, keep the security: 6 wireless access points tested

  Until recently, it's been difficult to use the words "secure" and "wireless" in the same sentence. Recent developments mean that's no longer the case. We look at six different options.

• Intel concedes Centrino snag

  The chipmaker says a software incompatibility may trip up people trying to use a Centrino-based notebook with a virtual private network. But it says a fix has been available.

• Squeezing light from nanotubes

  Scientists at IBM Research have discovered a new way to get carbon nanotubes to emit light, a breakthrough that might one day lead to advances in fibre-optic technology.

• Ten Gigabit Ethernet standard approved

  The first fibre-only Ethernet standard has been approved, opening the door for a new generation of Ethernet products.

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