AAPT has decided to use Google Apps for its 1300 staff after deliberations it called more philosophical than technical.
A NZ government-funded survey has raised questions about the productivity gains to be made from providing fast internet access.
Internet service provider iiNet is on track to boost its market share of fixed broadband customers by installing its network infrastructure into eight new regional communities.
The Federal Government yesterday invited bids for its $100 million smart grid pilot, Smart City, which the government hopes will inform it of the costs and benefits of the technology.
Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy has won the support of the Greens, independent Nick Xenophon and Family First's Steven Fielding to have the government's telecommunications reform legislation debated before the end of the year.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
It's all very well to roll-out technology, but if you don't force your employees to use it, it's just another piece of expensive equipment that takes up office space.
Microsoft is going to be given a beating over the next year or so by government agencies wanting to adopt Windows 7 at bargain basement prices. But it will enjoy each gentle slap.
I have seen the NBN, and it looks a lot like Christina Aguilera. Or, at least, it looked like her when I dropped into Ericsson's Melbourne headquarters recently to see a live demo of their NBN solutions. Yet behind the streaming TV, one question lingers -- and not even the government seems able to answer it.
It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.
This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.
The proposed regulatory reforms ahead of the roll-out of the National Broadband Network rely on a finely balanced carrot and stick approach. But will Telstra cooperate with the government's ultimatum?
Get the full picture on the Tasmanian leg of the National Broadband Network in this wide-ranging video interview with TNBN Company chairman and ex-Telstra executive Doug Campbell.
Recent commentary in the press around Microsoft's Windows 7 and the upgrade paths available for Windows XP has failed to consider the realities of upgrading and managing both the operating system and application environments required by today's business users.
A new Goldman Sachs report reinforces the market's conclusion that, whatever the National Broadband Network looks like, it is going to have to be taxpayer-funded and the cheques will be massive.
We round up the business laptop players in the field, to find out the scores and flaws of today's mobile warriors.
Looking for an affordable business desktop to roll out? We look at the major players available in the market today.
If you want to use Cisco for your corporate IP telephony network but can't afford a 7900 series phone for everyone, it's a no-brainer to check out the lower-specced 6900 series.
The HP Compaq 6730b is a reasonable but uninteresting business notebook. Unfortunately the competition and even HP are offering much better systems at a comparative or lower price.
ThinApp, previously known as Thinstall, offers a more streamlined and portable approach to new software roll-outs and development. Software developers and administrators of large numbers of workstations and or mobile workers are bound to benefit greatly from this software.
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