News (62)

  • Fibre to the home comes to Canberra

    Canberra telco TransACT will be deploying fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in the city from this month, with more FTTH tenders on the table.

  • Microsoft to buy Aquantive for US$6 billion

    In a bid to boost its presence in advertising, Microsoft said Friday that it will pay US$6 billion to acquire Aquantive, a digital marketing and services company.

  • Hotel chain checks convergence in

    Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has flagged plans to deploy converged voice/video/data networks more widely throughout its hotel chain after a landmark project in mid-2006 proved the technology's worth.

  • 2007: Let the crystal ball gazing begin

    ZDNet Australia journalist Renai LeMay weighs in with his 2007 predictions for the local telecommunications industry.

  • Hunter Valley hotel gets VoIP crown

    Hotel chain Crowne Plaza has in the past several months completed the implementation of a converged voice and data network at its new Hunter Valley facility.

Blogs (4)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

    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.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Now, the idiot box comes with you

    Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Broadband shame: Sneakernet strikes back

    There are times when the tone of Australia's broadband discussions makes me want to laugh, and others when it just makes me want to cry. The past week has been one of the latter, after two very different broadband-related stories made their way across my desk.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fibre isn't for everyone

    Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.

Features and Case Studies (7)

  • Millennium Hotels: Eli Salant, vice president of IT

    Millennium's New Zealand-based vice president for IT, Eli Salant, reveals how he's convinced board members to spend on technology instead of refurbishments, achieving savings of nearly US$800,000 a year with Voice over IP.

  • Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

    Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

  • IPv6 gets security warning

    The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team has issued alerts for some Juniper routers running IPv6, one of the first security warnings for the next-generation Internet Protocol.

  • Linux and outsourcing 'set for boom'

    In 2004, Linux will expand its presence in key markets, while offshore outsourcing will continue at a brisk pace, analysis firm Forrester Research predicted on Wednesday.

  • I want my iTV

    For all its publicised benefits, why is iTV still having such a hard time making it in Australia?

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