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Labor to keep Liberal broadband network 12 September, 2007 10:58:51
Regional Australia wins out, political scuffle continuesAustralia will have both national broadband networks proposed by Labor and Liberal if the federal Opposition government wins the next election.
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Adobe launches hosted services, adds Flash to Acrobat 03 June, 2008 09:02:44
Adobe to launch Web site offering users free hosted services for document creation, sharing and storageAdobe this week is set to unveil the next version of its Adobe Acrobat software, which adds support for the company's Flash multimedia technology. The company also plans to launch a new Web site offering users free hosted services for document creation, sharing and storage. - +
Labor to keep Liberal broadband network 12 September, 2007 10:58:51
Regional Australia wins out, political scuffle continuesAustralia will have both national broadband networks proposed by Labor and Liberal if the federal Opposition government wins the next election. - +
Broadband stabs an optic nerve as election looms 23 November, 2007 15:00:38
Australia gets WiMAX and fibre either wayIt's the clash of the communications titans. - +
Government locks down $2 billion Communications Fund 13 September, 2007 15:39:39
Labor refused access to fund proceeds for its own networkLabor's Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN) broadband plans have been jeopardized by a federal government move to lock down the $2 billion Communications Fund, which was set to be financial backbone of the opposition's network. - +
ICT debate by major parties exposes political division 08 October, 2007 09:48:34
Democrats call for the structural separation of Telstra, claiming it is a monolithic monsterInnovation is set to be the ICT buzzword during the forthcoming election campaign with all three major political parties set to announce significant ICT initiatives aimed at iidentifying export opportunities and increasing investment in research and development (R&D).
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Shadow minister for communications and IT Stephen Conroy has smashed the federal government's Australia Connected initiative and promised to wipe out the broadband taskforce if Labor wins government.
Speaking at the Australian telecommunications summit in Sydney today, Conroy labeled the federal governments' $1.9 billion broadband plan to roll out WiMAX and ADSL2+ across the country with the popular "fraud-band" tag.
He said the network's purported speeds of up to 12Mbps could fall as low as 512Kbps because of changes in topography such as mountains and buildings, distance between nodes, power limitations for residents outside 240 volt grids, and traffic build-up.
The OPEL network will operate on a shared spectrum, and will employ a mix of technology, including ADSL2+, WiMAX, and wireless mesh networks in densely populated areas.
"Labor's fibre to the node (FttN) network will have a minimum of 12Mbps delivered to 98 percent of the population and will promote competition [because] it will be built on open access," Conroy said.
"I am a fan of WiFi networks but they are complementary to FttN networks, they are not a substitute.
"We reject the [government's] proposed closed-access network and Labor's open-access network is fully costed by Telstra."
Conroy dismissed claims by federal ICT minister Helen Coonan that FttN connectivity is restricted within a four kilometre radius of an exchange, claiming Labor's FttN base stations will be placed five to to 10 kilometres apart, well within the 20 kilometre radius proposed by analysts.
The FttN network is based on Telstra's 2005 proposal which will cost $4.7 billion of government and private funds and will be rolled out over five years.
Conroy said a fibre-to-the-home (FttH) network would be not be immediately considered as projected costs range between $30 and $50 billion.
The opposition will demand open access for all sections of a FttH network, including the last mile which links the premise to the node currently controlled by Telstra.
The Labor government would honour the current government's OPEL-lead broadband proposal if it wins the next election and the plan has been signed off.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Information security governance: Centralized vs. distributed 05 September, 2008 10:15:00
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DNS error brings Sophos antivirus updates to a halt 05 September, 2008 13:40:00
Optus, Internode and Equinix affected among others.A sporadic Domain Name Server (DNS) error has blocked Sophos anti-virus updates around the world. - +
Ouch! Security pros' worst mistakes 04 September, 2008 08:05:00
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Security ROI: Fact or Fiction? 03 September, 2008 08:32:00
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Information Security and the Importance of Context 01 September, 2008 10:00:00
Those entrusted with information security must raise their contextual awarenessWhen the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was first created, it created a sudden need for tens of thousands of screeners. Getting a job as an airport screener was a pretty easy process. It seemed as though if you had a pulse, you were in. Jump forward to 2008 and becoming a screener is a bit harder as the TSA has instituted background checks, has upped the educational requirement to include a high school diploma or GED, and added other significant requirements.
Viva la Verticals! Key to Vendor Growth is Through Vertical Market Opportunities, Says IDC 05 September, 2008 11:05:00
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IntraPower Signs Deal with Australia’s Largest Service Station and Convenience Store Network 04 September, 2008 10:07:00
TANDBERG Begins Desktop Videoconferencing Roll-Out at New England Credit Union 03 September, 2008 16:01:00
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