Networking

NBN impetus traced back to 'asset rich' Telstra

This week the "revelation" that an uncooperative Telstra prompted the National Broadband Network will hit the headlines again as the ABC digs into the politics of the telecommunications industry. In reality the writing has been on the wall ever since deregulation more than a decade ago.

By Rodney Gedda | 11 April, 2011 11:28

Tags: deregulation, Four Corners, FTTN, government, NBN, nbn co, Senator Stephen Conroy, Telstra

Opinion: Land of the long slow broadband

Australians do love banter with New Zealanders, whether its sports, accents and what celebrities can be claimed as thier own.

By Hamish Barwick | 24 March, 2011 10:19

Tags: broadband, NBN, New Zealand, telecom, TPG

Never say 'that's enough' for any (NBN) application

If those who do not study history are destined to repeat it, Malcolm Turbull's 12Mbps broadband speed comment should have been more carefully phrased to prevent him from sounding like the Bill Gates of broadband in 20 years time.

By Rodney Gedda | 29 October, 2010 14:05

Tags: ADSL, broadband, fttp, malcolm turnbull, NBN

NBN economics: When cost becomes a factor

With the debate over the cost of the NBN raging at full steam again since the election, it's time to rethink the practical economics of such an ambitious project.

By Rodney Gedda | 25 October, 2010 15:01

Tags: broadband, economy, fibre, NBN, politics

Like the NBN or not, let's make the most of it

As the 2010 federal election finally came to a close this week technology and political commentators alike have centred their post-poll opinions around the most pivotal policy – the National Broadband Network. With Labor back in the driver's seat the NBN is set to go ahead. It's now time to forget the politics and get behind this advanced technology infrastructure project to make it a success.

By Rodney Gedda | 08 September, 2010 11:18

Tags: broadband, government, Julia Gillard, Labor, NBN, Tony Abbott

NBN or not, regional IT must move ahead

Yesterday I was invited to attend the opening of the first HP POD container data centre in the Asia Pacific region. It was located in the regional NSW town of Wyong and, most interestingly, the advanced data centre project will be servicing customers from next month – all without an NBN.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 August, 2010 16:04

Tags: central coast, data centres, HP POD, NBN, regional IT, Verb IT

Shhh... ACMA preps URL 'block' page

In a recent discussion with Senator Conroy’s media advisors, I was given the privilege of being politely declined any more information about the composition of the proposed URL 'block' page or what options people have to check if their Web site is caught up in the filter.

By Rodney Gedda | 16 June, 2010 10:29

Tags: ACMA, censorship, Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), internet filter blacklist, Stephen Conroy

UC security: When the shoe won't fit, compress the foot

If your security model is location-centric and depends on keeping things separate, how do you respond to a disruptive technology like unified communications? This is a pattern that keeps repeating in many different areas: the security paradigm looked good until a technology comes along, changes the assumptions and reveals the inadequacy of the model.

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos | 15 April, 2009 05:06

Tags: appliance, networking, security, unified communications

The NOC on systems management

EMA recently completed a major landscape survey on network management, including updates on technologies, process, and organization affecting the tools and practices used within network operations. One of the more interesting themes that emerged was the overwhelming indication that systems management is now part and parcel of most network operations teams' daily lives.

Economic crisis threatens networking growth

The beginning of a new year normally is a time to reflect; it's all the more so when the network industry is facing (along with the rest of the economy) a major financial crisis. We are of a generation that has taken network growth for granted, that has seen the Internet reshape culture and that has come to believe that "more bits" paves the road to the future. It just might be that this comfortable view is the greatest threat we face, because networking is going to change one way or the other.

By Thomas Nolle | 04 December, 2008 08:00

Tags: global recession, networking

Saving through network convergence

There's likely a number of building systems in place at your organization: HVAC, lighting, fire, security, telephone, and the like. You also have your IT infrastructure. Turns out that converging those systems on a single IP-based network promises a wealth of money-saving benefits and efficiency gains, according to a recently released white paper from Johnson Controls titled "The Perfect Technology Storm."

By Ted Samson | 28 November, 2008 10:44

Tags: network convergence

Drive the goblins out of your converged network

Small businesses converging voice, video and data traffic sometimes end up with haunted networks, but you can exorcise the demons. Affordable QoS mechanisms are available to oust the goblins that cause delay, jitter, bit-rate errors and dropped packets.

By John Klein | 03 November, 2008 10:49

Tags: networking, telecommunications

Global Forum eyes digital trust, broadband race

This year's Global Forum met last week in this paradoxically ancient and modern European city, and celebrated technological advance while noting chaotic policy environment conditions.

By Jay Gillette | 29 October, 2008 09:10

Tags: broadband, security

Blogger warns: 'Nortel doesn't make it out alive'

An investor and blogger on Yahoo's Tech Ticker site doesn't expect Nortel to survive the current market downturn which he says is stalling big infrastructure buildouts.

By Jim Duffy | 13 October, 2008 10:41

Tags: nortel

Can you keep users from importing their own applications?

There's IT, and then there's shadow IT.

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos | 01 October, 2008 10:15

Tags: shadow IT, web 2.0

A 'C change' in CDN?

In the world of content distribution networks, A is for Akamai. What about the rest? Is B for BitGravity, or maybe BitTorrent because of the potential impact of peer-to-peer technology on CDNs? Is C for content? I don't think so. I think it's for carrier or maybe cloud -- and in either case, the "C change" is potentially a major one for the CDN world.

By Thomas Nolle | 11 September, 2008 11:21

Tags: cdn

Five cloud computing questions

It seems that every decade or so I get the opportunity to write an article on IT deja vu. This time around, the topic is cloud computing, which is the latest IT buzz word.

Cisco swindler sentenced

It was not a good day for convicted counterfeit Cisco swindler - Charles Lacy-Thompson:

So you want to be a network manager

You've worked your way up the ladder, from cable jockey to network technician to network administrator.

VPNs: Six burning questions

VPNs are well established as essential tools for corporate communications, but they are not all created equal. Here are six questions and their answers that can help you make decisions about which VPN technology to use.