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ICT industry unites to provide bushfire victims with new PCs, services 13 February, 2009 08:34
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is working with the support of Computers Off Australia and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) to provide free, fully operational computers to families and small businesses devastated by the Victorian bushfires. - +
Internet filtering pilot announced: Six ISPs on board 12 February, 2009 12:32
Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has announced six ISPs will participate in the first phase of the Federal Government’s controversial plan to introduce mandatory filtering of Australia’s Internet feed. - +
Gartner: Sun will shine after 2009 doom and gloom 09 February, 2009 08:46
The sun will shine again after this year's doom and gloom, according to Gartner's 2009 CIO Agenda survey. - +
Telstra workers announce five days of rolling stoppages 06 February, 2009 10:50
The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has advised Telstra customers that services could potentially be disrupted from the weekend onwards due to five days of rolling stoppages. - +
Telstra, Optus and Hutchison in access disputes 05 February, 2009 10:15
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received five access dispute notifications, four of which are between Optus and Telstra. - +
Senate passes motion to publicise ACCC, expert panel reports on NBN 05 February, 2009 09:06
The Senate has passed a motion that will see reports on the NBN bid by the ACCC and the expert panel made public the day after the winning bid is announced. - +
New $220m Polaris datacentre unlikely to suffer Melbourne blackout fate 03 February, 2009 16:26
The master planner behind the new Polaris datacentre in Queensland has cited key differences in its redundancy model that would prevent the kind of total power failure that left a Melbourne datacentre in the dark, this week. - +
Major Melbourne datacentre suffers complete power failure 02 February, 2009 13:54
An iPrimus datacentre in King St, Melbourne, suffered a complete power outage on Sunday, including failure of the emergency diesel backup system. - +
NBN expert panel info: Please sir, can I have some more? 27 January, 2009 15:59
The government’s decision to veil recommendations made by the National Broadband Network (NBN) expert panel from public scrutiny has garnered mixed opinions from the telco industry. - +
IDC’s top 10 telco predictions for 2009 27 January, 2009 06:52
Analyst firm IDC has predicted Australia’s telecommunications industry will enjoy sustained growth of 3-4 per cent in 2009, despite the economic downturn. - +
NBN: Analysts, industry divided on consortium speculation 23 January, 2009 15:58
Speculation that bidders for the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender may be asked to form a consortium has met varied opinions from analysts and telco players.
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Savings do add up: How organisations are saving thousands by adopting Unified Communications and Collaboration. 15 June, 2009 12:01
This week's CW Live podcast features a discussion between Audrey William, research director at research firm Frost & Sullivan Australia, and Craig Campbell, business unit executive for Integrated Communications Services at IBM Australia / New Zealand on why companies are adopting unified communications, and whether there is any benefit to hosting a unified communications solution in the cloud.- +
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This week's CW Live features a discussion between Dr Kevin McIsaac, IBRS Research's Advisor for Virtualisation and Craig McKenna, Consulting Technical Leader, System Storage, for IBM's Growth Markets division, on why storage virtualisation is key to an organisation's information management plan.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #100: Enterprise Cloud Computing and Network Virtualisation 25 March, 2009 13:46
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Computerworld Live Podcast #99: Reducing the Costs of Enterprise Mobility 28 January, 2009 10:43
CW Live speaks with Mark Thompson, Global Sales/Marketing Manager for HP's ProCurve Networking Business, to discuss strategies for reducing the cost of enterprise mobility, including tips on securing a wireless network, smart network design strategies, and advice for simplifying the management and support of wireless networks.- +
Computerworld Live Podcast #98: The Future of Datacentre IP 18 December, 2008 10:33
CW Live speaks withLin Nease, Director of Emerging Business for HP ProCurve, to discuss the future of networks, including the effect of IP-based storage on datacentres, new capacity requirements generated by the use of 10Gb Ethernet, and how an efficient network design can slash energy and cooling costs, and help enterprises build a "green" image. - +
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Acronis launches integrated deduplication and backup & recovery solution 09 July, 2009 15:46
Mindjet adds to visual collaboration leadership team with new Vice President of Marketing 09 July, 2009 14:34
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