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  • Aussie Chip Achieves Scorching Wireless Data Speeds

    A tiny new Aussie chip is making waves this week, promising to shake up the wireless industry by not only drastically increasing data transfer speeds, but doing it at a fraction of the cost of today’s solutions.

  • The Carbon Question: Planting trees in an IT forest

    On Kangaroo Island off South Australia, NEC is watering the roots on its 700,000th tree. For IT companies, investing in their carbon footprint is proving worthwhile and leaving Government climate change policies in the past.

  • ISONet Secures School Broadband

    Responding to the Labor government’s ‘digital education revolution’ and an increase in school IT security issues, managed security services provider earthwave has launched ISONet, a carrier neutral network, internet gateway and portal.

  • Netalert a “Failure”

    The Howard government’s Netalert software filtration scheme is on the chopping block, with the Rudd government declaring the $84 million initiative a failure.

  • People possess the power

    A changing software suite and the merge or two organisations into one; IDM looks at the amalgamation of Goulburn City with Mulwaree Shire Council in NSW and finds when it comes to change management, it’s the people that make the difference.

  • Apple Updates Xsan

    Apple has rolled out the first major upgrade to its Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for OS X, Xsan 2.

  • Thunderbird Finds New Nest

    The popular open source email client Thunderbird has found a new home, with the Mozilla Foundation announcing on Tuesday that its new Mozilla Messaging mail subsidiary is open for business.

  • S3 Outage Illustrates Outsourcing Risks

    One of the perils of online data storage and the outsourcing of critical business functions in general was highlighted late last week when online retailer Amazon.com’s data storage service went down for a number of hours.