Richard Chirgwin's Holiday Favourites

SearchNetworking ANZ Editor Richard Chirgwin is one of the region's best networking writers.

We would say that - we hired him!

But if you have a little time over the holiday period, tuck into these wonderful primers to learn all a CIO could want to know about networks to prepare yourself for 2009.

• Planning for PoE Plus
  Learn about the next generation of Power over Ethernet and how to plan for its adoption.

• Are VPNs the best way to secure wireless LANs?
  WLAN security is famously flaky. Here's Richard's take on a powerful alternative arrangement.

• Torrents of Disruption on the Way?
  Not content with messing up the movie and music business, the folks behind BitTorrent could now bring the Net to its knees

• Whitespace Broadband - a primer
  Broadband squeezed between TV channels? Richard explains how!