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Pacnet, Pacific Fibre, to light up cable competition
Pacnet and Pacfic Fibre will team to construct a new trans-pacific cable, which will operate at 5.1 terabits per second. News | 27 Jul 2010
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Why the ACCC thinks carrier Ethernet is important
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has indicated it may include Ethernet services in its list of Domestic Transmission Capacity Services. Richard Chirgwin analyses the implications of the move. News | 20 Jul 2010
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Australian naked DSL guide
Naked DSL can be a useful and cheap way to connect a remote office or provide a backup WAN. Richard Chirgwin surveys the market to explain your options. News | 05 Jul 2010
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Using 3G as a backup WAN
3G data services are often advanced as a cheap way to provide a disaster recovery service for your WAN. But experts say you need to do more than just cut from one link to another to create a functional connection. News | 21 Jun 2010
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Telstra/NBN FAQ
Richard Chirgwin analyses the proposed deal between the federal government and Telstra, explaining how it will work, what it will mean for your broadband connection and the impact on competition. News | 20 Jun 2010
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Software-as-a-service and your WAN
Learn how to optimize your WAN to get the best performance for software-as-a-service and other cloud computing services. News | 26 May 2010
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Peering moves down to the Ethernet layer
Richard Chirgwin explains Internet peering and how it is changing to use more of the IP stack. News | 12 May 2010
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How WAN optimisation and applicated delivery will evolve
Learn how WAN optimization and application delivery will evolve in this interview with Jim Metzler, chair of the Application Delivery 2.0 track from last week's Interop conference in the USA. News | 27 Apr 2010
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The NBN: Is it a black hole for money and talent?
In a new feature, the TechTarget ANZ team gets animated and debates whether the National Broadband is all about black holes to suck in talent, money, and maybe even actual black holes too! News | 25 Mar 2010
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NBN debate overlooks regional SMBs: Kazacos
IT entrepreneur Peter Kazacos says debate around Australian's National Broadband network is missing the point, because its business value is not being discussed. News | 23 Mar 2010
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BOOK EXTRACT: The Shortcut Guide to Optimized WAN Application Delivery
Learn about WAN optimisation basics, advanced techniques and best practises in this book extract. Tip
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Managing bandwidth costs for WAN backup
In this local Expert Tip, Packeteer's Michael Conlon explains how to control bandwidth costs when backing up remote offices to your data centre. Tip
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Pacnet, Pacific Fibre, to light up cable competition
Pacnet and Pacfic Fibre will team to construct a new trans-pacific cable, which will operate at 5.1 terabits per second. News
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Why the ACCC thinks carrier Ethernet is important
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has indicated it may include Ethernet services in its list of Domestic Transmission Capacity Services. Richard Chirgwin analyses the implications of the move. News
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Australian naked DSL guide
Naked DSL can be a useful and cheap way to connect a remote office or provide a backup WAN. Richard Chirgwin surveys the market to explain your options. News
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Using 3G as a backup WAN
3G data services are often advanced as a cheap way to provide a disaster recovery service for your WAN. But experts say you need to do more than just cut from one link to another to create a functional connection. News
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Telstra/NBN FAQ
Richard Chirgwin analyses the proposed deal between the federal government and Telstra, explaining how it will work, what it will mean for your broadband connection and the impact on competition. News
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Software-as-a-service and your WAN
Learn how to optimize your WAN to get the best performance for software-as-a-service and other cloud computing services. News
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Peering moves down to the Ethernet layer
Richard Chirgwin explains Internet peering and how it is changing to use more of the IP stack. News
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How WAN optimisation and applicated delivery will evolve
Learn how WAN optimization and application delivery will evolve in this interview with Jim Metzler, chair of the Application Delivery 2.0 track from last week's Interop conference in the USA. News
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The NBN: Is it a black hole for money and talent?
In a new feature, the TechTarget ANZ team gets animated and debates whether the National Broadband is all about black holes to suck in talent, money, and maybe even actual black holes too! News
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NBN debate overlooks regional SMBs: Kazacos
IT entrepreneur Peter Kazacos says debate around Australian's National Broadband network is missing the point, because its business value is not being discussed. News
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