http://www.arnnet.com.au Networking en-us Copyright 2010, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:00:12 +1100 60 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=624838514&rid=-101 The NBNco expects to start work on mainland test sites for the National Broadband Network (NBN) early in the second-half of 2010, according to its chief. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:58:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1785934686&rid=-101 Datacentre hardware vendor, Rittal, has signed newly-established distributor, Rapid 5 Distribution, to wholesale its core RiMatrix5 solutions locally. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:35:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1263581988&rid=-101 Telecommunications player, Amcom (ASX:AMM), has signed a $20 million contract to extend its Northern Territory fibre networks in Darwin and Alice Springs to service the state’s government. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:25:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=879420312&rid=-101 Juniper Networks has always been about high performance and, since it straddles the carrier and enterprise markets, has an interesting perspective on where these worlds intersect. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up with Kim Perdikou, EVP and GM of the Infrastructure Products Group, and David Yen, EVP and GM of the Fabric and Switching Technologies Business Group, to discuss converging needs, tech trends and the company's Stratus project, a single-layer network architecture. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:29:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1359958202&rid=-101 Broadband Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy’s calls for the ISP and movie industry to formulate a bilateral code of conduct does not address the root cause of copyright disputes, according to industry watchers. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:40:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=790343882&rid=-101 Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help to create a US$16.6 billion worldwide market for it by 2014, according to research firm Dell'Oro Group. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:45:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=974549273&rid=-101 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is wrapping up work on an Energy Star program for data centers that it hopes to launch in June, EPA officials said this week. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:22:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=319044475&rid=-101 Cisco is expected to unveil new and enhanced data center products that are designed to more easily interconnect and allocate resources among multiple data centers and are optimized for cloud computing and virtualization. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:32:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=862174762&rid=-101 Work on the Government’s $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots program is set to commence in Mt Isa on February 17. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:03:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=16708452&rid=-101 The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:01:00 +1100