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  • IN PICTURES: Fujitsu Forum Tokyo

    By Mike Gee | 24 May, 2013 10:57

    Fujitsu Forum Tokyo, the company's largest annual event, was held May 16-17 2013 at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan. 12,000 IT decision-makers and experts from around the world attended the event.

    Fujitsu Forum 2013 – Reshaping ICT, Rehaping Business, Society - featured seminars and exhibitions demonstrating Fujitsu‘s latest products, services and technologies. This includes the company's initiatives to build safe, secure and sustainable cities; its approach to leveraging ICT to give customers a competitive edge, as well as the Cloud and Big Data analysis technologies that make this possible.

  • 9 super useful subreddits network pros should follow

    By Bob Brown | 23 May, 2013 22:28

    Reddit is not just filled with pictures of cats and silly memes. Seriously. There's a lot of good content on the popular social news aggregator for network professionals whether you're focused on security, Windows, VoIP, IPv6 or a mixed bag.

  • CITRIX SYNERGY ’13: Mobile is key to a digital worklife, says CEO (+12 photos)

    By Hafizah Osman | 23 May, 2013 19:34

    Mobility is dominating the mindshare across IT organisations and is vital to having a digital work life, according to Citrix president and CEO, Mark Templeton.

  • As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the Cloud

    By Stephen Lawson | 23 May, 2013 15:33

    As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the Cloud.

  • CIOs need to rethink their roles, MIT symposium panelists say

    By Chris Kanaracus | 22 May, 2013 20:16

    By now, it's become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy.

Features
  • 40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids

    By Stephen Lawson | 20 May, 2013 12:02

    Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.

  • 8 essential features you need in a business router

    By Eric Geier | 17 May, 2013 15:56

    A router is the heart of your network, so it deserves to be chosen carefully. Any router will share your Internet connection amongst your computers and other networkable devices (smartphones, tablets, and so on), but better models provide features that will enhance your network and its performance. Whether you're seeking a business- or consumer-class router, here are the eight most essential features to look for.

  • Internet taxes: Is the inevitable about to happen?

    By Scott Bradner | 29 April, 2013 21:06

    Some things never happen the way that us pundits expect. Back on Independence Day in 1999 I wrote this about government taxing the purchase of goods over the Internet: "I fully believe in the ingenuity of the government when it comes to imposing taxes. We will be paying these taxes soon." Well, "soon" has not happened yet, but maybe it is getting closer.

  • IoT development needs context and leadership

    By Sheila Lam | 26 April, 2013 21:22

    The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept first suggested in 1999 by Kevin Ashton, the co-founder of Auto-ID Center at MIT. And it's popular again--thanks to mobility and the maturing of tracking technologies like RFID, NFC, and QR codes, according to Claus Mortensen, principal of emerging technologies at IDC Asia-Pacific.

  • What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind

    By Bob Brown | 23 April, 2013 15:06

    As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year-and-a-half since becoming executive vice-president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside.

Interviews
  • EXCLUSIVE: HP - an evolutionary journey

    By Nermin Bajric | 22 May, 2013 12:39

    When HP first announced it was retrenching more than 25,000 staff worldwide and the depth of its financial problems, Nermin Bajric spoke exclusively to the HP PPS South Pacific vice-president, Robert Mesaros. Now, six months later, he and Mesaros met again to discuss what has happened at HP since.

  • D-Link looks to SMB space

    By Hafizah Osman | 05 November, 2012 11:56

    D-Link A/NZ business sales and marketing manager, Ettore Alterisio, talks about the company’s increasing focus into the SMB space and the trends surrounding the current networking space.

  • Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst weighs in on strategy, Oracle and growth

    By Chris Kanaracus | 28 June, 2012 14:51

    Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst is coming up on his five-year anniversary at the helm, following his arrival in December 2007. Under Whitehurst's leadership, Red Hat's revenue has grown from US$523 million in its fiscal 2008 to more than $1.1 billion in its fiscal 2012, without deviating from its core strategy of open-source infrastructure software.

  • Palo Alto Networks: Challenging the incumbents

    By Patrick Budmar | 09 May, 2012 08:31

    Founder, Nir Zuk, on the vendor’s approach to the local market

  • Q&A: NICTA CEO on the NBN's viability, filtering and ICT growth

    By Spandas Lui | 24 May, 2010 20:41

    NICTA CEO, David Skellern, who has been in his post since 2007 and has 20 years in the ICT sector, was one of several keynote speakers discussing strategies for Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) at the recent CeBIT show. He sat down with ARN to discuss the viability of the largest ICT infrastructure project in Australia’s history, as well as Internet filtering and why our industry needs more unity. Skellern will be retiring next year to head over to the UK.

Opinions
Reviews
  • 5 mini projectors: A show wherever you go

    By Jake Widman | 09 May, 2013 11:01

    Have a presentation or a favorite video hiding in your smartphone? One of these five mobile projectors will let you show off.

  • How to keep your network in tip-top health

    By Barry Nance | 06 May, 2013 13:16

    If your network has between 1,000 and10,000 devices and computers, you have a midsized network. Your servers, connections and other resources suffer the same problems as larger networks, but your budget for keeping the network healthy is less than what large enterprises enjoy.

  • Cisco edges F5 in VPN shootout

    By Susan Perschke | 22 April, 2013 14:04

    Connecting remotely to network servers is a fact of life for millions of end users. Whether working from a PC or a mobile device, users rely on secure, reliable remote connections to maintain their productivity.

  • Java security questions answered

    By Susan Perschke | 22 April, 2013 10:57

    Most of the products tested (except Windows Server 2012), use Oracle's Java in one form or another, at least for client access and also in some cases within the management interface. With numerous vulnerabilities recently discovered in Java, leading to guidance from Department of Homeland Security and others to disable it entirely, this raised some questions about usability and possibly even security of the devices tested.

  • Hot hotspot gateways

    By Eric Geier | 01 April, 2013 14:10

    Offering Wi-Fi can be a good way to increase return customers and boost revenue in retail stores, hotels, cafes, etc. And it provides convenience for contractors and associates working in corporate offices and conference rooms. Though visitors might have 4G mobile devices or laptops, Wi-Fi can provide a faster, higher quality connection.

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