DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is well on its way to surpassing cable as the most popular method of broadband connection in Australia, according to figures released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its recent Snapshot of Broadband Deployment report.
Global telecommunications giant Sprint has continued its snail's pace assault on the Australian market, signing a deal with broadband carrier Uecomm to supply international data transport services for the Melbourne marketplace. It is Sprint's first customer in Victoria but the two companies already have a similar business arrangement in Sydney.
HP has opened the doors of its new multimillion-dollar data storage centre for Asia-Pacific. Located in Sydney's Rhodes, HP claims the enterprise storage centre is the first of its kind in the region, one of the largest in the world and will allow customers to gain first-hand experience of data storage solutions in a variety of configurations to suit their specific needs.
The largest electronic marketplace in Australia has been launched to help government agencies in the state of New South Wales (NSW) conduct Internet business with the public sector.
Maxtor is expecting an increased take-up of rack-based storage will replace pedestal servers because it offers better scalability and modularity.
IBM has launched a new software development kit designed to cut costs in the creation, deployment and maintenance of PCs across networks.