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  • No rush for enterprises to deploy 802.11ac Wi-Fi

    Wireless vendors are pushing the 802.11ac standard because it offers the fastest Wi-Fi speeds yet, but most Australian businesses can afford to wait another year before upgrading their Wi-Fi networks, according to analysts.

  • VDSL2 standards for NBN to clean up interference

    With vectored VDSL2 broadband expected to play a key role in the Coalition’s multi-technology National Broadband Plan, the Communications Alliance has updated two related industry standards.

  • OMG! Dell looks to drive SDN standards

    Even though standards bodies like the Open Networking Forum (ONF) are leading the effort to standardize software-defined networking, Dell has proposed an SDN working committee within the Object Management Group.

  • SOA is dead because of its success

    SOA is no longer a buzzword because it is a concept that has received broad industry acceptance and has become built into software products and services, say a CIO and analyst.

  • Association looks to get more involved in standard setting

    Users should get more involved in helping develop cloud standards said the chairman of the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) in Europe. But Bob Plumridge said that the organisation was aware of the logistical problems facing users and said the organisation was looking at ways to help users overcome these.

  • BoM makes water data flow freely

    The Bureau of Metrology has developed a new data standard which promises to eliminate the need to clean up hundreds of non-compliant forms on available water resources.

  • NT sends e-health messaging system live

    The implementation of national e-health standards has taken another step forward with Northern Territory health agencies launching a secure messaging delivery system to share information between different clinical software systems.

  • WiGig fast wireless group finishes standard

    The Wireless Gigabit Alliance has completed its specification for a technology to deliver as much as 7G bps (bits per second) over a very high unlicensed frequency band.

  • Standards group looks to set SOA benchmark

    A standards body is looking to address one of the major problems with SOA, that of measuring performance. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. (SPEC) has formed a working group that will examine ways to measure performance for middleware and database applications within an SOA framework.

  • Femtocell standard is finalized

    The first femtocell standard has been published by the 3GPP, the Femto Forum, an industry organization involved in the standardization process, announced on Tuesday.

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