Largest submarine network connecting Australasia to the US

Southern Cross and Ciena achieve world’s longest single-span submarine service Southern Cross Cables Limited today announced the launch of its Southern Cross NEXT (“NEXT”) cable, along with the implementation and testing of 400GbE services across the 15,840km network. In what is believed to be another world first for the longest…

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Rising network automation unlocks massive growth opportunities

Network automation enables all parts of the 5G network With the 5G network moving to the cloud, the network is now software-based and requires automation to succeed operationally and financially. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis finds that network automation enables all parts of the 5G network—the radio access network (RAN),…

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EY invests $US3m in Space Tech hub

Swinburne University of Technology provides access to the OzSTAR supercomputer EY Australia is pleased to announce the launch of a Space Tech hub with Swinburne University of Technology to lead one of the biggest transformations of our generation. The Space Tech hub was created after being awarded over $US3m from EY’s…

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PingPong deepens its partnership with JCB

PingPong will have established direct relationships with all six major international credit card networks. PingPong, a leading digital cross-border payment provider, recently entered a direct partnership with JCB, whereby its Hong Kong-based merchants will be able to receive online payments from JCB cardholders worldwide. With this latest agreement, PingPong will have…

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Cyber actors exploit network providers and devices

This joint Cybersecurity Advisory was coauthored by the NSA. Summary This joint Cybersecurity Advisory describes the ways in which People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors continue to exploit publicly known vulnerabilities to establish a broad network of compromised infrastructure. These actors use the network to exploit a wide…

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Australia and New Zealand broadband networks deliver similar download speeds

Upload speeds on both the 100/20 and Ultrafast speed tiers were also higher in New Zealand. New Zealand and Australian consumers on fibre to the premises connections receive very similar download speeds. The report also shows New Zealand has more consistent performance during the evening hours, but Australian consumers on…

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Viettel doubles down on ransomeware protection

Object Lock enables users to create an immutable data backup copy. Vietnamese telco Viettel IDC has deployed Cloudian’s HyperStore object storage as the foundation for its storage service offerings, including Storage-as-a-Service, Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service. These services will bring the benefits of HyperStore’s public cloud-like flexibility, limitless scalability and fully…

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