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Optus Hosting Centres Thrive with New Cable Management
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Network Transplant for Queensland Laboratory
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Adds, Moves & Changes - Eliminating the Nightmare of Patch Cord Tangles
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Data Centres
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Australia Vol1 No.2 2006
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NEW
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A Word from

Bob Fitzgerald
T
he last six months have been very eventful for our industry.
Copper commodity prices have gone through the roof, driven
by increased demand from the vastly accelerating industries in India
and China.
Fibre has certainly become a growth area with FTTX investment
in Australia gaining momentum. Our experience as the US market

3 ADC KRONE Updates Customer Program
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3 New Wireless Solutions Revealed

at CeBIT 200
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7 FutureTech
2006
8 Automated Digital Cross-Connec
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15 Manufacturer of the Year

at CCMA Award
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Customer Stories
4 Clear Skies
for Melbourne Airport
10 Optus Hosting Centres Thrive
with New
Cable Managemen
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13 Network Transplant for Queensland

Laborator
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Technical Articles
8 IEEE Ratifies
10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard
9 Adds, Moves & Change
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program for our installer partners. Members
receive ADC KRONE accreditation, allowing them
to offer an ADC KRONE warranty on installations.
We recently modified the program so that
integrators can now apply for the warranty on
behalf of the end user, removing the need for the
end user to sign the registration form to validate
the warranty. We’re sure our integration partners
will want to take advantage of the improved
TrueNet Integrator program and I encourage you
to do so.
On another note, I would like to congratulate
three of our staff for well-deserved promotions.
Scott Whiston has been promoted to Queensland
state manager, Carl Holmes has been promoted
to WA state manager and Terry Finn has been
promoted to sales executive – Enterprise Channels
in our NSW office.
In addition, our customers in NSW and WA will
see two new faces joining our sales team over
the coming weeks with Jacqui Heath joining us
in NSW and Jason Pullman adding his talents to
our WA team. Jacqui will be focussing on our
Enterprise Channel partners while Jason will be
supporting our Channels and Corporate Accounts
divisions.
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Damien Rodgers,
Sales Director -
Enterprise, AU & NZ

NETWORKS
Clear skies

for Melbourne Airport
M
elbourne Airport is a major international
passenger and freight gateway to Australia.
Renowned for its world-class facilities, the airport
serviced more than 20 million passengers last
year. Consistently rated highly in passenger
surveys, Melbourne Airport has been ranked in
the world’s top five airports.
THE CHALLENGE
To maintain its high level of service and industry-
leading practices, Melbourne Airport needed to
upgrade and standardise its cabling system.
“Our needs and available technology have
grown in the decade since most of our cabling
was installed,” said Mark Funston, Melbourne
Airport’s Information Technology Manager. “We
needed to upgrade to ensure network stability and
to future-proof the network so we can implement
new technologies as they become available.”
Managing the network had also become
complicated, with no central network map. As a
result, patches and changes were delayed while
IT workers tried to physically locate cabling. Or,
entire swathes of cabling had to be reinstalled
because the existing cabling could not be found.
This was inefficient and expensive.

By Peter Katsianis,
Sales Executive
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Airport to implement a structured cabling
standard. HighBand
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25 allows maximum network
throughput beyond one Gigabit. Designed for
the most advanced networks, it was the perfect
choice for Melbourne Airport’s future needs as
they move towards delivering applications like
streaming video.
“Our network runs security and surveillance
software, among other things. As well as requiring
high bandwidth, these are extremely important
applications for an airport, and ones that we can’t
afford to have slow or break down because of an
inefficient network,” explained Mark Funston.
The Terescope free space optics solution
provides Melbourne Airport with Australia’s first
1.2 Gigabit connection, from the data centre
to a remote building for disaster recovery. The
Terescope is a line-of-sight device providing
reliable wireless connectivity – essential if the
cabling is compromised.
THE IMPLEMENTATION

Sean Dowsett,
Airport Data &
Electrical and Peter
Loosley, Melbourne
Airport.
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is the network’s vastly improved quality,
performance and reliability.
“Upgrading and standardising our cabling
has meant that we are no longer limited by
our network. We can implement software and
services as required. We can offer applications
like streaming video over the high bandwidth
cable, which is great not only for security and
surveillance, but also for training and other
potential applications,” said Mark Funston.
Being able to more easily manage the network
has been another important benefit.
“The new standard means that senior staff
are no longer required for patch management,
so we can concentrate on more strategic issues.
We know where all the physical aspects of the
network are now, so patching can be done by less
senior staff without any compromise on quality.
We estimate this has resulted in a 20 - 30% saving

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“As the next three to five years unfold, we
will find ourselves able to react to advances
in technology very quickly thanks to the
ADC KRONE network”
Melbourne Airport’s Mark Funston.