Basslink escapes blackout

Basslink Telecom is among a growing list of firms awaiting the cause of the Primus data centre blackout in Melbourne, but says its own redundancy arrangements would shield it from the effects of future failures at the facility, according to iTnews.

The cable operator has secured space in the Primus and Nextgen data centres in Melbourne, and the Pipe and Aurora Energy data centres in Tasmania, from which it will offer connections to customers.

GM of telecoms Michael Coates says many of the disaster recovery plans and strategies developed for the electricity interconnection side of the Basslink business would be re-used to guarantee broadband service transmission.

Global Data Systems (GDS) commissioned a VSAT satellite teleport at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, reports SatNews.

From this teleport, GDS can "see" the Western hemisphere (North and South America and Western Africa).

This allows GDS to provide completely managed remote office communications and data to anywhere, anytime, not only replicating the conveniences of interoffice functionality, but also integrating into a robust business continuance and disaster recovery solution.

Lumeta, a provider of Network Assurance solutions for enterprises and government agencies, cautioned that the increased popularity of IP-enabled devices can inadvertently degrade a network's security posture, leading to costly security breaches and unplanned downtime, according to PR Newswire.

The issues posed by devices such as IP phones, facility security control devices, and hand-held devices, include unmanaged connectivity both into and out of the network, in addition to improperly configured devices, which can jeopardise overall IT security measures.

"IP-enabled devices are showing up on more and more IT networks, and for good reason; they extend the advantages of an IP network to other areas of the business which were traditionally served by analogue devices," says Lumeta's COO Michael Markulec.