A two-day conference on 19 and 20 November in Singapore on advances in networking and telecoms is being run by the UK NetEvents team. The first day's agenda is outlined here and will be followed tomorrow by the second day's proceedings. [ + ]

With video becoming just another data type and gaining a strong foothold on the internet, it is fitting that video media executive Ian Gardiner has won the prestigious 2009 NSW Pearcey award for ICT leadership. [ + ]

Clive Gold, the Marketing CTO for EMC Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA) International Steering Committee. Gold is also the Vice-Chair of SNIA ANZ. [ + ]

For the second year in a row, Dell is the only technology company to make the finalist list for the the Advancement of Women by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) at the 2009 Business Achievement Awards. [ + ]

CSIRO’s Dr John O’Sullivan has been  recognised with the nation's pre-eminent science award - the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. [ + ]

Futurist Ross Dawson accurately described the networked world of today, anticipating social networks, twitter, corporate blogging, crowdsourcing, personalised advertising and virtual personal assistants. Dawson has now predicted what the technology world will deliver in 2016. [ + ]

According to Vmware fans, agent-based backup tools aren't able to sufficiently handle virtual environments. Some have reported success using snapshots, instead.

NBN Co Limited (NBNCo) has joined the Communications Alliance as its newest member. [ + ]

The ACOMM 2009 category award winners were Dialogue Communications/Singtel Optus, iiNet, Internode, Leopard Labs, Telstra Enterprise & Government and Truman Hoyle. [ + ]

In this article we explain how to install and use VMware Data Recovery.

Governments need to have cloud computing on their radar when formulating ICT policy.

VMware is actively raising doubts about the security of Microsoft's Hyper-V. Is there any truth to the claims?

Virtualisation and cloud computing are allowing end users to get out from under the thumb of IT departments - something that could be worth worrying about.

As virtualisation, mobility and guest access become mission-critical, enterprises are increasingly employing intelligent edge switches.

If you're considering virtualisation, you should involve your network administrator in all aspects of planning, design and implementation, analysts say.