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CIO confidence; a dead cat bounce?

At a time when banks are shedding IT roles by the dozen, it seems counter-intuitive that 83 per cent of the nation’s chief information officers should report they are confident about the future of their business to the extent that 45 per cent expect to hire IT staff in the first six months of the year. The question remains – is this a dead cat bounce?

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Moreton Bay goes wireless for video surveillance

Business IT - Security

Moreton Bay Regional Council is augmenting its existing surveillance camera system with HD cameras linked by a wireless mesh network.


Link Security Group has been contracted by Queensland's Moreton Bay Regional Council to deploy what is said to be the largest municipal wireless video surveillance network in Australia.

Link will use Firetide's wireless mesh equipment to cover a 130 square kilometre area with 42 nodes. The network will carry HD video from nearly 50 outdoor cameras from Axis.

The Milestone XProtect video management software will be used to monitor the video feeds. The software can potentially be used to integrate Moreton Bay's existing analog CCTV cameras.

"Firetide represents the very best in cutting-edge wireless technology, with its wireless infrastructure mesh optimised for the transmission of surveillance video," said Alex Baulden, senior network engineer at Link.

"The security and reliability of communications were critical, and performance we’ve seen in the field is impressive," he added.

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