Innovation

  • 1990 First Distributed LAN (later called collapsed backbone) using Lattisnet/Synoptics for Davey Mckey Pacific
  • 1992 High speed LAN for Department of Nuclear Medicine, Monash Medical and Sir Charles Gardiner Hospitals
  • 1994 Largest geographic coverage Internet Service provider in Australia, TPG Internet
  • 1995 Ubiquitous, affordable Internet at $1 per hour Australia wide, TPG Internet
  • 1996 2Mbps CBD very low cost WAN solution, TPG
  • 1997 2nd largest ISP in Australia, One.Net/One.tel
  • 1997 Commercial grade VoIP and Telco “bypass”, One.Tel
  • 1998 First 1Gbps backbone/100Mbps to desktop fully integrated multimedia service campus network in Australia, One.Tel
  • 1999 2nd Largest wholesale IP backbone provider in Australia, hybrid satellite/terrestrial solutions, Paradox Digital
  • 2001 Intrinsically safe service station forecourt multimedia solution, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
  • 2002 First commercial MPLS WAN/MAN in Australia, Swiftel
  • 2003 Remote storage (now called Cloud) solutions, Swiftel
  • 2004 Lowest cost producer ISP, Exetel
  • 2005 Bandwidth management automation integrating SQL/Cisco IOS, Exetel
  • 2005 Automate spam reporting/notification system, Exetel
  • 2006 Regional 4G distance 20km+ extension, Exetel
  • 2007 Integrated “one office” international office solutions, Exetel
  • 2008 Staff integrated training/career progression/goal setting system. Exetel
  • 2009 Customer service AI initiative, Exetel
  • 2010 Datacentre cost reduction “Ambient cooling” design, Exetel
  • 2011 Internship and scholarship initiative in Sri Lanka, Exetel
  • 2013 Fully integrated, mostly automated, international business model initiative, SJW Gems
  • 2015 Integrated spreadsheet automated site-wide price updates for corundum
  • 2017 Colour and grading system for gold sheen sapphire