New Member Portal
Earlier this month, we made the hard call to postpone the launch of the new IAA Member Portal due to a couple of updates that required adequate testing. The new launch date is now Wednesday, 7 September 2022 at 7:00am AWST / 9:00am AEST. We would like to remind all members to look out for […]
Systers 2022
The countdown is on for our second IAASysters program. We’ve changed the workshop’s content slightly this year, so attendees get more career planning and presentation skills training. The sessions will be delivered by prominent industry professionals: Cheryl Alderman from Be Ultimate Coaching will run the Career Planning session. The session Cheryl ran earlier this year […]
Meet the Member – Richard Thompson
This month’s Meet the Member segment features another fantastic board member, Richard Thompson. Richard currently works as Cloudflare’s Engineering Manager, focusing on the edge network and backbone. He first joined IAA in November 2020 when he moved back into the region after living abroad and wanted an opportunity to get to know and work with […]
EoY Member Events
This year we will be continuing our tradition of running state based end of year member events. We’re opening registrations early this year, and if you would like to attend the event in your state, head over to the member portal to register. End of Year Events: Perth – Tuesday, 29 November 2022 MV River […]
Lawful Intercept on the Cheap – Event Recap
Last week we held our first online event for 2022! We hosted this event as we wanted to give our members an idea of how this can be done without breaking the bank, as regulatory compliance usually comes at a significant cost for those who have to comply. We were fortunate to have a panel […]
Catching up with Gavin Tweedie
A few months back, one of our staff members caught up with Gavin Tweedie, IAA/WAIA’s first ever employee! Gavin was WA-IX’s Peering Engineer from 2000-2006, before moving to iiNet as a Network Engineer for eight years. His latest role is with Megaport as the Product Manager of Interconnection. Gavin first became involved with WA-IX as […]
REMINDER: Prepare Asset Information Under New Obligations
Under a new carrier licence condition and determination for eligible CSPs, telcos must provide the CISC with operational information in relation to their telecommunications assets, so it can be included in a register by 7 October 2022. Where an entity other than a carrier or eligible CSP holds a direct interest of at least 10% […]
AusNOG 2022
We’re back at AusNOG again this year with quite a few of our team attending, including some new faces for the booth to greet you all. We’ve got a new funky 90’s themed give away t-shirt, so be sure to stop by and say hello. We always enjoy catching up with members.
NBN Co Revised SAU Seems More Promising, but Concerns Still Remain
NBN Co is now working on the revised Standard Access Undertaking after withdrawing its previous SAU, which was met with industry-wide criticism in late July. Its discussion paper released earlier this month is a lot more promising and includes a number of changes that which industry has been largely supportive of, notwithstanding remaining concerns on […]