Journalist 
Stan Beer
Stan Beer co-founded iTWire in 2005. With 30 plus years of experience working in IT and Australian technology media, Beer has published articles in most of the IT publications that have mattered, including the AFR, The Australian, SMH, The Age, as well as a multitude of trade publications.
ZTE and Heavy Reading release 5G transport white paper on FlexE
Chinese telecoms equipment provider ZTE Corporation has released a white paper “Meeting 5G Transport Requirements With FlexE” together with telecoms research group Heavy Reading.
LinkedIn on the road to ruin under Microsoft
I have never been a fan of social networks, but LinkedIn was a notable exception because it was specifically designed for business networking. I say “was” because some buffoon at Microsoft, the company that bought LinkedIn for US$26 billion two years ago, has just removed its most valuable feature!
Arrest of Huawei CFO a dangerous precedent and threat to global trade
COMMENT: The arrest of the CFO of Huawei Technologies Meng Wanzhou in Canada for the alleged violation of the company trading with Iran in contravention of US sanctions on that country has heightened already shaky trade relations between China and the US. It also threatens relations between China and the wider West.
