Newgen Systems.  Newgen Systems.  Newgen Systems isn't exactly a
household name. The Melbourne-based information technology
company is a modest enterprise, virtually unknown outside the
world of telecommunications and IT professionals.  The company's
publicity brochures and industry presentations are bland and not
particularly informative. They describe Newgen as "a systems
integration and network communications company" and a "niche
player" providing "innovative solutions for complex networking
and IT problems".  Robert Perin, the Australian
telecommunications engineer who founded and still owns the firm
may be a little more forthcoming, describing Newgen as a
"network analytics, monitoring and security organisation", but
he still doesn't give much away.  What Newgen lacks in public
profile, however, it enjoys in strategic positioning.  It sits
in the shadows between the Australian government, Australia's
big telecommunications and internet service providers,
especially Telstra, and the supplier of some of t