The higher education sector has never been more competitive. In the past two decades, participation in higher education has tripled, state funding has halved, and every university and college is under intense pressure to attract the brightest and best.
Symantec announces Storage Foundation for Windows 5.0, which adds multipathing and testing features; it also preannounced an earnings drop on disappointing Veritas sales.
The police and emergency services are continuing to breathe life into the controversial Tetra Airwave radio system, with the NHS ambulance trusts confirming plans to begin deploying 18,000 Tetra radio terminals within weeks.
Housing services firm Connaught has signed a £5.5m contract with virtual network operator Sirocom to improve how it deploys network services to new sites.