Network software

Citrix adds mobile functionality to push into smartphones and tablets

Virtualisation firm Citrix hopes extra functionality and its own application store will encourage more customers to adopt its mobile solutions  News | 22 May 2013

Department for Transport rolls out IP telephony

The central government department chooses Azzurri for the new system, signing a five-year contract worth £1m  News | 15 May 2013

Can VMware capture the cloud with its software-defined datacentre strategy?

According to VMware, a software defined datatcentre is the foundation of a hybrid cloud to help businesses deliver ITaaS  Analysis | 02 May 2013

Brocade outlines on-demand datacentre strategy

Brocade has developed a strategy for an “on-demand datacentre” which combines physical and virtual networking elements  News | 30 Apr 2013

Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics

The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions  Case Study | 30 Apr 2013

Vendors form OpenDaylight Project for SDN

Networking industry's big names form OpenDaylight Project - an open source framework for SDN - under Linux Foundation’s umbrella  News | 08 Apr 2013

CW Buyer's Guide: Software-defined networking

Computer Weekly looks at how SDN can give IT administrators greater control over the network infrastructure and make it more flexible and agile part of the business.  Free download | 08 Apr 2013

Vanhamme: 'The start of the journey for Dell'

Dell’s newest EMEA executive, Dominique Vanhamme, has high hopes for his firm to take on the big incumbents with network virtualisation  Interview | 03 Apr 2013

Oracle continues telecoms push with Tekelec buy

Larry Ellison’s firm continues its move into the telecoms space with its latest acquisition  IT suppliers | 25 Mar 2013

Study casts doubts on cost-effectiveness of telehealth

Telehealth is not a cost-effective treatment, according to an in-depth study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)  News | 25 Mar 2013

The dark side of software-defined datacentres

As different suppliers have different strategies for software-defined datacentres, is the lack of standards leading to chaos?  Feature

Do businesses need to pay for VoIP?

Free services offer VoIP to the masses, but are they reliable enough to use in enterprises or do they need pricey unified communications?  Feature

The history of OpenFlow

Computer Weekly takes a look back at the beginnings of the software-defined networking protocol and the technology behind it  Feature

Management tools to create a Workload-Centric Network

Software-defined networking provides the means to automate networks to better support a range of different workloads.  Feature

SDN will change the world of network professionals

By providing the capability to move a large proportion of a switch’s work to an abstracted software layer, SDN is the way forward.  Feature

SDN will transform your network – but not just yet

Software-defined networking (SDN) will revolutionise the router and switch business and wipe millions off costs. So what’s holding it up?  Feature

Top 10 networking stories of 2012

We give a run down of the top 10 stories in the networking industry throughout 2012  Top Ten

The IT challenges of building Heathrow's Terminal 2

Neil Clark, CIO of Heathrow, reveals the IT challenges behind the airport's futuristic Terminal 2 building  Feature

Top 10 supplier profiles 2012

Download in-depth reports on leading IT suppliers from Computer Weekly  Top 10

BYOD policy gives London university users network access flexibility

A London university has undergone a network infrastructure upgrade to make way for a BYOD policy, offering staff and students more network access flexibility and capabilities.  Case study

Preparing your teams for software defined networking

Software defined networking may offer a more reliable and automated network, but administrators need to be prepared before they introduce it to their environment  Opinion

Forrester: Networking predictions for 2013

Senior Forrester analyst Andre Kindness reveals his predictions for the networking industry in 2013  Opinion

Forrester: Harnessing mobile UC to transform the business

The appeal of unified communications (UC) has been the convergence of all business communication applications across the range of enterprise interfaces, including the PC, telephone, web, and mobile  Opinion

Gartner: Investigations must be done carefully and correctly

Human activity is becoming increasingly virtualised. With routine communications and daily activities starting on workstations and taking place across enterprise networks and the internet, it is only to be expected that this is accompanied by a comme...  Opinion

Opinion: An asset with little value can be a big problem

I was recently part of a team that carried out a network and web application penetration test on the external network of a large UK company. Out...  Opinion

Patches encourage lax security processes

I have been in the network security game for over a decade and I am still amazed at the number of organisations that only think about their network security...  Opinion

Cloud computing faces security storm

A storm-front is brewing for cloud computing, writes Paul Zimski, vice-president of market strategy at Lumension. As developers continue to reach towards the sky with insecure infrastructure, the chances for a disastrous squall increase every day.  Opinion

Network security: get a complete view of your network

Network security: get a complete view of your network

By Ofir Arkin and Ray Binnion

What's on your network?

This is a simple question but...

Infosecurity 2008 - Taking security into your own hands

Fingerprint biometrics is emerging as the authentication method of choice for access to enterprise data, applications and networks, writes Jim Fulton, vice-president of DigitalPersona.  Opinion

Tackling the network eavesdropping risk

Why do network security problems persist? While wireless network security issues continue to make current headlines, attention has been drawn away from the fact that wired networks are often affected by many of the same weaknesses. As a result, our v...  Opinion

Video: No desk, no office - Microsoft experiments with future of work

Microsoft is using its Dutch headquarters as part of a radical experiment that the company believes could demonstrate the future of the workplace.  Video

Interviews from the Get Ahead 08 event

ComputerWeekly went along to the Get Ahead 2008 event and spoke to speakers from Star Internet, Microsoft and Armstrong Communications about their presentations.  Video

Podcast: Gartner - Steve Prentice on IT in the economic downturn

Gartner fellow Steve Prentice talks to Computer Weekly's Ian Grant at the Gartner Symposium / IT Xpo in Cannes, November 2008. Steve discusses what to do when times are hard, from where to cut costs, to where to spend.  Podcast

Beating the threat of spam – a ComputerWeekly podcast

Ever since the first spam email message was sent back in 1978 to 393 recipients on Arpanet, unsolicited email messages have been causing a headache for IT managers. Dealing with the constant influx of spam costs not only money but time as well.  Podcast

Supplier profile: Cisco

In this Cisco supplier profile you will find news, tips and research on the vendor.  guide

London 2012 Olympic Games Coverage

Read all our London Olympics IT coverage so far including IT preparations, the website, power concerns and the creation of thousands of new jobs.  guide

The network administrators’ guide

In our network administrator tutorial, learn about network security and network management.  guide

Citrix adds mobile functionality to push into smartphones and tablets

Virtualisation firm Citrix hopes extra functionality and its own application store will encourage more customers to adopt its mobile solutions  News

Department for Transport rolls out IP telephony

The central government department chooses Azzurri for the new system, signing a five-year contract worth £1m  News

Can VMware capture the cloud with its software-defined datacentre strategy?

According to VMware, a software defined datatcentre is the foundation of a hybrid cloud to help businesses deliver ITaaS  Analysis

The dark side of software-defined datacentres

As different suppliers have different strategies for software-defined datacentres, is the lack of standards leading to chaos?  Feature

Brocade outlines on-demand datacentre strategy

Brocade has developed a strategy for an “on-demand datacentre” which combines physical and virtual networking elements  News

Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics

The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions  Case Study

Do businesses need to pay for VoIP?

Free services offer VoIP to the masses, but are they reliable enough to use in enterprises or do they need pricey unified communications?  Feature

Vendors form OpenDaylight Project for SDN

Networking industry's big names form OpenDaylight Project - an open source framework for SDN - under Linux Foundation’s umbrella  News

CW Buyer's Guide: Software-defined networking

Computer Weekly looks at how SDN can give IT administrators greater control over the network infrastructure and make it more flexible and agile part of the business.  Free download

Vanhamme: 'The start of the journey for Dell'

Dell’s newest EMEA executive, Dominique Vanhamme, has high hopes for his firm to take on the big incumbents with network virtualisation  Interview