All Network Infrastructure News - November 2008

Private sector should drive demand for high-speed broadband

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 26 November 2008
The public sector could not and should not drive demand for high-speed...

Low-cost broadband to help Welsh hill farmers compete with city slickers

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 26 November 2008
Welsh hill farmers will be able to compete with London city slickers for the price they pay for broadband communications from next year. This follows...

Cisco puts the crunch on UK operations over New Year holidays

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 25 November 2008
Network equipment maker Cisco will shut its US and Canadian operations for four days over New Year, and will encourage its British staff to take holiday over the same period, to help save $1bn in costs.

European datacentres running out of capacity as importance grows

Datacentres critically close to exceeding their limits yet senior management failing to understand how essential they are

Virgin Media to cut 2,200 jobs

Virgin Media will starting slashing 2,200 jobs from its workforce from next year to cut costs and help reduce the company's debt. The jobs to go represent...

Mobile operators face penalty if retailers mis-sell

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 10 November 2008
Mobile network operators could face fines of up to 10% of turnover if proposals now...

1,300 redundancies at Nortel Networks after poor third quarter

Nortel Networks is slashing another 1,300 jobs on the back of poor third quarter results. The firm announced 2,200 redundancies last February. The...

US election promises universal internet access

The US presidential election promises to open up broadband access across the US following pledgesby both candidates to giveevery citizenonline access.

Two-thirds of firms are using cloud computing, despite risks

Two in three businesses have embraced cloud-based computing, despite awareness of security and management risks, according to a survey from Citrix.
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