February 2011

February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
GSS cuts public sector team as government sales slow

Global Secure Systems has cut sales and back-office staff in reaction to the massive budget reductions across the public sector. Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Extreme makes redundancies as growth slows

Second quarter profits and sales at Extreme Networks have scraped in at the low-end of previously issued guidance. Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Local difficulties could be lost in the cloud

It appears that resellers are getting concerned about Microsoft's forth coming Office 365 cloud product and how they will fit into the company's plans. Continue Reading

February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Egypt protesters turn to dial-up to beat broadband shut down

The Egyptian government may have switched off the internet in panic last week, but this hasn't stopped ordinary Egyptians from taking to the web. Within hours of the shutdown, ISPs in Europe were springing into action. Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
The companies that could create a decent rural broadband service

Farningham in Kent is the slowest village in Britain, in broadband terms, according to a judgmental study by Top10.com. The village e-jits (slang for slow connectors) download at 1.30Mbps on average. Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Ofcom told to look at practicalities of web site blocking

Ofcom has been handed the task of discovering if the parts of the Digital Economy Act intended to block sites providing illegal content can be blocked. One of the main anti-piracy weapons in the Act is the ability to use the courts to block ... Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Network could grow productivity 5% annually, says Cisco CEO

Speaking this morning at the Cisco Live event in London, Cisco CEO John Chambers has called for European businesses to use their networks to improve productivity in the economic recovery, and warned that there is "no such thing" as a truly secure ... Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Tech sector stands out as M&A target

The prospects of the tech sector being a ripe one for M&A activity look good with the valuations and returns being offered for investors much higher than in other areas of the economy. Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Latest results from the Net: Internet Protocol 4 - Available Addresses 0

We're now down to the last 16 million addresses on IP4, according to Ovum. Which, in internet address space terms, is more or less scraping the barrel. Despite all the warnings that have been given, many big companies and organisations have failed ... Continue Reading
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Waste not want not

Readers hopefully will remember the posting on 21 October that detailed the harsh penalties for breaking the laws on waste packaging. To embellish on the story further, the Environment Agency was given, on 4 January 2011, new civil powers to enforce... Continue Reading

January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Naturally Speaking could make an ideal home sobriety testing kit

An application using Naturally Speaking voice recognition software could flush out drinks and those unfit for office. All we need now is someone to write it. As telecoms advocates, we're permanently aggrieved that the human voice is so underutilised. Continue Reading