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January 07, 2008 07 Jan'08
Fire IT project two years late and £70m overbudget

A government IT project aiming to centralise fire control rooms is two years behind schedule and more than 50% overbudget, according to a report from the Communities and Local Government Committee.
January 06, 2008 06 Jan'08
Forestry firm picks Riverbed WAFS over Cisco

Cisco shop picks Riverbed after head-to-head performance testing between Riverbed's Steelhead appliance and Cisco's wide area application services card.
December 27, 2007 27 Dec'07
Kris Kringle's guide to Mobility

Many see mobility as the next step from VoIP. It was hot in 2007, and it will remain so in 2008. So get some reading done before the new year comes in.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Santa's great storage grudge-match: Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI

Attaching storage to a network used to be so simple - now you have a number of options and no way to decide! We've got your back.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Holiday IPv6 reading guide

IPv6 was a controversial topic in 2007, and for good reason. Learn more in our holiday guide to IPv6.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Christmas open source guide

2007 say a boatload of open source VoIP offerings. Read all about that, plus more, in our holiday open source hamper.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Wireless Christmas hamper

Wireless is all the rage. But it's not easy to do, or do well. Get some holiday guidance with our collection of guides.
December 19, 2007 19 Dec'07
Web conferencing: Adoption grows and evolution continues

As one of the key technologies of unified communications, web conferencing will continue to grow, adding application-sharing and video elements.

December 18, 2007 18 Dec'07
IMS: Moving from legacy to convergence

This chapter download discusses migration plans to move service providers to IMS in well-planned, business-savvy phases.
December 17, 2007 17 Dec'07
Server power consumption rises unabated

A new AMD-sponsored study paints a grim picture of worldwide data centre power use, but there are simple ways to decrease consumption.
December 16, 2007 16 Dec'07
VoIP sales up; Cisco admits security hole; Sipera releases top five vulnerabilities list

This week's news featured VoIP sales increasing, Cisco admitting a serious security hole, and the year's top five VoIP security holes.
December 13, 2007 13 Dec'07
Virtualisation provides utilisation and IT efficiency boost

Yorkshire-based Raleys Solicitors has solved a space problem in its computer room by using virtualisation technology.
December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07
How to be future-ready for IP telephony

IP telephony confidence comes from being future-ready and having a scalable network that can adapt to new market trends.
December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07
Cisco Trusted Security to boost network security, management

Cisco's Trusted Security (TrustSec) hardens network security while easing some management.

December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07
San adoption cuts costs and power

Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction
December 07, 2007 07 Dec'07
EC to use mobile phones to track carbon footprints

New application allows users to see how their daily choices impact climate change in terms of the major greenhouse gases
December 03, 2007 03 Dec'07
Voice over wireless LAN deployment requires constant maintenance

Learn how to monitor, troubleshoot and maintain your voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) deployment.
December 02, 2007 02 Dec'07
Confused about unified communications?

Can you define unified communications, or are you still trying to find a common vendor definition? Gary Audin sheds some light on the vendor meaning of UC.
November 27, 2007 27 Nov'07
Enterprise collaboration tools from consumer market

Consumer-based collaboration tools are finding their way into the enterprise. IT departments can fight the trend, give up and ignore it, or embrace it.
November 26, 2007 26 Nov'07
Ofcom fines broadband provider

Ofcom has fined broadband provider Prodigy £30,000 for failing to comply with requirements to provide information on how it allows customers to switch broadband provider.
November 22, 2007 22 Nov'07
Security's dirty little secret

When Simon Sharwood met AVG's Larry Bridwell, he learned the security industry's dirty little secret.
November 21, 2007 21 Nov'07
Making the case for FCIP and FCoE

FC over IP and FC over Ethernet let companies begin consolidating on one network platform as opposed to maintaining separate FC and Ethernet networks.
November 21, 2007 21 Nov'07
Making the case for FCIP and FCoE

FC over IP and FC over Ethernet let companies begin consolidating on one network platform as opposed to maintaining separate FC and Ethernet networks.
November 21, 2007 21 Nov'07
Experts: Privacy and security officers living in silos

To better deal with the data breach threat, industry experts say security and privacy officers must break out of their silos and work as a team.
November 20, 2007 20 Nov'07
Unified communications considerations for 2008

Unified communications (UC) created awareness and confusion in 2007. Next year, UC will reach the masses and be used to its full potential.
November 19, 2007 19 Nov'07
ITIL -- What network managers need to know

This tip helps network managers about implement IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and explains how it can be beneficial to networking.
November 18, 2007 18 Nov'07
IMS Report Card: IMS Forum issues first IMS reality check

The first IMS Report Card from the IMS Forum offers a reality check on the hype and myths surrounding IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) deployment.
November 16, 2007 16 Nov'07
Redundancy tracker
November 15, 2007 15 Nov'07
Wireless LAN performance

Benchmarking your wireless LAN performance is tricky. This tip examines key issues and offers advice for effectively measuring your WLAN performance.
November 14, 2007 14 Nov'07
Home Office awards £650m e-Borders contract

The Home Office has awarded its £650m eBorders contract to a consortium led by Raytheon Systems.
November 14, 2007 14 Nov'07
Defining unified communications

Read how industry pundits are defining unified communications.
November 13, 2007 13 Nov'07
Network access control server eases guest access

Cisco Network Admission Control Guest Server was released today to help ease guest access and prepare for a larger network access control (NAC) rollout.
November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07
More ICT scholarships inbound

Scholarships for the IT industry totalling a value of $250,000 will be available at the beginning of the coming academic year, it was announced last week.
November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07
More ICT scholarships inbound

Scholarships for the IT industry totalling a value of $250,000 will be available at the beginning of the coming academic year, it was announced last week.
November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07
How to integrate iSCSI and Fibre Channel, and make it work

Learn about eight best practices for integrating iSCSI into a Fibre Channel SAN, as well as best deployment practices for iSCSI.
November 11, 2007 11 Nov'07
Integrating edge assets into networks can cut costs

Proper management of edge assets in a network saves money and time while avoiding headaches.
November 11, 2007 11 Nov'07
IPTV Crash Course: Chapter 3: The Technology of IP Networks

IPTV service utilises basic IP network technology to broadcast television using the internet.
November 07, 2007 07 Nov'07
Configuring VLANs

Learn how to configure a virtual LAN (VLAN) in this step-by-step, automated, 15-minute demo.
November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07
Non-unified communications can cost millions

Fragmented communications are costing companies millions of dollars by disrupting workflow and business processes, a new study has revealed.
November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07
Users leaving Fibre Channel for iSCSI Sans find pros, cons

Users who recently updated aging Fibre Channel equipment with new iSCSI San products have found ease of use can be a double-edged sword.
November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07
Adaptec reports losses

Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.
November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07
CommVault revenues spike after update of Simpana backup app

CommVault attributes a spike in sales to the integration of features such as archiving, replication and search into its backup products.
November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07
Cisco upgrades Catalyst 4500 and 6500 switches

Cisco today released updates to its modular Catalyst 4500 and 6500 switch series to add more capacity, scalability and redundancy.
November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07
LeftHand adds hardware to iSCSI SANs

LeftHand makes its iSCSI SAN software available on two prepackaged appliances; sources indicate the hardware comes from Dell.
November 05, 2007 05 Nov'07
Google announces open source operating system for smartphones

After months of speculation, Google has officially announced Android, an mobile devices OS it's developing in partnership with a wide variety of companies.
November 04, 2007 04 Nov'07
Broaden broadband debate: Comms Alliance

The Communications Alliance has joined the chorus of voices calling for election candidates to broaden the scope of their broadband plans.
November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07
ISCSI storage gets performance makeover

Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.
November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07
Riverbed adds disaster recovery features to WAFS

A new version of Riverbed's software will sense when users are doing massive restores over the Wan and optimise traffic accordingly, the company says.
November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07
Network design: Five ways to lower your costs

Learn how to lower network operating costs without sacrificing utility in this tip on designing a low-cost network.
November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07
NPfIT went ahead after prime minister had 10-minute briefing

A former Whitehall official has revealed that he and his colleagues were given 10 minutes to make the case to the prime minister over what became the world's biggest civil IT-based modernisation programme.