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• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking: Winners

  The winners are in for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking. See who made the top spots.

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Vodafone chief appointed Alcatel Lucent CEO

  Struggling telecoms firm, Alcatel Lucent names its new chief executive officer (CEO) as Michel Combes, to take over from 1 April 2013

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Superfast Wales project gets underway

  The first state-sponsored fibre cabinet is installed in Bangor as part of the Superfast Cymru project to bring faster broadband speeds to Wales

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Case study: City of London School goes wireless

  The independent boy’s school installs a wireless network and mobile device management systems to enable staff, pupils and visitors to get connected

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Tax charges lead to losses for Brocade

  The networking firm reports record revenues, but confirms a tax charge pushed it to report losses of $21m

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Cisco quarterly profits jump 44% to $3.1bn

  Network company Cisco has reported $3.1bn profits for its last quarter, up 44% compared with the same period the year before

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  European Commission funds research to eliminate latency

  Researchers from universities and enterprises across Europe are undertaking a project to minimise latency over the internet

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Mobile operators failing to plan for 4G backhaul

  Network providers not investing in their backhaul to keep performance levels high, despite increase in mobile data and influx of 4G services

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Intel and F5 invest into SDN

  Software defined networking has secured new interest this week with Intel investing into Big Switch Networks and F5 acquiring LineRate Systems

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland

  Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Oracle makes UC buy with Acme Packet

  Silicon Valley giant Oracle expands into the IP networking business with the $1.7bn acquisition of Acme Packet

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  BT keeps profits up by cutting costs as revenues fall

  Cost-cutting operations managed to keep BT in profit for the third quarter despite a 6% decline in the telecoms company's revenues

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  LED technology to bring Wi-Fi over light

  The University of Strathclyde is developing micron-sized LEDs which could be used to provide internet connectivity

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cisco Unified Access connects University of Wales Hospital

  New Catalyst switch, combining wireless and wired access into one product used by University of Wales hospital to benefit patients and staff

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Brighton and East Sussex councils sign £20m PSN deal

  Brighton and East Sussex councils have signed a £20m deal for a public services network expected to save £2m over seven years

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Cisco sells off Linksys to Belkin

  Networking giant Cisco sells its consumer brand Linksys to its rival Belkin for an undisclosed sum

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Nokia bounces back in Q4

  Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Unified Communications boosts Horndean College

  The Hampshire school uses Siemens Enterprise Communications kit to cut costs and provide better services to staff and students

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  ZTE predicts major losses for 2012

  Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Juniper Networks outlines SDN strategy

  Juniper Networks wants to split networking functionalities across virtual machines to give administrators more control and the ability to innovate

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Islip puts up cash for fibre broadband

  The Oxfordshire village of Islip gives BT £11,000 to enable a local cabinet and bring broadband speeds of over 30Mbps to the residents

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Brocade names Lloyd Carney as CEO

  The former Xsigo CEO and ex-Juniper Networks’ chief operating officer, Lloyd Carney, takes over from Mike Klayko with immediate effect

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Welsh government invests £39m in school broadband

  The Learning in Digital Wales Grant will support government efforts to bring online learning tools to pupils across Wales

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Fashion Retail Academy boosts Wi-Fi with Networks First

  The Fashion Retail Academy (FRA) has worked with Networks First to bring improved Wi-Fi connectivity to its staff and students

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation

  WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices

• January 04, 2013 04 Jan'13

  Huawei revenues to smash $35bn for 2012

  The CEO reveals a 10% rise on both profits and revenues as the controversial Chinese firm pledges to “become more open and transparent” in 2013

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Wi-Fi Alliance to merge with WiGig

  The wireless technology will retain its WiGig name but the standard will be looked after by the Wi-Fi Alliance

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Samsung requests US ban on Ericsson products

  Samsung has filed a complaint against several Ericsson products with the US International Trade Commission (ITC).

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 mobile stories of 2012

  Undoubtedly 2012 has been another big year for mobile. From high-profile launches to security scares, from hot tablets entering the enterprise to huge players trailing with their tails between their legs, mobile is certainly the direction in which ...

• December 21, 2012 21 Dec'12

  Suffolk cuts costs by 30% with PSN-ready network

  Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%.

• December 20, 2012 20 Dec'12

  Essex County Council signs £81m PSN deal

  Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network (PSN) across its 200,000 users

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  UK users download most mobile data

  The latest International Communications Report from Ofcom shows unlimited data tariffs and large allowances are encouraging UK users to download more data on their mobiles than many other countries

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  HP in talks with BT to offer network as a service

  The Network Advantage Programme will enable communications service providers to offer ‘pay per port’ services to businesses of all sizes

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  IBM industrialises silicon and optical nanotechnology for big data

  IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90nm die capable of transferring data at 25Gbps.

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Emulex buys Endace for $130m

  Networking company Emulex hopes to boost its performance management skills by acquiring Endace

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  Networking services market to fall in next two years

  While more than half of firms have used networking services, just 33% plan to use them again over the next two years, says research

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  EU gives green light to £530m superfast broadband plans

  The government has been given the green light by the European Union to roll out £530m in broadband funding, intended to bring superfast broadband to 90% of homes, and a minimum speed of 2Mbps.

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Why Cisco chooses acquisition over R&D

  As networking giant Cisco buys its ninth company in less than a year, Computer Weekly asks, why the focus on acquisitions?

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Cisco buys Cloupia for $125m

  Networking giant Cisco continues to add to its arsenal with the acquisition of datacentre software company Cloupia

• November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12

  Cisco profits jump 18% thanks to datacentre strategy

  Cisco reports an 18% rise in profits, hitting $2.1bn for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2013, on the back of its integrated datacentre systems

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  BT wins Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire broadband contract

  Telecoms giant BT has won yet another of the BDUK contracts for rolling out superfast broadband, but it is still waiting for approval from the EU

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  BT trials 10Gbps line in Cornwall

  BT is trialling a 10Gbps broadband connection using ZTE kit to a business in Cornwall in an attempt to future proof its network

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  BT: “We weren't meant to be the choice for Cumbria”

  Liv Garfield, head of BT’s Openreach division, defends BT’s dealings with the £40m bid to roll out superfast broadband across rural Cumbria

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  BT revenues plummet as broadband roll-out accelerates

  BT’s sales have fallen, despite being ahead of schedule with its broadband roll-out, with Global Services and Retail performing the worst

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Southwark Council outsources IT transformation

  Southwark Council is upgrading all the IT that supports the delivery of council services, through a deal with Capita

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  'Digital skills as crucial to UK as superfast broadband,' says Vaizey

  UK digital skills must improve to make most of the economic benefits of superfast broadband, said communications minister Ed Vaizey

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  SDN scares big network suppliers

  Cisco, Juniper and Brocade have had to embrace software defined networking or risk their hold on the market, says Emulex’s Sean Walsh

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Huawei admits to being monitored by GCHQ

  Huawei has admitted to working closely with government security arm GCHQ as part of review into security practices

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  TalkTalk CEO calls for regulatory intervention on superfast broadband

  Dido Harding, the CEO of TalkTalk, has called for regulatory intervention into the superfast broadband market to encourage greater competition

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Samsung posts record profits as smartphone sales soar

  South Korean electronics company Samsung records a 91% rise in profits as smartphone sales and display shipments rocket

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Rezidor Hotel Group rolls out 100Mbps network

  Rezidor Hotel Group is using Exponential-e's network to provide superfast internet connections to hotel chains Radisson Blu and Park Inn

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  Juniper Networks profit collapses by 80%

  Juniper Networks blames restructuring costs, along with cautious customer spending, for plummet in profits shown in Q3 results

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  Datacentre traffic will grow four times by 2016, predicts Cisco

  Global datacentre traffic will grow four times by 2016 to reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually, forecasts Cisco Systems’ Global Cloud Index

• October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12

  Fife Council to slash £2.4m with PSN

  Fife Council will slash £2.4m from its network infrastructure costs over the next four years by moving to a public services network (PSN)

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  BT and Virgin Media slam Birmingham broadband plans

  BT and Virgin Media have complained to the EC about a state-funded broadband network in Birmingham that will overlap with areas already covered by their fibre

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  Nokia revenues fall again in third quarter 2012

  Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia reports falling revenues for Q3 2012 as it pins its hopes on Microsoft's launch of Windows Phone 8

• October 17, 2012 17 Oct'12

  ZTE targets local government for UK growth

  Despite security controversy, Chinese firm ZTE’s UK head of sales tells Computer Weekly one of its first targets will be local government

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  Interoute switches on 100GbE network

  Network provider Interoute is using Infinera technology to bring bigger bandwidth to enterprise and service provider customers

• October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12

  Scottish universities provide superfast rural broadband

  The University of Edinburgh and the University of the Highlands and Islands help to bring superfast broadband to rural areas of Scotland

• October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12

  O2 blames network node for outage

  10% of O2’s customers were unable to make calls, receive texts or download data last week after a network node for connecting traffic failed

• October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12

  Case Study: Groupon gets a remote voice with Natterbox

  Inspired by the Olympics, Groupon adopts a UK-wide cloud PBX solution to integrate with its Salesforce deployment through Natterbox

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  UK beats France and Germany for superfast broadband, says BSG

  The UK has one of the fastest adoption rates of superfast broadband in Europe, according to the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG)

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Parliament to look at UK involvement of Huawei

  A parliamentary select committee is looking into Huawei’s operations in the UK following controversy around the safety of using the firm’s technology

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Patchy uptake hinders Public Service Network roll-out

  Key players involved in deploying the Public Service Network (PSN) say progress is being made, but different approaches are slowing it down

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  Huawei kicks off £1.3bn investment with new headquarters

  Chinese networking company Huawei to take 140,000ft² in Reading as part of its £1bn investment into its UK business over the next five years

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  UK needs more ambition for fibre broadband strategy

  With less than 1% of UK households served with fibre-to-the-home broadband, the FTTH Council calls on the government to be more ambitious with its schemes

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Cisco acquires vCider

  Cisco has acquired vCider, a provider of virtual network overlay technology to boost its cloud strategy and SDN capabilities

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Cisco appoints two new presidents

  The appointment of new executives raises further questions as to when Cisco’s long-serving CEO, John Chambers, will step down

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service

  The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  HP revamps portfolio for software-defined networking

  Supplier claims additions will bring capabilities of software-defined networking to infrastructure, control software and application layers

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  BT does deal to manage British American Tobacco network

  BT will provide remote access, network security and supplier management for British American Tobacco’s wide area network

• October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12

  Labour pushes for spectrum cash to be spent on housing

  With up to £4bn expected to be made from the 4G spectrum auction, The Labour Party calls on government to spend the money on building affordable housing

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Buro Happold adopts Polycom video conferencing

  Engineering firm Buro Happold cut costs and travel time with video conferencing facilities using Polycom RMXs and Microsoft Lync

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Small cells could be the answer to mobile performance

  Virgin Media Business is hoping to wholesale its fibre broadband to mobile operators so they can incorporate small cells into their networks and boost mobile signal

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  BT announces 163 broadband exchanges

  BT will bring fibre broadband to 163 more exchanges across the UK throughout 2013

• September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12

  Buckinghamshire County Council awards PSN contract

  Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) has signed a four-year deal with Updata for a public services network worth up to £100m

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Intel makes breakthrough on digital radio chips

  After 10 years of research, Intel Labs finally reveals fully digital radio transceivers that fit on 32nm system-on-chips (SoCs)

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  European suppliers shy away from cloud radio networks

  European suppliers have given a cool response to Intel technology enabling mobile providers to cut basestation hardware, says Intel’s CTO

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Cut network complexity with Ethernet fabrics and SDN, says Brocade

  Brocade says abstraction layers, such as Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networking (SDN), can eliminate complexity from the network

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Huawei commits to spending £1.2bn in UK

  Chinese telecoms company Huawei has promised to spend £1.2bn in investment and procurement in the UK over the next five years

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Everything Everywhere poised to launch UK 4G mobile network

  Everything Everywhere – rebranded 'EE' – is set to launch high-speed 4G mobile networking in the UK with download speeds up to 40Mbps

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Circuit breakers could mitigate risk in automated trading

  Merchant banks that automate trading could use circuit-breaking technology to reduce problems caused by stock market volatility

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Alcatel-Lucent creates chief operating officer role

  The COO job will be taken by its current CFO Paul Tufano as Alcatel-Lucent tries to turn around its fortunes

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Solitaire builds first IP payphones

  Solitaire introduces IP connectivity to its payphones to increase functionality and lower call charges

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Will fibre deregulation for ISPs hasten or hold back broadband roll-out?

  As culture secretary Maria Miller cuts planning rules for ISPs building fibre cabinets, resistance from councils could restrain broadband roll-out

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Government invests into shared Janet education network

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills allocates £30m of funding for the Janet network to serve schools, colleges and universities

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Interview: Channel 4 CIO on the IT behind the broadcasting of the Paralympic Games

  The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, and gave the IT team an equally complex project

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Maria Miller lets ISPs build fibre cabinets without council permission

  Culture minister Maria Miller unveils rules for broadband deployment, allowing ISPs to install cabinets without local council consent

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  BT network consolidation saves Surrey County Council £5m

  Telecoms giant BT signs a deal with Surrey County Council to bring together at least 20 of its public services onto one network and save £5m

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet

  We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Irish environment department goes green with Polycom

  Around 900 government workers will be able to use the unified communications system for video and content sharing

• August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  Enterprise wireless LAN sales jump 26% in Q2 2012

  Q2 figures show businesses are investing in wireless networks despite the economic downturn, according to analyst organisation Dell’Oro

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  Smartphones to kill off landlines within five years

  New research from Virgin Media Business claims smartphones will make the office landline redundant within five years

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  Everything Everywhere signs MasterCard to develop mobile payments

  MasterCard is to work with Everything Everywhere to develop mobile payments exclusively for the mobile network operator’s customers

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Enterprise network kit continues to boom in recession

  New research from IDC shows revenues for both Ethernet switches and routers are growing regardless of the economic climate

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Samsung to power 3’s 4G network

  The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  Isle of Wight College goes wireless with Brocade

  Campus-wide wireless network and internet telephony aims to boost student and staff productivity and cut costs

• August 17, 2012 17 Aug'12

  Brocade CEO steps down on results day

  Mike Klayko announced he will leave the networking firm after seven years in charge on the day it reports a 10% rise in revenues

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Cisco boosts sales and income in 2012

  The networking giant announces a 7% rise in sales for the year, along with income of $8bn

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  John Linwood, BBC CTO, on the Olympics output and digitisation

  The BBC’s chief technology officer John Linwood talks about managing record-breaking Olympics online viewing and the digital future of the BBC