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• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Lords Select Committee slams government broadband plans

  A report from the Communications Committee claims the government is ‘preoccupied with speed’ rather than focusing on the roll-out of broadband to more areas

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Olympic Games 2012: Preparing for a mobile data deluge

  How mobile operators and the Olympic Delivery Authority prepared for the huge demand for mobile traffic expected during London 2012

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  CW500: The technology behind the BBC's Olympics coverage

  BBC CTO John Linwood told Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club about the “terrifying” challenge of providing live coverage of all events at the Olympics

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Huawei Technologies' first half profits drop 22%

  Chinese telecoms giant Huawei saw profits fall 22% to CNY8.79bn (£0.9bn) in its first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership

  Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture

• June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12

  Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers

  Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology

• June 05, 2012 05 Jun'12

  Cisco updates ASR 5500 series for 4G networks

  Cisco's updated ASR 5500 series aims to help businesses with increasing mobile traffic moving across networks as 4G looms

• June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12

  Cambridgeshire launches PSN to cut £1m per year

  Cambridgeshire County Council will save £1m per year with the launch of its public services network (PSN)

• May 28, 2012 28 May'12

  EU to launch trade case against Chinese telcos Huawei and ZTE

  The European Union has accused the two Chinese telecoms firms of obtaining illegal government subsidies and selling products below cost

• May 10, 2012 10 May'12

  European economy dents Cisco forecast

  The stormy outlook for the European economy leads the networking firm to predict a weak quarter

• May 08, 2012 08 May'12

  Canary Wharf stress test underway ahead of London Olympic Games

  Businesses in Canary Wharf are running two days of stress testing to prepare for the London Olympic Games, including flexible staff working

• May 08, 2012 08 May'12

  Avaya provides networking education to Leeds Metropolitan University

  Avaya today announced a deal with Leeds Metropolitan University, which has seen the firm build out a network for the 28,000 staff and students across the organisation’s campuses.

• May 08, 2012 08 May'12

  BT pays out £90m bonus package

  BT will hand out bonuses of nearly £90m after a scheme to improve the company’s struggling global services division paid off

• March 16, 2012 16 Mar'12

  Cisco buys UK video company NDS for $5bn

  Cisco is paying $5bn for NDS, a UK company which specialises in securing subscription TV services

• February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12

  London Borough of Southwark gets 4G connectivity

  Network provider UK Broadband has switched on its first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) system in the London Borough of Southwark

• February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12

  Does the PSN need to happen before the cloud?

  The deployment of public services networks (PSN) will need to happen before widespread uptake of CloudStore services occur, IT heads said at a roundtable meeting.

• February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12

  WAN optimisation: improving the performance of business applications

  How can WAN optimisation support IT consumerisation and cloud computing?

• February 09, 2012 09 Feb'12

  Cisco back on acquisition trail after record quarter

  Cisco Systems has reported record revenues of $11.5bn for the second fiscal quarter that ended 28 January 2012, up 11% on the year-ago quarter, and profits of $2.6bn or 47 cents a share, up 27%.

• February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12

  Cisco unveils product consolidation plan

  Cisco has unveiled details of the product line consolidation it hopes will turn around the company after its struggles with poor financial performance.

• January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12

  Gartner: Enterprise software spending to rise by 6.4% in 2012

  For 2012, Gartner expects telecommunications equipment and enterprise software to see the biggest growth in spite of the looming recession.

• January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12

  Hacktivists plan to use satellites to by-pass internet censorship

  Hacker activists plan to launch communication satellites to overcome the threat of internet censorship.

• December 16, 2011 16 Dec'11

  CIOs must trade off innovation and maintenance in 2012

  CIOs face major challenges in trading off stretched budgets between innovative projects and keeping the business running as usual in 2012.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• November 29, 2011 29 Nov'11

  Standard Life overhauls IT department and cuts jobs

  Insurer Standard Life is to axe a number of IT staff following a review of its IT and operations division.

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  BT second quarter sales fall 2% despite 166,000 new broadband customers

  BT sales fell 2% in its fiscal Q2 despite the addition of 166,000 broadband customers and continued growth in its Openreach and Global Services businesses.

• September 28, 2011 28 Sep'11

  Amazon launches Kindle Fire tablet but experts doubt its use as a business device

  Amazon has confirmed its much-anticipated entry into the tablet market with the US launch of its Kindle Fire device - but analysts doubt it will appeal to corporate IT buyers.

• September 28, 2011 28 Sep'11

  Microsoft starts roll-out of Mango update for Windows Phone 7

  Microsoft has started rolling out the next major version of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, codenamed Mango.

• September 22, 2011 22 Sep'11

  BASF extends BT network contract

  Chemical group BASF has signed a €200m deal with BT for networking 900 BASF sites in more than 80 countries. The contract includes the provision of IP telephony and local network services (managed LAN services) at 300 sites in North and South ...

• September 20, 2011 20 Sep'11

  How to justify the business case for virtual desktop infrastructure licensing

  Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology can cut energy bills, increase business agility and improve mobile working flexibility. But licensing cost and complexity can wipe off the financial savings of VDI deployment. Jenny Williams explores ...

• September 14, 2011 14 Sep'11

  Cisco halves sales forecast as CEO John Chambers eyes Huawei market share

  Following Cisco Systems' warning it is to halve its sales forecast as it struggles with reduced demand and increased competition, CEO John Chambers said he intends to battle with Chinese network provider Huawei.

• September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11

  Openreach expands fibre to 114 more exchanges

  BT Openreach has unveiled 114 exchanges that will be upgraded to deliver fibre broadband as part of its plan to deliver fibre to two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2015.

• September 08, 2011 08 Sep'11

  University challenge: using IT to improve services and reduce costs

  Universities face a balancing act as they become increasingly expected to improve the experiences of more demanding students while making budgets go further, and IT is a critical tool in finding this balance.

• September 01, 2011 01 Sep'11

  Ofcom gives green light to use TV spectrum for rural broadband

  Telecommunications regulator Ofcom has given the go-ahead for internet providers to use unused TV spectrum to deliver broadband to rural areas.

• August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11

  Nokia launches three smartphones running Symbian Belle operating system

  Nokia has unveiled three smartphone devices running its new operating system, Symbian Belle.

• August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11

  Durham University upgrades communications infrastructure and adopts IP telephony

  Durham University is to upgrade its communications infrastructure after signing a deal with Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEC) which will see the university adopt IP telephony.

• August 16, 2011 16 Aug'11

  Information Commissioner calls for more privacy improvements at Google

  The Information Commissioner's Office says an audit at Google's London office shows the company has taken reasonable steps to improve its privacy policies, but could do more.

• August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11

  Blackberry to co-operate with police after youths used BBM to organise riots

  Research in Motion has said that it will co-operate with the police after it was revealed that London rioters used Blackberry Messenger rather than Twitter to organise looting sprees across the capital, with violence later spreading to Birmingham, ...

• August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11

  Sunderland City Council signs multimillion-pound 10-year network deal with BT

  BT will deliver a corporate network connecting 188 sites.

• August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11

  eBay boosts virtual servers with 100 terabytes of flash memory

  Online auction site eBay has deployed more than 100 terabytes of flash memory to power its VMware virtual server infrastructure. The S-class flash storage from solid state disk provider Nimbus is believed to be among the world's largest consolidated...

• August 02, 2011 02 Aug'11

  Amazon closes Android appstore submissions in Germany after Apple lawsuit

  Amazon has closed submissions for its Android app store in Germany following a lawsuit from Apple.

• August 01, 2011 01 Aug'11

  CIO interview: Michael Foster, European vice-president of IT, FedEx Express

  What role should IT play in business? This is the question Michael Foster, vice-president of IT at Fedex Europe, tackles at the global courier. Cliff Saran reports.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  Apple and Samsung overtake Nokia as worldwide smartphone shipments grow 76%

  Nokia's woes continue as Apple and Samsung overtake the Finnish giant to become the largest global smartphone manufacturers, according to analyst figures.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  BSkyB wins 174,000 new broadband subscribers

  BSkyB has reported a surge in its broadband business in yearly results, taking its subscriber base to 711,000.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  KLM deploys RightNow natural language search for mobile website

  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has rolled out software-as-a-service provider RightNow's CX Intent Guide on its mobile website.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Virgin Media sees small drop in business sales, and loses 18,000 broadband users

  Cable telecoms supplier Virgin Media has reported a small drop in business revenue for its second quarter, while the firm also revealed it has lost 18,000 broadband users...

• July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11

  UK fails to make world’s top 10 high-speed broadband countries - but Ireland scrapes in

  The UK has failed to make it into the top 10 countries with the highest average broadband speed, but neighbouring Ireland scrapes in...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Virgin Media trials 1.5Gbps broadband at London's Silicon Roundabout

  Virgin Media has rolled out broadband speeds of up to 1.5Gbps as part of a trial for businesses in the "Silicon Roundabout" area of London...

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  Vodafone increases UK enterprise sales, driven by greater data traffic

  Vodafone's latest results reflect increased use of smartphones and data consumption within the workplace.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Carphone Warehouse uses business process management to increase customer satisfaction

  Retailer Carphone Warehouse is claiming a 25% jump in its customer satisfaction ratings after investing in BPM software to help staff deal with sales, queries and complaints.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Ofcom UK broadband speed map shows wide areas of internet underinvestment

  An interactive map of broadband speeds has revealed large sections of the UK need investment in internet connectivity.