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August 29, 2005 29 Aug'05
VoIP for SMBs: Cutting edge and cutting costs

Thinking of VoIP? So is everybody else. Yankee Group offers some pointers for cutting through the hype.
August 29, 2005 29 Aug'05
Storage area network quiz

It's all about the storage area network (SAN) -- man. The more you know, the easier it is. Take our SAN quiz and find out where you stand as a SAN guru.
August 25, 2005 25 Aug'05
Securing the voice network

Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP telephony (IPT) are the hot tickets in the current IT industry.
August 24, 2005 24 Aug'05
Wimax wireless trial to roll out in the Midlands

Internet service provider Pipex and wireless networking firm Airspan are to roll out a wireless broadband trial in the Midlands using Wimax technology.

August 23, 2005 23 Aug'05
Blue Arrow extends SAN to support Exchange

Recruitment company Blue Arrow has extended its EMC-based storage area network (SAN) and Legato backup system to support Microsoft Exchange, as part of its IT consolidation strategy.
August 23, 2005 23 Aug'05
More radio spectrum for RFID devices

Ofcom has increased the amount of radio spectrum available for use by radio frequency identification (RFID) equipment used to track items in the supply chain. But the move has not addressed concerns about the international compatibility of RFID tags.
August 18, 2005 18 Aug'05
EMC set to acquire Rainfinity

EMC is to acquire network virtualisation company Rainfinity to support businesses deploying network attached storage (NAS).
August 16, 2005 16 Aug'05
Is it time for a VoIP firewall?

Some say enterprises may soon need a special firewall to thwart the malicious hackers, spoofers and other threats that can imperil VoIP and other SIP-related communications.
August 16, 2005 16 Aug'05
UPS invests in RFID asset tracking

Parcel giant UPS has taken a stake in US-based G2 Microsystems, which makes radio frequency identification (RFID) chips for managing and tracking mobile devices over Wi-Fi networks.
August 02, 2005 02 Aug'05
Wireless security: Why such a bad rap?

The state of WiFi security might not be as bad as you think. If you listen to panelists at the CIO Decisions conference, wireless security isn't an oxymoron.

August 02, 2005 02 Aug'05
BT cuts SDL broadband rate

BT has announced a 30% price cut for its symmetrical digital subscriber line products, in a bid to stimulate the SDSL market.
August 02, 2005 02 Aug'05
Tibco links RFID data to ERP apps

Tibco Software has introduced software for integrating radio frequency identification data with enterprise applications.
July 26, 2005 26 Jul'05
VoIP encryption to have 'Pretty Good Privacy
July 22, 2005 22 Jul'05
Orange delivers next-generation 3G mobile office card with wi-fi technology

New technology delivers faster Internet access, flexibility and simpler management
July 18, 2005 18 Jul'05
Airbus rolls out VoIP to 40,000 staff in drive to cut costs and boost collaboration

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is migrating to an IP telephony system for 40,000 of its users across three sites in the UK and France.
July 12, 2005 12 Jul'05
Tony Asaro: Blogs and more

Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts.
July 11, 2005 11 Jul'05
Reuters rolls out VoIP system for 3,000 staff at Canary Wharf HQ

Reuters has installed an IP network in its new London headquarters that will allow staff to make voice over IP calls while moving around the office environment.
July 11, 2005 11 Jul'05
Council saves £2.2m with IP telephony

Trafford Council has more than halved its telephony costs from £4.6m to £2.4m since investing in an IP telephony system last May.
July 08, 2005 08 Jul'05
Wi-Fi hacker charged

Police in the US have arrested a Florida man for an alleged Wi-Fi hack.
July 08, 2005 08 Jul'05
Instant messaging security attacks soar 2,700%

The threat of new instant messaging security attacks to enterprises has rocketed 2,700% in the second quarter of the year, according to instant messaging security researcher IMlogic.
July 05, 2005 05 Jul'05
Trafford halves comms costs with IP

Trafford council has more than halved its telephony costs from £4.6m to £2.4m after investing in an IP telephony system from Alcatel last May.
July 05, 2005 05 Jul'05
Paris Hilton pics land man in court

A 34-year-old man who sent an indecent image of the hotel heiress Paris Hilton over his mobile phone to a 13-year-old boy has been placed on the sex offenders register.
July 04, 2005 04 Jul'05
Cardiff chosen to test BT's 21st Century Network

BT has chosen Cardiff and the surrounding area to build and test the first portion of its £10bn UK-wide 21st Century Network (21CN).
June 30, 2005 30 Jun'05
Faster Java RFID readers from Sun

Sun Microsystems has launched an improved range of Java-enabled radio frequency identification (RFID) reader platforms to deliver faster processing times.
June 30, 2005 30 Jun'05
Ofcom consults industry on BT's fairer telecoms proposals

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a series of consultations following last week’s announcement that BT has agreed to restructure its business to create a fairer telecoms market.
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
Wal-Mart woos SMEs

Radio frequency identification trailblazer Wal-Mart has urged SMEs to adopt the technology, insisting that it is not only big business that stands to gain.
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
BT Bluephone makes mobile and fixed phone convergence a reality

BT has launched a broadband phone service that allows users to use the same phone in the office, at home and on a mobile network.
June 20, 2005 20 Jun'05
German store beats Tesco to Gen 2 RFID

German retailer Metro Group has installed a fully functioningsecond generation radio frequency identification (RFID) system at its Future Store in Rheinberg, Germany.
June 14, 2005 14 Jun'05
Nokia and Avaya offer companies cheaper mobile call costs

Avaya and Nokia have developed a solution to allow companies to cut their mobile calling costs.
June 14, 2005 14 Jun'05
Microsoft builds major enterprise Wi-Fi network

Microsoft is to build one of the world’s largest enterprise wireless networks.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
Red tape hinders Tesco RFID plan

Plans by Tesco to roll out the UK's largest radio frequency identification project are being held up by red tape surrounding ultra high-frequency tag technology.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
Gartner underscores five overblown threats

Two Gartner analysts debunk five overhyped security risks they claim are causing companies to miss out on some key emerging technologies.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
Microsoft to aid RFID deployment

Microsoft has unveiled plans to develop an IT infrastructure to support the deployment of radio frequency identification technology.
June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05
T-Mobile reports huge Wi-Fi growth for US

T-Mobile USA is reporting big growth in the number of users of its Wi-Fi hotspot services.
June 10, 2005 10 Jun'05
Intel and Nokia develop mobile WiMAX broadband

Intel and Nokia have joined forces to develop mobile WiMAX technology in an effort to achieve standardisation for the wireless broadband solution
June 07, 2005 07 Jun'05
Toshiba offers SMEs IP telephony solution

Toshiba has launched an IP telephony solution for SMEs that aims to support low-cost contact centre applications and voice over IP.
June 06, 2005 06 Jun'05
AT&T and Microsoft announce IT services alliance

In a deal that the parties are claiming as “revolutionary” and “groundbreaking”, IT services provider ATT and Microsoft have entered into a strategic alliance for the development, deployment and delivery of next-generation Internet Protocol (IP)-...
June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Sun buys out StorageTek for 2.3bn

Sun Microsystems is to buy StorageTek in a 2.3bn deal that will create a giant network computing and data management firm. Users stand to gain from an end-to-end storage line and stronger service and support, said analyst IDC.
June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Hackers target VoIP

Hackers are focusing on voice over IP (VoIP) services, looking for new ways to steal information or disrupt services
June 02, 2005 02 Jun'05
Virgin overhauls storage to cope with Sweetie and Crazy Frog

Virgin Mobile is halfway through a full-scale storage redesign and implementation, centred on Network Appliance (NetApp) storage...
May 27, 2005 27 May'05
Networks news in brief

Short takes from this week's network news
May 25, 2005 25 May'05
TeleWare grows enterprise hosted IT

TeleWare continues to expand in the UK enterprise market.
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Suppliers fight Oz's key Wi-Fi patent

Some of the world’s top IT suppliers are trying to cancel what is described as a key US wireless Lan patent held by the...
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Hospital tags patients with RFID wristbands

A German hospital is to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to help track patients and administer the correct...
May 17, 2005 17 May'05
RFID strategy will boost future ROI

Nigel Montgomery, director of European research at analyst firm AMR, has welcomed the arrival of RFID integration software from...
May 11, 2005 11 May'05
A new era of computer worms: Wireless mobile worms

In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm.
May 11, 2005 11 May'05
Sun expands product range with acquisitions

Sun Microsystems is expanding in the thin client and network attached storage (NAS) markets with the acquisition of Tarantella...
May 11, 2005 11 May'05
Cisco sales and profits up

Cisco Systems has reported increased sales and net profits for the third quarter ended 30 April.
May 09, 2005 09 May'05
Metro demonstrates next generation RFID system

Metro Group, the world's third largest retailer, has held the first public demonstration of the next generation of radio...
May 09, 2005 09 May'05
VoIP to cut costs for ScottishPower

ScottishPower is delivering voice over IP between five regional control centres to slash communications costs.
May 06, 2005 06 May'05
Bluetooth mobile worm spreads further

Finnish mobile security software firm F-Secure is warning that the Cabir mobile phone worm has now been spotted in Luxembourg.
May 06, 2005 06 May'05
Remote control mobile-to-desktop link launched

A new remote PC access product promises to let users conduct searches of their office and home PCs from any web-enabled device.
May 05, 2005 05 May'05
Cisco develops wireless tracking of people inside a WLan

Cisco has developed a wireless tracking appliance that can be used to track people within the area of an installed wireless local...
May 05, 2005 05 May'05
Colt voice services first

Data, voice and managed services provider Colt has launched what it claimed is Europe’s first flat rate IP telephony service for...
May 05, 2005 05 May'05
Infocorp opts for hSo IP service

In a move to enhance its offering, leading market research company, Infocorp, has selected hSo to provide and manage a VoIP...
May 03, 2005 03 May'05
After trial and error, drug maker deploys RFID

Purdue Pharma, among the earliest SAP adopters of RFID, is tracking its most sensitive drugs with the technology. SAP plans to launch industry specific software to deal with RFID deployment and data integration challenges.
April 25, 2005 25 Apr'05
RFID gets all-clear for German national roll-out

Germany is set to roll out a national radio frequency identification (RFID) ticketing system for its public transport systems...
April 21, 2005 21 Apr'05
The future is broadband

Orange has outlined its vision for delivering mobile broadband solutions to customers
April 21, 2005 21 Apr'05
Tellyfone switches on mobile TV

Tcomm UK has launched what it claims is the UK’s first cross-platform, independent mobile TV service.
April 21, 2005 21 Apr'05
Intel delivers WiMax silicon

Intel has launched its first WiMax product to give equipment manufacturers and carriers the ability to deliver next-generation...
April 21, 2005 21 Apr'05
Swyx PBX targets IP telephony costs

Swyx has launched Swyxware VoIP PBX v4.4 to reduce the cost of deploying IP telephony.
April 20, 2005 20 Apr'05
Intel back to double-digit growth

Intel has reported first-quarter revenue up 17% to $9.4bn (£5.22bn) and a 25% increase in net profits to $2.2bn (£1.22bn).
April 19, 2005 19 Apr'05
Brit surfers ride broadband wave

Broadband now accounts for 43% of all internet connections in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.
April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05
Digitalk launches SIP tools to boost VoIP

Digitalk has developed a set of session initiation protocol (SIP) technologies.
April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05
Enterprise Wlan market at crossroads

The enterprise Wlan market is at an interesting crossroads according to market researcher In-Stat.
April 11, 2005 11 Apr'05
News in brief

Short takes on this week's
April 08, 2005 08 Apr'05
Windsor hotel goes wi-fi for Royal wedding

The Harte & Garter Hotel in Windsor is turning itself into a giant wi-fi broadband press centre for hundreds of international...
April 04, 2005 04 Apr'05
RFID tags get speed boost

RFID supplier Impinj is about to start shipping radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags based on the more powerful Gen 2...
March 30, 2005 30 Mar'05
HP adapters enable a unified network fabric

Hewlett-Packard is offering the industry's first multi-function networking adapters to provide a "unified fabric" for networks,...
March 30, 2005 30 Mar'05
Council opts for Thus as sole voice provider

Stirling Council has selected Thus as a single provider to deliver, manage and maintain its voice communications network.
March 24, 2005 24 Mar'05
Microsoft updates iSCSI storage

Microsoft is preparing to launch version 2.0 of its iSCSI software to improve Windows-based server connectivity to enterprise...
March 23, 2005 23 Mar'05
Emergency call failure puts VoIP supplier in dock

Voice over IP phone company Vonage is being sued by the Texas attorney general for allegedly failing to warn users that an...
March 21, 2005 21 Mar'05
Wireless networks in London 'less secure'

The security of wireless networks in London has deteriorated over the past 12 months, according to a report commissioned by RSA...
March 18, 2005 18 Mar'05
Quality and security hold back IP-telephony

According to analyst Frost & Sullivan, the internet is prone to serious security vulnerabilities such as viruses, worms, denial...
March 18, 2005 18 Mar'05
Wicom announces new version of its hosted VoIP suite

Wicom Communications, a leading European provider of all-IP contact centre products and VoIP enterprise telephony software for...
March 17, 2005 17 Mar'05
Secure Wireless Access

This excerpt from Chapter 11 of Roberta Bragg's "Hardening Windows Systems" describes how to secure wireless access.
March 16, 2005 16 Mar'05
Standards booster for satellite broadband

Easier implementation of satellite broadband services will be possible with the adoption of the first broadband satellite...
March 15, 2005 15 Mar'05
Single provider to run entire council voice network

Stirling Council has selected Thus as a single provider to deliver, manage and maintain its voice communications network.
March 15, 2005 15 Mar'05
Security slides on London’s corporate wireless networks

Security of wireless networks in London has deteriorated over the past 12 months according to a report commissioned by RSA...
March 15, 2005 15 Mar'05
HP unveils first multi-function networking adapters

HP is offering the industry's first multi-function networking adapters, which provide a "unified fabric" for networking, storage...
March 14, 2005 14 Mar'05
IT industry calls for tax breaks on broadband and training in Budget

Business and IT groups are hoping for tax incentives in tomorrow's Budget to encourage investment in broadband and help the UK...
March 11, 2005 11 Mar'05
Sun's one stop RFID solution

Sun Microsystems has released the RFID industry solution architecture (ISA) for manufacturing system, a complete package to allow...
March 09, 2005 09 Mar'05
SAP to educate the RFID masses

SAP has announced a strategy to help smaller companies to adopt radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05
Small businesses targeted with RFID
March 02, 2005 02 Mar'05
BT signs Siemens and Nortel for global VoIP push

BT will work with Siemens Communications and Nortel to provide equipment, maintenance and support services to allow the telco’s...
March 02, 2005 02 Mar'05
Patapsco plans for ISDN switch

Telecoms engineering company, Patapsco Communications, has launched PacketBand ISDN, said to be the first Pseudo-Wire1 product to...
March 02, 2005 02 Mar'05
The XConnect factor

XConnect has launched what it claims is the first service which comprehensively interconnects VoIP islands and facilitates...
February 28, 2005 28 Feb'05
EC may curb RFID roll-out

The European Commission could place restrictions on the deployment of radio frequency identification tags following a consult-...
February 24, 2005 24 Feb'05
EC expresses concern over widespread RFID use

A European Commission consultation on the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags has come out against its widespread...
February 23, 2005 23 Feb'05
Figures bolster Wi-Fi VoIP potential

A report by Infonetics Research backs the well-known potential of the VoIP over Wi-Fi market.
February 23, 2005 23 Feb'05
Get the RFID low-down

Intermec Technologies has published a white paper forecasting how RFID will change the supply chain and setting out how...
February 23, 2005 23 Feb'05
Cisco introduces managed VPN certification

Cisco Systems has announced a new Cisco Powered Network designation to help businesses that are converging voice and data...
February 22, 2005 22 Feb'05
No big price cuts in near future, says BT wireless broadband chief

The head of BT’s wireless division has said significant price cuts for Wi-Fi users over the next year are unlikely.
February 21, 2005 21 Feb'05
GNER offers passengers 'always-on' internet service

Kingston Communications has delivered the system to provide a passenger internet service on trains along the GNER East Coast...
February 21, 2005 21 Feb'05
US report adds weight to security doubts about internet telephony

A report by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has warned that the quality of service demanded by voice...
February 18, 2005 18 Feb'05
Co-op set to trial VoIP

United Co-operatives is to trial a voice over IP network to reduce connectivity costs across its food, travel and funeral...
February 17, 2005 17 Feb'05
NetCentrex rolls out IMS

The core infrastructure platform of NetCentrex will offer IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) interfaces by the summer of 2005.
February 17, 2005 17 Feb'05
Merrill Lynch crosses continents with Avaya

Financial management company Merrill Lynch has selected Avaya solutions for its new corporate campus offices spanning three...
February 17, 2005 17 Feb'05
Suppliers warn on VoIP over public internet

Supplier group the VoIP Security Alliance has warned that low-cost telecoms based on converged voice and data networks may not be...
February 16, 2005 16 Feb'05
EMC offers cheaper IP-based storage

EMC has started offering iSCSI-based storage on a new line of its CLARiiON arrays.