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Network routing and switching

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Tesco signs deal with Verizon for ‘single global network’

  Tesco will link its network across 12 countries over a single infrastructure provided by Verizon

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Post Office seeks contractors for network and back-office work

  The Post Office is looking for IT services firms to provide back-office IT applications and networking technologies in contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start

  Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provider

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  D-Link begins fixing router backdoor

  D-Link has begun releasing security patches to close the backdoor discovered on some of its routers

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Case study: Sky Broadband looks to scale with Cisco

  Sky Broadband ISP chooses Cisco’s new Network Convergence System (NCS) to meet the demand of its growing customer base

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Fibre Channel vs FCoE. Fibre Channel rules. For now

  Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and converged network adapters (CNA) offer storage and networking on one infrastructure, but what are the pros and cons of moving to FCoE?

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Google to rethink resilient networking following dual failure

  In spite of running a dual redundant network, Google's Gmail system has had a major failure.

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  How networks and data win Formula One races for Mercedes AMG Petronas

  Tata Communications joins the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team to bring speedy connectivity worthy of its cars

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Bet365 improves latency and peering by updating network infrastructure

  Online gambling site Bet365 upgraded its network and improved its latency to deliver a fast, smooth and reliable experience to its customers

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Emulex shakes up leadership with Q4 still unclear

  Current Emulex CEO James McCluney becomes chairman of the board as COO Jeffrey Benck takes his place

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  Bolton and Wigan get PSN in £47m outsourcing deal

  Bolton and Wigan councils have signed a seven-year £47m outsourcing contract, which will deliver a ‘PSN ready’ network to the region.

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics

  The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Mott MacDonald rolls out unified communications

  Global engineering firm Mott MacDonald signs Tata Communications for a five-year unified communications deal worth over $20m

• 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

• 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 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Emulex buys Endace for $130m

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

• 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?

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  How will the 4G LTE roll-out benefit your business?

  An EE survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE shows improved mobile working and innovation the main advantages of the superfast broadband

• 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

• September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12

  IPv4 address pool almost dry

  The five Internet Registries now have just 16.8 millions IPv4 addresses left

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 06, 2012 06 Jun'12

  Top 10 tips for IPv6 security

  Many organisations are being misled about the complexities surrounding IPv6 security, according to security firm Stonesoft

• 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 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

  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

• 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.

• January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12

  UK networkers look to wireless networks and IP telephony for 2012

  Wireless networks and IP telephony are set to be the most common networking initiatives implemented by UK users in 2012, according to TechTarget’s 2012 IT Priorities Survey

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  How the NHBC uses cloud-based technology for VPN authentication

  The National House-Building Council is using cloud-based technology to offer almost 70% of its workforce authenticated remote access to its VPN using SMS and hard tokens.

• December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11

  Networking 2012: Vendors predict what's ahead for the industry

  Senior vendor executives offer SearchNetworkingUK their Networking 2012 predictions for the challenges ahead, including addressing the transition to a mobile workforce.

• December 16, 2011 16 Dec'11

  Everything Everywhere spends £1.5bn on network expansion: News briefs

  SearchNetworkingUK briefs provide a summary of the week’s new product, services and appointment announcements. This week is filled with signs of network expansion.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  Network reliability to win over innovation in 2012, says Cisco survey

  Cisco’s first TechWatch 2012 report finds network reliability as opposed to innovation or performance is the most important factor for network architects in the new year ahead.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Are network performance monitoring tools ready to meet new challenges?

  Network performance monitoring tools must adapt to handle virtual infrastructure, new applications and hybrid cloud environments. Are they ready?

• August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11

  Unified network management: Wired and wireless together for good?

  With an integrated network management vision, two organizations improved security and reliability, and have made steps towards a fully integrated network. But will we get there?

• August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11

  Who needs MPLS? A dark fibre network saves York Council

  The City of York Council set out to rethink its Internet and voice network services and ended up building a dark fibre network that will support city-wide free wireless.

• June 02, 2011 02 Jun'11

  Using network management and monitoring systems across IT and buildings

  Bolton College linked its buildings facilities to the campus network and is using a network monitoring and management system that sees both buildings and IT resources.

• April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11

  Copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet is arriving, but not on 10GBase-T

  Forget the predictions that copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet would run on 10Gbase-T. Copper-based Ethernet is here, but SFP Direct Attach maybe the cabling of choice.

• March 27, 2008 27 Mar'08

  How to subnet: Subnetting calculations and shortcuts

  Learn how subnetting works in this tip and quiz on how to calculate a subnet mask. IP address classes and bit values of octets are explained in detail.

• February 07, 2008 07 Feb'08

  Intelligent network switches on the rise as more is expected of the network

  With businesses expecting their networks to provide more services, vendors are building more intelligence into their switches.

• January 30, 2008 30 Jan'08

  With EX Series, Juniper aims to be a switch hitter

  With the unveiling of its new line of switches, the EX Series, router giant Juniper hopes to break into the lucrative market currently dominated by Cisco.

• 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.

• October 01, 2007 01 Oct'07

  3Com to be acquired by equity firm

  3Com has announced it will be acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital Partners for US$2.2 billion.

• January 16, 2007 16 Jan'07

  Routing: Five common, easily avoided errors

  Router configuration errors don''t have to take down your network. Learn five common routing mistakes -- and how to avoid them -- in this tip.

• November 26, 2006 26 Nov'06

  Static routing for Cisco users [Day Two: The good and bad of static routing]

  What is static routing good for? And what are its shortcomings? Read on to discover how and when to use this technique.

• November 01, 2006 01 Nov'06

  What is a seamless router?

  In this expert response, Sudhanshu Gupta gives us a quick history lesson in routing when he answers the question "what is meant by the term 'seamless router'?"

• October 03, 2006 03 Oct'06

  3Com rolls out unified SMB switch

  3Com hit the market today with an all-in-one unified switch for SMBs.

• September 25, 2006 25 Sep'06

  Open source router on par with Cisco, users say

  To avoid paying top dollar for Cisco routers, two users say Vyatta's Open Flexible Router is a viable alternative to the proprietary norm, with pluses and minuses, of course.