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Network security strategy

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Case study: Logicalis helps Birmingham and Loughborough universities with networking challenges

  Computer Weekly European User Award Supplier of the Year winner Logicalis explains how it developed modern infrastructures for two universities

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Rural broadband needed to push forward with G-Cloud services

  Broadband in remote areas of the UK needs to be implemented in order for councils to take full advantage of G-Cloud

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Case study: City of York connects citizens with Ruckus Wi-Fi

  The City of York delivers wireless connectivity to its residents and businesses

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  DCMS to fund rural trials of superfast broadband

  The DCMS has opened up its £10m funding pot for suppliers with innovative ideas to help superfast broadband reach remote UK areas

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  37 organisations at “significant risk” of missing PSN security deadline

  The government has flagged 37 organisations at “significant risk” of failing to achieve security compliance for the Public Services Network (PSN)

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Case Study: Caterham F1 boosts productivity with mobile communication network

  The Caterham F1 team is using the Truphone telecoms network to increase ease of communication in its global business

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CSL and ZTE bring LTE Advanced 300Mbps network to Hong Kong

  CSL and ZTE will deploy the first LTE Advanced 300Mbps network in Hong Kong, it was announced at MWC in Barcelona

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking: 2014 winners

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking. See who made the top spots

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Mozilla launches Future of Mobile Privacy project for Firefox OS

  The open source champions reveal a year long project with Deutsche Telekom to address the security needs of users in emerging markets

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  UK start-ups get ready for Mobile World Congress 2014

  With the world’s biggest mobile trade show just days away, we talk to some of the representatives of the UK start-up industry representing us on the show floor

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  SABMiller upgrades IP network

  Drinks manufacturer SABMiller has selected T-Systems to supply its global backbone and European network as it integrates its business globally

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  NTP-based DDoS attacks a concern, says Cloudflare

  Security firm Cloudflare says it spotted and stopped a massive DDoS attack that exploited a vulnerability in the infrastructure of the internet

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Cisco engineers – an innovative future?

  Will network engineers be given more chances to innovate post-economic crash? We ask those at Cisco Live 2014

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  EE routers vulnerable to ‘incredibly easy’ hack

  A blogger claims to have found a flaw in EE’s BrightBox broadband routers that could leave sensitive information accessible to hackers

• 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 28, 2013 28 Dec'13

  Top 10 networking stories of 2013

  Computer Weekly looks back at the biggest headlines in the networking industry over the past 12 months

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  UK citizen wins legal round against Facebook over Prism leaks

  A British citizen has applied for a judgement against Facebook in a case that will test the right of tech firms to give UK personal data to the NSA.

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  GCHQ told to tighten reins on Huawei security centre

  A report commissioned by David Cameron has called for tighter controls on Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre amid fears around the company’s ties with the Chinese government

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Is BT ‘embedding secret spy equipment’ in routers?

  UK telecoms giant BT is accused of enabling GCHQ and the NSA access to customer data through its routers used in millions of homes and businesses across the UK. BT claims it is just a conspiracy theory. Computer Weekly looks at both sides

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  CIO Interview, David Southern, CIO WWF UK

  UK CIO of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), David Southern, describes a technology refresh at its Woking HQ

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  PM David Cameron opens Cisco’s startup centre IDEALondon

  Cisco’s innovation centre in London has been officially opened by Prime Minister David Cameron this morning on the third anniversary of Tech City.

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Councils threatened with disconnection from PSN in escalating security row

  A London council was hours away from being disconnected from the public sector network, in an row between central and local government over security compliance

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Oxford Brookes revamps network with Juniper

  Oxford Brookes University signs Juniper Networks to overhaul its infrastructure and modernise services for students and staff

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Advantage Travel Centres implements UC infrastructure for mobile workers

  Advantage Travel Centres has implemented unified communications (UC) to improve the connectivity of mobile employees

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Peter O’Rourke, director of IT, University Campus Suffolk

  Peter O’Rourke, IT director at University Campus Suffolk, is looking to students to shape the university’s IT infrastructure

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Security is network professionals’ top priority for 2014

  New research from TechTarget and Computer Weekly shows networking professionals see security as the biggest priority for 2014, whilst they claim the vendors’ favourite – software defined networking – is just not ready yet

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

  Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details here

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  European Parliament closes Wi-Fi after man-in-the-middle attack

  A number of mailboxes have been compromised and users’ smartphones could be at risk following a man-in-the-middle attack on the European Parliament’s public Wi-Fi

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Janet6 ‘offers the future’ for research networking needs

  Jisc takes back the network from a managed service provider to light up its own fibre and offer a future proofed service to researchers, universities, colleges and schools across the UK

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  White hat Wi-Fi hacking shows vulnerability of business data

  Whitehat hackers have shown that senstitive data can be sniffed easily from public Wi-Fi hotspots

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Banks and governments targeted by invisible hijacking attacks

  Net monitoring firm Renesys says it has uncovered evidence of mass hijackings of network traffic

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  The commercial reality of Huawei’s trust issues

  The Chinese firm is working tirelessly to tell the world it can be trusted but, the US remains unwilling to budge

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Huawei denies government influence and calls for cyber security standards

  Huawei has reiterated denials of government influence and called for common international cyber security standards

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  The challenges of using mobile devices in the public sector

  The government is allowing the public sector to implement BYOD schemes, but the guidelines are limiting and challenges still remain

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Companies more comfortable with ‘choose your own device’

  The buzzword may be BYOD, but while businesses want to offer choice, they are looking for comfort too

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Huawei poses no competitive threat to US networking firms, says Enterasys CEO

  Too few US organisations trust China government-linked Huawei for it to pose a threat to networking firms, says Enterasys’s CEO

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  ‘I don’t believe privacy exists,’ claims network executive

  Ipswitch executive claims European businesses more paranoid about privacy than US, where attitudes have changed since 9/11

• 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

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Cisco announces BIG Awards startup semi-finalists

  Twenty of the UK’s most innovative startups have been shortlisted as semi-finalists for the Cisco Big Innovation Gateway (BIG) Awards

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  Case Study: M2M increases livestock feed efficiency by 10%

  Livestock feeding manufacturer Keenan chose Vodafone to supply a machine-to-machine solution to improve its nutritional data analysis

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Juniper Networks bids farewell to CEO as profits rocket

  Kevin Johnson announces his retirement on the same day the networking firm records a rise in profits of 70%

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Cisco buys cyber security company Sourcefire for $2.7bn

  Networking giant Cisco has reached an agreement to buy cyber security business Sourcefire in a $2.7bn deal

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  Ashridge Business School revamps network with HP

  Ashridge Business School, in Berkhamsted, rolls out HP FlexCampus to encourage its students to bring their own devices

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Huawei CISO questions Cisco and Juniper's role in US spying

  Huawei’s CISO – and former UK government CIO – John Suffolk has raised questions about Cisco and Juniper’s role in US cyber snooping

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Universities minister David Willetts backs Chinese telecoms firm Huawei

  Universities and science minister David Willetts praises Huawei a week after the ISC voiced concerns over its involvement in UK infrastructure

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Olympic Games accelerates smart city technologies, says Ovum

  Major international events – such as the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics – cement the host city’s future technology profiles, says Ovum

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths

  The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Huawei in the UK: a comedy of process errors

  An ISC report has questioned UK critical infrastructure procurement processes, particularly about the risks of using Huawei equipment

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Case study: TGI Friday's goes wireless with Aruba

  TGI Friday's across the UK uses wireless technology from Aruba Networks to process payments and has big plans for the future

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  London trusts adopt BT electronic health records

  BT and CSE Healthcare roll out RiO electronic patient record system to 62 community and mental health trusts in London and south England

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  BIS awards Thales five-year PSN contract

  Thales will provide secure network services to The Insolvency Service for its headquarters, regional offices and datacentres

• 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.

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  McAfee to acquire Stonesoft

  Intel’s security business McAfee has announced an agreement to acquire Finnish next-generation firewall firm Stonesoft in a $389m deal

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Brocade outlines on-demand datacentre strategy

  Brocade has developed a strategy for an “on-demand datacentre” which combines physical and virtual networking elements

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  Another online firm hit by data breach

  Online deals service LivingSocial is the latest company to report a breach of its computer systems that may mean attackers accessed customer details

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron

  How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Cisco and Multiven lock horns over legal battle

  Cisco and Multiven enter a public feud, accusing one another of software and data theft

• March 01, 2013 01 Mar'13

  GLA tests market for £25m 'super-connected city' suppliers

  The Greater London Authority is seeking suppliers for £25m superfast broadband funding, as part of the 'super-connected cities' plan

• 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.

• 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

• December 04, 2012 04 Dec'12

  Orange to pre-install mobile security on Android phones in 2013

  Orange Android devices will come pre-installed with the Lookout Mobile Security application to counter malware and spyware

• 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 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Cyber security will change ideas of the nation state, says Stonesoft

  The lack of cyber security is a major threat to the civilised world and will change how people see the nation state, says security firm Stonesoft

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Brocade boosts SDN presence with Vyatta buy

  Networking giant Brocade buys network operating system pioneer Vyatta to bolster its software-defined networking (SDN) folio

• 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

  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 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  ICO hits Stoke-on-Trent City Council with £120,000 fine

  Stoke City Council has breached the Data Protection Act, for the second time in two years, after details of a child protection legal case were emailed to the wrong person.

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  Cyber attacks launched at London 2012 Olympic Games every day

  The IT supporting the London 2012 Olympics was hit by cyber attacks every day during the Games, says London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell

• October 17, 2012 17 Oct'12

  Case Study: Disaster recovery boosts business continuity

  A review of disaster recovery capabilities has made multinational recruitment firm Hudson more resilient in its day-to-day business

• 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

  Organisations need alternative data protection as security models fail

  Organisations' security models are failing - so could it be time to adopt an intelligence-led approach to data protection and fighting cyber crime?

• 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 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 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

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  Remote working cuts employee desk space

  As the trend for working remotely grows, a Citrix survey claims it will erode the need for desk space in business premises

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  Dangerous hackers come closer to home, warns Trend Micro

  Cyber criminals from eastern Europe pose just as big a threat as their more high-profile Asian rivals, says security firm Trend Micro

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  AT&T takes APTs seriously

  APTs are real and all companies should be taking them seriously, says telecommunications company AT&T

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Gartner: Prepare for context-aware security

  Cloud computing, IT consumerisation and the evolving threat landscape are forcing IT departments to rethink security

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  More than a quarter of London’s Wi-Fi networks are poorly secured

  Some 27% of Wi-Fi networks in London are poorly secured or not secured at all, a study by security firm Sophos has revealed.

• August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12

  Antivirus detection gap widening, say security researchers

  Incident response investigations show businesses cannot rely on antivirus systems alone for protection, say security researchers

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  Juniper Networks upgrades vGW Virtual Gateway security tool

  Juniper Networks updates its vGW virtualisation security tool to target service providers looking for better security on a larger scale

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  VMware users can protect against virtual machine malware, says Trend Micro

  New malware that attacks VMware virtual machines is no cause for undue concern, but users can take basic steps to protect data, says Trend Micro

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  APTs: Are they really a concern for all businesses?

  Many businesses make themselves vulnerable by failing to consider advanced persistent threats (APTs) in their information security strategy

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  Latest Cyber Security Challenge to address Linux skills shortage

  The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition aimed at addressing a critical Linux security skills gap

• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  The Olympics in technology stats

  Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced “the most connected Games ever” with our round-up of key technology stats

• August 10, 2012 10 Aug'12

  New Gauss cyberweapon targets Middle East

  A new Flame and Stuxnet-related cyber-threat, dubbed Gauss, is targeting users in the Middle East, security researchers have revealed.

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Big data analytics can reduce cyber risks, says ISF

  Big data analytics has the potential to reduce the growing number of cyber security risks and increase business agility, says the ISF.

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Hackers steal personal details of 8.7 million mobile subscribers

  Hackers have accessed the personal details of 8.7 million mobile phone subscribers to South Korea's second largest telecommunications company

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  US cyber chief calls on hackers to make internet secure

  The head of the US Cyber Command has called on hackers to help make the internet more secure

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Australian telco AAPT confirms Anonymous data breach

  Australian telecoms firm AAPT confirms business customer data was breached by hacktivist group Anonymous at an external service provider

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Cheap consumer hardware cracks complex passwords in seconds

  A dream tool for hackers capable of cracking nine billion passwords a second can be bought for as little as £400, warns hosting firm UKFast

• July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12

  Stonesoft releases AET defence system and free test tool

  Security firm Stonesoft has released an Advanced Evasion Technique (AET) defence system and testing tool in quick succession

• July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12

  EC opens cybersecurity consultation

  The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on cybersecurity, seeking the views of governments, businesses and citizens

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG

  Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Cisco secures virtual machines with Virtuata buy

  Details of the deal remain scarce but Cisco is keen to build up its cloud offerings by bringing Virtuata on board

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Co-op uses Lloyds managed service in branch acquisition

  The Co-operative bank will switch to Lloyds TSB's IT platform when it buys the 632 Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester branches

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Government-sponsored hackers target commercial secrets

  Government-sponsored organisations are increasingly turning to hacking techniques to steal commercial secrets from businesses, KPMG has warned