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November 01, 2001 01 Nov'01
Human error is greatest threat to Lans

Most Lan problems result from a failure to plan properly or simple human error, according to a survey by networking software...
October 30, 2001 30 Oct'01
Groove launches XP version

Groove Networks' latest collaboration software adds support for products from its new industry partner, Microsoft, including the...
October 30, 2001 30 Oct'01
EMC stakes claim for interoperability

EMC claims its latest suite of software products offers IT managers a view of their network that includes all rival boxes,...
October 30, 2001 30 Oct'01
GiantLoop and Compaq form SAN partnership

GiantLoop Network and Compaq have announced a collaboration to extend SAN availability, using Compaq's Data Replication Manager...

October 22, 2001 22 Oct'01
Faulty cards cause most network complaints

Faulty Ethernet cards and badly configured routers are the main causes of networking problems, a recent survey has found.
October 12, 2001 12 Oct'01
Energis explores 3G alternative

Energis, owner of the national electricity grid, is exploring the use of new technology to create high bandwidth networks that...
October 11, 2001 11 Oct'01
Microsoft backs P2P enterprise

Microsoft has announced that it is to put up approximately $51m (£35m) to fund the ongoing operations of Groove Networks, a...
October 10, 2001 10 Oct'01
Sony Ericsson cautious about 3G prospects

Despite the billions of dollars about to be spent on 3G networks around the world, shipments of 3G handsets are expected to make...
October 08, 2001 08 Oct'01
IT network managers 'unaware of standards'

Wireless local area networks (Wlans) may be on the up and up, but it appears many managers don't know enough about relevant...
September 20, 2001 20 Sep'01
Extreme potential as Layer 7 switch improves performance

Extreme Networks has embedded Layer 7 performance into its latest Gigabit Summit switch and is claiming a tenfold improvement in...

September 11, 2001 11 Sep'01
Network Appliance updates product lines

Network Appliance has upgraded parts of its software and hardware lines in its continuing efforts to show the cost and management...
August 15, 2001 15 Aug'01
Kingston on fast track to e-government

Kingston Council is seeking to fast track its e-government plans with Cisco Avvid's voice and data converged network.
August 08, 2001 08 Aug'01
Cisco's troubles a taste of things to come

In the wake of networking giant Cisco System's disastrous fourth-quarter results, industry watchers say the worst is yet to come...
May 22, 2001 22 May'01
Network Associates to drop 10 products in move away from NT

Network Associates (NAI) is set to discontinue ten security products in its intrusion-detection software range as the company...
May 17, 2001 17 May'01
RealNetworks and Microsoft intensify media player war

The media player war between Microsoft and RealNetworks has heated up, with RealNetworks announcing new battlefronts on non-PC...
May 14, 2001 14 May'01
Windows 2000 management tools set to debut

For medium to large-size organisations, managing Windows 2000 networks will soon be made easier by the scheduled releases of two...
May 11, 2001 11 May'01
Nortel dials up new VoIP solutions

Nortel Networks, one of the world's largest providers of enterprise telephony, has released two new voice-over IP (VoIP) products...
May 01, 2001 01 May'01
Vendors bring network management under one roof

As corporate networks, and the traffic they carry, continue to grow in complexity, so does the need for management tools that...
April 30, 2001 30 Apr'01
Altiris acquires Carbon Copy from Compaq

Altiris, which makes software for managing PCs in networks, has purchased the file transfer software product Carbon Copy from...
March 07, 2001 07 Mar'01
Cisco aids move to optical networking
January 29, 2001 29 Jan'01
Prisoners' calls no longer very hush hush

An ingenious networking company has found a captive market for its latest Voice over IP product - jailbirds.
December 21, 2000 21 Dec'00
Streaming media giant issues profits warning

Real Networks, the streaming media software company has joined the profits warning club. It’s Q4 revenues were predicted to be around $59m. Despite 33%...
December 13, 2000 13 Dec'00
Bosses unaware of vulnerability of networks to security breaches

Bosses of UK organisations are unaware of how vulnerable their networks are to IT security attacks, reports vnunet.
November 20, 2000 20 Nov'00
Overland aims for sales rise via reseller scheme

Storage manufacturer Overland Data has unveiled a gold partner programme which it expects to triple its network of 20 resellers...
November 15, 2000 15 Nov'00
NAI criticised for bug in VirusScan update file

Network Associates (NAI) is being criticised for a bug in an update file for the McAfee VirusScan software which has been causing...
October 04, 2000 04 Oct'00
Is the shine rubbing off Gigabit Ethernet

The idea of 10 Gigabit Ethernet was seen as the glittering solution to network problems: a bigger, faster, even fatter pipe that...
August 30, 2000 30 Aug'00
Network Associates patches up PGP loophole

Bill Goodwin
Network Associates has issued a patch following the discovery of a loophole in PGP encryption software that could leave...
August 02, 2000 02 Aug'00
Cable & Wireless gets the boot from footwear firm

Antony Adshead
Footwear distributor Overland has swapped network suppliers after a string of problems with telecommunications giant...
June 21, 2000 21 Jun'00
Glotel bucks Y2k effect

Glotel, the telecommunications and networking industries specialist agency, has announced its first year-end results since floating on the London Stock...
June 07, 2000 07 Jun'00
Autobackup takes pressure off IT

A new network appliance for backing up PC data across a network could solve the problem of users failing to back-up critical data, writes Caroline...
May 17, 2000 17 May'00
E-dispute network running by summer

Keith Nuthall
A European Extra-Judicial Network, which allows consumers to solve cross-border disputes with e-commerce and distance...
March 29, 2000 29 Mar'00
E-commerce disputes could be resolved by Euro clearing houses

Alan Osborn
UK businesses embarking on e-commerce may get dragged into a European dispute resolution clearing-house.

A network of...
March 01, 2000 01 Mar'00
Software firm lays down a prize challenge to hackers

Wick Hill is so confident that its network security product cannot be broken into that it set a hacking challenge to CeBIT visitors last week.
Anyone...
March 01, 2000 01 Mar'00
Compensation claims likely as BT network crashes

Antony Savvas
BT faces compensation claims from some of the UK's biggest companies following last week's network crash.

Customers...
February 09, 2000 09 Feb'00
3Com to aid W2K roll-out

Antony Savvas
3Com is working with Microsoft to make it easier for users to install Windows 2000 remotely across a network.

Every...
February 02, 2000 02 Feb'00
Somerset's wireless data network will save £1.6m

Mike Simons
Somerset County Council is installing one of the UK's biggest wireless wide area data networks, aimed at saving the council...