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Network software
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August 24, 2012
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Aug'12
Regulation and government policy drive utilities IT spend
Utility companies in Western Europe will spend $10.5bn on IT this year, of which over 62% will be invested in IT services.
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August 16, 2012
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Aug'12
Cisco boosts sales and income in 2012
The networking giant announces a 7% rise in sales for the year, along with income of $8bn
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August 15, 2012
15
Aug'12
HP touts software for moving virtual machines
The network virtualisation solution named EVI claims to speed up the process of moving virtual machines and data sets in cloud environments
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August 08, 2012
08
Aug'12
The IT behind Mars Science Laboratory's landing of the Curiosity rover
IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week.
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August 01, 2012
01
Aug'12
Colchester Hospital tracks equipment with Wi-Fi
Colchester Hospital is using Ekahau’s real-time location tracking to locate important medical equipment across its campus over its Wi-Fi network
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July 30, 2012
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Jul'12
Oracle acquires Xsigo
Silicon Valley giant Oracle buys into software-defined networking with the purchase of Xsigo
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July 30, 2012
30
Jul'12
European network professionals focus on server virtualisation
The latest results from Computer Weekly and TechTarget’s purchasing intentions study shows server virtualisation is becoming part and parcel of the networking professional’s job
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July 27, 2012
27
Jul'12
Networking the least understood element of IT, says HP's Nick Watson
HP’s European networking chief Nick Watson blames complexity for lack of understanding of networking in cloud computing
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July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
Juniper and Riverbed enter technology partnership
Juniper and Riverbed combine network and application capabilitites for wide area network (WAN) optimisation, application delivery and mobility
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July 24, 2012
24
Jul'12
VMware looks to SDN with $1.05bn Nicira acquisition
Software-defined networking (SDN) specialist Nicira vows commitment to open standards as VMware proposes $1.05bn acquisition
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July 24, 2012
24
Jul'12
Virgin Media Q2 revenues grow 4.2% to £1.03bn
Virgin Media posted an increase in second quarter sales on Q2 2011, as revenues grew 4.2% to £1.03bn and business sales rose 9.8% to £166m
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July 24, 2012
24
Jul'12
Cisco loses 1,300 jobs in another round of cost-cutting
Cisco Systems is to cut around 1,300 jobs – or 2% of its workforce – in continued efforts to cut costs and streamline decision making
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July 18, 2012
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Jul'12
Tech firm iCity wins datacentre bid for Olympics media centre
IT company iCity has been awarded the contract to turn the Olympics media centre into a datacentre, for which it will hire 4,600 staff
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July 13, 2012
13
Jul'12
O2 claims mobile network is fully restored
O2 claims it has fixed network problems that left hundreds of thousands of customers without mobile voice and data connections for up to 24 hours
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July 05, 2012
05
Jul'12
Are shared private broadband connections the future of Wi-Fi on the go?
We look at whether the growing trend of software opening up home routers for public Wi-Fi consumption is the future
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July 05, 2012
05
Jul'12
Anyfi Networks targets existing Wi-Fi for public use
Software supplier Anyfi Networks claims to offer a secure means to move between residential Wi-Fi connections starting from your front door
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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
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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
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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)
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May 15, 2012
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May'12
Emulex targets HPC with Ethernet partnership
Networking firm Emulex teams with Myricom to boost Ethernet performance for high-performance computing and cloud environments
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May 14, 2012
14
May'12
Lincolnshire County Council to save £2.5m a year with PSN
Lincolnshire County Council expects to save £2.5m a year in its network costs by joining the East Midlands Public Services Network.
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May 04, 2012
04
May'12
Cisco snaps up analytics firm Truviso
Cisco has acquired real time data analytics firm Truviso for an undisclosed amount.
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May 01, 2012
01
May'12
Cisco and IDA to invest €26m into R&D jobs
Cisco has announced the expansion of its research and development centre in Galway, thanks to funding from the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) in Ireland.
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May 01, 2012
01
May'12
Network company Enterasys offers BYOD network management
Network company Enterasys is to provide network management for bring your own device (BYOD) deployments
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April 23, 2012
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Apr'12
John Lewis pilots virtual fashion mirrors
John Lewis is using augmented reality to enable customers to try clothes on virtually, as part of its multichannel offering.
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March 30, 2012
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Mar'12
Biggest upgrade to PAYE system to go live in April
The biggest upgrade to the UK's PAYE system since the 1950s goes live within two weeks.
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March 26, 2012
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Mar'12
Cabinet Office names 12 PSN suppliers
The Cabinet Office has named 12 suppliers for the government’s Public Services Network framework (PSN), which will be worth between £500m and £3bn over two years
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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
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March 15, 2012
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Mar'12
Smart meter sales set to accelerate this year
Sales of smart meters across the globe are set to rise dramatically this year, with annual sales of the intelligent metering devices totalling about 140 million units every year by 2016
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March 15, 2012
15
Mar'12
NATO signs £39m BT deal
NATO has signed a €47m (£39m) deal with BT for a communications network
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March 01, 2012
01
Mar'12
MoJ is first department to sign up to PSN
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has become the first government department to sign up for a public services network (PSN), in a deal with BT that is expected to save £8m per year by 2015
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February 29, 2012
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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.
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February 16, 2012
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Feb'12
Cisco wants EU to reconsider Microsoft Skype deal
Cisco is calling on European Union authorities to reconsider the unconditional approval of Microsoft’s $8.5bn acquisition of Skype.
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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%.
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February 08, 2012
08
Feb'12
First reports of IPV6 DDoS attacks raise security fears
Ahead of the official launch day on 6 June 2012, network service providers are reporting the first IPV6 distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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February 02, 2012
02
Feb'12
Cisco launches BIG Awards to seek out best UK tech innovation
Cisco launches BIG Awards offering cash injections to UK start-ups with the most innovative technology-based ideas.
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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.
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February 01, 2012
01
Feb'12
Cisco to leave Olympic legacy in 25 London Network Academies
Cisco is unveiling 25 London-based Network Academies to train the community, after it has completed its Olympic Games 2012 contract.
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January 27, 2012
27
Jan'12
Data protection tops UK security investments in 2012
Data protection will be the top security initiative for most UK organisations in 2012, reveals a survey of IT professionals.
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January 23, 2012
23
Jan'12
Ministry of Defence to provide spectrum during Olympics
The Ministry of Defence is to provide spectrum for the Olympic Games to take the strain off networks in July and August.
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January 23, 2012
23
Jan'12
Buyer's Guide: The future of virtualisation
As businesses virtualise datacentre infrastructure, they experience the limitation of their existing hardware, IT administration tools, procurement and licensing models.
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January 09, 2012
09
Jan'12
Network Rail selects O2 to roll out Cisco LAN and WAN upgrade
Network Rail is to refresh its entire current Cisco switch and router estate across 450 sites, including four data centres in the UK
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January 09, 2012
09
Jan'12
Stratfor hacking puts UK, US, Nato officials at risk
A breach of web servers at US-based global intelligence firm Stratfor over Christmas has put hundreds of UK, US and NATO officials at risk, a cyber-security expert has revealed.
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January 06, 2012
06
Jan'12
London boroughs roll out free O2 Wi-Fi for Olympics
Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea councils have signed a deal with 02 to provide a free Wi-Fi zone for the visitors and residents in time for the Olympic games.
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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.
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January 04, 2012
04
Jan'12
What’s in store for IT in 2012?
The global economy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the IT sector, but what can we expect in 2012?
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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.
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December 30, 2011
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Dec'11
Top 10 mobile and networking stories of 2011
Mobile technology has truly taken off in 2011. We look back at some of the key developments in mobile and networking over the past year.
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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.
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December 14, 2011
14
Dec'11
Salford University finalises IT revamp
Salford University is finalising a transformational IT project which includes a network link with the BBC’s Media City.