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• October 15, 2007 15 Oct'07

  Converged networks ‘need rethink’, Quocirca says

  Spending on converged voice, video and data networks could be wasted if businesses fail to audit how information travels between departments before installation, analyst firm Quocirca has warned.

• October 12, 2007 12 Oct'07

  Nato secures its network against attack

  Nato, the joint European-US defence force, has taken delivery of intrusion detection technology to protect its business and battlefield communications networks against cyber attacks.

• October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07

  Soca to use data mining to fight fraud

  The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is using data mining technology to identify the social networks and "trade routes" used by fraudsters who are costing the UK an estimated £3.5bn a year.

• October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07

  RICS opts for bespoke call centre

  The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has implemented bespoke call centre software after failing to find an appropriate off the shelf product for its new IP-based telephone network.

• October 01, 2007 01 Oct'07

  Group 4 Securicor to save £70,000 a year with bandwidth tool

  Security provider Group 4 Securicor (G4S) is set to save £70,000 a year in additional bandwidth costs with an upgrade that allows it to allocate existing network capacity to critical applications more quickly.

• September 27, 2007 27 Sep'07

  Cisco expands branch office offering to improve network optimisation

  Cisco has extended its Empowered Branch framework with the introduction of products and services to improve the network performance of branch offices.

• September 24, 2007 24 Sep'07

  Prepare to lower your perimeters

  Using anti-virus, anti-spam and a firewall at the network perimeter to vet entrants have long been the front-line weapons against outside security threats. But there are people who argue that these defences are not suited to doing business today. Is...

• September 18, 2007 18 Sep'07

  Social network users hide identities

  Almost a third of social networking site users have entered false information to help protect their identities, which somewhat defeats the object of using them.

• September 16, 2007 16 Sep'07

  Botnets ovetake DDoS attacks as ISP fear, says Arbor Networks

  Arbor Networks' Third Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report highlights botnets and the increased size of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks as a growing threat to ISPs.

• September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07

  Novell protects New York transport system with secure identity management

  New York's mammoth subway and bus system is now being supported by network security and identity management technology from Novell.

• September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07

  Cisco expands NAC security offering for branch offices

  Cisco has expanded its Network Admission Control (NAC) offering with a system to improve security at branch offices.

• September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07

  BT buys services firm INS Group to extend international reach

  BT is continuing its spending spree and acquiring Belgian network and systems integrator INS Group.

• September 11, 2007 11 Sep'07

  Seattle man arrested for peer-to-peer identity theft

  A Seattle man has been arrested for allegedly using peer-to-peer networks for targeting wealthy web users to conduct identity theft, according to a report in The Seattle Times.

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  MPLS standards war could cause downtime

  Enterprises and service providers will be hoping that two warring standards bodies can next week sort out a network technology problem that could lead to downtime.

• September 05, 2007 05 Sep'07

  China denies hacking Pentagon

  China has refuted allegations made the by US that members of its military hacked into a Pentagon computer network.

• September 04, 2007 04 Sep'07

  Oracle improves network intelligence Netsure acquisition

  Oracle is acquiring Netsure Telecom to improve its offering in network intelligence and optimisation to service providers.

• August 30, 2007 30 Aug'07

  Standard Life extends telecoms deal with THUS

  Standard Life has renewed and extended its contract with THUS to supply its wide area data network to run its business critical data applications.

• August 24, 2007 24 Aug'07

  Building networks for cyber justice

  Sharon Lemon talks to Computer Weekly about the successes, strategy and challenges faced as leader of the Serious Organised Crime Agency's e-crime unit

• August 17, 2007 17 Aug'07

  Park Plaza County Hall deploys IP network

  The Park Plaza County Hall Hotel on London's South Bank has gone to Alcatel-Lucent for a IP telephony system to offer guests flexible communications services.

• August 17, 2007 17 Aug'07

  Wal-Mart deploys new data security system

  Wal-Mart Stores has deployed a data security and encryption system to secure data going over its global network.

• August 14, 2007 14 Aug'07

  Novell to acquire Senforce for endpoint security

  Novell is acquiring Senforce, an early network access control supplier, to integrate its endpoint security features and develop an endpoint management suite.

• August 09, 2007 09 Aug'07

  Insurance Fraud Bureau's data-mining initiatives net fraudsters

  Data mining to expose insurance fraud networks has led to 74 arrests and a five-to-one return on investment in the Insurance Fraud Bureau's first year.

• August 08, 2007 08 Aug'07

  BT buys network services division of CS Communication & Systemes

  BT has bought a French services company to boost its IT and network services revenue in France.

• July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07

  Cisco and NetQoS tool checks Wan optimisation

  Cisco and NetQoS have released network monitoring software for use with Cisco's Wide Area Application Services devices. The software will allow IT managers to validate the results of Wan optimisation deployments.

• July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07

  Aruba and Alcatel join up for pervasive mobility

  Aruba Networks and Alcatel-Lucent have established a joint venture to combine Aruba's wireless Lan technology with Alcatel-Lucent's wired infrastructure products to "provide pervasive secure mobility to enterprises of any size".

• July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07

  Irwin Mitchell chooses DeviceLock for network security

  Law firm Irwin Mitchell has deployed Smartline's DeviceLock across the organisation to ensure data security and confidentiality.

• July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07

  P2P Networks: new media, new danger

  File sharing P2P networks herald a new national security risk, according to a congressional hearing Washington DC, where retired general Wesley K. Clark reported to a Government Reform Committee.

• July 30, 2007 30 Jul'07

  Social networks create opportunities for criminals

  Social networking sites have gifted conmen with a raft of new criminal opportunities, according to security experts.

• July 25, 2007 25 Jul'07

  IT security spending to exceed £10bn by 2010

  Organisations will spend £10.2bn in 2010 on securing their networks and systems, UK market analyst Datamonitor has said, up 32% from the £7bn they will spend this year.

• July 24, 2007 24 Jul'07

  Extreme upgrades network access control offering

  Extreme Networks has upgraded its network access control (Nac) offerings to help firms better secure their networks.

• July 24, 2007 24 Jul'07

  British American Tobacco outsources network security

  British American Tobacco is hardening its networks and applications to protect itself against new cyber threats, as it switches increasingly to web-enabled enterprise applications.

• July 23, 2007 23 Jul'07

  NAC growth sluggish as companies consider network security options

  Companies are taking a wait-and-see approach, hoping the technology's maturity will make it more cost effective.

• July 18, 2007 18 Jul'07

  For Boeing, data security, network access still hazy

  Boeing is trying to reshape its network security architecture to better protect sensitive systems from threats without degrading employee productivity.

• July 16, 2007 16 Jul'07

  North Wales Police upgrades to IP comms with Affiniti

  North Wales Police is to upgrading its network to an IP communications infrastructure to improve services and cut costs.

• July 04, 2007 04 Jul'07

  Hackers attempt to crack iPhone restrictions

  Hackers are trying to break the code that ties Apple’s iPhone to the only network it supports from network operator AT&T.

• July 04, 2007 04 Jul'07

  Cisco users upbeat about security direction

  Cisco customers say the vendor's security strategy is headed in the right direction, which is why they believe the networking giant's IronPort integration will be smooth sailing.

• July 02, 2007 02 Jul'07

  Data leakage problem tough to solve

  Companies are searching for ways to prevent sensitive information from slipping out of their networks, but various technologies to address the problem have their drawbacks.

• July 01, 2007 01 Jul'07

  VW to save £35m with global access management

  Volkswagen expects to save more than £35m by switching to an identity management system that will allow it to control how staff and business partners access its network, applications and data.

• June 28, 2007 28 Jun'07

  Firms struggle with network troubleshooting

  Firms say they lack the information to troubleshoot and determine the cause of network problems.

• June 28, 2007 28 Jun'07

  Swiss Re chooses Webwasher

  Global re-insurer Swiss Re has standardised on Secure Computing’s Webwasher to enable it to set security policies and define practices at the network gateway.

• June 27, 2007 27 Jun'07

  CA network tool detects human errors

  CA has developed a new network-management technology that can take into account possible human errors in network settings when gauging the health of a network.

• June 18, 2007 18 Jun'07

  RWE boosts security on Scada networks

  Power generator ramps up security to meet CNI guidelines

• June 18, 2007 18 Jun'07

  Web 2.0 poses new threats to company data

  Blogs, social networks and other Web 2.0 services threaten the integrity of company information systems, research firm Gartner has warned. The warning is contained in a report on the effects of consumer-oriented digital technologies on enterprise ...

• June 07, 2007 07 Jun'07

  Should you use third-party patches?

  The rise of zero day exploits and the delayed release of supplier patches has led some firms to turn to third-party fixes to protect their network. But are they safe?

• June 05, 2007 05 Jun'07

  Windows security testing: Five tips for the summer

  If you don't test the security of your systems, you are practically begging hackers to crack into your network and steal business-critical information. Learn Windows security testing secrets and how to penetrate your own network to prepare for ...

• June 04, 2007 04 Jun'07

  Secure Computing and Finjan enter patent battle

  The two security vendors have been fighting over who owns patents that relate to network security software and systems

• May 30, 2007 30 May'07

  German parliament bans hacking tools

  The German parliament has strengthened the country’s anti-hacking laws by banning the distribution and ownership of hacking tools and making it illegal to bypass a network’s security.

• May 24, 2007 24 May'07

  McAfee launches IPS for 10g networks, but is IT ready?

  McAfee unveiled a new IPS offering for 10-gigabit Ethernet networks and announced the upgrade and integration of several other products. One analyst offers a mixed assessment.

• May 23, 2007 23 May'07

  Government seeks network security specialists

  The Department of Trade & Industry’s Technology Strategy Board is looking for network security technologists and project managers to help make its plans for improved network security in the UK a reality.

• May 10, 2007 10 May'07

  Cambridge university lab spends £80K to archive terabytes of data

  A Cambridge University research laboratory has reduced the time it takes to back up over 23 terabytes of data from seven days to two, as part of an £80,000 overhaul of its storage area network (SAN).