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• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  PSN gets encryption for higher security levels

  An encryption service has been announced by the Cabinet Office which will enable public sector staff to share information at the IL3 security level over the Public Services Network (PSN)

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Interview: Helen Milner CEO, Tinder, on the digital divide in Britain

  Eleven million people across the UK are struggling to connect to the internet. Not because of problems with hardware, bad connectivity, or even rural broadband challenges, but because they either don’t know how, or are too poor to get online

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  EE connects commuters via 4G

  EE has announced plans to expand its 4G network to aid commuters, and will be recruiting more than 1,000 new customer service staff over the next 24 months

• 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

  Care UK to introduce 4G to 4,000 employees

  Advanced Mobile Communications has won a multi-million pound contract to provide EE’s 4G connectivity to Care UK’s 4,000 employees

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Analysis: Dell’s open embrace of SDN

  Dell's recent announcement shows it is betting big on software-defined networking, but will it win out?

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Is Cisco’s ‘SDN plus’ the best software-defined networking?

  The networking giant has been accused of not embracing software-defined networking, but Cisco claims it offers better SDN than its competitors.

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Cloud to drive Cisco Indian mid-market growth in 2014

  Cisco aims for growth in India by targeting the rising mid-market as 65% of India’s currently under-served mid-market firms plan to get more from their networks

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Huawei exec named chair at Open Networking Foundation

  In a boost to his company’s reputation, Dr Serge Manning is named the chair of the wireless and mobile working group for the ONF.

• 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

  Cabinet Office attempts to defuse PSN compliance tensions

  The Cabinet Office has updated the public services network (PSN) programme to make it easier for councils to meet security requirements

• 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

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  SDN still failing to spark interest in Europe

  Research shows just 9% of companies across Europe are planning to implement software-defined networking in the next 12 months

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  First steps on the Cabinet Office technology transformation journey

  Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has led the drive to change how technology is used across government, yet within his department IT is poor

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Samsung launches Smart Home ecosystem to connect home devices

  Samsung has launched a connected home ecosystem at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

• January 03, 2014 03 Jan'14

  City Link contact centre gets real-time customer data

  Delivery firm City Link is reducing the time it takes for its contact center to handle customer requests through integrating Cisco technology with interactive software

• December 30, 2013 30 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Mike Ives, IT director, University Hospital Southampton

  University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) has upgraded its wireless infrastructure to enable staff to become more efficient by having a great choice of mobile devices across the hospital.

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Cabinet Office commissions PSN working group

  Conversations between Socitm and the Cabinet Office over the compliance issues around the public service network (PSN) for local government continue

• 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 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  EU quashes Cisco complaint on Skype sale

  The General Court of the European Union rules Microsoft’s $8.5bn acquisition of Skype adheres to competition rules

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  NATS considers 100% availability

  NATS will be investigate contingency challenges of offering a service that is 100% available after last week's outage caused many delays at airports across the UK

• 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 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

  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 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  uMotif wins Cisco Big Awards 2013

  Digital health startup uMotif has won first place at the Cisco Big Awards 2013

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Cisco unveils ACI, its answer to software-defined networking

  Cisco has unveiled its response to the growing trend of software-defined networking, in the shape of its Application Centric Infrastructure

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  EE to launch 300 Mbps 4G network in London

  Mobile operator EE has launched an LTE-Advanced network, which it claims to be the fastest 4G mobile network in the world

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Enterprises will adopt SDN before full standardisation

  Huawei’s president of marketing solutions for its enterprise business group claims enterprises won’t have to wait for standardisation before they can feel the benefits of software defined networking

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Gatwick Airport embarks on communications overhaul

  Gatwick Airport has embarked on a five-year project to replace its 60-year-old communications infrastructure with a cloud-based system

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Huawei confirms UK R&D centre

  Huawei says it will build an R&D centre as part of its £1.3bn UK investment after the firm's CEO met Chancellor George Osborne

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  BIS launches Smart Cities Forum to capitalise on the growing industry

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has launched an initiative to help the UK develop smart cities

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Driving Standards Agency updates WAN with MDNX

  The government agency has revamped its WAN solution to link its datacentre through the PSN network to its driving test centres across the UK

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Europe fails to invest in downtimes

  Enterasys CEO Chris Crowell says economic downturns are the best times to invest, but with more activity in the US than Europe

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  MPs slam BT's rural broadband tactics

  MPs have slammed BT's business practices in the roll-out of rural and superfast broadband

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Prime minister David Cameron defends progress of BDUK roll-out

  Prime minister David Cameron claims the BDUK broadband roll-out to rural areas is working, deeming criticism 'unfair’

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Nokia and Vodafone deals damage European mobile industry, says Telecom Italia CEO Franco Bernabe

  Telecom Italia CEO Franco Bernabe slams Nokia and Vodafone for shrinking the European mobile as Neelie Kroes praises Nokia's bravery

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Case study: Lancaster University revamps unified communications

  Lancaster University works with Logicalis to install new Cisco systems and bring unified comms to staff and postgraduates

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  VMware announces first Nicira-based SDN product

  VMware takes its first steps into the networking market following its acquisition of the software defined networking firm Nicira.

• 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 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  ARM buys Sensinode for ‘internet of things’ push

  ARM acquires the start-up to boost communication capabilities between devices and gain a stronger place in the open standards community

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  VMware strengthens cloud and software-defined datacentre portfolio at VMworld 2013

  At VMworld 2013, VMware launched products and services to accelerate enterprise adoption of software-defined datacentre architecture

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Coast, Oasis and Warehouse drive retail innovation using iPads and Wi-Fi

  Clothing retailers Coast, Oasis and Warehouse have experimented with in-store iPads and Wi-Fi to improve customer experience and costs

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Cisco cuts 4,000 staff

  Despite announcing record results, the networking giant Cisco says 4,000 jobs will go

• 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 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Brocade profits rise despite stifled sales

  Increased profits offset a drop in revenues at Brocade due to recovery in the storage market and cost reductions elsewhere

• 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

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Unilever commits to BT managed services

  Manufacturing giant Unilever has extended a global IT services contract with BT by three years

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  CW500: Internet of things to pose 'huge security and privacy risks'

  The internet of things will pose enormous security and privacy challenges, a recent CW500 Club meeting heard

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Are alternative mobile operators the answer to roaming charges?

  EU law to allow travellers to choose alternative operators abroad takes effect in 2014. But will operators be ready and is there a better way?

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Customers are demanding M2M services, says Vodafone

  Consumers will drive Machine to Machine (M2M) usage across companies, with half adopting it by 2015 – according to Vodafone

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Datacentres must be tuned to the application in the mobile-cloud era: Cisco

  Cloud, big data and mobile applications are challenging the traditional datacentre infrastructure, says Cisco

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  Uefa considers BYOD policy for Euro 2016

  Uefa is considering a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy for its 7,000 volunteers during Euro 2016 to save costs on IT devices

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  The government must create a smart cities framework for UK adoption, says EE

  The UK government needs to implement a framework with a better understanding of future cities technologies, said EE.

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  BMI adopts Avaya to boost communications

  The British Midlands International (BMI) airline installs Avaya's internet protocol (IP) phone system to connect 150 remote workers and two sites

• 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 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Heineken rolls out new communications network

  Heineken plans to link 60,000 employees across 53 countries using a secure private network from Orange Business Services

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Users’ top datacentre pain points

  Storage, network bandwidth, cost and scalability are among the biggest datacentre concerns, say users at Dell Enterprise Forum US

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  EE offers customers shared 4G data plans

  EE customers will be able to share data plans from this summer, meaning multiple devices can share the same 4G mobile contract

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Headphone technology to boost fibre connections

  New research claims the same technological theory used to create noise-cancelling headphones could boost connections running over fibre

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Supermarkets and banks hold the key to mass adoption of mobile payments

  Payment using mobile devices would gain momentum if supermarkets and banks offered payment apps.

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies

  A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities.

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Network virtualisation threatens telecom suppliers

  Chris Koopmans from Citrix believes network virtualisation offers more opportunities for companies such as Cisco and Juniper

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Citrix adds mobile functionality to push into smartphones and tablets

  Virtualisation firm Citrix hopes extra functionality and its own application store will encourage more customers to adopt its mobile solutions

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Department for Transport rolls out IP telephony

  The central government department chooses Azzurri for the new system, signing a five-year contract worth £1m

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Can VMware capture the cloud with its software-defined datacentre strategy?

  According to VMware, a software defined datatcentre is the foundation of a hybrid cloud to help businesses deliver ITaaS

• 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 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 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Vendors form OpenDaylight Project for SDN

  Networking industry's big names form OpenDaylight Project - an open source framework for SDN - under Linux Foundation’s umbrella

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Vanhamme: 'The start of the journey for Dell'

  Dell’s newest EMEA executive, Dominique Vanhamme, has high hopes for his firm to take on the big incumbents with network virtualisation

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Oracle continues telecoms push with Tekelec buy

  Larry Ellison’s firm continues its move into the telecoms space with its latest acquisition

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Study casts doubts on cost-effectiveness of telehealth

  Telehealth is not a cost-effective treatment, according to an in-depth study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: CSR boosts WAN with SilverPeak

  How WAN optimisation from SilverPeak has helped the international operations of CSR, the private sector winner of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Getting started with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10

  We give you a guide to upgrading your existing BlackBerry infrastructure for the latest BB10 devices

• 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.

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  4G could entice mobile operators to SDN

  A Juniper Networks executive claims the refresh needed for 4G networks could lead mobile operators to become early adopters of software defined networking

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Case study: City of London School goes wireless

  The independent boy’s school installs a wireless network and mobile device management systems to enable staff, pupils and visitors to get connected

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Tax charges lead to losses for Brocade

  The networking firm reports record revenues, but confirms a tax charge pushed it to report losses of $21m

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  IT budgets to grow in 2013 as economy bumps along

  UK IT departments are planning to spend more on IT in 2013 despite the downturn, a worldwide survey of IT managers has revealed

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Cisco quarterly profits jump 44% to $3.1bn

  Network company Cisco has reported $3.1bn profits for its last quarter, up 44% compared with the same period the year before

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Intel and F5 invest into SDN

  Software defined networking has secured new interest this week with Intel investing into Big Switch Networks and F5 acquiring LineRate Systems

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  SDN adoption plans still stalling in Europe

  TechTarget and Computer Weekly surveys find that less than 10% of organisations looking to implement software defined networking (SDN)

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Oracle makes UC buy with Acme Packet

  Silicon Valley giant Oracle expands into the IP networking business with the $1.7bn acquisition of Acme Packet

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cisco 'cannot wait' for open standards

  The networking giant edges towards a more open philosophy but still sees its technology as the best

• 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

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Brocade names Lloyd Carney as CEO

  The former Xsigo CEO and ex-Juniper Networks’ chief operating officer, Lloyd Carney, takes over from Mike Klayko with immediate effect

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Fashion Retail Academy boosts Wi-Fi with Networks First

  The Fashion Retail Academy (FRA) has worked with Networks First to bring improved Wi-Fi connectivity to its staff and students

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation

  WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  CES 2013: Driverless cars could be next for the enterprise

  Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, thinks businesses will be big benefactors of the driverless car revolution

• December 21, 2012 21 Dec'12

  Suffolk cuts costs by 30% with PSN-ready network

  Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%.

• 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 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  Three chooses Huawei for managed services contract

  UK mobile operator Three will transfer staff to Huawei, and its partner Tech Mahindra, to manage its core network and operations.

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Emulex buys Endace for $130m

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

• December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12

  Cisco snaps up Cariden Technologies

  Cisco has bought software firm Cariden Technologies for $141m in its 10th acquisition this year

• 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 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?

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Cisco buys cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2bn

  Network equipment firm Cisco is to acquire US cloud networking supplier Meraki in a $1.2bn deal

• November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12

  WiFox claims 700% boost in Wi-Fi performance

  New software created by researchers at North Carolina State University claims to boost performance of Wi-Fi by up to 700%

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Cisco buys Cloupia for $125m

  Networking giant Cisco continues to add to its arsenal with the acquisition of datacentre software company Cloupia

• 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