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June 23, 2008 23 Jun'08
Network Rail pilots 'intelligent infrastructure'

Network Rail IT bosses plan to test a network of sensors that will predict when rail equipment needs maintenance as part of a programme to cut the company's costs by a fifth by 2014.
June 23, 2008 23 Jun'08
Verisign beefs up internet reliability with new centres in Paris and Brussels

Verisign, which manages the domain name servers for the .com and .net internet domains, this week opened new points of presence in Paris and Brussels that will give some 32 million internet users a faster, more reliable and more secure online ...
June 19, 2008 19 Jun'08
Photo story: Look across the Atlantic from Tower Bridge to Brooklyn bridge

A gigantic optical device, known as the Telectroscope, has enabled more than 50,000 people to see across the Atlantic.
June 16, 2008 16 Jun'08
Agilent unveils four new testing systems for triple play services

Agilent Technologies is launching four new test measurement systems for triple-play multimedia services.

Agilent's N2X Multiplay Test Solution combines...

June 11, 2008 11 Jun'08
Procter & Gamble signs £325m networking deal with BT

Procter & Gamble has signed a £325m networking contract with BT to improve the group's local and wide area networking. The five-year contract will...
June 09, 2008 09 Jun'08
ISP uncertainty could halt UK broadband roll-out

ISP investment in building fast broadband networks could stall even though the UK economy would benefit from a full-fibre roll-out, an influential advisory...
June 05, 2008 05 Jun'08
Sewers provide Bournemouth with leased-line alternative

"It takes time to get used to the smell, and it can be quite claustrophobic, but after a while it becomes like any other day at the office." This is...
June 04, 2008 04 Jun'08
Analyst reviews opinion of use of embedded 3G in notebooks

New pricing plans and wireless WAN (WWAN) technology evolution are forcing changes in strategy
June 02, 2008 02 Jun'08
Connectivity problems not enough to make SMBs switch Internet

Even though most SMBs have embraced the internet as an integral part of business strategy in the last five years, they are often let down by service providers
June 02, 2008 02 Jun'08
Tendring council sends data down the sewers

Tendring District Council is using its sewer system to improve its communications network.

May 30, 2008 30 May'08
Tesco’s IT strategy to support international expansion

Tesco plans to centralise IT applications across its stores worldwide, after signing a £100m network and voice contract to support its overseas expansion programme.
May 30, 2008 30 May'08
London Stock Exchange hosts investment firms' infrastructure

The London Stock Exchange is offering to host investment firms' trading systems on its datacentre
May 30, 2008 30 May'08
SMEs will suffer poor broadband services and will not switch

SMEs reliant on broadband will not switch their provider when the service turns sour.
May 29, 2008 29 May'08
Price of communications circuits drops 10% to 20%, study finds

The wholesale price of communications circuits dropped 10% to 20% last year as network operators switched to higher-capacity links, market analyst Telegeography has reported.
May 28, 2008 28 May'08
High-bandwidth networks drive mobile Internet take up

3G network deployments have contributed to a sharp uptake in cellular modem adoption to provide wireless connectivity to laptops, UMPCs and desktop computers
May 28, 2008 28 May'08
Tesco signs Cable and Wireless for network £100m deal

Tesco has signed a £100 million deal with Cable and Wireless to build a data and voice network that will connect its UK and international offices.
May 21, 2008 21 May'08
More than 90% of UK web users now on broadband

More than nine out of 10 connections to the internet in the UK are now via broadband, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In March 2008,...
May 20, 2008 20 May'08
Wood chips and methane power greener data centres

Cliff Saran

cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk

Innovative IT departments are turning to environmentally friendly technology such as wood chips and methane...
May 20, 2008 20 May'08
In-building wireless systems have sound foundation

In-building wireless systems that provide cellular coverage and capacity indoors will experience steady growth over the next five years
May 20, 2008 20 May'08
Mobile broadband to drive $850m investment in FMG and 4G

Ever-increasing demands on 3G networks will only be addressed by 4G networks and the use of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC)
May 20, 2008 20 May'08
Dark fibre grows across Europe

New European study reaffirms the continued expansion of dark fibre in Europe, with steady growth averaging at 8% per annum
May 19, 2008 19 May'08
Norwich Union signs £300m deal with Cable & Wireless

Aviva Insurance Group, which owns Norwich Union, has signed a six-year IT outsourcing contract worth £300m with Cable & Wireless.

The company will...
May 14, 2008 14 May'08
24/7-connected workers forcing change in company culture

Despite being constantly connected, only 35% of workers feel having communication tools help them, whilst 21% actually thought they make their lives more difficult
May 14, 2008 14 May'08
Lack of bandwidth and huge traffic threatens to engulf companies

As storage, green technologies and compliance compete for budget, a significant proportion of companies believe their bandwidth requirements will double within five years
May 13, 2008 13 May'08
BT and O2 join forces to improve mobile broadband

BT's 21CN to allow O2 to offer effective mobile broadband services that will be increasingly in demand
May 13, 2008 13 May'08
Vodafone broadens and simplifies mobile broadband

Beginning in June 2008, mobile broadband network will cover major cities and other key urban areas plus firm will typical download task times at point of sale
May 13, 2008 13 May'08
Ensuring the trust fabric of the knowledge capital society

As networks evolve, traditional views about security must change, creating new security paradigms that protect not only the integrity of knowledge capital but also the reputation and privacy of its users.
May 12, 2008 12 May'08
SMBs need to adopt technology that bolsters flexibility

Even though absence could be costing SMBs up to £25,000 per annum, firms express wish for staff to work flexibly
May 09, 2008 09 May'08
EDF Energy cuts costs with mobile routing

EDF Energy is to cut maintenance costs by deploying mobile routing technology to monitor the performance of 400 electricity substations across South East England.
May 08, 2008 08 May'08
Bournemouth to get fibre broadband via sewers

Bournemouth will begin the deployment of a fibre network within the next six months, bringing next-generation broadband and connectivity to all homes and businesses in the town.
May 07, 2008 07 May'08
Darlington Building Society optimises apps over Wan

Darlington Building Society has accelerated the performance of its business applications by as much as 2,000% by optimising a Wan set-up.
May 07, 2008 07 May'08
Millions of DSL broadband subscribers to switch to Wimax

Up to 12% of the world's DSL broadband subscribers will transfer to fixed Wimax connections by 2013, according to Juniper Research.
May 06, 2008 06 May'08
Thomson Reuters signs BT wide area network (WAN) deal

Thomson Reuters has extended a contract with BT to manage its wide area network in an eight-year outsourcing deal.
May 06, 2008 06 May'08
EMC announces latest automated network change platform

EMC has announced its latest platform for automated network change and configuration management.
May 06, 2008 06 May'08
Nearly 200m machines connected to mobile networks by 2012

M2M connections to grow from 37.5 million in 2007 to 186 million connections by 2012
May 06, 2008 06 May'08
Clear differences between leading players in WAN services market

COLT , Orange Business Services, and Verizon Business lead the pack with the best overall combination.
April 29, 2008 29 Apr'08
University of Liverpool improves email storage

The University of Liverpool has chosen C2C's archiving system to improve email storage management.
April 25, 2008 25 Apr'08
Allied Carpets lays out network convergence with multi-million-pound deal

Allied Carpets has signed a five-year, multi-million-pound contract with Azzurri Communications to improve its communications and cut costs through convergence.
April 24, 2008 24 Apr'08
Faster bank payments ready to roll

From May, businesses will be able to have UK internet, telephone banking and standing order payments cleared in as little as 15 seconds instead of three days.
April 23, 2008 23 Apr'08
Enterprise data warehouses replace data marts

Businesses are replacing departmental databases - known as data marts - with enterprise data warehouses designed to pool information across the company.
April 23, 2008 23 Apr'08
Hosted IP Centrex services continue steady growth

Seats in service will reach 6.5 million in the US and 14.1 million worldwide by 2012
April 18, 2008 18 Apr'08
O2 launches mobile broadband service

O2 has finally launched a mobile broadband service for its customers.
April 18, 2008 18 Apr'08
Nokia sees operating margins slump

Nokia posted a big sales and net profit increase for the first quarter, but saw its operating margins fall.
April 17, 2008 17 Apr'08
Ofcom pushes for fibre broadband in new-build properties

The communications regulator Ofcom has published proposals to promote next-generation fibre broadband networks for new housing and office developments.
April 16, 2008 16 Apr'08
NHS trust replaces Cisco network monitoring platform with Castle Rock SNMPc system

Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is now monitoring its IT network across 150 sites using a system supplied by Teneo, which replaces a CiscoWorks platform.
April 16, 2008 16 Apr'08
Business centre users get improved IP comms

Occupants of United Business Centres (UBC) are to get the latest in IP communications services.
April 15, 2008 15 Apr'08
Bats trading exchange hires SAVVIS to support fast transaction platform in London

The Bats trading exchange has hired infrastructure services firm SAVVIS to host its Bats electronic equities trading platform in London to support the European market.
April 15, 2008 15 Apr'08
Suppliers move towards cheaper 10Gbyte Ethernet optical networking

The Ethernet Alliance has announced that members are working towards improved interoperability of products to deliver cheaper 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
April 15, 2008 15 Apr'08
EDITORIAL: It's time for a Net Neutrality debate

Australia should sort out its position on Net Neutrality before the National Broadband Network is built, not afterwards, writes TechTarget ANZ Editor Simon Sharwood.
April 14, 2008 14 Apr'08
Johnston Press goes to THUS to support publishing systems

Johnston Press has implemented a network to enable its transition from traditional to digital media, as well as supporting wider business objectives.
April 11, 2008 11 Apr'08
Gartner identifies seven ‘Grand Challenges for IT’

"Seven grand challenges" facing IT over the next quarter of a century have been identified by analyst Gartner.
April 11, 2008 11 Apr'08
UK drops out of top ten networked economies

The UK has dropped out of the top ten for the most networked economies in the world, according to the World Economic Forum.
April 11, 2008 11 Apr'08
BBC signs Siemens for digital content delivery

The BBC has signed an IT deal worth an estimated £80.2 million with Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS) to design and support a system to deliver digital audio and video content.
April 07, 2008 07 Apr'08
Queen Mary college deploys fibre network to widen e-learning

Queen Mary, University of London has hired THUS for the provision of an open fibre network that will improve connectivity and support wider e-learning.
April 04, 2008 04 Apr'08
BT’s 21CN falls short on Welsh expectations

BT's plan to move 350,000 customer lines in South Wales on to its 21st Century Network (21CN) by 2007 has fallen short of BTs expectations, it was claimed this week.
April 04, 2008 04 Apr'08
Nottingham NHS Trust to improve access to healthcare information

The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying one of the UK's most advanced networks to improve access to healthcare information and speed up service delivery.
April 02, 2008 02 Apr'08
YO!Sushi aims to cut network costs with MPLS WAN

Restaurant chain YO!Sushi has invested heavily in a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) wide area network (WAN) which it said will cut infrastructure costs during its expansion programme.
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Videoconferencing gaining attraction among EU firms

Organisations increasingly using videoconferencing as a tool of communication to reduce costs and travel time, according to Frost & Sullivan.
March 31, 2008 31 Mar'08
KPMG signs BT with £62m five-year outsourcing contract

KPMG is to outsource a significant chunk of its IT management to BT in a deal worth £62m over five years. If successful the contract, in the UK and Germany, may be extended to other countries in which KPMG has offices.
March 31, 2008 31 Mar'08
How network managers deal with network slowdowns affecting application performance

Over two-thirds of network managers spend at least 25 days per year determining the cause of network slowdowns affecting application performance.
March 27, 2008 27 Mar'08
Architect secures remote access

Architect Scott Brownrigg has replaced its IPSEC virtual private network (VPN) with a secure remote access system from AppGate Network Security.
March 27, 2008 27 Mar'08
UK needs regional powers to fast-track broadband roll-outs

Businsses could be offered with high-speed broadband more quickly if the rest of the UK followed Scotland's example of targeting broadband black spots, Scotland's enterprise minister said this week.
March 25, 2008 25 Mar'08
Security being ignored as VoIP deployments increase

Businesses not taking steps to increase security of VoIP networks
March 25, 2008 25 Mar'08
Interflora stops queues with hosted network service

Interflora, the flower delivery company, will deploy a hosted network software service to manage customer queueing at its call centre.
March 14, 2008 14 Mar'08
Eden Brown boosts communications with fibre network

Recruitment firm Eden Brown has signed a contract with fibre network company Geo to supply a network to improve its communications and support business growth.
March 13, 2008 13 Mar'08
AOL to buy social network Bebo for £425m

AOL is acquiring social networking site Bebo for about £425m to build an online community of 80 million users.
March 11, 2008 11 Mar'08
Internet owes its success to people as well as technology, says Berners-Lee

The internet owes its success to people as much as technology, Tim Berners-Lee, father of the world wide web said today.
March 10, 2008 10 Mar'08
Network equipment energy efficiency key to competitive edge

Power consumption and other so-called ‘green issues’ are fast becoming the information technology industry's biggest challenge.
March 06, 2008 06 Mar'08
BT becomes communications partner to London Olympics

BT has become the latest Tier One Partner of the 2012 London Olympics, in a deal worth tens of millions of pounds.
March 05, 2008 05 Mar'08
Somerfield sets out stall for WiMAX access to network

The supermarket chain will pilot the WiMAX solution at its Manchester sites as an alternative to a leased line
March 05, 2008 05 Mar'08
Broadband review faces April 2009 deadline for success

The government review into how internet service providers (ISPs) can be encouraged to build super-fast broadband networks will only be worthwhile if policies follow and are put into place as policies before April 2009, according to a report from the...
March 04, 2008 04 Mar'08
Reuters to monitor data speeds

Reuters has rolled out a service to monitor the performance of trading applications at investment companies to help them ensure they receive market data as fast as possible.
February 28, 2008 28 Feb'08
Cisco and Microsoft join forces to optimise branch apps

Cisco and Microsoft will develop joint architectures that combine Windows Server...
February 27, 2008 27 Feb'08
Ofcom issues O2 with 3G deadline

Ofcom today issued O2 with a deadline for meeting its 3G roll-out obligation and what steps it proposes to take should the mobile phone operator still not be in compliance.
February 25, 2008 25 Feb'08
Neterion clears logjams in virtualised datacentres with souped-up 10Gbps Ethernet adapter

Neterion has unveiled a 10Gbps (gigabits per second) Ethernet adapter that helps clear traffic logjams in virtualised datacentres.
February 22, 2008 22 Feb'08
Government investigates path to next-generation broadband

The government has launched a review into ways it can help the roll-out of super-fast broadband networks across the UK.
February 22, 2008 22 Feb'08
Glasgow school tackles anonymous proxies with new web filtering system

The High School of Glasgow has installed a web filtering solution to combat the threat of anonymous proxies.
February 21, 2008 21 Feb'08
Communications Management Association annual conference preview

If the UK goes into recession it could provide IT managers with reasons to offshore network services and re-think applications and connectivity management, delegates at the Communications Management Association's 2008 conference will hear next week.
February 20, 2008 20 Feb'08
Cable & Wireless goes for growth in India with NGN

Cable & Wireless has announced that it has been awarded international long distance and national long distance licences by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. These licences enable Cable & Wireless to offer next generation ...
February 20, 2008 20 Feb'08
Specsavers to build £4.5m WAN

UK optician Specsavers is to install a £4.5m global WAN to deliver complete end-to-end connectivity across its stores
February 19, 2008 19 Feb'08
Average UK broadband speed under 3mbps, report shows

Broadband users all over the UK have been testing their speeds and as a result of the 18,558 tests carried out in January on broadband comparison site Broadband-Expert.co.uk, the average speed in the UK is 2.95mbps.
February 19, 2008 19 Feb'08
North-east councils deploy shared CRM system to cut costs

Castle Morpeth and Alnwick councils in the north-east have begun using a shared customer relationship management system to cut costs.
February 15, 2008 15 Feb'08
UK broadband market to be de-regulated

The European Comission has approved the proposal of the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom to de-regulate the wholesale broadband market in some parts of the UK, covering around 65% of all UK homes and businesses.
February 15, 2008 15 Feb'08
Gieves and Hawkes cuts comms costs with single hosted service

Men's tailor Gieves and Hawkes has reduced data and voice communication costs by consolidating its voice and data infrastructure into a single hosted service.
February 15, 2008 15 Feb'08
Virtual call centre pays off for Scottish Power

Scottish Power has gained 10 times the call centre capacity and reduced technology support and maintenance costs by 41% through virtualisation.
February 14, 2008 14 Feb'08
IT managers urge new broadband minister to push for equal access across UK

IT managers have called on the government's new broadband minister to ensure all regions in the UK have equal access to fast connections.
February 14, 2008 14 Feb'08
Murdoch may block Gates’ takeover of Yahoo!

The Times newspaper has reported that its parent company News Corporation is in buyout talks with Yahoo! to rebuff Microsoft's £23bn hostile takeover offer.
February 13, 2008 13 Feb'08
ISPs will struggle to police government crackdown on illegal file-sharing

ISPs will struggle to comply with government demands to crack down on illegal file sharing among their customers.
February 13, 2008 13 Feb'08
Janet Aurora fibre network launched

Janet, the private government-funded computer network dedicated to education and research, has launched Aurora - a fibre network that will provide a platform for photonics and optical systems research.
February 13, 2008 13 Feb'08
Cock Tavern boosts trade with web-based quiz

The Cock Tavern pub in Hackney, east London, is using technology to help recover from losses caused by the smoking ban - it is boosting revenue by 40% twice a week with online interactive quiz nights.
February 07, 2008 07 Feb'08
Scottish & Southern Energy signs customer voice and broadband deal with BT

Utility Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has signed a strategic deal with BT to become the provider of integrated voice and broadband services to SSE for resale to its UK customers.
February 06, 2008 06 Feb'08
Saint-Gobain industrial group awards O2 mobile comms contract

O2 has won a contract with global industrial group Saint-Gobain to provide voice, Blackberry e-mail and other mobile data services to users in the UK and Ireland.
February 05, 2008 05 Feb'08
British Airways' IP network at Terminal 5 ready to go live

British Airways' IP-based communications network at Terminal 5 at Heathrow has been fully tested and will go live next month, when the terminal opens to the public.
February 04, 2008 04 Feb'08
Vodafone halves price of consumer mobile broadband

Vodafone UK has halved the monthly price of its consumer mobile broadband package and enhanced the business package.
February 04, 2008 04 Feb'08
UK broadband prices hit all-time low, study says

UK broadband prices have hit an all-time low, says price comparison website uSwitch.com.
February 04, 2008 04 Feb'08
IP Version 6 switches on

A new range of internet "telephone numbers" will be activated today (2 February) to allow more devices to connect to the internet in the future.
February 01, 2008 01 Feb'08
Deadline key to ubiquitous broadband plan

The only way the UK can ensure access for all to high-speed broadband is to set a deadline, a Japanese minister has advised.
February 01, 2008 01 Feb'08
Cable strike brings down internet link to India

Internet services between India and Europe were disrupted after two undersea internet cables in the Mediterranean were damaged.
January 31, 2008 31 Jan'08
Self-assessment deadline extended

The HMRC self assessment website was down for at least four hours on the day forms had to be completed by and the deadline has been extended.
January 31, 2008 31 Jan'08
Indian internet disruption hits UK businesses

Internet services between India and Europe have been disrupted after a ship accidentally severed two undersea cables in the Mediterranean.