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November 26, 2008 26 Nov'08
Private sector should drive demand for high-speed broadband

The public sector could not and should not drive demand for high-speed...
November 26, 2008 26 Nov'08
Low-cost broadband to help Welsh hill farmers compete with city slickers

Welsh hill farmers will be able to compete with London city slickers for the price they pay for broadband communications from next year.

This follows...
November 25, 2008 25 Nov'08
Cisco puts the crunch on UK operations over New Year holidays

Network equipment maker Cisco will shut its US and Canadian operations for four days over New Year, and will encourage its British staff to take holiday over the same period, to help save $1bn in costs.
November 24, 2008 24 Nov'08
European datacentres running out of capacity as importance grows

Datacentres critically close to exceeding their limits yet senior management failing to understand how essential they are

November 12, 2008 12 Nov'08
Virgin Media to cut 2,200 jobs

Virgin Media will starting slashing 2,200 jobs from its workforce from next year to cut costs and help reduce the company's debt. The jobs to go represent...
November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08
Mobile operators face penalty if retailers mis-sell

Mobile network operators could face fines of up to 10% of turnover if proposals now...
November 04, 2008 04 Nov'08
US election promises universal internet access

The US presidential election promises to open up broadband access across the US following pledgesby both candidates to giveevery citizenonline access.
November 03, 2008 03 Nov'08
Two-thirds of firms are using cloud computing, despite risks

Two in three businesses have embraced cloud-based computing, despite awareness of security and management risks, according to a survey from Citrix.
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Lincs boy arrested by police for allegedly surfing on neighbour’s Wi-Fi connection

Lincolnshire police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected of hacking into his next door neighbour's Wi-Fi...
October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Google: First Earth, now the solar system

Google is working with NASA to develop a new efficient communications system in space.

Having jointly designed the networking protocols that launched...

October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Computer glitches hit BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland was hit by computer problems this week that disrupted yesterday's (Tuesday) transmission of the midday radio current affairs programme.
October 28, 2008 28 Oct'08
Average broadband speeds rise, but don't go wireless just yet

Average broadband speeds to homes are more than twice as fast as average mobile broadband speeds, according to broadband comparison website Broadband Expert.
October 25, 2008 25 Oct'08
IT key to Olympic Games London 2012

IT will play a key role in the London Olympic Games in 2012.
October 22, 2008 22 Oct'08
Government report to champion high-speed broadband

Stephen Carter, the minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, is to publish an action plan to show how the government can promote IT and...
October 14, 2008 14 Oct'08
SMBs may not see cloud’s silver lining

Many SMBs seriously considering a switch to cloud computing but failing to see changes needed to obtain the rewards
October 13, 2008 13 Oct'08
BT to pilot fibre to the kerb broadband next summer

BT will start rolling out fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) in summer as part of the £1.5bn network upgrade it announced in July.
October 13, 2008 13 Oct'08
Britannia and Co-op in latest integration talks

Britannia building society and Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) could be the next UK financial services firms to integrate their systems.

Britannia,...
October 10, 2008 10 Oct'08
Scots demand next-generation broadband

There is huge demand for next-generation broadband in Scotland, although like the rest of the UK there is a severe shortage of fibre connectivity to the home to allow it.
October 09, 2008 09 Oct'08
Open up broadband 'duopoly', Ofcom urged

What can I get, when can I get it, what will it cost me, and is it worth it? These are questions CIOs are asking themselves following a blizzard of reports last month on the future national broadband network.
October 06, 2008 06 Oct'08
T-Mobile admits to losing 17 million German customer records

T-Mobile has admitted losing 17 million German customer records, with the records being offered online by criminals.

The records included customer...
October 06, 2008 06 Oct'08
T-Mobile and 3 to use BT’s 21CN to support mobile broadband

T-Mobile and 3 have selected BT's IP-based...
October 03, 2008 03 Oct'08
Schwarzenegger terminates RFID skimming

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill making it illegal to wirelessly hack a person's radio frequency identification technology
October 02, 2008 02 Oct'08
Hewlett-Packard boosts SME storage and virtualisation offering after grabbing LeftHand for £200m

Hewlett-Packard has acquired LeftHand Networks to extend its storage and virtualisation offering in the SME and branch office market segments.
September 26, 2008 26 Sep'08
Visa develops mobile payments software around Google Android

Visa is developing mobile payments software for handsets running Google's Android mobile phone operating system.
September 26, 2008 26 Sep'08
Most emergency services successfully transmitting patient data to GPs

Most emergency health services are using automated electronic systems to share and transmit patient assessments to GPs.
September 25, 2008 25 Sep'08
BASF standardised on BT Global Services

German chemicals maker BASF has standardised on BT Global Services for its world-wide network needs with the signing of a contract for wide-area data network in the Asia-Pacific region.
September 25, 2008 25 Sep'08
E-mail trail leads OFT to investigate grocery price collusion

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it is investigating the UK's top retailers and grocery manufacturers for possible collusion on pricing.
September 23, 2008 23 Sep'08
Ofcom to let BT set own prices for fibre broadband

BT should set its own wholesale prices for broadband in an effort to speed up investment in optical fibre networks, the telecoms watchdog said today.
September 23, 2008 23 Sep'08
Labour Conference: Broadband should be left to market, says minister

The market should be left to its own devices when it comes to investing in next generation broadband, said cabinet office minister Tom Watson, speaking at the Labour party conference yesterday.
September 22, 2008 22 Sep'08
Carphone Warehouse bids £450m for Tiscali UK

Carphone Warehouse ...
September 18, 2008 18 Sep'08
VMWorld: Cisco switch will make virtualisation easier

Cisco claims virtualisation will become easier for network administrators in the next year when it releases its first software network switch, The...
September 17, 2008 17 Sep'08
HSBC puts video conference strategy in place

HSBC's is installing 1000 video conferencing systems in 60 countries, as it steps up its plans to cut travel cost and the bank's carbon footprint.

The...
September 16, 2008 16 Sep'08
Independent broadband reports calls for private sector investment

Leaving the development of the broadband market to the private sector is a tacit acknowledgement that the government cannot respond fast enough to technology...
September 16, 2008 16 Sep'08
Government slammed for not putting public cash into next generation rural broadband

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has slammed the government for deciding not to plough public money into next generation broadband.
September 12, 2008 12 Sep'08
Steady as she goes, as government holds broadband on course

The government should leave the roll-out...
September 12, 2008 12 Sep'08
UK in bottom half of broadband league table

The quality of broadband connections in the UK are below the average recorded in 42 countries, a Cisco study has revealed. The networking company's...
September 10, 2008 10 Sep'08
Microsoft Hyper-V licensing could restrict server maintenance

Microsoft's licensing of its Hyper-V hypervisor technology could double the licence...
September 10, 2008 10 Sep'08
Google backs satellite network for third-world internet access

Google is backing a multi-million pound plan to use satellites to provide internet access to three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.
September 03, 2008 03 Sep'08
Digital divide can be tackled with next generation broadband, says Ofcom

The Ofcom Consumer Panel has called on policy-makers to tackle the digital divide
September 02, 2008 02 Sep'08
Shropshire fire service improves delivery of risk data to fire engines

Fire crews at the Shropshire Fire & Rescue service are being given improved access to emergency incident risk data on route to incidents. They are being...
August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08
Bank IT systems under constant pressure

Technology has made banking services more available and raised the expectations of customers, according to the British Banking Association.
August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08
Bluecoat Wan accelerator speeds up Kettering NHS' Pacs

Kettering General Hospital has deployed network acceleration technology from Blue Coat to enable it to send large X-ray images electronically.
August 19, 2008 19 Aug'08
Inmarsat completes global satellite broadband network

Inmarsat has completed its broadband satellite network with the launch of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite.
August 15, 2008 15 Aug'08
Latest Heathrow computer fault disrupts thousands

A failure in the computer network at Heathrow airport's terminal 3 yesterday disrupted flights for thousands of passengers. Two flights were cancelled,...
August 08, 2008 08 Aug'08
Make sure you won't get lost in cyberspace

The internet industry is unprepared for the fundamental change in how it sends messages that will happen on New Year's Day 2009.
August 05, 2008 05 Aug'08
British Energy: how to build a secure government network on the cheap

British Energy has demonstrated...
July 30, 2008 30 Jul'08
Nortel to support London Olympics network and comms

Nortel will provide BT with routers, switches and networking equipment required to build and support the network and communications infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympics.
July 30, 2008 30 Jul'08
Trinity Mirror group migrates to blade servers

Publisher Trinity Mirror group has migrated to blade servers following the upgrade of its publishing infrastructure for three newspapers.

The company...
July 29, 2008 29 Jul'08
HP, Yahoo and Intel partner on cloud computing

Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have developed a global testbed to help businesses, government, academia and the IT industry develop and use cloud-based...
July 18, 2008 18 Jul'08
What will be the impact of BT's fibre optic network?

Anew national fibre optic network could fuel demand for bandwidth-hungry applications such as videoconferencing ,...