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Networking hardware
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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January 31, 2008
31
Jan'08
UK should learn lessons from Japanese on broadband
The UK government must set a deadline for ensuring ubiquitous access to high-speed broadband if any plan to improve access is to succeed, a Japanese minister has advised
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January 30, 2008
30
Jan'08
Cairn Housing association improves customer service with new network infrastructure
Cairn Housing Association has implemented a network infrastructure to help it connect 45 remote locations and improve customer service.
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January 30, 2008
30
Jan'08
Farnham Castle deploys self-adjusting wireless internet access
Staff at Farnham Castle Conference Centre in Surrey have overcome challenges at the 900-year-old site by implementing a self-regulating wireless network to meet visitor demand for access to the internet throughout the venue.
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January 28, 2008
28
Jan'08
Virgin Media to offer 50Mbps broadband to UK homes
Following successful trials in Ashford, Folkstone and Dover, Virgin Media is planning to offer 50Mbps broadband to nine million homes in the UK by the end of the year.
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January 28, 2008
28
Jan'08
Sluggish speed is top broadband pain
A quarter of UK broadband customers are unhappy with their service and one-in-eight of them are looking to switch provider in the next three to six months.
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January 24, 2008
24
Jan'08
Councils consider using sewers for broadband delivery
A number of councils are considering delivering fast fibre-based broadband to their citizens using the sewer system.
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January 08, 2008
08
Jan'08
Virtualisation systems optimise storage performance
New package designed to offer the benefits of a virtualised IT infrastructure with the cost advantages of iSCSI storage networking.
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January 03, 2008
03
Jan'08
Dell to acquire The Networked Storage Company
The Networked Storage Company (TNWSC), a leading IT consultancy, that specialises in transitioning customers to proven, simplified and cost-efficient IT data storage solutions has been bought by PDC giant Dell.
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December 18, 2007
18
Dec'07
ITU announces first set of IPTV standards to promote technology adoption
The International Telecommunication Union has announced the first set of global standards for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV).
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December 06, 2007
06
Dec'07
Broadband satisfaction levels take a nosedive
Customer satisfaction levels among broadband users have taken a nosedive over the last year.
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November 28, 2007
28
Nov'07
UK broadband use rising, but speeds still slow
Seventy five per cent of the UK will connect to the web via broadband by December 2007 but top speeds are low compared to the rest of the world, analysts have said.
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November 26, 2007
26
Nov'07
PoE drives record quarter in switch sales
Gigabit Ethernet PoE port sales increased almost 80% when compared to the same quarter last year.
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November 26, 2007
26
Nov'07
Copper could save on fibre as boffins aim for 100gbps
Engineers at Pennsylvania State University in the US are attempting to achieve data speeds of 100 gigabits per second over Cat 7 copper cables.
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November 20, 2007
20
Nov'07
Cisco introduces 20Gbps switch
Cisco has launched a gateway switch that boosts the performance of applications that run on InfiniBand-clustered servers and network-attached storage and Fibre Channel based storage devices.
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November 07, 2007
07
Nov'07
Dell buys iSCSI storage firm EqualLogic for £700m
Dell is acquiring iSCSI storage virtualisation firm EqualLogic for £700m.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
Adaptec reports losses
Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
Users leaving Fibre Channel for iSCSI Sans find pros, cons
Users who recently updated aging Fibre Channel equipment with new iSCSI San products have found ease of use can be a double-edged sword.
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November 01, 2007
01
Nov'07
IBM refreshes storage arrays, adds file virtualisation
IBM bolsters DS8000 high-end systems and Nas management application, but it leaves out Maid, data deduplication, thin provisioning and 1Tbyte Sata drives.
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November 01, 2007
01
Nov'07
ISCSI storage gets performance makeover
Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.
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October 30, 2007
30
Oct'07
EMC's Tucci vows to keep up with new features
EMC CEO says storage giant is widening its technology net to match innovations of smaller competitors.
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October 28, 2007
28
Oct'07
NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN
NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.
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October 24, 2007
24
Oct'07
Advanced storage area networks overview
A storage area network (SAN) is vital to the enterprise. SANs concentrate storage into one ubiquitous and specialized network. But SAN deployments can be complicated -- an administrator must configure the hardware elements to achieve a mix of high ...
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October 23, 2007
23
Oct'07
Product Roundup: ISCSI
Here's a look at some of the vendors and products that make up the iSCSI market.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Fibre Channel over Ethernet takes its next step
At Storage Networking World, QLogic, NetApp and startup Nuova demo Fibre Channel over Ethernet, but the race to 10 Gigabit Ethernet is far from over.
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October 14, 2007
14
Oct'07
SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand
Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World.
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October 14, 2007
14
Oct'07
LSI moves to iSCSI arrays
All of LSI's products will support iSCSI connectivity, but its higher end arrays will have to wait for native support.
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October 09, 2007
09
Oct'07
Switch upgrades and replacements
In this chapter of our guide to SAN expansion best practices, you'll learn about the physical limitations of switches, how to architect the switching infrastructure and how to find opportunities to deploy ISCSI.
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October 07, 2007
07
Oct'07
Oracle simplifies managing 11g database storage
An NFS client developed by Oracle and NetApp and embedded in version 11g will make life easier for storage administrators managing the database when it's attached to Nas.
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October 04, 2007
04
Oct'07
Dot Hill plots iSCSI, RAID 6 and midrange SANs
Money-losing vendor chases new OEM business with plans for IP SANS, better data protection and new midrange system.
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October 04, 2007
04
Oct'07
Disk array expansion and replacement
No matter how much storage capacity you squeeze into a disk array, eventually it will run out of room. You can turn to tiered storage tactics and data deletion policies to stay one step ahead in the storage game, but no matter what, you will ...
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October 02, 2007
02
Oct'07
Storage Decisions: data storage product news
Suppliers at Storage Decisions are launching new Nas systems and data storage technologies such as heterogeneous snapshots and HBA-based authentication. Find out who's unveiling what in New York.
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October 01, 2007
01
Oct'07
HP overhauls Riss
Fessing up to bugs and an unworkable pricing scheme in previous versions of its data archiving product, HP has relaunched RISS as the Integrated Archive Platform.
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September 26, 2007
26
Sep'07
ONStor releases new range of virtualised storage products
ONStor, a provider of network attached storage products, has introduced a range of virtualised storage products offering twice the capacity and improved performance over the previous model.
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September 16, 2007
16
Sep'07
BlueArc teams with Texas on storage networks
BlueArc Corporation, a network storage manufacturer, and Texas Memory Systems have jointly tested and certified product interoperability of BlueArc's Titan 2000 unified storage system family and Texas Memory Systems' RamSan-400.
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September 09, 2007
09
Sep'07
NetApp, HDS tout scaled-down disk arrays
New offerings are meant to take advantage of storage growth in the midmarket, but experts say the products will still probably appeal most to existing high-end users.
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September 09, 2007
09
Sep'07
Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San
LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage.