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Networking hardware

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Software-defined infrastructure challenges legacy IT culture, warns Gartner

  Software-defined infrastructures are rapidly emerging and could disrupt conventional IT control, responsibility and support

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Nokia and Red Hat collaborate to create open-source telco cloud

  Nokia Networks and OpenStack provider Red Hat join forces so mobile broadband operators can create a telco cloud infrastructure

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Veg supplier freshens up data recovery times with WAN optimisation

  Network congestion limited vegetable wholesaler Product World’s ability to create and move VMs until it deployed WAN optimisation

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

  Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Brocade and Telefónica establish NFV benchmark

  Networking suppliers claim test results will alleviate customer concerns around performance barriers to adoption

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Kent County Council hands six-year PSN contract to Daisy Updata

  Daisy Updata Communications to manage Kent’s public services network (PSN) deployment across more than 1,300 sites

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Nike builds datacentre cloud and network infrastructure

  Nike is creating a scalable next-generation datacentre cloud and retail network infrastructure using Juniper's MetaFabric architecture

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Cisco cuts jobs as profits fall

  Cisco is to cut 6,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, after another quarter of shrinking profits

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Facebook optimises software infrastructure for datacentre power efficiency

  Facebook has developed a system called Autoscale to optimise its software infrastructure and make its datacentre more energy efficient

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Interxion invests €45m in Marseille datacentre as profits climb

  European cloud and colocation datacentre provider Interxion buys facilities in France to provide 5,700 square metres of space and 6MW of power

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner sets out broadband game plan

  Joe Garner, the new CEO at Openreach, talks about his plans to make the organisation more open, visible and responsive

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal

  CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

  European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog

  Watchdog IIPAG criticises Transport for London (TfL) for its inefficient and fragmented telecoms contracts

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

  IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France