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• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Evelina London Children's Hospital uses real-time video to aid heart treatment

  The London hospital saves time, money and stress through Polycom’s video-conferencing solution within their theatres

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  GCHQ told to tighten reins on Huawei security centre

  A report commissioned by David Cameron has called for tighter controls on Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre amid fears around the company’s ties with the Chinese government

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Is BT ‘embedding secret spy equipment’ in routers?

  UK telecoms giant BT is accused of enabling GCHQ and the NSA access to customer data through its routers used in millions of homes and businesses across the UK. BT claims it is just a conspiracy theory. Computer Weekly looks at both sides

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  EE promises £275m investment into call quality

  The mobile operator announces a multi-million pound investment into the quality of phone calls as part of its larger network upgrades

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Cable theft causes three-day broadband outage in West London

  Customers of BT, TalkTalk and Sky broadband in West London have been suffering outages for three days after an attempted cable theft in the capital

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  VillageBroadband brings superfast Wi-Fi to rural Northamptonshire

  The community project turned company serves up 10-15Mbps Wi-Fi to 3,500 residents in rural parts of the East Midlands county

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Dell launches startup competition

  Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunities

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Insurance firms invest £25bn in UK infrastructure

  UK’s biggest insurance firms will invest £25bn into infrastructure projects including broadband roll-out and railway networks

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Huawei invests £10m in UK university research

  Chinese telecoms firm Huawei boosts investment in the UK, promising £10m funding for universities' technology projects

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Oxford Brookes revamps network with Juniper

  Oxford Brookes University signs Juniper Networks to overhaul its infrastructure and modernise services for students and staff

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Security is network professionals’ top priority for 2014

  New research from TechTarget and Computer Weekly shows networking professionals see security as the biggest priority for 2014, whilst they claim the vendors’ favourite – software defined networking – is just not ready yet

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Fujitsu to exit London Stock Exchange

  The Japanese firm submits an application to withdraw from the London Stock Exchange and liquidate one of its US subsidiaries in a bid to cut costs

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  HP shareholders win out as revenue declines by $8bn

  HP shareholders are set to receive an early Christmas present in spite of the company making $8bn less in 2013 compared to 2012

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Argos brings O2 Wi-Fi to 735 stores

  The retail giant is rolling out Wi-Fi to all its stores in time for the Christmas rush

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Janet6 ‘offers the future’ for research networking needs

  Jisc takes back the network from a managed service provider to light up its own fibre and offer a future proofed service to researchers, universities, colleges and schools across the UK

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Facebook authentication - Like?

  As Cisco teams up with Facebook to offer authentication for public Wi-Fi, is this option safe for businesses?

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Cardiff chooses BT for free Wi-Fi project

  The Welsh capital signs a deal with BT in its bid to become a ‘super connected city’

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Cisco forecasts revenue declines

  Networking giant Cisco expects revenues to fall by up to 10% this quarter as it fails to build momentum in emerging markets

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  The commercial reality of Huawei’s trust issues

  The Chinese firm is working tirelessly to tell the world it can be trusted but, the US remains unwilling to budge

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Mobile operators ready to embrace Wi-Fi

  The CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance claims ‘the era of reticence and resentment is gone’ and mobile operators are now looking to how Wi-Fi can benefit them, rather than seeing it as their enemy

• 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 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Scottish Government pilots Windows 8 tablets to improve services

  The Scottish government is piloting how Windows 8 could be used to improve citizen relationship

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Case study: South Staffordshire College leads technology revolution in education

  South Staffordshire College is to open a digital campus, where students will be encouraged to immerse themselves in education through tech

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Building railways not broadband is a ‘strategic mistake’

  The chief technology officer for Microsoft in EMEA claims the government is making a mistake investing billions into HS2 rather than broadband infrastructure which could enable more mobile working

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Case study: Sky Broadband looks to scale with Cisco

  Sky Broadband ISP chooses Cisco’s new Network Convergence System (NCS) to meet the demand of its growing customer base

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  BT to offer mobile services over EE network

  The telecoms giant has announced EE is its preferred bidder as it looks to re-enter the mobile market as an MVNO

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Case study: Bensons for Beds owner opts for third-party datacentre and managed services

  Owner of Bensons for Beds and Harveys furniture stores outsources IT infrastructure and adopts third-party datacentre

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Alcatel-Lucent to axe 10,000 staff

  The networking company’s new CEO continues his cost saving plan by wiping almost 14% of its global workforce

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Rural 10% forced to wait for broadband

  The most rural areas of the UK may have to wait for BT to complete the BDUK broadband roll-out before they get connected

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  UK companies missing from top 100 innovators

  UK companies have failed to make it onto a global ranking of the 100 most innovative organisations

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Wolseley outsources IT and business process to Capita Managed Services

  Wolseley has handed the management of its network infrastructure and call handling to Capita Managed Services for 18 months

• 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

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Ofcom announces UK white space trials

  UK organisations will play a major part in European tests for the wireless technology

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Case Study: London Symphony Orchestra fine tunes Wi-Fi

  London Symphony Orchestra deploys Xirrus technologies at its St Luke’s venue in central London

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  EE hit by weekend of outages

  Mobile operator EE confirms issues on its network but keeps quiet about the causes

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  ‘I don’t believe privacy exists,’ claims network executive

  Ipswitch executive claims European businesses more paranoid about privacy than US, where attitudes have changed since 9/11

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  What does the Public Accounts Committee want from BDUK?

  MPs slammed the BDUK broadband process for making it too easy for BT. But how to rectify the situation? We take an in-depth look at the report

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Case study: Law firm Sills & Betteridge revamps telephony with Intercity

  Law firm Sills & Betteridge overhauls its telephony system to bring employees an easy-to-use, consolidated solution

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Eurostar catches up with Wi-Fi roll-out

  Nomad Digital will supply the technology to bring connectivity to Eurostar’s upcoming fleet of e320s

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Government tests emergency mobile alert system

  The Cabinet Office plans to test a public alert system to let mobile users know if an emergency occurs in their area

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Huawei bets on European talent with mobile R&D

  Putting a cellular research centre in the homeland of Ericsson is a great idea for scouting talent, but will Huawei opening its doors win over the sceptics?

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  European Commissioner Neelie Kroes pushes for 5G despite EU 4G lag

  European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes calls for 5G investment despite a GSMA report showing 4G take-up of just 1% in EU

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Intel launches micro-server, network, storage technologies to power cloud datacentres

  Intel has launched Atom C2000 for micro-servers, a silicon for software-defined networking, and a rack to help providers build cloud datacentres

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Ericsson to build three modular datacentres to power its cloud services

  Ericsson is investing £682m in the next five years to build three modular datacentres to help the company provide cloud-powered services

• 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 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  How networks and data win Formula One races for Mercedes AMG Petronas

  Tata Communications joins the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team to bring speedy connectivity worthy of its cars

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Conference call service Powwownow refreshes datacentre infrastructure

  UK-based conference call service provider Powwownow refreshes datacentre to support its growing voice and video services

• 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

  BT to recruit 150 engineers in Scotland

  BT is creating 150 new posts in Scotland to help with its broadband roll-out across the country

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Case study: Seadrill migrates in-house datacentre to virtual private cloud in six months

  Offshore drilling company Seadrill moved its in-house datacentre in Norway to HP's virtual private cloud infrastructure in the UK in six months

• 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

  BT to shut down dial-up in September

  BT tempts its customers over to broadband services, although also offers PlusNet narrowband alternative for those outside of its footprint

• 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 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  Worcestershire County Council overlaps connected areas with BDUK broadband roll-out plans

  Worcestershire County Council lists 14 parishes as ‘intervention areas’ despite funding superfast broadband, breaking EU rules

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  VMware must demonstrate it is a ‘serious IaaS provider’ at VMworld: Gartner

  As VMworld 2013 is about to kickoff, Gartner analyst explains what users can expect at the event and VMware’s future in the mobile and cloud era

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Fleet management firm LeasePlan embraces private cloud for BYOD

  LeasePlan is implementing private cloud services for flexible IT infrastructure and a centralised virtual desktop to support BYOD

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Ofcom champions faster satellite connections

  The telecoms regulator launches a consultation into using higher frequency bands for satellite broadband connections, enabling faster speed for trains, aeroplanes and ships

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Hempsons Solicitors cuts costs with Enterasys network

  Legal health specialist Hempsons Solicitors rips out its existing Cisco infrastructure for increased functionality and cost savings

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Multimillion-pound broadband project axed in Yorkshire

  Despite millions of taxpayer’s pounds sunk into the Digital Region project in South Yorkshire, the councils involved decide to drop it to save £12.5m

• 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 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 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Enterprise Ethernet services market to reach $62bn by 2018, says Ovum

  Ovum has predicted that the enterprise Ethernet market will exceed $62bn (£40bn) by 2018, growing 13.6% every year

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  UK average broadband speed rises

  The average download speed for broadband in the UK has reached 14.7Mbps, but take-up of superfast connections still low

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Case study: Birmingham rolls out free public Wi-Fi

  Birmingham City Council is working with Virgin Media Business to bring free Wi-Fi to public spaces and encourage mobile operators to invest in better 3G and 4G signals

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  Gigabit internet speeds brought to Bournemouth businesses

  CityFibre launches leased line broadband service in the seaside town of Bournemouth

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Facebook's datacentre carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions rise

  Despite its focus on energy efficiency and use of renewable energy resources, Facebook’s datacentre carbon footprint increased 52% in 2012

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Digital TV spectrum clear for 4G

  Ofcom confirms the 4G spectrum it auctioned off earlier this year is now cleared and ready to be used by mobile operators

• 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 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Cisco reseller arrested for fraud

  Head of Network Genesis is accused of buying fake Cisco equipment and selling it on as the real thing to make a profit

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Symantec Web Gateway flaw enables hacker surveillance

  Security flaws in Symantec’s Web Gateway appliance expose users to surveillance of all internet activities, says SEC Consult

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Juniper Networks bids farewell to CEO as profits rocket

  Kevin Johnson announces his retirement on the same day the networking firm records a rise in profits of 70%

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  BT accused of ‘bullying tactics’ over BDUK

  BT accused of bullying local authorities while negotiating broadband roll-out schemes, threatening to put them ‘to the bottom of the list’

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Emulex shakes up leadership with Q4 still unclear

  Current Emulex CEO James McCluney becomes chairman of the board as COO Jeffrey Benck takes his place

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  National broadband projects key to UN goals

  The Broadband Commission claims national projects are the best way to ensure the benefits of the internet are enjoyed by all

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Young’s signs Wi-Fi deal with BT

  A deal between BT and the Young and Co.’s Brewery is set to bring free Wi-Fi to its customers by the end of the year

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  O2 extends 4G backhaul with Virgin Media Business

  Mobile operator O2 will use Virgin Media Business’s superfast fibre network to bring capacity for its 4G roll-out later in 2013

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Ofcom proposes cuts to wholesale broadband charges

  The telecoms regulator wants to reduce the wholesale price BT charges to smaller ISPs, which it hopes will lead to price drops for broadband and landline packages

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  Ashridge Business School revamps network with HP

  Ashridge Business School, in Berkhamsted, rolls out HP FlexCampus to encourage its students to bring their own devices

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Slow storage market hits Brocade revenues

  Networking firm Brocade blames SAN sales not meeting expectations for a revenue slide of 8% in its second quarter

• 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?

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Nokia buys out Siemens from NSN joint venture

  Nokia is paying €1.7bn to take the Siemens out of Nokia Siemens Networks

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Colt slashes datacentre power use by 43GWh and saves €4m

  Colt has reduced annual datacentre electricity consumption by 43GWh and saved €4m per year since its energy efficiency programme began

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Universities minister David Willetts backs Chinese telecoms firm Huawei

  Universities and science minister David Willetts praises Huawei a week after the ISC voiced concerns over its involvement in UK infrastructure

• 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 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  CityFibre and Level 3 join forces for gigabit internet

  CityFibre and Level 3 bring their fibre and IP assets together to offer gigabit-speed internet to business across the UK

• 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 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  IT not ready to be the ‘Apple Genius Bar’

  Aruba Networks' study shows BYOD will shape future of the enterprise, but CMO says the IT department needs to change for the mobile era

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Sky-high Wi-Fi a challenge for Europe

  Satellites, frequencies and finding the cash to invest is holding European airlines back from installing Wi-Fi, according to an industry expert

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Case study: TGI Friday's goes wireless with Aruba

  TGI Friday's across the UK uses wireless technology from Aruba Networks to process payments and has big plans for the future

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Intel buys ST-Ericsson’s GNSS business

  US chipmaker has entered into an agreement to buy the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) division of ST-Ericsson

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  BIS awards Thales five-year PSN contract

  Thales will provide secure network services to The Insolvency Service for its headquarters, regional offices and datacentres

• 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 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 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Moonshot fails to lift HP's server revenue

  HP’s plans to use the low-powered Moonshot servers to rekindle its ailing commodity server business has yet to deliver meaningful benefits

• May 14, 2013 14 May'13

  Camden Council rolls out free Wi-Fi

  Camden London Borough Council signs a deal with Arqiva to provide free wireless connectivity to businesses, residents and visitors

• May 13, 2013 13 May'13

  Arqiva wins government rural mobile contract

  Arqiva is awarded £150m to boost mobile coverage in rural areas as part of the government’s Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP)

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

  Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Government consults on mobile broadband deployment

  The government has launched a consultation to lay out its proposals for accelerating mobile broadband infrastructure deployment across the UK

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Case Study: Solihull Council picks Juniper for BYOD

  The Metropolitan Borough Council upgrades its bring your own device system and reaps the benefits of more efficient staff