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• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  IEEE forms 400GB Ethernet study group

  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) confirms it is looking into the capabilities and future of 400GB Ethernet

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Cisco plans to buy UK-based Ubiquisys

  US networking giant Cisco wants to extend its service provider portfolio by picking up UK-based small cell specialist Ubiquisys

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Vanhamme: 'The start of the journey for Dell'

  Dell’s newest EMEA executive, Dominique Vanhamme, has high hopes for his firm to take on the big incumbents with network virtualisation

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Mobile operators must change tack to claw back revenues

  Operators need to find new sources of revenue and use unique skills to tackle the threat of OTT providers, according to Juniper Research report

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  EC proposes broadband installation savings

  European Commission (EC) proposes to cut costs of installing fibre broadband by 30% to address the lack of standards across Europe

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Oracle continues telecoms push with Tekelec buy

  Larry Ellison’s firm continues its move into the telecoms space with its latest acquisition

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  HP shareholders challenge directors

  HP shareholders have challenged the board with a strong protest vote against the re-election of five directors at its annual meeting

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Fujitsu pulls out of BDUK

  Fujitsu, BT’s only rival in BDUK – the government-funded roll-out of superfast broadband – has withdrawn from the process

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Case Study: Telestroke Network hastens stroke treatment

  The public sector winner of our European User Awards for Networking worked with Virgin Media to bring treatment to stroke patients

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Cisco and Multiven lock horns over legal battle

  Cisco and Multiven enter a public feud, accusing one another of software and data theft

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Lamouche jumps ship from ST Ericsson

  ST Ericsson CEO resigns as the telecoms chip firm is dumped by partner STMicroeletronics

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Nokia Siemens Networks unveils Liquid Applications

  New technology enables data-rich applications to be run from base stations, reducing latency in mobile networks

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Can Huawei compete with Apple and Samsung?

  At the Mobile World Congress, Huawei unveiled its high-end smartphone – the Ascend P2 – and laid out its plans to topple the big guns

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Vodafone chief appointed Alcatel Lucent CEO

  Struggling telecoms firm, Alcatel Lucent names its new chief executive officer (CEO) as Michel Combes, to take over from 1 April 2013

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  HP's Whitman sticks with PC business as revenue crashes

  HP CEO Meg Whitman reports that the ailing computer company has a lot of work ahead to rebuild its enterprise business.

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  4G could entice mobile operators to SDN

  A Juniper Networks executive claims the refresh needed for 4G networks could lead mobile operators to become early adopters of software defined networking

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Case study: City of London School goes wireless

  The independent boy’s school installs a wireless network and mobile device management systems to enable staff, pupils and visitors to get connected

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Tax charges lead to losses for Brocade

  The networking firm reports record revenues, but confirms a tax charge pushed it to report losses of $21m

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Huawei bets on cloud for SDN strategy

  Chinese telecoms firm, Huawei, hopes its cloud-based software defined networking (SDN) strategy will help service providers simplify networks

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  European Commission funds research to eliminate latency

  Researchers from universities and enterprises across Europe are undertaking a project to minimise latency over the internet

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Mobile operators failing to plan for 4G backhaul

  Network providers not investing in their backhaul to keep performance levels high, despite increase in mobile data and influx of 4G services

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Intel and F5 invest into SDN

  Software defined networking has secured new interest this week with Intel investing into Big Switch Networks and F5 acquiring LineRate Systems

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  SDN adoption plans still stalling in Europe

  TechTarget and Computer Weekly surveys find that less than 10% of organisations looking to implement software defined networking (SDN)

• February 08, 2013 08 Feb'13

  Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen resigns as company posts losses

  Telecoms hardware manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent reports losses of €1.37bn and confirms CEO Ben Verwaayen will step down

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland

  Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Oracle makes UC buy with Acme Packet

  Silicon Valley giant Oracle expands into the IP networking business with the $1.7bn acquisition of Acme Packet

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cisco Unified Access connects University of Wales Hospital

  New Catalyst switch, combining wireless and wired access into one product used by University of Wales hospital to benefit patients and staff

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Cisco sells off Linksys to Belkin

  Networking giant Cisco sells its consumer brand Linksys to its rival Belkin for an undisclosed sum

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Glasgow gets 'smart city' funding - but is it an opportunity missed?

  Glasgow gets a £24m grant to transform it into a futuristic ‘smart city’ but critics claim the project has missed a technological business opportunity

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Unified Communications boosts Horndean College

  The Hampshire school uses Siemens Enterprise Communications kit to cut costs and provide better services to staff and students

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  ZTE predicts major losses for 2012

  Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Juniper Networks outlines SDN strategy

  Juniper Networks wants to split networking functionalities across virtual machines to give administrators more control and the ability to innovate

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Brocade names Lloyd Carney as CEO

  The former Xsigo CEO and ex-Juniper Networks’ chief operating officer, Lloyd Carney, takes over from Mike Klayko with immediate effect

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Welsh government invests £39m in school broadband

  The Learning in Digital Wales Grant will support government efforts to bring online learning tools to pupils across Wales

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Fashion Retail Academy boosts Wi-Fi with Networks First

  The Fashion Retail Academy (FRA) has worked with Networks First to bring improved Wi-Fi connectivity to its staff and students

• January 04, 2013 04 Jan'13

  Huawei revenues to smash $35bn for 2012

  The CEO reveals a 10% rise on both profits and revenues as the controversial Chinese firm pledges to “become more open and transparent” in 2013

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Wi-Fi Alliance to merge with WiGig

  The wireless technology will retain its WiGig name but the standard will be looked after by the Wi-Fi Alliance

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  Vint Cerf recalls switch-over to the modern internet

  The modern internet is 30 years old. In a blog post, Vint Cerf described January 1 1983 as the day the modern internet was born.

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 server virtualisation stories of 2012

  Check out our top 10 server virtualisation resources to help storage professionals address the variety of storage-related challenges they may face in a virtual server environment

• December 21, 2012 21 Dec'12

  Nokia and RIM settle patent dispute

  A one off payment and a new licensing agreement has seen the dispute end between the two mobile heavyweights

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  HP in talks with BT to offer network as a service

  The Network Advantage Programme will enable communications service providers to offer ‘pay per port’ services to businesses of all sizes

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  United Drug saves €30k-plus a year with Silver Peak WAN optimisation

  Irish drug multinational deploys Silver Peak WAN optimisation products to cure network bottlenecks, ensure effective disaster recovery and save on network costs

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  IBM industrialises silicon and optical nanotechnology for big data

  IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90nm die capable of transferring data at 25Gbps.

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Emulex buys Endace for $130m

  Networking company Emulex hopes to boost its performance management skills by acquiring Endace

• December 04, 2012 04 Dec'12

  Geo Networks unveils fibre ring between UK and Ireland

  Fibre company Geo Networks builds two new routes to bring its dedicated networks to Ireland via North Wales

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  Nokia wins patent case against RIM

  Nokia has won its dispute with Research In Motion (RIM) after a year of fighting over its patent licensing agreement

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  Ericsson takes Samsung to court over patent dispute

  Ericsson is suing Samsung for patent infringement, despite negotiating over the use of the inventions for almost two years

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Why Cisco chooses acquisition over R&D

  As networking giant Cisco buys its ninth company in less than a year, Computer Weekly asks, why the focus on acquisitions?

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Cisco buys cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2bn

  Network equipment firm Cisco is to acquire US cloud networking supplier Meraki in a $1.2bn deal

• November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12

  Dell profits plummet 47%

  Revenues for Dell’s mobility division take a beating as a result of a big drop in consumer sales

• November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12

  Cisco profits jump 18% thanks to datacentre strategy

  Cisco reports an 18% rise in profits, hitting $2.1bn for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2013, on the back of its integrated datacentre systems

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  BT trials 10Gbps line in Cornwall

  BT is trialling a 10Gbps broadband connection using ZTE kit to a business in Cornwall in an attempt to future proof its network

• November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12

  British Airways deploys iTrinegy to test improved check-in

  The British Airways network infrastructure is being emulated at its new testing centre using ITrinegy

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Brocade boosts SDN presence with Vyatta buy

  Networking giant Brocade buys network operating system pioneer Vyatta to bolster its software-defined networking (SDN) folio

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  BT: “We weren't meant to be the choice for Cumbria”

  Liv Garfield, head of BT’s Openreach division, defends BT’s dealings with the £40m bid to roll out superfast broadband across rural Cumbria

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Southwark Council outsources IT transformation

  Southwark Council is upgrading all the IT that supports the delivery of council services, through a deal with Capita

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  SDN scares big network suppliers

  Cisco, Juniper and Brocade have had to embrace software defined networking or risk their hold on the market, says Emulex’s Sean Walsh

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Rezidor Hotel Group rolls out 100Mbps network

  Rezidor Hotel Group is using Exponential-e's network to provide superfast internet connections to hotel chains Radisson Blu and Park Inn

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  Juniper Networks profit collapses by 80%

  Juniper Networks blames restructuring costs, along with cautious customer spending, for plummet in profits shown in Q3 results

• October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12

  Will BlackBerry 10 put RIM back on top for enterprise?

  Research in Motion is pinning its recovery hopes on the upcoming enterprise-focused BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system

• October 17, 2012 17 Oct'12

  ZTE targets local government for UK growth

  Despite security controversy, Chinese firm ZTE’s UK head of sales tells Computer Weekly one of its first targets will be local government

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  Interoute switches on 100GbE network

  Network provider Interoute is using Infinera technology to bring bigger bandwidth to enterprise and service provider customers

• October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12

  Scottish universities provide superfast rural broadband

  The University of Edinburgh and the University of the Highlands and Islands help to bring superfast broadband to rural areas of Scotland

• October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12

  O2 blames network node for outage

  10% of O2’s customers were unable to make calls, receive texts or download data last week after a network node for connecting traffic failed

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  UK beats France and Germany for superfast broadband, says BSG

  The UK has one of the fastest adoption rates of superfast broadband in Europe, according to the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG)

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Parliament to look at UK involvement of Huawei

  A parliamentary select committee is looking into Huawei’s operations in the UK following controversy around the safety of using the firm’s technology

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Patchy uptake hinders Public Service Network roll-out

  Key players involved in deploying the Public Service Network (PSN) say progress is being made, but different approaches are slowing it down

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  Huawei kicks off £1.3bn investment with new headquarters

  Chinese networking company Huawei to take 140,000ft² in Reading as part of its £1bn investment into its UK business over the next five years

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  VMware tools up for software-defined datacentres

  At VMworld Europe in Barcelona, VMware addressed how it would tackle greater IT complexity through management and automation

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  UK needs more ambition for fibre broadband strategy

  With less than 1% of UK households served with fibre-to-the-home broadband, the FTTH Council calls on the government to be more ambitious with its schemes

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  China’s Huawei and ZTE a security threat, says US committee

  China’s leading technology firms pose a threat to national security, warns a US Congressional committee

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  HP revamps portfolio for software-defined networking

  Supplier claims additions will bring capabilities of software-defined networking to infrastructure, control software and application layers

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  BT does deal to manage British American Tobacco network

  BT will provide remote access, network security and supplier management for British American Tobacco’s wide area network

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Buro Happold adopts Polycom video conferencing

  Engineering firm Buro Happold cut costs and travel time with video conferencing facilities using Polycom RMXs and Microsoft Lync

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Small cells could be the answer to mobile performance

  Virgin Media Business is hoping to wholesale its fibre broadband to mobile operators so they can incorporate small cells into their networks and boost mobile signal

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Intel makes breakthrough on digital radio chips

  After 10 years of research, Intel Labs finally reveals fully digital radio transceivers that fit on 32nm system-on-chips (SoCs)

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  European suppliers shy away from cloud radio networks

  European suppliers have given a cool response to Intel technology enabling mobile providers to cut basestation hardware, says Intel’s CTO

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Cut network complexity with Ethernet fabrics and SDN, says Brocade

  Brocade says abstraction layers, such as Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networking (SDN), can eliminate complexity from the network

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  O2 builds free public Wi-Fi on Cisco networking equipment

  O2 will build out its free Wi-Fi network using networking technology from Cisco

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Tesco signs £65m datacentre deal to drive online expansion

  Tesco expects to cut several millions each year from its IT bill following a 15-year £65m datacentre deal with Sentrum

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Nokia Siemens Networks in talks to sell business support systems

  Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to sell its business support systems (BSS) unit to focus on its mobile broadband network equipment division

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Government invests into shared Janet education network

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills allocates £30m of funding for the Janet network to serve schools, colleges and universities

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  BT network consolidation saves Surrey County Council £5m

  Telecoms giant BT signs a deal with Surrey County Council to bring together at least 20 of its public services onto one network and save £5m

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet

  We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Irish environment department goes green with Polycom

  Around 900 government workers will be able to use the unified communications system for video and content sharing

• August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  Enterprise wireless LAN sales jump 26% in Q2 2012

  Q2 figures show businesses are investing in wireless networks despite the economic downturn, according to analyst organisation Dell’Oro

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  Juniper Networks upgrades vGW Virtual Gateway security tool

  Juniper Networks updates its vGW virtualisation security tool to target service providers looking for better security on a larger scale

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  Smartphones to kill off landlines within five years

  New research from Virgin Media Business claims smartphones will make the office landline redundant within five years

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Enterprise network kit continues to boom in recession

  New research from IDC shows revenues for both Ethernet switches and routers are growing regardless of the economic climate

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Samsung to power 3’s 4G network

  The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  Isle of Wight College goes wireless with Brocade

  Campus-wide wireless network and internet telephony aims to boost student and staff productivity and cut costs

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  VMworld Europe 2012: Have you entered the User Awards yet?

  VMworld Europe 2012 is nearing and entries are now open for the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2012. Find out how to enter.

• August 17, 2012 17 Aug'12

  Brocade CEO steps down on results day

  Mike Klayko announced he will leave the networking firm after seven years in charge on the day it reports a 10% rise in revenues

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Cisco boosts sales and income in 2012

  The networking giant announces a 7% rise in sales for the year, along with income of $8bn

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Will the UK turn off its 2G networks in 2017?

  US mobile operator AT&T plans to switch off its 2G network within the next five years. Will the UK will follow suit?

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Regulators must force banks to overhaul IT infrastructure

  Regulators must force banks to overhaul complex IT infrastructures which risk causing further large-scale system outages, says IT trade body Intellect

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  Fusion-io enters software arena with ION Data Accelerator

  SSD hardware supplier Fusion-io unveiled a networked flash appliance at Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s birthday party

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  How Everything Everywhere manages its network

  We visit the mobile operator’s service management centre to see how the UK’s largest mobile network keeps track of operations

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Oracle acquires Xsigo

  Silicon Valley giant Oracle buys into software-defined networking with the purchase of Xsigo

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Olympic Games 2012: Preparing for a mobile data deluge

  How mobile operators and the Olympic Delivery Authority prepared for the huge demand for mobile traffic expected during London 2012