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Networking hardware
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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.
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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July 30, 2012
30
Jul'12
Oracle acquires Xsigo
Silicon Valley giant Oracle buys into software-defined networking with the purchase of Xsigo
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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
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July 30, 2012
30
Jul'12
European network professionals focus on server virtualisation
The latest results from Computer Weekly and TechTarget’s purchasing intentions study shows server virtualisation is becoming part and parcel of the networking professional’s job
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July 27, 2012
27
Jul'12
Networking the least understood element of IT, says HP's Nick Watson
HP’s European networking chief Nick Watson blames complexity for lack of understanding of networking in cloud computing
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July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
Juniper and Riverbed enter technology partnership
Juniper and Riverbed combine network and application capabilitites for wide area network (WAN) optimisation, application delivery and mobility
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July 25, 2012
25
Jul'12
Orange offers connectivity under the English Channel
The Channel Tunnel will have 2G and 3G coverage from today, but UK customers will have to pay roaming charges for the privilege
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July 24, 2012
24
Jul'12
Forrester: Huawei must focus on growing enterprise business
Analyst Forrester says Huawei must focus on its enterprise business, even if at a loss, as carrier network revenues are no longer growing
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July 24, 2012
24
Jul'12
VMware looks to SDN with $1.05bn Nicira acquisition
Software-defined networking (SDN) specialist Nicira vows commitment to open standards as VMware proposes $1.05bn acquisition
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July 20, 2012
20
Jul'12
Akamai set to stream Olympics coverage across Europe
Content delivery firm Akamai has signed deals with 15 European providers to stream live content and on-demand footage of the London 2012 Olympics
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July 19, 2012
19
Jul'12
BT wins Welsh broadband contract
The telecoms giant is to work with the Welsh Government and BDUK to get 80Mbps connections to 96% of the country by 2015
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July 18, 2012
18
Jul'12
Tech firm iCity wins datacentre bid for Olympics media centre
IT company iCity has been awarded the contract to turn the Olympics media centre into a datacentre, for which it will hire 4,600 staff
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July 17, 2012
17
Jul'12
BT wins North Yorkshire rural broadband contract
Fujitsu has lost out again to a bid from BT, which will see the telecoms giant provide rural broadband across the UK’s largest county
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership
Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture
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July 13, 2012
13
Jul'12
O2 claims mobile network is fully restored
O2 claims it has fixed network problems that left hundreds of thousands of customers without mobile voice and data connections for up to 24 hours
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July 12, 2012
12
Jul'12
O2 outage puts Huawei in the frame
O2 is entering its second day of downtime blaming a fault with one of its network systems
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July 09, 2012
09
Jul'12
Orange Business Services touts internet offload service
Orange Business Services (OBS) claims business applications can excel on VPNs by pushing non-critical applications onto local ISP networks
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July 05, 2012
05
Jul'12
Ofcom proposes price caps for BT wholesale
The regulator announces the caps it will put in place to make sure BT charges fair prices for leasing its market dominating broadband and phone line infrastructure
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July 04, 2012
04
Jul'12
Vodafone and 3 to enter 50/50 Ireland network deal
The two mobile networks are in the late stages of discussions to pool their network infrastructure, a source tells Computer Weekly
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July 03, 2012
03
Jul'12
Arqiva buys Spectrum Interactive to boost Wi-Fi range
The £23.4m tie-up between Arqiva and Spectrum Interactive will create one of the UK’s largest business Wi-Fi hotspot providers
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June 29, 2012
29
Jun'12
Universities deliver HPC for business via the cloud
The University of Cambridge and Imperial College are pooling their resources to create a high-performance computing (HPC) service that will offer some of the UK’s fastest computer resources to industry through the cloud
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June 26, 2012
26
Jun'12
Wireless Broadband Alliance announces operators for Wi-Fi hotspot trials
BT, Sky, Everything Everywhere and TalkTalk will join the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) trial to improve access to Wi-Fi hotspots
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June 26, 2012
26
Jun'12
F5 and Webroot partner for security in the network
F5 and Webroot bring together products from their portfolios to offer a single solution for application security
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June 21, 2012
21
Jun'12
BT suffers broadband outages due to to ‘equipment failures’
London, Sheffield and Glasgow are among the cities to be hit by the BT broadband outage caused by separate hardware crashes in the network
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June 20, 2012
20
Jun'12
Staffordshire County Council saves £1.5m with PSN deployment
Staffordshire County Council’s CIO claims £1.5m has been saved by sharing networking infrastructure with other public sector organisations
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June 18, 2012
18
Jun'12
Dell says datacentre is ready for disruption
Dell’s head of networking Dario Zamarian tells Computer Weekly why the supplier is ready to stand on its own two feet in the networking space
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June 18, 2012
18
Jun'12
US Sequoia machine takes title of fastest supercomputer
The US has overtaken Japan in the race for the world’s fastest supercomputer, with the Sequoia computer achieving 16.32 petaflop/s
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June 18, 2012
18
Jun'12
Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers
Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology
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June 15, 2012
15
Jun'12
Western Digital moves into router market
Western Digital, known for its external hard drives, takes a step into networking with the launch of its My Net routers
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June 06, 2012
06
Jun'12
IPv6 launch day raises awareness for web protocol
Numerous technology giants dub 6 June IPv6 launch day and switch to the internet protocol
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June 01, 2012
01
Jun'12
Juniper Networks fail to protect Linx from outage
Linx reveals protections on its Juniper-based Lan didn’t kick into action during yesterday’s outage
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May 31, 2012
31
May'12
London Internet Exchange hit by suspected DDoS attack
The internet exchange for the majority of the UK’s ISPs has suffered an outage, which customers report to be down to a distributed denial of service attack
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May 23, 2012
23
May'12
Vblocks revenues on track to hit $3bn in 2013
The tie-up between Cisco, EMC and VMware is ramping up revenues from its datacentre-in-a-box product
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May 21, 2012
21
May'12
HP battles to make its services business work
HP is planning major job cuts and consolidating datacentres in a bid to commoditise enterprise IT services
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May 16, 2012
16
May'12
Interview: Avaya EMEA president Michael Bayer
We talk upcoming launches, acquisitions and R&D with the head of Europe for Avaya
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May 14, 2012
14
May'12
IT suppliers losing race to build smart cities
Banks, developers and construction companies are taking over from the IT industry as the diving force behind smart cities
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May 10, 2012
10
May'12
European economy dents Cisco forecast
The stormy outlook for the European economy leads the networking firm to predict a weak quarter
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May 10, 2012
10
May'12
HP CEO Meg Whitman pushes hardware R&D strategy
HP CEO Meg Whitman has announced a three-year R&D programme in a bid to re-cast the company as a hardware business
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May 04, 2012
04
May'12
Cisco snaps up analytics firm Truviso
Cisco has acquired real time data analytics firm Truviso for an undisclosed amount.
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May 03, 2012
03
May'12
Nokia Siemens Networks offers ‘smooth migration to LTE’
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has launched its new Flexi Multiradio CDMA base station to help operators save costs in moving to Long Term Evolution (LTE)
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April 23, 2012
23
Apr'12
Martha Lane Fox launches Go On UK
Martha Lane Fox, the UK’s digital champion, has launched Go On UK, the latest initiative to increase the number of people using the internet.
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April 12, 2012
12
Apr'12
IBM rejoins the pre-integrated IT systems party
IBM is the latest mega-supplier to jump on the pre-integrated hardware and software IT system bandwagon.
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March 09, 2012
09
Mar'12
Case Study: Dell SAN prepares law firm Stevens & Bolton for virtualisation
Law firm Stevens & Bolton has extended a Dell Compellent storage area network into the cloud, to take advantage of offsite business continuity.
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February 22, 2012
22
Feb'12
Dell fails to impress despite record financial year
Dell has claimed its most successful financial year ever, but failed to impress investors by missing fourth quarter profit expectations.
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February 09, 2012
09
Feb'12
Cisco back on acquisition trail after record quarter
Cisco Systems has reported record revenues of $11.5bn for the second fiscal quarter that ended 28 January 2012, up 11% on the year-ago quarter, and profits of $2.6bn or 47 cents a share, up 27%.
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December 30, 2011
30
Dec'11
Top 10 hardware and datacentre stories of 2011
Cooling and power are still major concerns for businesses building datacentres. We look back at the highlights of 2011.
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December 12, 2011
12
Dec'11
Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?
Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?
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December 12, 2011
12
Dec'11
BT announces boost for UK broadband with upgrade to exchanges
BT will upgrade 178 telephone exchanges in a bid to ensure the government’s target of Europe’s best broadband network by 2015.
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November 24, 2011
24
Nov'11
How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency
Experian's Fairham House datacentre in Nottingham uses blade servers, virtualisation and cold aisle containment to improve energy efficiency.
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October 10, 2011
10
Oct'11
Ofcom further delays 4G spectrum auction for extended consultation
Regulatory body Ofcom will further delay the auction of 4G spectrum to late 2012 to allow for an extended consultation period.
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October 07, 2011
07
Oct'11
BT cuts pole and duct costs, but variable pricing still unfair for rural broadband
Openreach has cut the price of pole and duct access in a move it claims will encourage ISPs to deliver broadband to rural areas.
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October 06, 2011
06
Oct'11
Video is future of communication, claims Cisco CEO John Chambers
Video will be the future for all forms of communication, claims John Chambers, CEO of networking company Cisco.
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October 05, 2011
05
Oct'11
Apple unveils iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iCloud
Apple has launched its latest smartphone device, iPhone 4S, an updated version of its operating system (OS), iOS 5 and the new iCloud service.
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October 05, 2011
05
Oct'11
BT readies 300Mbps downlink
BT Openreach is launching a 110Mbps fibre to the premises (FTTP) service, which it claims will provide downstream speeds of up to 300Mbps from 2012.
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October 05, 2011
05
Oct'11
Retailers call for UK-wide 4G to boost m-commerce
The lack of capacity and bandwidth of public networks is limiting the opportunity to develop mobile commerce in the retail sector, according to industry experts.
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October 04, 2011
04
Oct'11
Warwick University enters final phase of three-step IT transformation programme
Warwick University has started the last phase of its three-year IT transformation, introducing small, user-driven IT projects to transform its IT operation into one that offers services users need, rather than merely supporting technology.
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October 03, 2011
03
Oct'11
Constant change puts the pressure on CIOs
A recent study by Forrester Consulting, carried out for consulting and services firm Dimension Data has confirmed what many CIOs know - the unholy trilogy of cost management, constant change and increased system diversity is a fact of life.
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October 03, 2011
03
Oct'11
Power cut at Birmingham exchange pulls plug on BT Broadband across UK
BT has confirmed that power cuts at a major exchange caused internet outages on BT Broadband.
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October 03, 2011
03
Oct'11
How far away is the government's vision of the Public Services Network?
The long-awaited Public Services Network to enable the delivery of government services from any provider or location is now underway. But how achievable is the vision of a national "network of networks"?
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October 03, 2011
03
Oct'11
Government announces £195m investment in science and computing, £150m to expand mobile coverage
The government has announced £195m investment in science and computing, including high-performance computing and research.
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September 29, 2011
29
Sep'11
Nokia and Siemens invest €1bn in joint network venture
Nokia and Siemens are each investing €500m into Nokia Siemens Networks in a bid to strengthen the joint venture's financial position.
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September 28, 2011
28
Sep'11
Government deploys Wi-Fi for Olympics as mobile networks face capacity crunch
The government is planning to deploy free Wi-Fi around London during the Olympic Games in 2012 amid fears that mobile phone networks could run out of capacity.
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September 27, 2011
27
Sep'11
Power protection for the data centre
All the servers in the world are useless without electricity. And securing the supply of power has become a key challenge for data centre managers. Swinburne University faced this challenge in the solution design for their data centres.
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September 26, 2011
26
Sep'11
UK ranked fourth globally for fixed broadband speeds
The UK has been ranked fourth globally for fixed line broadband internet access speeds, out of a list of 38 countries.
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September 22, 2011
22
Sep'11
BASF extends BT network contract
Chemical group BASF has signed a €200m deal with BT for networking 900 BASF sites in more than 80 countries. The contract includes the provision of IP telephony and local network services (managed LAN services) at 300 sites in North and South ...
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September 21, 2011
21
Sep'11
The mainframe is not dead
Despite rumours to the contrary, the mainframe is alive and well even though its pervasiveness has shrunk.
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September 20, 2011
20
Sep'11
How to justify the business case for virtual desktop infrastructure licensing
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology can cut energy bills, increase business agility and improve mobile working flexibility. But licensing cost and complexity can wipe off the financial savings of VDI deployment. Jenny Williams explores ...
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September 15, 2011
15
Sep'11
Jeremy Hunt warns UK could fall behind other countries in superfast broadband roll-out
Jeremy Hunt, culture secretary, has warned that the UK could fall behind other countries in delivering superfast broadband. Hunt also criticised BT over its provision of broadband access, in a speech to the Royal Television Society.
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September 14, 2011
14
Sep'11
Cisco halves sales forecast as CEO John Chambers eyes Huawei market share
Following Cisco Systems' warning it is to halve its sales forecast as it struggles with reduced demand and increased competition, CEO John Chambers said he intends to battle with Chinese network provider Huawei.
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September 13, 2011
13
Sep'11
Openreach expands fibre to 114 more exchanges
BT Openreach has unveiled 114 exchanges that will be upgraded to deliver fibre broadband as part of its plan to deliver fibre to two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2015.
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September 08, 2011
08
Sep'11
University challenge: using IT to improve services and reduce costs
Universities face a balancing act as they become increasingly expected to improve the experiences of more demanding students while making budgets go further, and IT is a critical tool in finding this balance.
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September 08, 2011
08
Sep'11
Doctors use HD video conferencing in rapid remote treatment for stroke patients
Lancashire and Cumbria hospitals are to enable doctors to assess stroke victims who need rapid treatment using high-definition video conferencing.
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September 06, 2011
06
Sep'11
Ofcom to further delay auction of 4G spectrum
Regulatory body Ofcom is to delay the auction of its 4G spectrum due to a number of technical and competition issues around the sale.
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September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
Everything Everywhere and Three boost mobile broadband with £100m Virgin deal
Customers of Everything Everywhere and Three will be given access to high-speed mobile broadband with Virgin Media Business. Virgin Media Business will build 14 regional aggregation networks across the UK for MBNL to support 3G functionality, from ...
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September 01, 2011
01
Sep'11
Ofcom gives green light to use TV spectrum for rural broadband
Telecommunications regulator Ofcom has given the go-ahead for internet providers to use unused TV spectrum to deliver broadband to rural areas.
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August 30, 2011
30
Aug'11
Government smart metering takes major step forward
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has called on IT suppliers to build the data and communications infrastructure that will enable data to be sent between smart meters in homes and businesses and the yet to be established Central ...
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August 30, 2011
30
Aug'11
Three to give away mobile broadband to rural communities
Mobile operator Three is giving free 3G broadband to rural communities in the UK that are currently unable to access fixed line broadband.
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August 30, 2011
30
Aug'11
VMworld: Brocade offers subscription-based pricing on network ports
Brocade is offering a global subscription model for its enterprise networking hardware, allowing businesses to upgrade network ports on demand.
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August 24, 2011
24
Aug'11
Durham University upgrades communications infrastructure and adopts IP telephony
Durham University is to upgrade its communications infrastructure after signing a deal with Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEC) which will see the university adopt IP telephony.
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August 22, 2011
22
Aug'11
Alcatel-Lucent offers low-cost finance for converged network asset management
Alcatel-Lucent Financial Services is offering businesses a finance deal to encourage them to upgrade their converged network systems.
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August 22, 2011
22
Aug'11
Kent and Sussex lead UK’s worst broadband blackspot top 20, say researchers
Over half of Britain's top 20 broadband blackspots are in the south of England, according to research from Uswitch.com. Kent and Sussex have three towns each on the list.
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August 18, 2011
18
Aug'11
East London NHS Trust signs superfast broadband deal with Virgin Media
East London NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year superfast broadband deal with Virgin Media to enable it use more online technologies in the future.
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August 17, 2011
17
Aug'11
Will £530m be enough to deliver UK-wide superfast broadband?
Will the government's latest investment be enough to deliver next-generation broadband speeds in homes and businesses across the UK? We ask the experts.
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August 16, 2011
16
Aug'11
Government announces £363m investment in broadband
The government has announced £363m in investment to improve broadband speeds in homes and businesses in England and Scotland.
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August 12, 2011
12
Aug'11
Medical specialist BPL virtualises IT
Medical research and blood product supplier Bio Products Laboratory (BPL) has outsourced a project to virtualise its server and storage infrastructure to help it cut costs and energy consumption while actually providing more computing resources.
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August 11, 2011
11
Aug'11
Cisco shares up 13% on better-than-expected financial results
Cisco Systems has reported fourth fiscal quarter sales of $11.2bn, net income of $2.2bn, and earnings per share of 40 cents, beating estimates and driving the share price up 13% in after-hours trading.
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August 10, 2011
10
Aug'11
BT infrastructure forces Virgin Media to pull Westminster broadband and TV services
Virgin Media has pulled its broadband services to homes in Westminster because the BT infrastructure it uses means it cannot upgrade services. Virgin's broadband and analogue TV services will stop from January 2012.
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August 08, 2011
08
Aug'11
Lightning takes down Amazon and Microsoft cloud services
Amazon and Microsoft European cloud services were down at the weekend after a lightning strike caused power failures at their datacentres in Dublin.
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August 04, 2011
04
Aug'11
CIO interview: Peter Ransom, chief information officer, Oxfam
Oxfam works in 98 countries and as one of the world's leading development charities, demands for a better IT service are on the rise.
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August 03, 2011
03
Aug'11
eBay boosts virtual servers with 100 terabytes of flash memory
Online auction site eBay has deployed more than 100 terabytes of flash memory to power its VMware virtual server infrastructure. The S-class flash storage from solid state disk provider Nimbus is believed to be among the world's largest consolidated...
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July 29, 2011
29
Jul'11
BSkyB wins 174,000 new broadband subscribers
BSkyB has reported a surge in its broadband business in yearly results, taking its subscriber base to 711,000.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
BT reports 38% profit rise as broadband customer base grows
BT's pre-tax profit rose 38% from £375m to £517m in its fiscal first quarter as 251,000 new customers were introduced to its broadband network.
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July 27, 2011
27
Jul'11
Virgin Media sees small drop in business sales, and loses 18,000 broadband users
Cable telecoms supplier Virgin Media has reported a small drop in business revenue for its second quarter, while the firm also revealed it has lost 18,000 broadband users...
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July 27, 2011
27
Jul'11
BT rolls out higher-speed broadband to additional 2.5 million premises
BT is to extend access to higher-speed 20Mbps copper-based broadband to an additional 2.5 million premises by spring 2013...