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• 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 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

• 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 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

• 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

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  O2 hires BT for 4G backhaul

  Mobile operator O2 has signed a 10-year contract with BT to build a new high-capacity network for 4G services

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Case study: London's Olympic network from BT

  After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Mott MacDonald rolls out unified communications

  Global engineering firm Mott MacDonald signs Tata Communications for a five-year unified communications deal worth over $20m

• 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 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

• 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 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

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Emulex buys Endace for $130m

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

• 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 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 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

• 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 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 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

• 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 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 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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%.

• 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?

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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...

• 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.

• 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...

• July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11

  UK fails to make world’s top 10 high-speed broadband countries - but Ireland scrapes in

  The UK has failed to make it into the top 10 countries with the highest average broadband speed, but neighbouring Ireland scrapes in...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Virgin Media trials 1.5Gbps broadband at London's Silicon Roundabout

  Virgin Media has rolled out broadband speeds of up to 1.5Gbps as part of a trial for businesses in the "Silicon Roundabout" area of London...

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Ofcom UK broadband speed map shows wide areas of internet underinvestment

  An interactive map of broadband speeds has revealed large sections of the UK need investment in internet connectivity.