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WAN performance and optimisation

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  HMV pivots from legacy MPLS to SD-WAN

  Record retailer HMV goes all-in on a Cisco Meraki software-defined network to cut costs and improve its network resiliency

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  World Wide Fund for Nature tames out-of-control network

  The World Wide Fund for Nature turns to services provider Exponential-e to bolster its connectivity as it moves its wider IT estate into the cloud

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Essex, Herts Councils expand smart city pilot scheme

  Essex and Hertfordshire County Councils have joined forces to run a number of pilots assessing the socioeconomic benefits of smart city technologies

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  MWC 2018: Cisco and Vodafone demonstrate network slicing

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, network supplier Cisco and mobile operator Vodafone demonstrated network slicing techniques using segment routing

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Networking spend declining across the board

  Overall spending on networking projects across EMEA looks set to decline in 2018, according to the latest ComputerWeekly/TechTarget IT Priorities report

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Australia’s internet speeds limiting productivity

  Australia’s broadband networks, already among the world’s slowest, could be further strained by the emergence of virtual and augmented reality

• January 21, 2018 21 Jan'18

  Telstra invests in two new submarine cables to bolster Asia-US connectivity

  The Hong Kong Americas and Pacific Light Cable Network cables will provide more robust connectivity to support the Asia-Pacific region’s growing internet traffic

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Insurance broker Simply Business ditches legacy MPLS for SD-WAN

  Insurance business finds networking a breeze after ditching its unresponsive managed services provider and implementing VeloCloud’s latest software-defined wide area network technology

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Nuffield Health hits peak performance after switching to SDN

  The non-profit healthcare and fitness organisation has improved both its network and wider IT performance after switching over to SDN technology

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  Australia-Singapore submarine cable connection cut again

  The damage to the SEA-ME-WE3 cable took place more than 1,000 km from Singapore, affecting Australian internet users who can expect increased latency to Asian destinations

• October 10, 2017 10 Oct'17

  Belgian telco Proximus picks Cloudify to support NFV roll-out

  Belgium’s largest telecoms operator Proximus will deploy a cloud-native orchestration platform to support its adoption of NFV services in the business

• October 02, 2017 02 Oct'17

  Peer-to-peer CDN improves customer experience for Equinix

  Datacentre and colocation services provider Equinix cut page load times at its customer information resource library using a developing peer-to-peer model of content delivery networking

• September 28, 2017 28 Sep'17

  Large scale IoT deployments double in 12 months

  Vodafone’s fifth annual look at the IoT market reveals that the percentage of companies with more than 50,000 connected devices has effectively doubled in the past year

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  FSA connects 220 abattoirs to fibre for food safety monitoring

  Food Standards Agency picks Exponential-e to revitalise connectivity across 220 sites as it strives to improve operational efficiency and compliance processes

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  BT offers enterprise customers flexible bandwidth for peak usage

  New element of BT IP Connect Global WAN service will enable businesses to dial their network capacity up and down at will

• September 06, 2017 06 Sep'17

  IoT networks a massive sales opportunity for operators, claims GSMA

  Commercial initiatives around low power wide area network infrastructure will present mobile operators with a potential $1.8tn revenue opportunity over the next decade

• September 01, 2017 01 Sep'17

  Content delivery innovation improves user experience for e-tailer

  WorldStores Group, the owner of a number of online home and lifestyle retail brands, has transformed its customer experience with enhanced content delivery capabilities from Instart Logic

• August 03, 2017 03 Aug'17

  Keeping Australia’s aeromedical service connected to the cloud

  The Queensland section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service has improved its access to cloud apps without spending more on bandwidth

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  South African game reserve goes digital to save the rhino

  Dimension Data and Cisco have teamed up to protect rhinos living on a private game reserve in South Africa with the latest networking and IoT sensor technology

• May 02, 2017 02 May'17

  Cisco buys SDN business Viptela

  Cisco says its acquisition of supplier Viptela will enhance its own SDN functionality

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  New subsea cable to connect Australia and Southeast Asia

  The Indigo submarine cable will provide additional capacity to mitigate disruptions caused by fibre cuts, as well as meet the growing demand for internet services in the region

• February 03, 2017 03 Feb'17

  CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, Yodel

  Parcel delivery firm has seen significant business improvements from a digital transformation programme and replacement of legacy IT systems

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Network overhaul speeds up business for motor racing venue

  Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire beefs up network infrastructure to support expansive business plans

• January 04, 2017 04 Jan'17

  Dubai-based Aramex optimises branch office connectivity

  How global logistics firm streamlined its branch office operations in the Middle East

• December 23, 2016 23 Dec'16

  Top 10 networking stories of 2016

  A look back at Computer Weekly’s most-read networking stories of 2016

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  McLaren-Honda rebuilds network platform on NTT foundations

  McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team embarks on three-year technology partnership with NTT Communications

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Euro Championship network traffic spike highlights OTT boom

  The BBC and EE both reported massive spikes in network traffic during the England versus Wales clash at Euro 2016

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Tel Aviv: A smart city where community engagement is the measure of success

  Israel’s capital is using the latest technologies as a way of placing the needs of local citizens at the heart of regional government

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  CIO interview: Jean-Christophe Lalanne, CIO, Air France-KLM, on why WANs win business

  Operating at locations around the world, the WAN is key to business success for airline Air France-KLM, says its global CIO, Jean-Christophe Lalanne

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms connects customers over CityFibre network

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms becomes the first customer on CityFibre’s recently acquired long-haul national fibre network

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Broadband will reach 40% of Vietnam households by 2020, claims government

  The Vietnamese government announces plans to increase access to broadband networks for its citizens, proposing a figure of 40% in four years

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges

  As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Low-power WANs overlooked for IoT connectivity, says Beecham

  Beecham Research says machine-to-machine comms and the internet of things (IoT) will turn to low-power wide area networks (WANs) over mobile grids

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Gigabit network is more than a fringe benefit for city of Edinburgh

  As CityFibre begins a 150km fibre dig in Edinburgh, local businesses and the city council outline their objectives and plans for ultrafast broadband

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  Myanmar internet gets boost with content delivery network

  Myanmar internet users will start benefiting from changes in the law that encourages foreign direct investment in communications infrastructures

• August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15

  O2’s self-optimising network will learn from customers

  O2 upgrades its mobile network with features that learn from customer behaviour to optimise network coverage and performance

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  Metropolitan Police picks Innopsis to lead network procurement

  London’s Metropolitan Police Service signs public-sector networking association Innopsis to lead engagement on network procurement

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer

  Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute

  Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify

  Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  2015 IT priorities: SDN yet to prove itself, fear of network hacks growing

  In Computer Weekly’s 2015 IT priorities study, software-defined networking is still behind management and monitoring as a networking priority

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  N3 network outage knocks NHS users off internet

  An internet gateway fault causes problems for users of the NHS N3 network

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Mercedes AMG Petronas IT director on the need for speed in IT

  When Matt Harris became IT director for F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas in 2009, IT costs needed to be slashed

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Technology needed to help ambulance services cope with increased demand

  The future of the ambulance and emergencies services needs more investment in networking

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  CGI secures communications between pilots and air traffic control

  Satellite communications firm Inmarsat has outsourced the provision of security IT and services to CGI

• November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14

  National Trust for Scotland overcomes legacy network challenge

  The National Trust for Scotland has replaced a historical network infrastructure with a core service from Brocade

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Juniper CEO Kheradpir resigns over misconduct allegations

  Shaygan Kheradpir steps down from his role as CEO of Juniper Networks after less than a year in the post, after a customer negotiation went sour

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Suppliers discuss Emergency Services Network with Home Office

  Suppliers have attended an event held by the Home Office to discuss details of the new Emergency Services Network

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  BT Business brings 4G to SMEs

  BT Business has launched a range of plans for small businesses that include free access to 4G and unlimited BT Wi-Fi