Opinion

Networking and communication

Connected: Do you get the mobile picture?

There has been a rush of smartphones offering a wealth of gadgetry. So what are the benefits for business? Continue Reading
Apps are key to network productivity

Analysing the performance of applications in relation to the network is now a vital task. Continue Reading
Networking aids promotion

Networking, not competence, is the proven key to career success Continue Reading
Secure networks begin at staff induction day

Company inductions are usually a whistle-stop affair. The new joiner will normally meet and greet everyone, bar the cleaner, and... Continue Reading
Broadband UK: we need a vision

Until the politicians wake up to the importance of universal access to broadband, we are destined to keep muddling on Continue Reading

Telcos seek network revamp to make data pay

Fierce competition and flagging demand for plain old voice services is making the question of how to make money out of data the... Continue Reading
Connected:Using the Internet to build your network

In the third of his fortnightly series on communications, Antony Savvas considers how companies should evaluate IPVPN security... Continue Reading
Connected: Time to turn on to wireless?

In the second of his fortnightly series on communications, Antony Savvas examines the security issues raised by wireless... Continue Reading
Connected: The high price of GPRS

In the first of a fortnightly series, Antony Savvas uncovers the technology and management issues behind the big telecoms and... Continue Reading
Telcos: All things to all men?

Telcos must choose: will they deliver content, networks or services? Continue Reading
Your office could be anywhere

Increased mobility and demands for greater security will be network managers' major headaches in future Continue Reading

Technology for travelling light

Like most business travellers, I have two little baggies. One holds much the same as it did two decades ago: toothbrush, razor,... Continue Reading
Don't bury your head in the sand

The bankruptcy of Europe's largest data network provider offers a wake up call to all IT managers Continue Reading
Wanted: tempting content to get consumers on broadband

The advent of broadband Internet access was meant to lift the technology industry out of the doldrums and bolster demand for... Continue Reading
Will ADSL stand the test of time?

About three years ago we were told that communications would never be the same again. Our private and public lives were on the... Continue Reading