Opinion

Opinion

Voice networking and VoIP

• Passive optical LAN: When network speed, bandwidth and security matter

  Copper-based local area networks are increasingly unfit for purpose in a digital enterprise, but passive optical LANs may be a solution. Tech evangelist Paul Ryan, European chair of the Association of Passive Optical LAN, explains why  Continue Reading

• ESN: a long-term evolution or a game-changing revolution?

  There is little doubt that the Home Office’s plan to update the Emergency Services Network is transformational, but how does it compare internationally?  Continue Reading

• How can telcos respond to the strategic questions they face?

  Traditional telcos are under tremendous pressure to reinvent themselves to remain competitive and relevant. BDO’s Christian Goetz looks at the options  Continue Reading

• Making the case for network modernisation

  It's time to break out of reactive investment mode, says Dale Vile, research director at analyst group Freeform Dynamics  Continue Reading

• Laying the iOS 6 Foundation

  The main purpose of Apple's purchase of NeXT in the 1990s was to obtain the operating system that was to become today's OS X and iOS  Continue Reading

• Near field communication (NFC): Latest shockwave of the technological invasion

  By Vedak Coskun, co-author of "Professional NFC Application Development for Android"  Continue Reading

• The digital silver lining for technology inclusivity

  Mainstream devices are becoming increasingly user-friendly for disabled people as design becomes more inclusive for all of us  Continue Reading

• Google enters the fray in battle for smartphone technology patents

  Patents equal real strategic value, right? It was only last week that Google, one of the world's largest technology companies, purchased Motorola Mobility in a deal worth $12.5bn.  Continue Reading

• Security zone: Mobile malware is already costing you money

  Mobile malware has already been predicted, and it is fair to say that it is now here. There are already numerous exploits and scams in the wild that have been used to exploit users and mobile devices alike.  Continue Reading

• Why FTTC isn’t enough and how the UK might do more

  The UK government recently announced its strategy to deliver improved rural broadband services - one of the longstanding and well-documented problems facing the UK. The ambition to construct the best broadband network in Europe by 2015 is admirable,...  Continue Reading

• Forrester: Harnessing mobile UC to transform the business

  The appeal of unified communications (UC) has been the convergence of all business communication applications across the range of enterprise interfaces, including the PC, telephone, web, and mobile  Continue Reading

• Can social media save local government?

  The great Ernest Hemingway once said: "There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and...

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• Opinion: eBay could innovate to rescue Skype Sale

  News that eBay is facing a copyright claim from the founders of Skype's innovative peer-to-peer 'Global Index' (GI) technology has left its proposed sale of the internet calling business on decidedly dodgy ground, writes Nick Wallin, patent attorney...  Continue Reading

• Benchmarking ISP service: the Harley Davidson standard

  Would the telecoms industry benefit from establishing a standardised benchmark for measuring customer service across the sector? If customer service needs to be improved, is this the best way to do it?  Continue Reading

• Why the TIME has come for videoconferencing

  Hectic schedules, limited budgets and environmental concerns are increasing the popularity of videoconferencing and telepresence, writes Jeff...

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• Teleworking comes of age

  Teleworking has moved from nice to have, to must have. Found somewhere in the corporate handbook under "business continuity", "building a sustainable...

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• Carter report: missed opportunity and muddled thinking on UK broadband

  Lord Carter's interim review on Digital Britain is not a bad report for the MPs and people who are clueless about the digital economy. As for the rest of us, it fails to tell us anything we haven’t understood for a long time, and worse, it doesn’t ...  Continue Reading

• Will cheap broadband drive video conferencing?

  It was at an IT industry symposium I attended back in 1996 where some American network rep boldly stated, "Within two years, WAN bandwidth will be free and...

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• Web conferencing: How will it affect the relationship between Cisco and Microsoft

  Cisco's entrance into the web conferencing market, with its acquisition of WebEx, could spell the end of a beautiful friendship.  Continue Reading

• Integration is key to effective VoIP

  A "quick fix" view of VoIP implementation can lead to problems relating to quality, compliance and complexity. Even for small firms a strategic approach is vital  Continue Reading

• Making a case for VoIP

  End-user education and acceptance is the key to realising the full business benefits of converged voice and data networks  Continue Reading

• Converged networks: How to work smarter

  Converged networks technology is enabling end-users to work in new ways and can deliver substantial cost savings to the business.  Continue Reading

• What’s in a name? A lot if it’s on an e-mail

  High Court decision is a sign of the times  Continue Reading

• Your shout: IT strategic importance, Vista, compliance

  Have your say at computerweekly.com  Continue Reading

• It’s not size, but how it is used that matters

  As suppliers introduce different sizes of hardware and pile functionality into ever smaller devices, are they meeting user demands, or simply creating the next gimmick?, asks Clive Longbottom  Continue Reading

• A real tool against terror?

  Industry has doubts over Data Retention Directive  Continue Reading

• Voice over IP special report: Voice gets louder

  Data has been the belle of the corporate IT ball for long enough. Now voice is getting the attention and users need to look at which form of VoIP is going to best suit the needs of their business  Continue Reading

• Microsoft beefs up collaboration software

  The Office Communicator messaging tool is the latest component in Microsoft's increasingly integrated strategy for collaboration, but does it deliver?, asks Christopher Harris-Jones  Continue Reading

• Early adopters may gain IP telephony edge

  With 75% of the world’s voice traffic predicted to be IP-based by 2007, most firms need to decide not whether to make the move, but when it would be most beneficial  Continue Reading

• SIP standard could get businesses talking

  SIP can help businesses integrate voice and data communications.  Continue Reading

• What will the network look like by 2008?

  Faster technologies may be just around the corner, but the extra bandwidth will soon be used up unless corporate policies are...  Continue Reading

• Outsource to cut print costs by up to 30%

  Copying and printing can cost up to 3% of a company's revenue - equivalent to the average IT budget - so don't overlook services...  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

• 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

• To serve customers, telcos must raise shareholder value

  Calls to cut costs and increase revenues are the two most common imperatives echoing around the boardrooms of major corporations....  Continue Reading

• Living the broadband lifestyle

  Fast Internet connections offer huge potential, but don't leave yourself open to attack  Continue Reading

• The ASDL era finally dawns

  As ISPs force down prices and BT retreats to the exchange, broadband take up is soaring  Continue Reading

• Who stole my telecoms birthright?

  Business strategy consultant Steven Domb explains how our 100-year-old telecoms network can survive the 21st century  Continue Reading

• What the ADSL is going on?

  Users wait for broadband Internet access as Oftel is slammed by communications managers for weak regulation. Guy Campos reports  Continue Reading

• More to it than ADSL

  The introduction of digital subscriber lines is about to ease the UK's move towards broadband technology, but the DSL story doesn't begin and end with ADSL  Continue Reading

• The weakest link in the chain

  Breifing: If you want to communicate with the office when travelling abroad you'll need a suitcase full of adaptors. Eric Doyle...  Continue Reading

• Impressive words, but will UK Online go far enough?

  Following the launch of UK Online, the Government's strategy to put every citizen on the Internet and make Britain the best place for e-commerce, we examine the impact on small businesses, telecoms and broadcasting regulation, Whitehall and the UK ...  Continue Reading

• ICT fuels political protest

  
  
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  The mobile phone, IT and the Internet have transformed political protest, Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Matthew...

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• Cisco/IBM must prepare for telcos battles ahead

  Comms sweethearts IBM and Cisco should watch out for the telcos  Continue Reading

• UK dotcom needs DSL

  The two-year wait for DSL could be disastrous for the UK dotcom  Continue Reading

• Ericsson Colorado and Yukon routers with Newbridge Networks MainStreet 3612, 3630 and 3608 platforms

  With dealerships in Exeter, Barnstable and Plymouth, Volvo knew it needed a reliable intranet that would support the needs of its...  Continue Reading