Networks

Virgin Raises Two Fingers To Rival Providers

Big Red Internet, Virgin Media's new enterprise brand, raises a big red salute in Canary Wharf

14 years ago

Virgin Launches Big Red Internet Business Package

Fill your boots, says Virgin, as 1Gbps and 100Mbps fibre links tumble in price

14 years ago

Google Voice App for iPhone ‘Just Weeks Away’

Google's official Voice app will be released in Apple's iPhone App Store soon according to reports

14 years ago

Shetlands Get Funding For Fibre Optic Network

Residents of the Shetland Islands will be able to access high-speed broadband, following a cash injection from the European Regional…

14 years ago

Juniper: Enterprise Consolidation Needs Dynamic Security

Data centre consolidation is increasing the pressure on security infrastructure, says Juniper's Karim Toubba

14 years ago

Big Brother Fears As Obama Seeks Internet Wiretap Law

The Obama administration is reportedly working on legislation that will make it easier for the United States to 'wiretap the…

14 years ago

HP Ousts Cisco Kit From Its Data Centres

HP's data centres are now 'Cisco Free' as Hewlett Packard continues to highlight the increasing bad blood between the two…

14 years ago

Aerohive Wi-Fi Planner: Review

Aerohive's free online planner tool does a good job - and you can use it with rival vendors' kit

14 years ago

Juniper Calls Time On Spanning Tree Protocol

Cisco and Juniper both want to kill Spanning Tree for simpler data centres, but don't agree on how to do…

14 years ago

VOIP Hacker Gets Ten Years In Jail

US authorities have for for the first time given a prison sentence to a man charged with hacking voice-over-IP

14 years ago

Cisco’s New VPN Client For iPhone: Review

Cisco’s AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Apple iOS gives IT managers and users a secure, yet flexible, browsing experience

14 years ago

Network Vendors Play The Green Card

Data centres could make "huge" energy savings through lower energy networks, says Juniper

14 years ago

SGI Ships HPC Storage Arrays For Mixed Workloads

The SGI InfiniteStorage 16000 system features industrial-strength data storage and dual-level speeds of 8Gb Fibre and 40Gb InfiniBand

14 years ago

LTE Network Goes Live In Las Vegas

A 4G LTE network has been activated in Las Vegas by MetroPCS Communications, which plans to extend it to other…

14 years ago

Data Centres Need Green Switches

As the proportion of power used by network switches in virtualised data centres increases, managers need to think about going…

14 years ago

Any Facebook Phone Would Fail

Just supposing Facebook was making a phone, says Don Reisinger. How stupid would that be?

14 years ago

Huawei Claims ‘World’s First’ 700Mbps DSL

Who needs fibre to get superfast broadband? Huawei has showcased a 700Mb/s DSL prototype in Hong Kong

14 years ago

Analysts Think Facebook Should Make A Soft Phone

Facebook denies it is making a phone. But if it did, it should stick to a softphone, like Skype or…

14 years ago

BT Offers Fibre Incentives

BT is offering free Infinity upgrades to users who sign up now for one of its standard broadband packages

14 years ago

EC Agrees New Measures For Digital Agenda

The European Commission has adopted several new measures in a bid to fulfil its goal of giving every European access…

14 years ago

Grandstream Adds Skype To Desk Phones: Review

The Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone adds Skype voice and video calling to an already rich suite of multimedia and…

14 years ago

ITU Calls For Global Action On Broadband Inclusion

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by…

14 years ago

Pigeon Beats Rural Broadband In File Transfer Challenge

Feathers could be ruffled at some telco providers after a pigeon turned out to be faster than a broadband connected…

14 years ago

Digital Divide Can Only Get Worse, Says Ovum

The government wants to narrow the digital divide between town and country but will its current approach bear fruit when…

14 years ago

Project Canvas Launched As YouView

Canvas, the BBC-backed free-to-air digital TV box will arrive next year under the name YouView

14 years ago

World Wide Web Creator Calls For Free Data

In a wide-ranging keynote, World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee talks the net, technology trends and bridging the worldwide digital…

14 years ago

Ericsson Shows PC And Tablet Broadband Modules

Ericsson has launched a 21Mbps mobile broadband module for notebooks and netbooks and demonstrated a 7.2Mbps module for tablets at…

14 years ago

Wi-Fi Interoperability Should Never Be Assumed

As 802.11n makes its way onto new smartphones and tablets, wireless administrators should stay skeptical about interoperability, warns Andrew Garcia

14 years ago

Cisco Adds New Services To Its Data Centre Portfolio

Cisco has revamped its Data Centre 3.0 strategy by adding extensions for its unified computing products and a set of…

14 years ago

Avaya Touts Video Tablet And ‘Flare Experience’

Avaya has added a brand new tablet, native SIP and some funky names to its videoconferencing offerings

14 years ago