Networks

IPv6 Day Shows Why The World Needs A New Internet

The IT industry is backing World IPv6 Day because Internet addresses are running out - as cloud demand hits

14 years ago

Surrey Council Seeks Tenders For Fibre Rollout

Surrey County Council is inviting bids to get the final 20 percent of its residents connected to fibre broadband

14 years ago

Skype Suffers Another Embarrassing Crash

Skype has crashed once again, leading to fresh questions over its reliability as a communication tool

14 years ago

IBM: 100 Years of Innovation

From mainframes to PCs, from software to operating systems, from open source to services - IBM has done it all

14 years ago

Network Vendors Tout Fabric-Based Designs

Cisco’s FabricPath and HP’s FlexNetwork mark a shift in network architectures across the board

14 years ago

Dell Advised To Acquire Brocade For Networking Boost

Dell should acquire Brocade in order to strengthen its data centre networking credentials, says analyst

14 years ago

Open Source Researcher Reverse Engineers Skype

A researcher from Russia plans to reverse-engineer Skype, and has posted his source code online

14 years ago

Cisco, HP, Juniper Drive Down Ethernet Prices

Ethernet switch markets saw revenue declines despite a rise in the number of ports, say Dell'Oro and Canalys

14 years ago

Cyber-Attacks Show Need For Strong Data Security

Protecting the data where it lives is better than relying on perimeter defences alone

14 years ago

BT In Research Tie-Up With China’s ZTE

BT has tightened its relationship with Chinese equipment maker ZTE in a new R&D deal

14 years ago

File-Sharing Grandmother Gets 3 Years’ Probation

58-year old nurse Anne Muir has escaped a jail term, after being convicted of illegal file-sharing

14 years ago

BT Tests Low-Energy Broadband, Charts Progress

BT is testing an energy saving option for broadband lines as part of its ongoing green drive

14 years ago

Quarter Of US Web Users Opt For VoIP Calls

Research has shown that 24 percent of web users in the US utilise some form of voice over IP service

14 years ago

Eutelsat Launches Tooway Satellite Broadband Service

Eutelsat's KA-SAT satellite went live today, delivering Tooway broadband to remote areas of Europe

14 years ago

Juniper’s Fabric Network Could Improve Security

Flattening the network to give a single layer topography should make it more secure, but could also attract hackers, says…

14 years ago

Government Extends Rural Broadband Scheme

The government has freed up nearly £50m to help push superfast broadband into three rural counties

14 years ago

Ofcom Hails O2 As The Fastest Broadband Service

Ofcom's mobile broadband tests show O2 to be the fastest but location is the key factor for best results

14 years ago

Damballa Helps ISPs To Kill Botnets Automatically

Damballa improves ISPs' ability to monitor and identify infected subscriber devices on their networks

14 years ago

Skype Services Crash Around The World

Skype users around the world are currently unable to log on and make calls using the VoIP service

14 years ago

BT Admits Ducting Problems Cause FTTP Delay

BT is encountering more ducting problems than first thought, which has impacted its fibre rollout

14 years ago

Intel Offers AppUp SMB Service On Hybrid Cloud

Cloud platform features a subscription- based model for software applications suited to smaller businesses

14 years ago

AMD, Nvidia Chips To Feature In Cray Supercomputer

AMD’s 16-core 'Interlagos' Opteron chip and Nvidia’s Tesla 20-Series GPU will feature in Cray’s XK6 supercomputer

14 years ago

Cisco Surprise In x86 Blade Server Top Five, IDC Says

IDC takes Cisco into account and finds it is the third-largest blade vendor, passing Dell but trailing HP and IBM

14 years ago

Are Governments Over-Investing In Fibre?

Mobile and satellite operators reckon fibre is getting a leg-up at national level, but fibre broadband isn't always a winner,…

14 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg: Let The Under-13s Use Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes to get under-13s using his social networking site before long

14 years ago

BT Set To Trial LTE To Bridge Rural Not Spots

BT is to trial LTE in conjunction with Everything Everywhere, as it seeks to bridge rural broadband not spots

14 years ago

Satellite Broadband Providers Lobby EC For Funding

Satellite broadband needs public funding to close Europe's digital divide, say the vendors

14 years ago

Embattled NHS Chief Tries To Defend IT Programme

Sir David Nicholson, SRO for the NPfIT, was closely questioned at a hearing looking into the project's failings

14 years ago

Social Media Will Beat Mobile Phone Operators

While mobile operators struggle to meet data demand, the social media which use that data are stealing their lunch, says…

14 years ago

Falun Gong Says Cisco Aids Chinese Repression

Cisco has been accused of assisting the Chinese government in its persecution of Falun Gong followers

14 years ago