Networks

Cisco Workforce Faces Significant Reduction

Analysts believe that Cisco could be about to axe up to 4,000 jobs as part of its corporate shake up

13 years ago

ShoreTel Targets Enterprise With Upgraded UC

ShoreTel has upgraded its unified comms platform as it seeks to become a bigger player in the UC field

13 years ago

Security Challenges For Microsoft Skype Integration

Security vendors will have to pay close attention to Skype's integration with Microsoft products

13 years ago

Russia Set To Join ICANN Board

A Russian has passed the first ICANN hurdle, so the country could soon have a say in global Internet governance

13 years ago

Nine Out Of Ten To Get 25Mbps Broadband By 2015

The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has set a target of 'superfast' broadband for 90 percent of UK citizens by 2015

13 years ago

Graphene Flashes 3D Movies In Under A Second

Researchers develop light modulator to transfer Gigabyte files in less than a second

13 years ago

BT Ramps Up Fibre Speed As Broadband Boosts Profits

Profits at BT have risen 71 percent as the carrier benefits from an increasing broadband market share

13 years ago

4G Networks To Offer 200 Percent Capacity Boost

4G technology will improve the spectrum efficiency of mobile networks, according to new research from Ofcom

13 years ago

Cisco CEO Warns of Changes And Job Cuts

Cisco’s missed targets will bring more changes and layoffs as it tries to get back on track

13 years ago

Microsoft And Skype Could Be A Match Made in Heaven

Despite early suggestions that it was a blunder, Microsoft's acquisition of Skype may be a brilliant move, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

Ofcom Probes Unexpectedly High Phone, Internet Bills

Telecom regulator Ofcom has an online consultation to help with mobile and broadband bill shock

13 years ago

Duplicated Green Standards Are Doubly Wrong

If Green IT is all about efficiency and cutting waste, then why are organisations duplicating their efforts, asks Peter Judge

13 years ago

Is Microsoft’s Skype Deal Too Big To Handle?

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype will give it access to a 170 million-strong user base. But did Microsoft overpay, asks Nicholas…

13 years ago

Cisco, Xerox Put Mobile Printing Into The Cloud

Cisco and Xerox are teaming up to allow businesses to print from any device to any printer via the cloud

13 years ago

Skype CEO To Become President Of Microsoft Voice

Skype will carry more adverts under Microsoft rule, and Xbox will become a home videoconference suite

13 years ago

Confirmed: Microsoft Buys Skype For £5bn

Skype will go to Microsoft for a price of around $13 per registered user, the company has confirmed

13 years ago

Gov’t Warns Of Climate Change Threat To Wi-Fi

Intense rainfall or high temperatures disrupt Wi-Fi networks, leading to a communications breakdown

13 years ago

Why Microsoft Might Regret Buying Skype

Microsoft doesn't need to buy Skype to reap the benefits of its service, says Peter Judge. Could this end up…

13 years ago

Microsoft Rumoured To Buy Skype For $7.5bn

Microsoft is said to be close to a deal to buy VoIP service Skype, in what would be its biggest-ever…

13 years ago

HP FlexNetwork Takes Aim At Cisco Dominance

HP's FlexNetwork architecture is designed as an open standards-based rival to Cisco's 'proprietary' products

13 years ago

After Sony, Governments Must Protect Citizens

Sony's lack of attention to security raises an argument for governments to set minimum standards like the PCI-DSS rules, says…

13 years ago

TalkTalk To Offer Network-Level Child Protection

TalkTalk's new HomeSafe security feature offers parental controls for all devices connected the network

13 years ago

Sony Ran Obsolete Software Without Firewall

Fundamental security, like updating Web software and adding network firewalls could have saved Sony

13 years ago

SMBs Look To Gain the Most From Unified Comms

The recession prompted businesses to cut costs and respond faster with unified communications, says Vodafone's Tom Craig

13 years ago

TalkTalk Paralysed By Network Failure

UK's third largest internet service provider TalkTalk went silent with a network failure this morning

14 years ago

Brocade Touts Ethernet Fabric And Open Cloud

Storage network vendor aims to take the data centre with 16Gbps Fibre Channel and an Ethernet fabric

14 years ago

Cisco Reorganises Sales, Services And Management

Cisco is realigning its businesses to improve performance. The move follows the closure of its consumer efforts

14 years ago

Facebook, Google Rumoured To Partner With Skype

Facebook and Google are competing for a tie-up with VoIP giant Skype, rumours have revealed

14 years ago

BT Recruits Former Military Engineers For Fibre Rollout

BT is to recruit 200 former armed forces personnel to help it with the labour intensive fibre rollout

14 years ago

Ofcom Boss Anticipates Regulation Of Duct Pricing

Ofcom admits it may need to step in and regulate the prices for access to BT's ducts and telegraph poles

14 years ago