Networks

Government Signals Fibre Broadband Intent

The government has labelled Labour's commitment to universal 2Mbps broadband as "pitifully unambitious" and outlined steps to drive nationwide fibre…

14 years ago

Cisco Developing Business Social Networking Platform

Cisco officials are preparing a corporate collaboration platform that combines the various aspects of social networking sites

14 years ago

Polycom Touts Bandwidth Savings With New Telepresence System

Polycom is boasting that its latest telepresence offering uses half the network bandwidth compared to rival products

14 years ago

Citrix Online Outlines Video Development Plans

The developer of GoToMyPC had admitted that it is working to bring video features to its line of web collaboration…

14 years ago

BT Patches Welsh ‘Not-Spots’

A new deal between the Welsh Assembly and BT will enable four more "not-spot" communities to get online

14 years ago

BT Says Strike ‘In No One’s Interest’

The Communications Workers Union claims BT's pay offer is not in line with the company's £1billion profits

14 years ago

BT Told To Share Fibre Network

BT is to regain some control over its fibre network under new regulations, but the EC has called upon it…

14 years ago

‘Privacy-Aware’ Diaspora To Challenge Facebook

Diaspora - a "privacy-aware" social network - is preparing to challenge Facebook, as Zuckerberg faces privacy criticisms at D8

14 years ago

Cisco Believes Net Traffic Will Quadruple By 2014

Cisco Systems said Internet traffic worldwide will hit 767 exabytes

14 years ago

BT Pledges 80 Percent Carbon Cut By 2020

BT's sustainability review builds on the company's long-standing record for reducing carbon emissions, and helping customers do the same

14 years ago

Bell Labs Promises Efficient Networks

Future networks are going to be more efficient, according to displays at a research open day at Bell Labs in…

14 years ago

LTE May Make Way For Massive MIMO

The next generation network beyond 4G could be built with big arrays of tiny antennas, according to Bell Labs scientist…

14 years ago

Siemens Aims Unified Comms At Mid-sized Firms

OpenScape Office MX unified communications (UC) solution offers features such as drag-and-drop conferencing for SMBs

15 years ago

Youth Not So Carefree About Privacy

The younger social networking generations take proactive approach to privacy, a survey finds

15 years ago

UK Ranked 33rd For Home Broadband Speed

The UK is ranked 33rd in the Ookla Net Index, which measures consumer broadband speeds around the globe

15 years ago

Talking Non-CeNSE About Sustainability In Dubai

HP hopes to protect the earth with a vast network of sensors but the real concern should be protecting ourselves,…

15 years ago

Virtualisation, Cloud And Voice Drive Ethernet Growth

Ethernet switch and router spaces are seeing strong revenue growth, driven by virtualisation, cloud computing, and voice and video-over IP,…

15 years ago

Clegg ‘Can’t Stop’ McKinnon Extradition After All

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said it may be beyond the power of the new UK government to prevent…

15 years ago

Chip Implant Virus Research Debunked

Claims that implanted identity chips can pick up computer viruses have got the bad science police up in arms

15 years ago

Cisco Launches Smart Grid Router And Switch

Cisco Systems wants to bring intelligence and greater security to the networks used by utility companies

15 years ago

Court Rejects Microsoft’s Appeal Against Alcatel-Lucent

Microsoft finds its appeal in a patent-infringement case with Alcatel-Lucent turned down by the US Supreme Court

15 years ago

ITU Wants Half The World Online By 2015

The ITU has stepped up demands for nations to extend broadband networks and deliver a "global information society"

15 years ago

Promoted Tweets Protected From Third-party Ads

Revised developer terms of service deny third parties ability to inject paid tweets on any service that uses its API

15 years ago

Facebook Chief Acknowledges Privacy Criticisms

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in changing the social network’s privacy controls and repeats a pledge to simplify them in…

15 years ago

London’s Olympic Wi-Fi: Did Boris Jump The Gun?

Mayor Boris Johnson's plan for public Wi-Fi in London might not make it through the cuts, warns the Cloud

15 years ago

Enterprise IT Drives Solid State Adoption

A new report finds high performance needs are driving early successes for flash SSDs in the enterprise server sector

15 years ago

Spain And France Join Inquiry Into Google Wi-Fi Data

Google will be investigated by more European countries, including France and Czech Republic, after revealing that it accidentally collected data

15 years ago

Google Adds SSL Encryption In Wake Of Wi-Fi Gaffe

Google has begun adding SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption for its search engine, a direct response to the company's "accidental"…

15 years ago

HP Labs’ Manure-Fuelled Data Centre Creates Stink

Research paper suggesting cow poo could be used to fuel a 1-megawatt data centre has industry watchers wondering what the…

15 years ago