Networks

Starent Settles Lawsuits Blocking Cisco Purchase

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block…

15 years ago

Network Startup Could Offer Broadband To BT Boss’s Neighbours

Sharedband says it could provide broadband to the neighbours of BT chairman Sir Michael Rake - using its own bonding…

15 years ago

BT Defends Fast Broadband For Its Chairman

BT Chairman Sir Michael Rake has jumped the queue, getting a fast broadband trial link while neighbours struggle on with…

15 years ago

Broadband Tax Will Be Higher – If It Happens

The £6 broadband levy designed to pay for faster broadband in the UK will be boosted by VAT and multiple…

15 years ago

Security Risks In 2010: Pirates, Malicious Networkers And Cloud Criminals

Researchers from IBM and Sophos take a look at the top security risks for enterprises and consumers alike in 2010

15 years ago

Virgin Media Trials File-Sharing Monitoring Tool

One of the UK's leading ISPs has broken ranks with its fellow service providers and is trialing a tool that…

15 years ago

UK Rural Broadband Faces Political Limbo

Radically different policies from Labour and Conservatives could stall investment this side of a general election, the Broadband Stakeholders Group…

15 years ago

Virtualisation Moves On To Conquer Networks And Desktops

With claimed annual savings of £2500 per server and £78 per desktop, virtualisation is moving on to conquer networks and…

15 years ago

Ericsson Wins Bid For Nortel GSM Business

Another piece of bankrupt networking giant Nortel has been sold off, after Ericsson and Kapsch CarrierCom acquired its GSM/GSM-R business

15 years ago

Cumbria Town Bands Together For Fibre Rollout

While Cockermouth residents survey the flood damage, nearby Alston Moor is digging trenches - for the superfast fibre BT wouldn't…

15 years ago

Ciena Snaps Up Nortel’s Optical And Ethernet Assets

Ciena has won an auction to acquire the optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses of former communications giant Nortel

15 years ago

ISPs Hit Back At Digital Economy Bill

The ISPA has mounted an attack against Lord Mandelson's strategy to deal with illegal file-sharers, laid out in the government's…

15 years ago

Twitter To Launch Paid-For Business Accounts

Twitter has confirmed its plans to launch paid-for corporate accounts, designed to bring in new revenue streams for the micro-blogging…

15 years ago

Netgear Looks To SMBs With Dual-Band Access Point

Netgear is offering a new dual band access point for companies dealing with remote offices and a mobile workforce

15 years ago

Spain Plans To Make Broadband A Legal Right

Plans for piracy measures apparently don't conflict with moves to guarantee connection for all

15 years ago

Recession Hurting Fixed Line Data Spending

The economic downturn is taking its toll after research found that fixed-line spending has declined this year, for the first…

15 years ago

UK Businesses Squander Millions On Mobile Calls

UK businesses could potentially be wasting up to £264 million per annum on mobile call costs, due to staff failing…

15 years ago

Blue Coat Beefs Up Web Security Portfolio

Blue Coat is touting the improved performance of its new web security appliances to deal with the rising wave of…

15 years ago

Yahoo! Defends Jobs Site Against SQL Injections

Security firm Imperva has discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in a Yahoo! jobs site

15 years ago

Google Takes Aim At Skype With Gizmo5 Buy

Google has acquired VoIP provider Gizmo5, a move that some predict will make Google Voice more competitive with Skype

15 years ago

Microsoft Cracks Down On Piracy With Twitter Feed

Microsoft has launched a dedicated Twitter feed for its anti-piracy enforcement team in an attempt to curb unauthorised file-sharing

15 years ago

BT Fibre Roll Out Falls Short, Says Analyst

Many UK residents will miss out on high speed internet access because fibre rollout will fall short in crucial areas,…

15 years ago

eWEEK Webinar Bridges Windows And Linux

eWEEK Europe presents a webinar on 9 December, designed to help you get the best out of combining Microsoft and…

15 years ago

HP Takes On Cisco With 3Com Acquisition

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion (£1.63 billion) to build a stronger challenge to Cisco Systems in…

15 years ago

Logitech Makes Video Conferencing Move With LifeSize Buy

Logitech is to acquire LifeSize Communications as it seeks to become a serious player in the video conferencing sector

15 years ago

Cisco Extends Deadline For Tandberg Bid

Cisco has extended the deadline for its $3 billion offer for Tandberg, but is woefully lacking shareholder approval

15 years ago

HP Ramps Up SMB Portfolio With New Offerings

HP has launched a host of new products aimed at the SMB channel, and unveiled flexible financing solutions to help…

15 years ago

Cisco Steps Up To Google, Microsoft And IBM

Guido Jouret, CTO of Cisco's emerging technologies group, explains how Cisco solutions such as Pulse, Show and Share are different…

15 years ago

Cisco, EMC And VMware Spread Their Wings With Latest Product Lineup

Cisco, EMC and VMware follow up the launch of their vBlock cloud services venture with a host of new products, including…

15 years ago

D-Link Managed Switches Get IPv6 Approval

The portfolio of managed switches from D-Link have received the official blessing from the IPv6 Forum

15 years ago