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IT Life: From Modems To Data Security
Colin Tankard likes modems - and makes his living in data security
Unify Upgrades OpenScape 4000 For Unified Comms Push
Unify launches the OpenScape 4000 IP communications platform to pave the way to its UC solution
Nominet To Finally Introduce Shorter ‘.uk’ Domain In 2014
Businesses will be able to register for .uk domains from next summer
Salesforce Partners With HP For ‘Superpod’ Dedicated Service
Despite being on the Cisco board, Benioff chooses HP converged infrastructure to run dedicated service
BT Openreach CEO Liv Garfield Leaves For Severn Trent
Garfield will leave in the spring after overseeing BT fibre deployment
China Mobile Offers Users Cheap Phone Calls To China With Jego App
VoIP app give free incoming calls to users with an existing or rented Chinese or Hong Kong mobile number
Mitel Targets Unified Communications With Aastra Merger
The merger of Mitel and Aastra will create a $1bn company focused on the unified communications market
Cisco’s Gloomy Outlook Prompts Investor Worry
Investors take fright as Cisco warns of a sizeable drop in future revenues, but is the NSA spying scandal to blame?
Extreme Looks To Big Data With Summit X770 Switch
Extreme Networks responds to the big data trend with the launch of a new data centre-oriented switch
Juniper Networks Names New CEO
Juniper picks Barclays' technology expert Shaygan Kheradpir as its new CEO after Kevin Johnson's surprise retirement
Rural Broadband Questions, As Two Altnet Schemes Lose Council Support
Support for alternative rural broadband projects has been dropped by two English councils, raising more concerns
CityFibre To Invest £30m In Peterborough Gigabit Fibre Network
CityFibre makes Peterborough its latest gigabit city, and will start delivering services in spring
Banks Testing Cyber Attack Communications Resilience
Operation Waking Shark 2 taking place in London today
Open Compute Project Tests Three Open Switch Designs
In just six months, Broadcom, Intel and Mellanox have all submitted independent open switch proposals
Virgin Media To Increase Broadband Speeds – And Prices
Virgin Media is to raise broadband and television prices by an average of 6.7 percent, as it prepares to launch a 152Mbps fibre-optic offering
BT Openreach CEO ‘Frustrated’ At Constant BDUK Criticism
Openreach CEO Liv Garfield says BDUK is on track and suggests it could use more government funding
Superfast Cornwall Reaches 82 Percent Fibre Coverage
Cornwall becomes the best connected rural region in Europe as better connections save and create jobs in the county
EE Calls For Government Action As 4G Launches In Rural Cumbria
EE CEO Olaf Swantee wants the government to do more to encourage the deployment of 4G in rural areas
Alcatel-Lucent Looks To Sell Enterprise Unit – Again
The French telecommunications equipment maker calls in advisers, after job cuts
Cisco To Integrate Security Into ACI Fabric
Cisco pledges that security will be the key component of its new Application-Centric Infrastructure initiative
Big Switch Networks Appoints New CEO
SDN specialist Big Switch Networks appoints former Juniper executive as its new CEO
Cisco Launches First Products Focused On Applications
The networking vendor also buys Insieme startup as its looks to address the challenges presented by SDN
Virgin Media Broadband Gains Increase Revenues In Q3
Virgin Media increases broadband subscribers during first quarter for Liberty Global ownership
Huawei Pledges £374m Towards 5G Research
Huawei says 5G networks offering speeds of 10Gbps should be ready by 2020
NetApp And Cisco Enhance FlexPod Storage For Data Centres
The popular FlexPod project has been updated and can now reach out to multiple data centres
London 4G Speeds Double Thanks To O2 And Vodafone, But EE Still Fastest
London 4G speeds are improving, but divide between urban and rural mobile coverage is widening
No UK City Has Superfast Broadband Claims uSwitch
uSwitch research contradicts Ofcom findings, but BT says to believe the official figures
BT Adds 195,000 To Its Fibre Network In Record Quarter For Openreach
BT adds 195,00 new and existing broadband subscribers to fibre as BT Sport secures 2m sign-ups
Cisco Creates Unit For ‘Internet of Things’
Cisco creates a business unit to offer the connecting platform for all Internet of Things infrastructure