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EU Rural Broadband Funding Cut To Zero
Cameron's budget cuts hit European broadband plans, as digital funds dive from €9.2 billion to €1 billion
University Challenge: Good Students Need Good IT
Can University IT services cut costs, and still up their game to attract the best students, asks Robert Saxby?
Intel Invests In SDN Pioneer Big Switch
Intel has made a $6.5m strategic investment in Big Switch Networks, as it continues to reach beyond PCs and servers
Dell Offers New SDN Switch
Dell officials are seeking to position the company as a neutral player in the growing SDN space
Russian Pirate Party Set To Host Banned Websites Abroad
The political organisation wants to help websites that were 'blacklisted' without any reason
Cisco Predicts Huge Rise In Mobile Internet Traffic
Mobile Internet traffic will grow thirteenfold by 2017 as faster networks and more users drive demand, Cisco warns
Kaspersky: Sorry If We Broke Your Internet
Anti-virus update kills Internet access for users of many Kaspersky products
Virgin Brand Continues As Liberty Global Buys Virgin Media
Liberty Global swallows Virgin Media to tackle Murdoch's BSkyB
Cisco Unveils Cloud Fabric Devices For Data Centres
Cisco has unveiled new high-speed network fabric devices for heavy duty traffic in cloudy data centres
The Impact Of BYOD On IPv6 Introduction
IPv6 is coming, and BYOD is here: Brian Shorland, EMEA Product Manager from Alcatel-Lucent tells us why businesses need to make sure they are ready now
Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Choose BT For Superfast Broadband Project
Another BDUK backed deal goes to BT
Oracle To Pay $2 Billion For Acme Packet
The US software giant buys into specialist network hardware
NHS And O2 Contracts At Risk At Troubled 2e2
Administrators called into reseller 2e2 are laying off staff, but hope to sell the company soon
Three Promises Free 4G Upgrade
Three will not charge extra for 4G on all new and existing price plans - unlike EE
BT Boasts Broadband Boost Amidst Modest Results
BT is more than happy with uptake of its fibre even though it has almost 3 million fewer customers than rival Virgin
New Eutelsat Tooway Packages Bring 20Mbps Broadband To Rural UK
Could Tooway broadband be a rural saviour?
Quiz Of The Week: Cisco – Network Giant
How much do you know about the network industry's dominant force?
WWF Wildlife Mobile Network Targets Ethical Consumers
Ten percent of voice, text and data revenues go straight to the WWF
BT Agrees £36.5m BDUK Deal For Wiltshire And South Gloucestershire
BT will receive £4.6m in BDUK funding for new rural broadband deal
EE 4G Comes To Nine More Towns And Cities
EE 4G now covers 45 percent of the UK's population 90 days after launch
How Attackers Can And Will Exploit UPnP Flaws
Metasploit creator HD Moore explains how attacks might go down
Cisco Continues Acquisition Spree With Cognitive Deal
Cisco continues its acquisition spree with the purchase of Cognitive Security to enhance its network security credentials
UPnP Networking Flaws Expose Tens Of Millions Of IPs To Hack Attacks
Flaws in UPnP libraries can be exploited on millions of networks, Rapid7 warns
Cisco’s Warrior: Unified Data Centres Are Still Best
Monolithic networks are great says Padmasree Warrior, especially if they include standard SDN interfaces
Cisco Unifies Wired And Wireless In New Catalyst Switch
Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior wraps up wired and wireless in a Catalyst 3850
VMware Plans Job Cuts After Disappointing Outlook
Cuts could hit as many as 900, but VMware still plans to increase headcount before the year is up
US Channel Revenues See Storage, Networking Sales Growth
Smaller businesses remain cautious in their IT spending, and are focusing on the essentials, according to NPD Group
Cisco Ends Consumer Dalliance With Linksys Sale
Cisco shedding its last few pounds of consumer weight
Privacy Campaigners Call On Microsoft For Skype Transparency
Post-Microsoft acquisition changes continue to pique privacy advocate interest in Skype