Mobile broadband connections in the UK are set to continue in the slow lane for at least another six years, Informa has warned
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Disabled Call On Website Owners To ‘Fix The Web’
Citizens Online's 'Fix the Web' campaign aims to solve online inaccessibility problems encountered by millions of disabled Brits
EMC Acquires Storage Specialist Isilon for £1.4 Billion
EMC is reaching for its cheque book again with the long expected news that that it will acquire storage specialist Isilon
Brocade And Juniper Show Off Faster Fabrics
Juniper and Brocade have both released new equipment promising to assist data centres struggling with bandwidth consumption
Comtek Lab Offers Lifeline For Old Nortel Equipment
Comtek is offering a vital lifeline for Nortel customers after it opened a state of the art telecoms repair and training lab facility in North Wales
Web Pioneer Calls For IPv6 Incentives
Vint Cerf, the 'godfather' of the net, has said the UK government should offer tax credits for upgrading to IPv6
Avaya Launches Its Virtualisation Architecture
The Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA) creates a private cloud to increase flexibility and scalability
Samsung Galaxy Tab To Get Polycom Video Chat App
Polycom is taking the unified communications fight to Cisco with the news that it is offering a UC app for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab
Nominet Inquires Into .UK’s Origins
The charity responsible for British domain registrations wants to determine what was the first .uk domain in 1985
Jersey, Guernsey To Get Broadband Boost
Jersey homes will get access to fibre-based broadband by December, while Guernsey's mobile broadband speeds are to double
Blue Coat Lets PacketShaper Dig Deeper Into Traffic
Network managers will have greater control over the traffic running across their networks after a significant upgrade to Blue Coat's PacketShaper
Government To Publish Broadband Strategy
When the government promises "the best broadband in Europe" what does it mean? We'll know in December
Intel’s Light Peak Technology Could Arrive In 2011
Intel's Light Peak optical connectivity could appear in products in 2011, giving systems makers a solid alternative to USB 3.0
Skype Offers UK Surfers Free Wi-Fi For A Week
British web surfers can get a week's free access to Wi-Fi hotspots, courtesy of VoIP giant Skype
Oracle Announces APIs For Cloud Interoperability
With its Cloud API, Oracle joins the crowd vying to get their vision of cloud interoperability adopted as the industry standard
Meru Takes Its WLAN Downmarket
As users want more from Wi-Fi, Meru is using a lower-cost access point to take its wares into new markets
Firms To Bid For New Short UK Domains
The UK's Internet registry is making one- and two-character domains available to the highest bidder
Everything Everywhere Calls Off Spectrum Lawsuit
Spectrum auctions can go ahead, after the UK's largest mobile operator called off legal action
Broadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet Silicon
Broadcom unveiled the BCM88600 chip for 100GbE switches to meet the growing demands of data and video network traffic
ITU Sends Satellite Terminals For Pakistan Floods
To get links to flood-ravaged regions of Pakistan, the ITU has installed 100 satellite terminals
Preparing Wi-Fi Networks For The iPad Invasion
Enterprises need to re-evaluate their Wi-Fi networks as the wave of new 802.11n-enabled mobile devices make their way onto the network, says Andrew Garcia
F5 Brings Scalability To VMware View 4.5: Review
F5 Networks helps enterprises embrace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technology with new WAN optimisation and acceleration technology
BT Broadband Outage Hits 20,000 Homes
BT says it has resolved an issue that left more than 20,000 households without broadband service
Comms Gets Personal With Body Networks
The IT Crowd gets a new definition as researchers in Belfast envisage people as 4G transmitters
2Mbps WiBE Device Could Fix Rural Broadband
3G-powered hotspot can get 2Mbps "almost anywhere" - can it save the UK's rural communities?
MP Slams ICO Over Google WiSpy
The US FTC has cleared Google, but British MPs want the ICO to get tough over it's Wi-Fi snooping
Extreme Switches To Target Virtualised Data Centres And Cloud
Extreme releases Ethernet switches offering greater flexibility in virtualised and cloud computing environments
BT Warns Home Hardware Could Hold Back Fibre
100Mbps fibre speeds might be held up by users' routers and Wi-Fi, as well as cloud applications, says BT
Release Candidate Of WinServer 2008 SP1 Improves Virtualisation
Microsoft has unveiled a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
StorageTek Library Extension For Mainframes Released
Oracle has released a highly-scalable additional tier of storage for mainframes which can also be used in x86-based systems