But only with IPV6 in place and the help of a truly international ICANN says the European Commission
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HP Allies With Alcatel-Lucent Against Cisco, IBM
The Alcatel-Lucent alliance will add to what HP can do in networking. It also will help HP build up its cloud computing capabilities, which will let HP keep in stride with such vendors as IBM and Cisco in that space
MiFi 2352 Pocket Hotspot Review
Europe gets an upgraded version of the popular device that shares mobile broadband over Wi-Fi - and we like it
EC Puts UK’s £6 Broadband Tax Under The Microscope
European authorities are checking whether the broadband levy, proposed in the Digital Britain report, complies with competition rules
EC Wants Digital Europe Not Just Digital Britain
The UK may have come up with its own levy for broadband roll-out but the EC wants Europe-wide agreement on the issue
HP And VMware Team Up On Virtualisation
VMware is incorporating HP's Discover and Dependency Mapping app into its upcoming vCenter ConfigControl software
Digital Britain- It Could Be A Great Piracy Experiment
The UK government's proposed crackdown on ilegal copying could make a perfect test of the music industry's assumptions, says Peter Judge
Digital Britain: £6 Levy For Faster Broadband
Final report also includes plans for Ofcom to police file-sharing and universal broadband service
“Spooks” Caught Up In Digital Britain Debate
UK TV spy series producer calls for the government to crack-down on file-sharing
Upgraded MiFi Pocket Hotspot Comes To Europe
Share a broadband link with up to five devices - without any set-up
Government: Communications Minister Always Meant To Go
The man behind the Digital Briain report, Lord Carter, didn't quit says government, leaving after the publication of the document was always part of the plan
EU Will Confound Critics With Speedy Telecoms Decision
European authorities have a reputation for slow decision making with they must prove wrong says the EC's Viviane Reding
Tough Times Need Disruptive Technologies
The recession is encouraging interest in ‘green' IT, virtual servers and desktops, the growth of cloud computing and the rise of the netbook.
Broadcom Promises 40 Percent Savings With Green Switches
Ports power off when idle, and reduce power on short cable lengths
Cisco Boss Says Video Is The Future
Chambers pointed to Cisco's purchase of the company that made the Flip video as a key advantage for Cisco as it moves into a more video-based future, where he said video will soon account for 90 percent of all network traffic
UN Climate Conference To Use Cisco Telepresence
But some analysts claim that high-end video-conferencing systems can be extremely expensive and resource hungry
HP Puts Wired And Wireless In The Wall
New ProCurve device does all your networking from inside a wall socket
New OpenSolaris: Faster And Better
Sun's new OpenSolaris 2009.06 is faster - and has better networking thanks to Project Crossbow
Server Virtualisation – Some Real Cost Savings
Server virtualisation promises to save space, costs and energy, but two UK local authorities have discovered there's more to achieving these benefits than the technology alone.
Broadcom Offering Low Power Switches
Broadcom is rolling out a host of products to support a unified networking vision both at the core of the enterprise data center and on the edge of business WLANs
Local Government Sets Green Computing Example
Local government is stealing a march on central government in its use of virtualisation to harness cost savings and power efficiencies,
Storage Economics: When Data Meets Dough
If you think storage is cheap, you aren't doing your sums right. The big picture, with power, carbon, and legal costs, adds up to a new discipline, says Hitachi Data Systems' David Merrill - a storage economist
Aerohive Tightens Up Pre-Shared Wi-Fi Keys
Private PSK increases security for those who can't get everyone on 802.1x. But didn't Ruckus do this already?
New Wireless LAN Product Hits “Underserved” SME Market
With maybe ten competitors U4EA isn't alone - but it maintains it's the cheapest WLAN in town
Cisco Wireless Launch Includes WebEx On the iPhone
Collaboration and UC on all devices - and a new wireless switch, as well
Cisco Develops Smart Grid For Green Power
Cisco Systems is unveiling its Smart Grid initiative, a move to offering an end-to-end communications platform based on IP protocols to a power industry under pressure to create more electricity and to do so more efficiently
Infrastructure Tool Manages Data Centre Power
Planning needs a link to real time data, says Avocent
BT’s Problems Come From Global Services Unit
BT's poor results and shock redundancy plan have come about because of problems in its Global Services division, says Bathwick Group's Katy Ring. But there could be hope
Secure Tweets: Three Business Apps Rated
Socialcast, Socialtext and Huddle; three services offering the features of Twitter, Facebook and other Web 2.0 technologies but palatable to business.
Fujitsu Unlocks The Cosmic Cube
What does the name of Fujitsu's new blade-based data centre system, the Dynamic Cube, actually mean? Forget the speeds and feeds - Peter Judge wants occult significance