Networking

Cisco ‘Planning Second Round’ Of Major Job Cuts

Cisco plans second round of thousands of job cuts after laying off more than 4,000 staff in February amidst sluggish…

4 months ago

AI Plans Hampered By Lack Of Skills, Governance Challenges

AI aspirations for over a third of global CIOs are threatened by a lack of skills and expertise, Expereo's IDC…

5 months ago

HPE $14bn Juniper Acquisition Set For ‘Unconditional’ EU Approval

HPE's $14bn acquisition of networking company Juniper reportedly set for unconditional EU approval amidst AI infrastructure boom

5 months ago

Cisco Predictive Networks To Recognise Future Network Outages, Issues

Improving enterprise network uptime and easing strain on IT depts. Cisco unveils tech that it claims can predict network issues…

3 years ago

Alphabet X Links Congo Cities With Beams Of Light

Alphabet experiment uses invisible beams of light to create affordable high-speed internet link across Congo River from Brazzaville to Kinshasa

3 years ago

White House Signals Compromise On Broadband Funding

Biden administration indicates willingness to accept Republicans' lower funding offer for broadband plan, amidst negotiations over broader $2tn package

4 years ago

Cisco Warns Of Critical Flaws In Networking Products

Security bugs in SD-WAN offerings could allow attackers to run malicious code with root privileges or execute malicious CLI commands

4 years ago

Ofcom Urges Telecoms Provider Aid For Vulnerable Households

Ofcom tells providers to 'do more' for homes hit by economic turmoil, as coronavirus lockdown lays bare people's dependence on…

4 years ago

Windows 10 VPN Flaw Gets Emergency Fix Amidst Coronavirus Crisis

Microsoft issues out-of-band patch for VPN connectivity bug as large portions of workforce work remotely due to Covid-19 pandemic

5 years ago

US-China Huawei Row Overshadows Munich Security Conference

US officials rally support for alternatives to Chinese firm's 5G dominance, while Huawei hits back at new charges and 'lawful…

5 years ago

Wi-Fi Alliance Looks To Next Generation With ‘Wi-Fi 6E’

Industry group is pushing governments to open up 6 GHz spectrum, which it says would ease Wi-Fi network congestion in…

5 years ago

Cisco To Buy Acacia Communications For £2.28bn

Acquisition is aimed at adding cutting-edge pluggable optics to Cisco's networking portfolio

5 years ago

Raspberry Pi 4 Brings Desktop-Level Performance, Dual Monitor Support

Update adds faster processor, dual micro-HDMI ports, faster networking and other features for same £34 price tag

6 years ago

SpaceX Set To Launch First ‘Production’ Broadband Satellites

The launch planned for this week follows that of two demonstration satellites in 2018

6 years ago

Huawei ‘Open’ To Becoming Apple’s 5G Chip Supplier

Apple has few choices where it comes to 5G smartphone tech, as it launches massive court battle with Qualcomm

6 years ago

Huawei, ZTE Banned From Providing 5G Gear In Australia

The ban arrives amidst tighter restrictions on the Chinese telecoms equipment giants in Australia and elsewhere

6 years ago

Microsoft Underscores ‘AI First’ Strategy At Partner Conference

At Inspire in Las Vegas, Microsoft outlines how it plans to weave AI and cloud computing into 'the fabric of…

6 years ago

Alteca Portugal Aims For One Of World’s First 5G Deployments

Alteca Portugal has demonstrated a Huawei-powered 5G system from prototype handsets to networks and back-end systems

6 years ago

Huawei Says Australian Security Fears ‘Ill-Informed’

Australia is expected to ban Huawei from participating in the construction of its 5G mobile network

7 years ago

BT Admits ‘Whole Home Wi-Fi’ Mesh Connectivity Bugs

Users of BT's Whole Home Wi-Fi mesh network say the devices stopped working properly after BT released a firmware update

7 years ago

Stoke-On-Trent To Roll Out City-Wide Fibre Network

Stoke-On-Trent City Council has kicked off a fibre network pilot project as the government announces a voucher scheme for ultrafast…

7 years ago

Government Awards £41m To Help UK’s 5G Gain An Edge

Six small and medium-sized organisations are to trial next-generation wireless projects in healthcare, tourism, rural productivity and other areas

7 years ago

US Broadcom Probe Cites Fears China Could Dominate 5G

The US warns Broadcom's hostile takeover of Qualcomm could give China an opportunity to take over next-generation networking standards

7 years ago

Citrix Buys Network Optimisation Start-Up Cedexis

The French-American company, headquartered in Portland, maps the best routes for traffic headed for clouds around the world

7 years ago

NHS’ Health And Social Care Network Goes Live With First Customer Crescendo Systems

Crescendo Systems, a digital dictation and clinical records management firm, has become the first customer on the new networking framework

7 years ago

DCMS £25m Fund Aims To Develop UK 5G Technology Leadership

The department is to award match-funded grants of up to £5m each, starting with projects that can foster Britain's '5G…

7 years ago

Aruba Adds Machine Learning Security Platform To Networking Range

The analytics-based Aruba 360 Fabric integrates with the firm's own built-in security capabilities, but will work even if no Aruba…

7 years ago

New Bluetooth Standard Enables Mesh Networking For IoT

Bluetooth developers offer 'industrial grade' spec upgrade to include support for mesh networking

7 years ago

Facebook Successfully Completes ‘Aquila’ Drone Test Flight

A second test flight of Facebook's Internet-access drone has come to a successful conclusion following the crash of its first…

7 years ago