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VSNL Tata Indicom Sets Out to Raise Service Levels and Lower Costs Through Efficient Remote Management of Distributed Assets
White Paper India's Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), a leading provider of international telecommunications services, needed a solution to manage the approximately 500 PCs deployed at its True Value Hub (TVH) cybercafes &... [17 May 2007]
Avaya Case Study: The Homeserve Group
White Paper As a solution Homeserve implemented Avaya Communication Manager running on an Avaya S8710 Media Server as a hub for their IP-based network of 1,000 contact centre seats in Walsall, U.K. The Homeserve Group is the United... [08 May 2007]
After the tech boom - what's India's next big thing?
News And for many that visit the tech hub of Bangalore, now home to R&D labs for multinational as well as Indian companies, there is a sense that a second Silicon Valley is in the making. Sometimes you can... [29 Mar 2007]
BT looking to beef up its "wi-fi footprint"
News If BT and FON do sign a deal, it is thought those home hubs would be made available for public use, albeit with the consent of the BT subscriber in whose home the hub is installed. Now,... [06 Feb 2007]
Paris turns 175,000 kids onto open source
News The president of the local council, Jean-Paul Huchon, is a self-confessed "partisan of the rebalancing of the supply of proprietary and open source software", who previously welcomed the launch of the Firefox 2 browser and led the... [05 Feb 2007]
Vista unravels the Da Vinci codex
News ITN has a Gadget called ITN Hub that sits on the user's desktop providing the latest home, world, showbiz, sports and money news, and can feature the latest weather for any one of 300 UK locations... [30 Jan 2007]
Has BT violated the GPL?
News BT is in dispute with some in the open source community over its use of GPL-licensed code in its Home Hub router. BT was recently accused of violating the GPL through its use of open source software... [29 Jan 2007]
Apple vs Microsoft: Close call for digital living room
News Apple recognised this opportunity back in late 2005 when it launched its iMac G5, which is designed to act as a home entertainment hub. Apple and Microsoft are among the big names battling to dominate... [15 Jan 2007]
Photos: The first Windows Vista computers
Photo Dubbed by HP as "the social hub of the home", the TouchSmart PC allows users to access emails, documents, movies and photos through touchscreen technology. The sleek white Sony Vaio TP1 living room PC... [10 Jan 2007]
BT rings up more than a million VoIP customers
News The Broadband Talk service, offered as part of the Total Broadband packages, uses standard fixed-line handsets or higher spec BT units to make calls via a broadband hub without the need to use a PC. The spokesman said:... [10 Jan 2007]
When mobile meets the landline
Comment Up to six handsets can be connected to the Fusion hub, although Bluetooth's limited capacity only allows three to communicate simultaneously. Users keep their GSM handset, nominate a home cell and when... [13 Dec 2006]
BT scouts scour the globe for innovative tech
News One of the first BT products developed from 'scouted' technology was the broadband home hub, which was developed with a US start-up called 2wire. BT has hit on a novel way of sourcing technology to... [16 Nov 2006]
Bridging 802.11 Networks With Linksys
White Paper Typically, an access point acts as a central hub, router, bridge to Ethernet, and server for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Network Address Translation (NAT), as well as other functions. [11 Nov 2006]
BT beats analyst expectations
News Those services - particularly those surrounding BT Fusion, the company's wi-fi-hub-centred convergence offering for the home - will in future be speedily delivered by download, which should make them... [28 Jul 2006]
Business travel tips - readers' picks
Comment Carry a small (four-port) Ethernet hub and at least two Ethernet cables. With the hub, you simply find a friendly local, unplug the Ethernet cable from their PC, plug in your hub and off... [23 Jun 2006]