point private network in comment and analysis
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment The RAE touches on this point in its final recommendation: "Data collection and use systems should be designed so that there is reciprocity between data subjects and owners of the system". The e-Citizen Charter proposed in The Netherlands might... [17 Dec 2007]
At sea over convergence?
Comment Point solutions that address specific cost pain-points will always be a win with the finance department but can make life more complicated for the individual user if they have to pick and choose the right or cheapest solution for each situation. [21 Sep 2007]
Who pays your broadband bill?
Comment Ultimately it's unlikely employers will be able to dictate the network equipment used at home, such as a secure router at the entry point to the employee's household network. If not, then the endpoint has to be treated as untrusted and corporate... [21 Aug 2007]
Speeding up the net - is it possible?
Comment At some point all organisations need to send and receive vital info over the public internet. In reality of course for all but the largest organisations this is not affordable - and even for them it is impractical to link every remote outpost to a... [09 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: More wi-fi surprises
Comment Expect a follow-up next week where we point out that something as simple as naming a live wi-fi network is the equivalent of publishing. It seems that in certain cities access-point owners aren't just naming their networks with a view to staff... [01 Jun 2007]
Leader: Why mobile TV is important
Leader At the very least, mobile TV is a big point of focus for some of the companies - the network providers - that have come to matter most to anyone in business and much of the public sector. Well you may ask - this publication does, almost every week... [05 Jun 2006]
Leader: 'Virtual' reality hits telecoms
Leader Though we should also point out it wasn't a straight swap - there were some different requirements on the table. But the important point is that the VNO market in itself is growing strongly. Today we report that virtual network operator (VNO... [22 Feb 2006]
Leader: Private equity, Germany and badging RFID
Leader Others point out their inclination to break up fairly large entities, making the future sum of the parts total more than the current value of the whole - an often lumbering whole at the point they come in. [14 Nov 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Borrowing Wi-Fi is not a crime
Comment A few other incidents saw me using someone's private drive as part of a three-point turn. If WEP is turned off on a network, it is a clear invitation to take advantage of the freedom afforded - just like a drive without a gate, or a rest room... [01 Aug 2005]
VoIP primer: How it works - and what the jargon means
Comment The packets that make up the audio stream may take different routes from node to node over the network in question but and are put back into order at the termination point to make up the audio that we recognise as conversation. [10 Feb 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Pick a killer mobile app
Comment It is far better to consider which categories of application are relevant to the business as a starting point for developing a coherent mobility strategy. This includes enhanced quality of service, security features such as virtual private networks... [29 Oct 2004]
Spammer's back with spyware
Comment The last year has proved to be a tipping point for an issue that has been building for several years. In the first action of its kind, the agency last week filed a civil lawsuit against Wallace, charging the admitted former junk emailer with... [12 Oct 2004]
Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 3)
Comment Simon Janes, international operations director, ibas, answers: "This is an excellent point and one which encompasses the whole grey area of the personal use of company IT. The whole idea behind internet banking is one of accessibility and many... [06 Aug 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Superhighway? What superhighway?
Comment WiMAX, on the other hand, is a point-to-multipoint service provision technology that does not share the same signalling or protocol. As I recall it was a certain US Vice President (Al Gore) who coined and supported the vision of the superhighway... [08 Apr 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking... VPN remote access
Comment But all this could be undermined at a stroke by two factors entirely outside my control: theft or malfunction - making my notebook a single point of failure. Quocirca analyst Bob Tarzey explains what's good about some common virtual private network... [15 Jan 2004]
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