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News Fibre broadband comes in two flavours: FTTC, where optical cable is laid as far as the curbside cabinet, with existing copper lines being used for the last mile; and fibre to the home (FTTH), where... [05 Nov 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News As well as rolling out FTTH, where fibre optic cable is laid all the way to a user's premises, BT is deploying fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC), where cabling only reaches to the street cabinet. BT has... [02 Oct 2009]
BT superfast fibre broadband destined for London brownfield pilot
News BT's fibre rollout will therefore mostly entail fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC), where fibre optic connectivity is extended as far as the street cabinet, and the connections between the... [07 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Recently, senior civil servants in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Justice both told silicon.com that they are open to offshoring work such as software development. Bangalore, the city that plays... [03 Aug 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet The downlink speed a user will actually get will depend on whether BT lays fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), where fibre only goes as far as the street cabinet, or fibre to the premises (FTTP), where it goes... [14 Jul 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News The pilot follows an internal Openreach trial in Ipswich of fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology, which achieves speeds of up to 40Mbps. FTTC involves installing fibre up to a cabinet in a street, and... [06 Jul 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News In the past, all government IT security training has been the charge of the Cabinet Office, through the office of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA). However, the Cabinet Office will... [01 Jul 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News The need to cut IT costs is already high on the government's agenda following the recent Operational Efficiency Programme report which heralded a drive for £7.2bn-per-year savings through greater use of shared services and outsourcing,... [29 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Following a week of political turmoil culminating in a cabinet reshuffle, silicon.com takes a look at the changes wrought in the top tiers of government and how they might impact on the technology industry. [10 Jun 2009]
BT doubles broadband speeds to 20Mbps
News Currently, 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home connectivity is available to customers in the Ebbsfleet Valley development in Kent, and BT says it will trial 40Mbps fibre-to-the-cabinet technology in Whitchurch,... [04 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News For those not blessed with a head for DIY telecoms engineering, this month saw news that BT is to double the speed at which it rolls out fibre to the cabinet - bringing faster broadband in reach of more than a million... [01 Jun 2009]
Custom Home Builder Uses Electronic Document Management to Construct Operational Excellence
White Paper In 2005 Granite Ridge selected Cabinet NG as the firm's digital document management provider after reviewing competing systems that were more costly and less flexible. Granite Ridge Builders is the largest custom... [16 May 2009]
Landscape Specialist Weeds Out Paper and Thrives
White Paper The company chose the Cabinet NG Shared Access Filing Environment (CNG-SAFE) document management software to help them kick the paper habit. Freeman Landscape has grown from a home-based office to a... [16 May 2009]
Remote Workers and Document Management
White Paper Many companies today have employees that work exclusively or part-time from an office at home. The purpose of this paper is to discuss key considerations for companies who have a need for employees or customers to access... [16 May 2009]
Businesses - 'beware the risks of Digital Britain'
News Nigel Brown, the lead for resilient telecommunications strategy at the Cabinet Office, has said businesses should perform risk assessments to think through possible threats and opportunities brought about by greater... [29 Apr 2009]
