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News Even as the economy slows and businesses move to slash spending on computers and network gear, sales of storage will continue to spiral - at least until someone invents a way for companies to stop collecting so much data, analysts say. [08 Sep 2008]
Red tape hampering tech research
News EC commissioner and scourge of mobile network operators, Viviane Reding, has blamed red tape for hampering Europe's efforts to capitalise on its high tech research. She said: "European ICT research is a world leader in telecommunications and... [05 Sep 2008]
Beeb buys high tech film vault
News The high and low resolution video stored can be accessed by 125 people at once over the ExaStore 2008 clustered network attached storage (NAS) network with more than 600MBps bandwidth. The large capacity of the NAS and high bandwidth of the network... [05 Sep 2008]
Heathrow T5 gets massive wi-fi hotspot
News The service is aimed particularly at business travelers who can access the network using laptops, PDAs and mobiles, with the T5 network promising speeds of up to 8Mbps. The hotspot will be supplied by T-Mobile and is largest indoor network in the... [04 Sep 2008]
Leak fears could set bosses spying on staff
News Large companies are already exploring ways of monitoring employee behaviour on corporate systems to detect potential wrongdoing, according to Nigel Jones, director of the Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), a government-funded body... [04 Sep 2008]
IBM blade slashes security threat
News It can also help telecommunications carriers better manage and prioritise network activity like video sharing and web traffic, IBM said in a statement. It is also first blade server to use deep packet inspection software from CloudShield, the... [04 Sep 2008]
Lincolnshire council ditches Novell for Microsoft
News The revamp will see the council migrate 5,500 staff from Novell Netware and Groupwise to Microsoft Windows and Exchange, as well as build a new wide area network and expand its range of thin clients, as it seeks to cut costs and make its IT easier... [03 Sep 2008]
VoIP slashes hotel costs
News Using a VoIP network will save the company £20,000 in set-up costs compared with installing a conventional phone network. Guests will be offered free internet access through the hotel's wireless network, while staff will be equipped with mobile... [03 Sep 2008]
HP unleashes virtualisation products
News In addition, HP's Network Node Manager i-series has been updated to monitor the performance and availability of networks supporting dynamic, virtualised environments. HP on Tuesday launched a wide-range of virtualisation products, including new... [03 Sep 2008]
CIOs ready for flexi-time law
News Catherine Doran Network Rail Most CIOs believe their organisations are ready for a proposed extension of employees' right to ask for flexible working. In response to that trend, we invested in a corporate infrastructure that gives staff access to... [03 Sep 2008]
Ex-BT CEO to head up Alcatel-Lucent
News At BT, he led the telco's push into the broadband market and transformation from old-school telco to 'new wave' services company, as well as championing its 21st Century Network (21CN) project to switch to an all-IP core network. [02 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News Because we isolate the devices immediately, and never reconnect them to their network, the remote wiping capability does not present us with much of a problem," he noted. Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security... [02 Sep 2008]
Switches Enable School District to Transition From T1 to Fiber Network
White Paper Bethel School District is in the process of upgrading its network from a leased-line T1 environment to a fiber MAN with VoIP capability. The solution will offer immediate relief to the district's network strain and most importantly, will allow it... [02 Sep 2008]
Routing Protocols for Self-Organizing Hierarchical Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks
White Paper The performance of a hierarchical network with the popular Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocol is evaluated and compared with that of a conventional "Flat" ad-hoc networks using an ns-2 simulation model. [02 Sep 2008]
Using Network Appliance Snapshot Technology With VMware ESX Server
White Paper Network Appliance Snapshot technology allows instantaneous point-in-time copies to be made of virtual storage devices. VMware ESX server is a virtual infrastructure software technology that enables server consolidation and management for Intel and... [02 Sep 2008]
