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Shortlists for CNET tech awards unveiled
News Juniper Networks - Juniper Networks WXC WAN Application Acceleration Platform CNET Networks UK, the publisher of silicon.com, has announced the finalists for its 2006 Technology Awards. The awards, which will be handed... [07 Jul 2006]
Stockbroker invests £1.3m in WAN network
News Stockbroker Brewin Dolphin Securities is spending £1.3m on a new wide area network, connecting 35 offices. The broker, which manages £19bn in funds on behalf of more than 100,000 clients, said large volumes of data need to be moved... [13 Jun 2006]
Audit Commission signs Thus for next-gen network
News The agreement will see Thus provide the Commission with a wide area network (WAN), which will carry all of the organisation's voice and data traffic. The WAN will connect up 500 sites across the country... [04 May 2006]
Fifa in race to finish World Cup IT
News Gardner said: "We will recable it, plug all the cables in, plug into the WAN, test it to make sure nothing has been damaged in transit - all in three to four weeks. Fifa will have less than a month to install the entire... [10 Mar 2006]
Intel helps put super 3G in every PC
News With the pace of improvements, the cost of supplying wireless WAN technology could be far higher than originally expected. Chip giant Intel has signed a deal with the GSM Association (GSMA) to help hardware makers... [14 Feb 2006]
Search giants slammed by media 'old guard'
News collect headlines and photos for their users without compensating the publishers, according to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), which announced on Tuesday that it intends to "challenge the exploitation of... [01 Feb 2006]
Shaw Trust turns to Sirocom in £2.5m VNO deal
News He said turning to the VNO model means his organisation is unlikely to be left with wide area network (WAN) technology that quickly becomes dated and added Sirocom took care of extricating Shaw Trust from its previous... [11 Nov 2005]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News Gartner's position was that the internet would meet performance and security requirements for 70 per cent of business-to-business traffic and more than half of corporate WAN (wide area network) traffic. [25 Jul 2005]
2012 Olympics IT supplier sought
News Specific technologies required include standard word processing and project management software, WAN and LAN connectivity, telephony services, knowledge management systems and security. The government has kicked off the... [16 Jun 2005]
BT and Nortel do military service
News The infrastructure, which includes Nortel's switching and VoIP technology valued at around $42m (£23m), will provide WAN services in over 2000 locations including voice services to over 200,000 subscribers and Ethernet... [02 Jun 2005]
Marks & Spencer plumps for VoIP
News At present, the retailer has an IP-based WAN for data, and a separate network for telephone calls - both currently operated by Cable & Wireless (C&W). Marks and Spencer (M&S) is planning to shift to a VoIP telephone... [19 May 2005]
BT lands another US mega-deal
News California-based Jacobs Engineering Group has chosen the telco to handle its LAN, WAN, remote access, mobile and PBX needs. BT has landed another large managed services contract outside the UK. The financial value of the... [04 May 2005]
Equant zips up YKK network
News The company's European WAN is used to transport data related to its just-in-time logistics operations as well as its financial processes. YKK has extended its relationship with Equant, signing a $1.2m contract for... [03 May 2005]
Ryanair budgets for £5m C&W network
News Ryanair said the C&W WAN will extend to 100 European destinations, in addition to 12 sites up and running now. Ryanair has extended its long-term relationship with Cable & Wireless to move to an IP-based pan-European... [22 Mar 2005]
Time wasters - WAN are you going to learn?'
News And many are waking up to the potential benefits of handing over the running of their WAN. The survey revealed 61 per cent of companies in the UK currently outsource the running of their WAN and that... [08 Mar 2005]