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WiMax to make it as a 'last-mile' broadband tech?
News Juniper predicts the top regions for WiMax in the local loop will be the Far East, North America, Western Europe and Africa/Middle East. WiMax could be used as a 'last mile' substitute tech for DSL broadband by 47 million people within five years... [01 Apr 2008]
Is your network performance getting you down?
News The survey was completed by 592 network engineers, IT directors and CIOs in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. IT teams are dedicating increasing amounts of time on getting to the bottom of network performance issues. [01 Apr 2008]
Google pledges 'wi-fi on steroids'
News Google has said it plans to have US consumers from Manhattan to rural North Dakota surfing the web on handheld gadgets at gigabits-per-second speeds by 2009. The company, joined by other heavyweights like Microsoft and Dell, has long been lobbying... [25 Mar 2008]
Remote working here to stay
News A separate survey of UK and North American IT chiefs, conducted by network security company AEP Networks, has found 94 per cent either already allow or plan to allow network access to remote workers. The megalithic corporate HQ which deforms the... [13 Mar 2008]
Nortel to showcase networking breakthrough
News Nortel, the largest supplier of telephony gear in North America, plans to announce Wednesday that it has developed gear that can shuttle traffic across the internet backbone at speeds of 40 gigabits per second, according to news wire service Reuters. [12 Mar 2008]
AstraZeneca signs $95m outsourcing deal
News Cognizant will provide the services from its operations centres across North America, Europe and India. Cognizant already provides other business services for AstraZeneca across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. [10 Mar 2008]
Don't forget to secure your BlackBerry, companies told
News He added: "If you look at probably our largest and most paranoid customer in North America - the United States Department of Defense - they publish about a 125-page configuration guide for BlackBerry… That's the extreme - but that's not going to... [10 Mar 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News But James Bruce, North American mobile manager for marketing at ARM, said that it's not so much what Android allows mobile phone users to do, but rather what it doesn't require handset chip and device makers to do. [12 Feb 2008]
Nokia: Record sales thanks to Middle East and Africa
News Asia-Pacific and China also saw strong sales growth, while sales in mature markets like North America fell during the quarter. Nokia has announced it has sold a record 133.5 million mobile phones during the fourth quarter of 2007. [25 Jan 2008]
Google invests in web to fight disaster
News Right underneath that, there's a button that says reply, and [aid workers can send a note that says] we have the resources you need two miles north.Suddenly there's a two-way conversation using nothing but a cell phone with one bar. [17 Jan 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News Some have been fined for delays while others, such as IDX, have been ditched and in 2006 Accenture controversially withdrew from its £2bn worth of NHS contracts to deliver new patient and GP systems in the East and North East regions. [15 Jan 2008]
Arctic survey put on ice until 2009
News The Vanco Arctic Survey expedition to measure the thickness of the ice cap at the North Pole and predict how quickly the ice is melting has been postponed until next year. The expedition was originally due to take place this year but expedition... [11 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Spending on offshore services is three times higher in North America than in Western Europe but the gap is closing, with Indian providers becoming more popular in 2007, growing 40 per cent in the US and 60 per cent in Europe. [10 Jan 2008]
Mobile tickets for bus travel
News One of the leading bus companies in the North of England, Go North East, has claimed to be the first in the UK to offer customers the ability to buy tickets using their mobile phones. The new system will be "competitive with any ticket system", a... [08 Jan 2008]
Which cities top the wealth league?
News The rise of high tech 'knowledge' jobs is helping break down England's traditional North/South wealth dynamic. It is no longer a case of poorer North vs richer South. A recent study by ReThink Recruitment found IT wages are rising faster up North... [07 Jan 2008]
