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RSS ip in newsExeter Uni gives £5.5m network upgrade the green light
News The university's St Luke's campus will be upgraded by December and a wireless network and IP phones will be used to further test the project before implementation starts on the main university campus. [17 Jul 2008]
Users' privacy wins in YouTube vs Viacom
News The move comes after a federal court earlier this month ordered Google-owned YouTube to hand over usernames, IP addresses and viewing histories to Viacom - parent company of MTV. YouTube will be allowed to mask important user information from... [15 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News Dowd said: "It's got the Cisco IP VPN sec which is… if you take O2 as an example, we're using it through our corporate server so we feel that the security is strong enough. Apple's 3G iPhone is poised to take the UK business world by storm... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News Skype is touting its voice over IP (VoIP) technology for small businesses keen to work globally and keep costs down. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed the perception... [02 Jul 2008]
Newsagent Martin McColl signs £4m VPN contract
News Newsagent Martin McColl has signed a £4m contract with comms specialist Azzurri for an enterprise-wide IP VPN. The network will connect the retailer's 1,300-store estate and a number of third party suppliers, which provide services such as mobile... [25 Jun 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News In related news, femtocell maker ip.access has announced it has developed a 3G home-routing tech which connects third-gen phones into a home network via its Oyster 3G femtocell. Most people in Europe are still blissfully unaware of what a femtocell... [23 Jun 2008]
Procter & Gamble in $650m network deal with BT
News BT will provide a state-of-the-art, high speed, IP-based, firewall protected network that will offer conferencing, remote access, voice calls, IP telephony and internet services. Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) has... [10 Jun 2008]
Network Rail on track with IP
News The company - which operates the Britain's rail infrastructure - will gain an IP voice and data network to replace its legacy fixed line and internet services. The IP network will be integrated into Network Rail's FTN project which aims to replace... [10 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - ready for business?
News This will bring corporate-friendly features including push email, push calendar, push contacts, security policy tools, two-factor authentication, remote data wipe and Cisco IP-sec VPN access to the phone. [06 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News Because Metronet is a wireless IP CCTV network it is cheaper for GMP to move existing ANPR cameras and to introduce new ones, with 10 more expected to be fitted over the next year. The network of 15 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras... [05 Jun 2008]
Femtocell market hotting up
News Today US mobile IP company Qualcomm has announced it is making an undisclosed investment in femtocell maker ip.access - joining the likes of Cisco, Intel Capital and Motorola Ventures. Femtocells - aka mobile base stations which piggyback off DSL... [21 May 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Going beyond partnerships with the likes of SAP, which RIM describes as the BlackBerry "app ecosystem", the smart phone giant is looking at getting its claws into the office PBX - be it an old-school analogue system or next-gen IP-based - via a... [14 May 2008]
Aviva signs £300m comms deal
News It is expected that the move to IP telephony will significantly reduce costs for the insurance group. The world's fifth largest insurance group, Aviva has signed a six-year contract with Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US worth £300m. [13 May 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News He said: "However good the security, there's always a point when data or IP needs to be used by employees and at that point it's always insecure whatever security product set is used. Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco... [17 Apr 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Verwaayen made silicon.com's 2007 Agenda Setter list - ranked 16th - and is noted for championing initiatives such as BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) project to switch to an all-IP core network. Verwaayen, who will also step down from the BT board... [08 Apr 2008]
