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RSS redstone in newsRetail development goes shopping for IP
News IT and comms networking company Redstone has been chosen to deploy converged IT and communications infrastructure for retail developments in Bristol and Leicester, in deals worth £3.4m. Redstone will roll out a single Cisco-based IP network... [31 May 2007]
University College Dublin masters €4.5m SAN
News University College Dublin (UCD) has awarded Redstone a five-year contract worth up to €4.5m to provide storage area network technology. Based on an HP platform, the network will ultimately provide 300 terabytes of storage capacity and will be one... [29 May 2007]
Chinese hackers breach US military defences
News Alan Paller, director of the SANS Institute, said: "From the Redstone Arsenal, home to the Army Aviation and Missile Command, the attackers grabbed specs for the aviation mission-planning system for Army helicopters, as well as Falconview 3.2, the... [24 Nov 2005]
Telcos urge Ofcom to clamp down on BT
News UKCTA consists of AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Centrica, Colt, Easynet, Energis, Fibernet, Global Crossing, Kingston, MCI, NTL, Opal Telecom, Opera Telecom, Redstone, Telco Global, Telefonica, Thus, Tiscali and Your Communications. [23 Jun 2004]
Redstone makes its first profit
News Dot-com crash survivor Redstone has turned in its first pre-tax profit despite its revenues sliding by 11.8 per cent to £60.7m. Redstone CEO Ian Brown said: "We are in a stronger position to deliver profitable growth over the medium term. [03 Jun 2004]
Redstone flexes its portfolio
News Redstone Communications has become the latest company to target flexible working as a growth area with the announcement of a Remote Worker range of products and services. In response to growing demand and flexible working legislation that came into... [04 Nov 2003]
Tech firms still failing ethics test
News Last year, major UK tech firms such as Autonomy, Psion, Redbus, Redstone and Telewest were all missing from the list (see http://www.silicon.com/a47478 for more). FTSE4Good, an index of socially responsible companies, has revealed the latest movers... [17 Sep 2002]
Fallen broadband rebel accepts BT's £170m
News BT has signed a £170m deal with former rival Redstone to look after the one-time rebel telco's national voice network. BT will take over Redstone's network, taking on 20 staff from the company. All the relevant Redstone assets will also be... [17 Apr 2002]
Redstone rises from the ashes
News Redstone has reported a 12 per cent increase in revenues in the six months to 30 September, just four months after it was staring liquidation in the face. The firm had suffered a funding crisis, but a £25m emergency rescue plan from a group of the... [23 Nov 2001]
Clara.net to go it alone after secret DSL trials
News Clara.net hosts the DSL equipment in its own premises and leases a copper line from its premises to the customer from BT - a similar model to the one used by companies like Fibernet and Redstone. Clara.net is considering going head-to-head with BT... [15 Nov 2001]
Redstone loses last founder
News Just three months into his chairmanship at troubled UK carrier Redstone Telecom, Simon Slater-Thomas has announced he is moving on. According to the FT he had seen his worth in Redstone shares shrink from £70m to around £70,000 following an... [30 Oct 2001]
UK's top tech companies fail ethics test
News The latest FTSE4Good Index Series revealed Psion, Autonomy, Guardian IT, Atlantic Telecom Group, Cadcentre Group, nCipher, Knowledge Support Systems Group, Redstone Telecom, Redbus Interhouse, SurfControl and Telewest Communications (to name but a... [18 Sep 2001]
Watchdog probes Redstone
News Troubled telco Redstone is facing a Financial Services Authority investigation for allegedly misleading investors about the true state of the company's finances. Redstone, formerly Redstone Telecom, is a pioneer of the local loop unbundling process... [13 Aug 2001]
Redstone share circus continues
News Redstone Telecom investors have called on the London Stock Exchange to investigate short selling in the company's shares. The Redstone Action Group (RAG) claims that investors who bought shares prior to last week's emergency meeting cannot exercise... [18 Jul 2001]
Redstone on the brink of a nervous breakdown
News Ailing telco Redstone Telecom is in further trouble this week, with shareholders calling for the government to investigate exactly what's been going on at the company. Investors are urging the Department of Trade and Industry to look into the rapid... [16 Jul 2001]
