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Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News It utilises Nortel mesh technology, with an initial infrastructure that includes eight core nodes and 50 access nodes, to bring wi-fi to the major parts of the island and also indoors. Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be... [24 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Some analysts have argued that BT's announcement was bad news for those providers who had invested large amounts in local-loop unbundling (LLU) - the process by which providers can get equivalent access to BT's infrastructure - because their... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News Ofcom CEO Ed Richards said the plan shows the UK is moving in the right direction with these new networks forming a critical part of the UK's infrastructure. But the company has said comms industry regulator Ofcom needs to look at changing the... [15 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News The global infrastructure and service delivery (GISD) roles will be scrapped in the UK and new jobs created in Hungary, India and Singapore over the next two years, with 700 UK posts to be lost by September this year. [14 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News Around a third also said they "currently do not receive satisfactory access to internet technology, such as infrastructure, services and applications", the CMA said in a statement. Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News Speaking at a conference hosted by UK trade association for technology, Intellect, Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, said mobile broadband's rapid rise in popularity could help encourage fixed line operators to invest in next generation... [04 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Information-security company Detica also claimed that terrorists and criminals were increasingly employing technology, and were attempting to exploit the growing information infrastructure to hide their activities. [04 Jul 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News He said: "The virtual-machine model allows you to maintain a managed end point, using existing management infrastructure on a device that you don't know or care about. The ability of virtualisation technology to free software from the underlying... [30 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! has a reshuffle at the top
News Another group, whose leader is yet to be announced, will focus on cloud computing and data infrastructure. under intense pressure, reorganised its upper management yesterday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology and... [27 Jun 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News A job ad published in The Sunday Times reads: "We require [IT] Architects with technology domain experience; you will be responsible for ensuring a coherent solution architecture for specific business change programmes, encompassing business... [23 Jun 2008]
Forecasting tech blows away stormy weather
News The Met Office is also assembling a team of specialist forecasters who will use the latest technology to provide early warning and risk assessment to flood forecasters, emergency responders and those responsible for critical national infrastructure. [13 Jun 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News But government health minister Ben Bradshaw told Parliament in a written answer that upgrading the national IT infrastructure was the most cost effective option. The NPfIT in the NHS is tasked with replacing an ageing patchwork of 5,000 different... [09 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News In February, Northern Ireland made Gartner's top 30 locations for offshore services majoring in education, infrastructure, language, globalisation maturity and security and privacy, and recent Financial Times research found there are more software... [02 Jun 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News Also going large this month were behind-the-scenes photos of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and IT infrastructure. From an organisational perspective, in its level of customisation and lack of true industry standards, this is cowboy... [30 May 2008]
Credit crunch not hitting IT spend
News SaaS, business process utility, infrastructure utility, remote-management services and cloud computing are the key "alternative delivery and acquisition models" respondents to the survey said they are most interested in. [21 May 2008]
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