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London: Wi-fi capital of the world
News Sam Curry, VP of identity and access assurance at RSA, said in a statement: "It is also critical that business access points are protected by encryption - even if the corporate network itself can only be accessed via an encrypted... [28 Oct 2008]
Second Life sets techies on stability
News The company currently uses VPN connections but as these scale-up poorly, a new approach is being sought. Linden Lab has revealed its tech group is tackling several areas that it hopes will make the Second Life Grid - the... [15 Sep 2008]
Liverpool midwives cull paper with 3G laptops
News The hospital's CIO Dr Zafar Chaudry said the SPO will enable the remote workers to open a VPN connection to the hospital's MediTech software and input patient data directly wherever they are. Liverpool Women's NHS... [27 Aug 2008]
O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News O2 said it will be providing various mobile solutions to HomeServe, including routing calls via a VPN to help cut costs and facilitate easier and cheaper employee-customer communication. Mobile operator O2 has secured a... [18 Aug 2008]
iPhone 3G: The wait is over
News The iPhone 3G can be wirelessly synchronised with a Windows PC, and has security features such as support for Cisco IPsec VPN and WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1x authentication for wi-fi network protection. [11 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News The iPhone 2.0 comes with a software update that not only includes enterprise-friendly licensing of Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol - for push email, calendar and contacts - but also supports Cisco IPSec VPN for secure... [04 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 retailer has implemented the Azzuri VPN into a pilot store this week and full rollout... [25 Jun 2008]
University ramps up network bandwidth for e-learning
News The university selected ntl:Telewest Business to replace its WAN with a high speed metro Ethernet VPN network, which connects its main building and central campus at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell to 10 remote sites,... [23 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]
Wi-fi adds to courtroom drama
News Over the past three months, wireless internet has been installed in 67 courts - with the aim of enabling barristers and solicitors to make better use of time between cases; and for jurors, victims and witnesses to access email, legal... [28 May 2008]
National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?
News Still, it is a real boost not to have to commute and many of my problems are start up problems, once I've discovered how to connect to the VPN, work should be a lot smoother. In honour of National Work from Home Day, the... [16 May 2008]
Apple iPhone 'ready for business'
News But ActiveSync support also means iPhones gain security features such as remote wipe and password policies - which Gartner considers essential for business devices.iPhone 2.0 will also support Cisco IPsec VPN for secure... [19 Mar 2008]
Careless homeworkers increase security risks
News He said: "We deploy varying levels of remote access from basic Outlook web access to full blown VPN depending on the need. Nic Evans, European IT director at Key Equipment Finance, said: "With secure VPN... [08 Feb 2008]
Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News Harris's letter recommended customers activate IP address restrictions so users can only access Salesforce.com from the corporate network or VPN, educate employees about phishing, and deploy email filtering and... [08 Nov 2007]
iPhone too pricey for businesses
News Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO at Sodexho UK, said: "We use Blackberries and then lightweight laptops with 3G cards and VPN software for general connectivity. Apple has just revealed details of the UK version of the iPhone,... [24 Sep 2007]