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Scottish universities provide superfast rural broadband
The University of Edinburgh and the University of the Highlands and Islands help to bring superfast broadband to rural areas of Scotland News | 15 Oct 2012
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O2 blames network node for outage
10% of O2’s customers were unable to make calls, receive texts or download data last week after a network node for connecting traffic failed News | 15 Oct 2012
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UK beats France and Germany for superfast broadband, says BSG
The UK has one of the fastest adoption rates of superfast broadband in Europe, according to the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) News | 11 Oct 2012
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Parliament to look at UK involvement of Huawei
A parliamentary select committee is looking into Huawei’s operations in the UK following controversy around the safety of using the firm’s technology News | 11 Oct 2012
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Patchy uptake hinders Public Service Network roll-out
Key players involved in deploying the Public Service Network (PSN) say progress is being made, but different approaches are slowing it down Analysis | 11 Oct 2012
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Huawei kicks off £1.3bn investment with new headquarters
Chinese networking company Huawei to take 140,000ft² in Reading as part of its £1bn investment into its UK business over the next five years News | 10 Oct 2012
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VMware tools up for software-defined datacentres
At VMworld Europe in Barcelona, VMware addressed how it would tackle greater IT complexity through management and automation Virtualisation software | 09 Oct 2012
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UK needs more ambition for fibre broadband strategy
With less than 1% of UK households served with fibre-to-the-home broadband, the FTTH Council calls on the government to be more ambitious with its schemes News | 08 Oct 2012
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China’s Huawei and ZTE a security threat, says US committee
China’s leading technology firms pose a threat to national security, warns a US Congressional committee News | 08 Oct 2012
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HP revamps portfolio for software-defined networking
Supplier claims additions will bring capabilities of software-defined networking to infrastructure, control software and application layers News | 03 Oct 2012
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High-performance computing drives high-performance F1 cars to success
Jennifer Scott investigates how Formula 1 team Marussia uses a supercomputer to design and test its cars on a budget Feature
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Forrester: Derive maximum value from storage
Forrester analysts Andrew Reichman and Vanessa Alvarex identify the top trends in the storage market Feature
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Buyer's Guide: Forrester reveals the value of IPv6 to the enterprise
IPv6 can support a new set of customers and offers the opportunity to generate revenue from digital services Buyer's guide
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Computer Weekly / TechTarget IT priorities survey 2012
Learn which IT priorities are at the top of UK IT managers lists for 2012. Coverage from across our network includes cloud, budget cuts, networking, security, disaster recovery and more. IT priorities survey
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Flatter, faster, more manageable networks
As companies rely ever more on IT for enabling their business operations, networks have become the vital plumbing. Network hardware
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The advantages of integrating technology across the school curriculum with Wi-Fi
What does ubiquitous broadband coverage mean for the education environment and what challenges and opportunities do schools face in adapting to this? Feature
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Telemedicine in the NHS: The benefits and costs of implementing telecare services
Health professionals agree patients will have to do more home monitoring in the future if the NHS is to cope with an expanding population. But how advanced is the telemedicine market in the UK, and how well is the NHS positioned to implement telecare... Feature
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Case study: Dealing with virtual desktop I/O bottlenecks
Networking and storage are two areas often overlooked in a virtual desktop infrastructure project. Cliff Saran looks at what can go wrong. Feature
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Case study: Stroud College Secures Campus Network and Saves Time with CounterACT
Stroud College’s IT team evaluated several diff erent vendors’ NAC products - including Cisco and Bradford Networks – as well as an open-source NAC solution. None of these solutions met all of the campus’s needs. Feature
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Buyer's Guide: HP's Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) put to the test
In the world of datacentres and large-scale enterprise networks there has always been some form of perceived trade-off between performance and resilience. Building in resilience is absolutely essential of course, but it has historically affected serv... Feature
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Forrester: Networking predictions for 2013
Senior Forrester analyst Andre Kindness reveals his predictions for the networking industry in 2013 Opinion
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The history of the next-generation firewall
Security expert Rik Ferguson explains how next-generation firewalls were developed and what protection they provide businesses Opinion
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Tackling the challenges of the next-generation firewall
Security expert Brian Honan shares top tips on installing and maintaining a next-generation firewall Opinion
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Seven enablers of effective disaster recovery for SMEs
This article considers the current status of disaster recover (DR) in small and mid-size businesses (SMEs) and highlights a few simple steps every organisation can take to ensure it is better able to address such challenges. Opinion
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What is the point of BDUK?
Guy Jarvis, director at NextGenUs UK, on Broadband Delivery UK's bidding guide for local authorities and others interested in taking part in the government's £530m rural broadband programme. Opinion
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Fibre rates – time to repeal the modern equivalent of the window tax
Why would anyone tax windows? Well it seemed like a good idea to some in late 17th century England and in 18th century Scotland and France Opinion
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Why FTTC isn’t enough and how the UK might do more
The UK government recently announced its strategy to deliver improved rural broadband services - one of the longstanding and well-documented problems facing the UK. The ambition to construct the best broadband network in Europe by 2015 is admirable, ... Opinion
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Government broadband strategy will fail unless fibre rates are challenged
The government strategy for broadband fails to address the taxation of fibre-optic infrastructure and puts at risk the creation of a regulatory and policy environment which would allow the market to deliver. Opinion
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Opinion: Plugging the gaps in the government's broadband strategy
The government has outlined its vision for Britain's superfast broadband service. Chris Conder, who has first-hand experience of community networks, has... Opinion
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Forrester: Harnessing mobile UC to transform the business
The appeal of unified communications (UC) has been the convergence of all business communication applications across the range of enterprise interfaces, including the PC, telephone, web, and mobile Opinion
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Video: Technology makeover - CIO spends over £1m on house renovation
Rather than build an indoor swimming pool or make room for tennis courts, Kevin O'Connor, CIO at Paddy Power, has spent £200,000 on a home automation system for his London home as part of a house renovation project costing over £1m. Video
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Unified Comms for the smaller business
Bob Tarzey from Quocirca looks at how smaller businesses can benefit from deploying unified communications Photo Story
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Video: How to lay your own fibre network
There have been many calls for the UK to get fibre to the home and office as a way to catch up with its economic competitors. Some have turned radical, installing their own fibre links… Video
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Cumbrian broadband conference: BT fights for Cumbrian broadband deal
Cumbrian broadband conference: BT's strategy Podcast
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Video: Vaizey promises to discuss BT connection charges
Broadband minister Ed Vaizey has promised to discuss BT charges that raise costs for other network operators that need to connect to BT equipment. Video
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Intel Silicon Photonics
Intel steps up its interest in using optical fibres for high speed interconnects in processor-based systems, developing a prototype silicon-based semiconductor laser to support 50Gbit/s optical links in computers. Photo Story
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Business case for the Connected Enterprise
Clive Longbottom, founder of analyst house, Quocirca, asssses the business benefits of extending the corporate network to support collaborative applications. Photo Story
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European Space Agency gets IP Wan to handle satellite images
The European Space Agency is using an IP wide area network from Interoute to link up its 13 sites with bandwidth of between 1.5Mbps and 500Mbps. This picture gallery shows examples of the satellite images stored and secured on the network. Photo Story
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NHS North Somerset PCT revamps telecoms
NHS North Somerset PCT improves communication at its new health centre with a flexible communications system supplier by Virgin Media Business. Photo Story
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Photos: Avatar Tree of Life in Hyde Park
Visitors to Hyde Park were greeted with a high-tech model of the Tree of Souls from James Cameron’s film Avatar last weekend. Photo Story
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Supplier profile: IBM
In this IBM supplier profile you will find news, tips and research on the vendor. guide
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Supplier Profile: Fujitsu
A special report which analyses the challenges facing Fujitsu, financial performance, services offered, its place in the market and future strategy. Supplier Profile
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Virtualisation
While virtualisation may be considered the best way forward for data centre infrastructure, there are plenty of barriers to successful adoption. guide
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Reflections on 2011 and predictions for 2012
With 2011 now behind us we have taken a look back at technology trends throughout last year, in addition to looking ahead to what 2012 may hold. In this guide you will find 2011 roundups on virtualisation, cloud computing, outsourcing, storage, data ... guide
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Scottish universities provide superfast rural broadband
The University of Edinburgh and the University of the Highlands and Islands help to bring superfast broadband to rural areas of Scotland News
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O2 blames network node for outage
10% of O2’s customers were unable to make calls, receive texts or download data last week after a network node for connecting traffic failed News
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UK beats France and Germany for superfast broadband, says BSG
The UK has one of the fastest adoption rates of superfast broadband in Europe, according to the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) News
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Parliament to look at UK involvement of Huawei
A parliamentary select committee is looking into Huawei’s operations in the UK following controversy around the safety of using the firm’s technology News
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Patchy uptake hinders Public Service Network roll-out
Key players involved in deploying the Public Service Network (PSN) say progress is being made, but different approaches are slowing it down Analysis
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Huawei kicks off £1.3bn investment with new headquarters
Chinese networking company Huawei to take 140,000ft² in Reading as part of its £1bn investment into its UK business over the next five years News
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VMware tools up for software-defined datacentres
At VMworld Europe in Barcelona, VMware addressed how it would tackle greater IT complexity through management and automation Virtualisation software
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UK needs more ambition for fibre broadband strategy
With less than 1% of UK households served with fibre-to-the-home broadband, the FTTH Council calls on the government to be more ambitious with its schemes News
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China’s Huawei and ZTE a security threat, says US committee
China’s leading technology firms pose a threat to national security, warns a US Congressional committee News
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HP revamps portfolio for software-defined networking
Supplier claims additions will bring capabilities of software-defined networking to infrastructure, control software and application layers News
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