Network software

Big Switch Networks enters SDN race

Silicon Valley start-up Big Switch Networks debuts its first software defined networking (SDN) products  News | 13 Nov 2012

Apple loses patent case to VirnetX

Apple has been ordered to pay $368m in damages to VirnetX after a court ruled it had infringed on two of the software firm’s patents  News | 07 Nov 2012

ARM and C&WW; backs Cambridge Weightless wireless standard

The Weightless standard wins the backing of industry heavyweights hoping to help it on its journey to creating the ‘internet of things’  News | 06 Nov 2012

Brocade boosts SDN presence with Vyatta buy

Networking giant Brocade buys network operating system pioneer Vyatta to bolster its software-defined networking (SDN) folio  News | 05 Nov 2012

'Digital skills as crucial to UK as superfast broadband,' says Vaizey

UK digital skills must improve to make most of the economic benefits of superfast broadband, said communications minister Ed Vaizey  News | 31 Oct 2012

SDN scares big network suppliers

Cisco, Juniper and Brocade have had to embrace software defined networking or risk their hold on the market, says Emulex’s Sean Walsh  News | 31 Oct 2012

Huawei admits to being monitored by GCHQ

Huawei has admitted to working closely with government security arm GCHQ as part of review into security practices  News | 31 Oct 2012

TalkTalk CEO calls for regulatory intervention on superfast broadband

Dido Harding, the CEO of TalkTalk, has called for regulatory intervention into the superfast broadband market to encourage greater competition  News | 30 Oct 2012

Cisco acquires vCider

Cisco has acquired vCider, a provider of virtual network overlay technology to boost its cloud strategy and SDN capabilities  News | 05 Oct 2012

Cisco appoints two new presidents

The appointment of new executives raises further questions as to when Cisco’s long-serving CEO, John Chambers, will step down  News | 05 Oct 2012

BYOD policy gives London university users network access flexibility

A London university has undergone a network infrastructure upgrade to make way for a BYOD policy, offering staff and students more network access flexibility and capabilities.  Case study

Buyer's Guide: How to prepare your organisation for IPv6

The switch to IPv6 – on 6 June – shows just how imminent the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is. Is your organisation ready?  Feature

Forrester: The next wave of virtualisation

Virtualisation is evolving. IT departments now have a raft of products to deploy within their infrastructure, optimised for virtualisation.  Buyer's guide

Cisco Live Europe 2012 Coverage

If you didn’t have a chance to make it out to the London ExCeL Centre, for Cisco Live Europe, read our coverage of the conference.  Feature

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

Re-skilling through the Open University to get into IT

Ian Kelly, a 34-year-old IT specialist, is preparing to take the next step in his career, and turned to the Open University to improve his skills.  Feature

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

Case study: De Vere on cloud nine with Claranet’s managed application hosting & networks

A number of strategic acquisitions and brand mergers form what is today known as the De Vere Group. With acquisitions however, come a plethora of IT challenges – and De Vere was no exception. Jo Stanford, Group IT Director, commented: “Initial Style ...  Feature

Secure your SCADA architecture by separating networks

Many critical national infrastructure systems include supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) functionality. These systems can be viewed as the set of software, computers and networks that provide remote co-ordination of controls systems for...  Feature

How to combat Stuxnet

ISSA’s Raj Samani suggests that within control system networks where only known applications run, a simple strategy to combat Stuxnet would be to allow only authorised executables to run and deny everything else.  Feature

Preparing your teams for software defined networking

Software defined networking may offer a more reliable and automated network, but administrators need to be prepared before they introduce it to their environment  Opinion

Forrester: Networking predictions for 2013

Senior Forrester analyst Andre Kindness reveals his predictions for the networking industry in 2013  Opinion

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

Gartner: Investigations must be done carefully and correctly

Human activity is becoming increasingly virtualised. With routine communications and daily activities starting on workstations and taking place across enterprise networks and the internet, it is only to be expected that this is accompanied by a comme...  Opinion

Opinion: An asset with little value can be a big problem

I was recently part of a team that carried out a network and web application penetration test on the external network of a large UK company. Out...  Opinion

Patches encourage lax security processes

I have been in the network security game for over a decade and I am still amazed at the number of organisations that only think about their network security...  Opinion

Cloud computing faces security storm

A storm-front is brewing for cloud computing, writes Paul Zimski, vice-president of market strategy at Lumension. As developers continue to reach towards the sky with insecure infrastructure, the chances for a disastrous squall increase every day.  Opinion

Network security: get a complete view of your network

Network security: get a complete view of your network

By Ofir Arkin and Ray Binnion

What's on your network?

This is a simple question but...

Infosecurity 2008 - Taking security into your own hands

Fingerprint biometrics is emerging as the authentication method of choice for access to enterprise data, applications and networks, writes Jim Fulton, vice-president of DigitalPersona.  Opinion

Tackling the network eavesdropping risk

Why do network security problems persist? While wireless network security issues continue to make current headlines, attention has been drawn away from the fact that wired networks are often affected by many of the same weaknesses. As a result, our v...  Opinion

Video: No desk, no office - Microsoft experiments with future of work

Microsoft is using its Dutch headquarters as part of a radical experiment that the company believes could demonstrate the future of the workplace.  Video

Interviews from the Get Ahead 08 event

ComputerWeekly went along to the Get Ahead 2008 event and spoke to speakers from Star Internet, Microsoft and Armstrong Communications about their presentations.  Video

Podcast: Gartner - Steve Prentice on IT in the economic downturn

Gartner fellow Steve Prentice talks to Computer Weekly's Ian Grant at the Gartner Symposium / IT Xpo in Cannes, November 2008. Steve discusses what to do when times are hard, from where to cut costs, to where to spend.  Podcast

Beating the threat of spam – a ComputerWeekly podcast

Ever since the first spam email message was sent back in 1978 to 393 recipients on Arpanet, unsolicited email messages have been causing a headache for IT managers. Dealing with the constant influx of spam costs not only money but time as well.  Podcast

Supplier profile: Cisco

In this Cisco supplier profile you will find news, tips and research on the vendor.  guide

London 2012 Olympic Games Coverage

Read all our London Olympics IT coverage so far including IT preparations, the website, power concerns and the creation of thousands of new jobs.  guide

The network administrators’ guide

In our network administrator tutorial, learn about network security and network management.  guide

Big Switch Networks enters SDN race

Silicon Valley start-up Big Switch Networks debuts its first software defined networking (SDN) products  News

Apple loses patent case to VirnetX

Apple has been ordered to pay $368m in damages to VirnetX after a court ruled it had infringed on two of the software firm’s patents  News

ARM and C&WW; backs Cambridge Weightless wireless standard

The Weightless standard wins the backing of industry heavyweights hoping to help it on its journey to creating the ‘internet of things’  News

Brocade boosts SDN presence with Vyatta buy

Networking giant Brocade buys network operating system pioneer Vyatta to bolster its software-defined networking (SDN) folio  News

'Digital skills as crucial to UK as superfast broadband,' says Vaizey

UK digital skills must improve to make most of the economic benefits of superfast broadband, said communications minister Ed Vaizey  News

SDN scares big network suppliers

Cisco, Juniper and Brocade have had to embrace software defined networking or risk their hold on the market, says Emulex’s Sean Walsh  News

Huawei admits to being monitored by GCHQ

Huawei has admitted to working closely with government security arm GCHQ as part of review into security practices  News

TalkTalk CEO calls for regulatory intervention on superfast broadband

Dido Harding, the CEO of TalkTalk, has called for regulatory intervention into the superfast broadband market to encourage greater competition  News

Cisco acquires vCider

Cisco has acquired vCider, a provider of virtual network overlay technology to boost its cloud strategy and SDN capabilities  News

Cisco appoints two new presidents

The appointment of new executives raises further questions as to when Cisco’s long-serving CEO, John Chambers, will step down  News