Network software

CES 2013: Driverless cars could be next for the enterprise

Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, thinks businesses will be big benefactors of the driverless car revolution  News | 09 Jan 2013

Suffolk cuts costs by 30% with PSN-ready network

Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%.  News | 21 Dec 2012

Essex County Council signs £81m PSN deal

Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network (PSN) across its 200,000 users  News | 20 Dec 2012

Three chooses Huawei for managed services contract

UK mobile operator Three will transfer staff to Huawei, and its partner Tech Mahindra, to manage its core network and operations.  News | 10 Dec 2012

Emulex buys Endace for $130m

Networking company Emulex hopes to boost its performance management skills by acquiring Endace  IT suppliers | 06 Dec 2012

Cisco snaps up Cariden Technologies

Cisco has bought software firm Cariden Technologies for $141m in its 10th acquisition this year  IT suppliers | 03 Dec 2012

Networking services market to fall in next two years

While more than half of firms have used networking services, just 33% plan to use them again over the next two years, says research  News | 23 Nov 2012

Why Cisco chooses acquisition over R&D;

As networking giant Cisco buys its ninth company in less than a year, Computer Weekly asks, why the focus on acquisitions?  Analysis | 19 Nov 2012

Cisco buys cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2bn

Network equipment firm Cisco is to acquire US cloud networking supplier Meraki in a $1.2bn deal  News | 19 Nov 2012

WiFox claims 700% boost in Wi-Fi performance

New software created by researchers at North Carolina State University claims to boost performance of Wi-Fi by up to 700%  News | 16 Nov 2012

Top 10 networking stories of 2012

We give a run down of the top 10 stories in the networking industry throughout 2012  Top Ten

The IT challenges of building Heathrow's Terminal 2

Neil Clark, CIO of Heathrow, reveals the IT challenges behind the airport's futuristic Terminal 2 building  Feature

Top 10 supplier profiles 2012

Download in-depth reports on leading IT suppliers from Computer Weekly  Top 10

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

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

WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation

WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices  Podcast

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

WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation

WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices  Podcast

CES 2013: Driverless cars could be next for the enterprise

Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, thinks businesses will be big benefactors of the driverless car revolution  News

Suffolk cuts costs by 30% with PSN-ready network

Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%.  News

Essex County Council signs £81m PSN deal

Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network (PSN) across its 200,000 users  News

Top 10 networking stories of 2012

We give a run down of the top 10 stories in the networking industry throughout 2012  Top Ten

The IT challenges of building Heathrow's Terminal 2

Neil Clark, CIO of Heathrow, reveals the IT challenges behind the airport's futuristic Terminal 2 building  Feature

Three chooses Huawei for managed services contract

UK mobile operator Three will transfer staff to Huawei, and its partner Tech Mahindra, to manage its core network and operations.  News

Emulex buys Endace for $130m

Networking company Emulex hopes to boost its performance management skills by acquiring Endace  IT suppliers

Top 10 supplier profiles 2012

Download in-depth reports on leading IT suppliers from Computer Weekly  Top 10

Cisco snaps up Cariden Technologies

Cisco has bought software firm Cariden Technologies for $141m in its 10th acquisition this year  IT suppliers