Computerworld UK Networking

China plans fibre network to improve internet speeds and lower costs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Michael Kan) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:00 GMT

China plans to improve the nation's internet networks by building new fibre networks while also lowering their prices following user complaints over slow connection speeds, a Chinese government official said this morning.

Copyright lawsuit in US targets non-secure wireless network owners

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jaikumar Vijayan) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:07:00 GMT

A federal lawsuit in the US could test whether individuals who leave their wireless networks unsecured can be held liable if someone uses the network to illegally download copyrighted content.

India to auction 2G spectrum in tainted licences scandal

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:17:00 GMT

India initiated plans at the end of last week to auction its 2G spectrum, a day after the country's Supreme Court ordered licences and spectrum issued in 2008 to be cancelled, as they had been purchased by business entities that manipulated the system.

HP adding OpenFlow networking support to its Ethernet switches

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Colin Neagle) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:17:00 GMT

HP is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its Ethernet switch products as it attempts to gain a foothold in a market likely to receive significant attention from competitors.

F5 says Big-IP is now a network firewall

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Tim Greene) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:39:00 GMT

F5’s Big-IP application delivery controllers are now certified as network firewalls, meaning they can replace separate network firewalls businesses might already have in place to meet regulators’ requirements.

Cisco to simplify collaboration products

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:13:00 GMT

Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.

IBM and NEC buddy up to offer OpenFlow networking products

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jim Duffy) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:44:00 GMT

IBM and NEC have partnered to offer OpenFlow-based networking products to joint customers.

London Stock Exchange proximity service swoops below 100 microsecond barrier

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Leo King) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:01:00 GMT

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has dramatically slashed round trip latency times for proximity hosting, in collaboration with Colt, on its Novell SUSE Linux-based MillenniumIT matching engine.

'Dark side of connectivity' highlighted in WEF report

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Our increasing dependence on online systems, and the opportunity this creates for criminals to launch devastating cyber attacks, is one of the biggest risks to global financial and political stability in 2012, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Staples consolidates European data on single BT network

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:10:00 GMT

Office products firm Staples has signed a four-year, pan-European networking deal with BT to support 325 offices and stores across seven countries on a single wide area network (WAN) to help cut costs.

Virgin doubles users' broadband speeds

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:01:00 GMT

Virgin Media is continuing its broadband speed war with BT by announcing it is doubling its access speeds for most of its four million customers.

Apple Thunderbolt peripherals go on show at CES

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Joel Mathis) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:13:00 GMT

It wasn’t so long ago that Apple observers were wondering why it was taking Thunderbolt peripherals so long to get to market. This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may be putting an end to that conversation.

Juniper issues warning ahead of fourth quarter financial results

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jim Duffy) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Juniper Networks said its fourth quarter 2011 results will be a little light due to softness in carrier routers.

Sky Broadband in UK first with 100 Gigabit optical network

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Leo King) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:05:00 GMT

BSkyB has launched a 100 Gigabit optical network for Sky Broadband customers, the first optical network to hit that speed in the UK.

Pharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb standardises network infrastructure

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Leo King) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:40:00 GMT

Bristol-Myers Squibb has extended a major network services deal with BT, geared around a standardisation programme, until 2017.

European Commission plan could hurt fibre broadband network commitment

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jennifer Baker) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:47:00 GMT

The European Commission's plan to lower access prices to copper networks in order to boost next generation networks is flawed, said Europe's leading telecoms organisations.

Juniper and Palo Alto in patent dispute over next-generation firewalls

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Tim Greene) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:55:00 GMT

Juniper Networks says that Palo Alto Networks is infringing on its next-generation firewall technology, which was invented by Palo Alto's founders but for which Juniper holds the patents.

Networking virtualisation service Heleos unveiled by ex-Cisco execs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jim Duffy) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:11:00 GMT

Software-defined networking startup Embrane this week came out of stealth mode to unveil its product and strategy for virtualising network services.

Google IPv6 internal network delivers benefits

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Joab Jackson) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:51:00 GMT

In a project that has taken longer than company engineers anticipated, Google is rolling out IPv6 across its entire internal employee network.

Virgin Media Business unveils flat-rate VPN service

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:10:00 GMT

Virgin Media Business has launched a new network offering called Big Red VPN, which it claims gives business and public sector organisations as much bandwidth as they need at a fixed cost.

Does your network give you freedom to innovate?

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Mike Simons) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:51:00 GMT

Join ComputerworldUK editor Mike Simons and Alison Adams Head of VPN & Security at Virgin Media Business to thrash out the issues.

Eurosport doubles corporate data bandwidth

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:44:00 GMT

Eurosport has doubled its corporate networking bandwidth as it expands its virtual private network across 20 countries.

Update: Nokia Siemens Networks cuts 17,000 jobs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Leo King) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:04:00 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks is set to cut 17,000 staff around the world.

UK users give 3G broadband the thumbs down

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (John E Dunn) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:19:00 GMT

A straw poll of mobile broadband users in the UK has uncovered widespread dissatisfaction with stagnant performance levels.

UK users give 3G broadband the thumbs down

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (John E Dunn) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:19:00 GMT

A straw poll of mobile broadband users in the UK has uncovered widespread dissatisfaction with stagnant performance levels.