Hacktivist group Anonymous claims it brought down government websites in protest at the UK’s handling of the asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The group targeted the websites of No. 10, the Home Office, the Ministry ...
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In the last five years mobile data has grown significantly and now generates just under 700 petabytes per month. According to internet firm Akamai, there is now four times as much data as voice traffic on mobile networks. In the first ...
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It really was apples-to-apples. The $100 million price differential between the Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco proposals to refresh California State University's 23-campus network that we wrote about earlier this week was based on an identical ...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc announced that @WalmartLabs operation is expanding in Bangalore with the hiring of 100 additional developers and a move into a new facility. @WalmartLabs, a unit of Walmart Global e-Commerce, is the company's hub for ...
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Red Level Networks, a premier IT-solutions provider, is hosting an educational Microsoft Office 365 event on July 31 at the Microsoft Offices in Southfield, MI. This complimentary event will provide a demonstration of Office 365's core ...
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Red Level Networks, a premier Michigan-based IT solutions provider, announced today that it has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the second year in a row. Red ...
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The Isle of Wight College (IoWC) has used deployed a Brocade wireless network across its campus. Based in Newport, the college plays host to more than 8,500 students, along with 520 staff, and as the only further education institution on ...
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HP has launched a new programme enabling businesses to hire network infrastructure from the company on a pay per use basis. The FlexNetwork Utility Advantage programme will use communications service providers as partners to be the ...
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Brocade has bought Vyatta to boost its talent in the growing space of software-defined networking (SDN). Brocade did not reveal the value of the acquisition but confirmed the deal was all cash. Vyatta is known for its network ...
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Optical communications and laser component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA is entering its highly-integrated 100 Gbps PM-QPSK MSA transceiver module, the OTM-100, into volume production, to support growing ...
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Fife Council will slash £2.4m from its network infrastructure costs over the next four years by moving to a public services network (PSN). The council signed the deal with Updata for a managed network services and expects to see a ...
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Window's cloud service, Azure, suffered an outage on 26 July because of a "safety valve" configuration error, Microsoft has said. The outage, which affected parts of Western Europe for more than two hours, meant that customers experienced ...
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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. The latest challenge confronting IT organizations is managing the ...
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Nokia reported a 39% year-on-year drop in the number of smartphones it sold in the second quarter, to 10.2 million, while its net loss more than trebled. The company's total revenue for the quarter fell 19% year over year, to 7.54 billion ...
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Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network(PSN)across its 200,000 users. The 10-year next-generation network(NGN)deal was awarded to a joint venture between ...
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