Plusnet is to launch a TV advertising campaign highlighting its new fibre offering. Plusnet, the home phone and broadband provider, has announced the launch of a new TV campaign, bringing to life its new fibre offering, which is eight ...
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Scientists from IIT Delhi have developed nanocomposite fibres which have unique features of self-cleaning, dyeability, toughness and thermal stability. Prof. Mangala Joshi, Department of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi, told ...
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VMware has got eyes for storage.For a couple of years now the server virtualisation giant has incorporated useful features into its hypervisor to help manage shared storage. But now VMware wants more,and it is setting out a vision to ...
Disk storage capacity shipped by vendors worldwide surpassed 7 exabytes for the first time in a quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker report. The total disk storage capacity shipped by vendors in the ...
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The benefits of server virtualisation are indeed quite impressive for today's server and datacentre administrators, but what about you – the storage manager? While everyone else is reaping the rewards of their newly virtualised ...
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Dewatering breakthrough from RHL means textile finishers can finally say goodbye to conventional rubber squeezing A revolutionary new version of the famed Roberto roll is the first fiber-based squeezing system to offer full resistance to ...
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Due to the increasing demand for fibre-based packaging based on renewable materials, Stora Enso Speciality Papers broadens its MediaSet basis weight offering; the line is now available in basis weights of 80, 90 and 100 gsm. Specially ...
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X-IO is set to launch a new product in its Hyper ISE 7-series hybrid flash/HDD array line, the 740, which will double existing SSD capacity from 1.6TB to 3.2TB. The new product, revealed to Computer Weekly at SNW Europe, aims to fulfil ...
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Dido Harding, the CEO of TalkTalk, has called for regulatory intervention into the superfast broadband market in order to encourage greater competition. Speaking at the Huawei Broadband Forum, Harding said 95% of the fibre broadband ...
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Fiber-monitoring system to observe hydraulic fracturing - better known as "fracking" - operations in oil and shale gas prospecting. QinetiQ company OptaSense has signed a global commercialisation and framework agreement with oil giant ...
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BT is trialling a 10Gbps broadband connection to a business in Cornwall in an attempt to future proof its network. The line runs from the Truro exchange in the centre of the county to Arcol's factory in Threemilestone, where the firm ...
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The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders for the legacy of the site. The company's bid would turn the building into a cloud computing centre and ...
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Broadband is no toy for early adopters.More citizens in the UK have access to the internet than ever before and those in the industry have had to move at a rate of knots to keep up with demand for better coverage,faster speeds and necessary ...
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Jaguar today revealed its vision for a 21st century Jaguar sports car–the new C-X16 production concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show.Designed by the same team that produced the Jaguar XJ,XF and XK–headed by Jaguar Director of ...
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BT Openreach's fibre to the premises (FTTP) is now available to communications providers, supporting 40Mbps to 330Mbps downstream and 2Mbps to 30Mbps upstream in a select few areas of the UK. The service will initially be available in the ...
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