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  • Virgin Media to trial fiber broadband over telegraph poles

    Contrary to other European governments and local authorities, the UK has so far taken a hands-off approach to financing the roll-out of fiber-based broadband, but that is now staring to change, Berendt said.Currently, the five European countries…
  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows, Office fixes next week

    Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.In its monthly advance notification, Microsoft spelled out next week's two-update Patch Tuesday, a far cry from February's massive roll-out of…
  • VeriSign: DNSSEC to improve Internet security

    VeriSign is reporting no serious problems with its ongoing deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on the Internet's root servers and on the top-level domain servers that it operates, including the systems that power the popular .com and…
  • Virgin Media promises 100Mbps broadband

    It's encouraging to see Virgin Media and BT - the two largest broadband providers in the UK - both pushing forwards with the rollout of ever faster services," he said.There's no denying that customers want faster speeds, they also specifically…
  • Avoid 'one-size fits all' for desktop virtualisation says IDC

    That's according to Lionel Lamy, IDC's research director for software and services who warned that companies often had unrealistic expectations of what moving to the technology would do for their business.Many analyst companies have spoken about…
  • MPs trash Government 2Mbps broadband promise

    According to the Committee, the response was "not a helpful statement" and someone whose use is restricted to the evenings would have a very different feel of 2Mbps to someone whose use was confined to the mornings.We are concerned that the…

Latest Features

  • The 10 hottest IT jobs

    This includes responsibilities that fall into three categories -- planning and implementing a service catalog, financial management aspects of a service catalog, and rollout and maintenance of service catalog," reads a recent Forrester Research…
  • Hot topics and dead ends for 2010

    This less expensive equipment can be used in lieu of more expensive products or as a way to extend these capabilities to smaller sites that don't warrant a full rollout.People have been promising for more than a decade that videoconferencing is…
  • The life and death of a virtual machine

    And we're paying less for heating and cooling," says Noah Broadwater, vice president of IS at Sesame Workshop, in New York.Like other forward-thinking IT managers, Broadwater espouses virtualisation's obvious blessings: A company can spin up…
  • Exchange 2010: blessing or curse?

    Those eyeing a migration to Exchange 2010 will find lots of options that improve the platform, but they won't come without careful attention to deployment details including the rollout of Windows Server 2008, says one expert.Exchange 2010, which…
  • WiMax in 2010: Too little, too late?

    ATIt is true several carriers have said that they are going to start the LTE rollout soon, but when will it have enough coverage to be significant? As standards are locked in and equipment is fine-tuned, look for deployments to grow both in size…
  • End-to-end encryption: The PCI security holy grail

    Effective encryption roll-outs take time and require significant attention to detail, and cannot be rushed.As mentioned previously, an effective encryption roll-out requires a strategic approach. Your encryption roll-out must start with a…
 

How-Tos

  • How to save your business money on print costs

    Ask the provider how, through SLAs, contract components and rollout of the program, they are going to ensure that the productivity of employees is enhanced, not just maintained," she adds.Breaking old habitsWhen a provider shows up and tells…
  • How to manage traffic on your home network

    If there is a new version, follow the instructions you'll find there to download and install it.I'm using D-Link's Xtreme-N DIR-655 wireless router as an example in this story, simply because it's a very popular model that's still available at…
  • How to install unified comms system

    Massey Jr.technical adviser to the deputy CIO at Atlanta's Emory University, says that when it comes to a successful rollout, there's no substitute for knowledge - both of system operations and end-user needs.
  • How to keep virtual test environments in check

    Doing that across 24,000 workstations, to say the least, is labour- and time-intensive, too much for us because we have to follow a very rapid deployment schedule.While the IT team realised virtualisation was the only realistic option for such a…
  • Case Study: Backup becomes a snap

    DeploymentThe Snap Server 520 was deployed at Burford headquarters, with a roll-out of eleven Snap Server 210s to each regional office for use as local network backup devices. The Blue Cross animal welfare charity uses Adaptec Snap Servers to…
  • Case Study: Admiral Insurance goes virtual

    As part of the roll-out, we shifted applications from physical to virtual (P2V) machines and did some out-of-hours testing to see that it was getting the right levels of performance. On the virtualisation front, we are currently running VMware ESX…

Reviews

  • Microsoft Windows 7 OS

    That's a plus, since it should greatly reduce the volume of difficulties relating to drivers and apps compared to Vista's bumpy rollout. It just works, and after Windows Vista that may be enough to make it a winner.
  • Apple iPhone 2.0 software review

    With the iPhone 3Gs planned rollout to 70 countries, that support has expanded considerably. We examine them in detail. The original iPhone was an amazingly capable device, but it certainly wasnt perfect.
  • Linksys SPA9000 VoIP PBX

    I didn't test this module, and it's sold as a separate product.Any VoIP rollout will need to carefully examine the network infrastructure and ensure that it's up to snuff to support voice applications.
  • Oracle 10g for MacOS X

    As well as installing Oracle, EM manages your patches and alerts it combines what it knows about what version's running on what machine with the contents of Oracle's MetaLink (support) Web site and can both tell you what needs updating and manage…
  • AirMagnet Distributed Version 4.0

    Commendably Report generator is not included in the base product, sensor roll-out is complex as each sensor must be individually set up AirMagnet Distributed could be the tool to do it. The product has an outstanding GUI and covers a breadth and…
  • Criston Software Precision 5

    We had no difficulties creating rollout jobs as we could search the network and add specific Windows 2000, XP and 2003 test clients to the push tasks. As each task runs it provides progress information so you can see which client is receiving the…

White Papers

  • Get More from Microsoft SharePoint with Oracle Fusion Middleware

    As organizations rollout Microsoft SharePoint, a new ecosystem of content sharing, collaboration, and project libraries is introduced. Oracle Fusion Middleware provides an extensive set of tools for enhancing and managing SharePoint.
  • MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition for Telecom

    Organisations are facing these challenges as they develop and deploy the next-generation of networks, service delivery platforms (SDP) and roll-out value-added services to their end-users.Real-time databases are at the core of network convergence.
  • Simplifying the Process of Policy Roll-out

    Simplifying the Process of Policy Roll-out Peapod Revision and Enforcement whitepaper Policies define for each employee the relevant control requirements demanded by laws, regulations and standards applicable to the governance of our business…
  • An Open Approach to Advanced Messaging

    As a perfect complement to your VoIP rollout, these new end-user capabilities make your organisation more productive, more responsive, and ultimately more competitive. An open approach to IP telephony applications, running alongside your TDM and IP…
  • An Open Approach to Advanced Messaging

    The benefits of shared interfaces and shared infrastructure deliver greater cost savings, but it is the applications that drive the greatest value in any IP telephony rollout. An open approach to IP telephony applications, running alongside your…
  • The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company saves $700K with Lexmark solution and DFM contract

    And the initial roll-out was completed quickly and problem-free.With Lexmark printers and our new ability to control the use of color, we are estimating savings of $200,000 in the first year and $700,000 over three years, said Wood.Lexmark's…
 
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