Bandwidth
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Ultra-broadband to cause bandwidth divide
News Adoption of ultra-high speed residential broadband will create bandwidth divide among world regions, as well as within countries in three to five years, says Gartner.
Tags: Networking technology, Bandwidth, Mobile Broadband, TV, Video, Gartner Inc., HDTV, Broadband, Cable, cable television
Cloud usage bills may turn some off
News Bandwidth fees from heavily moving data to and from cloud may discourage companies to adopt, but some analysts say clouds bring additional value.
Tags: Cloud computing, Bandwidth, Cloud, CRM, International Data Corp., Cloud computing, e-mail, Bandwidth, data management, software-as-a-service
More redundancy needed for global links
News Ongoing and planned network upgrades between Asia and U.S. sufficient for bandwidth demands, but ISPs need redundancy to better manage outages.
Tags: Bandwidth, Ethernet, Pacnet Ltd., BGP, network, Asia, Broadband, Cable, Internet Service Provider, network provider
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
Three APAC countries have fastest broadband
News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software
Pacnet goes to Vietnam via new partner
News update Telecommunications service provider Pacnet inks alliance with FPT Telecom, gaining entry points to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Tags: Networking technology, Mobile, Asia, Vietnam, Telecommunications, cable system, Singapore, Broadband, Pacific Internet, Pacnet
Next-gen network small threat to incumbents
News Allowing new service providers to offer high-availability broadband will not pose significant threat to existing operators in Singapore, according to analysts.
Tags: Business broadband, Bandwidth, Starhub, Mobile Broadband, SingTel, Video Conferencing, Polycom Inc., Singapore, Broadband, network
Cloud pushing telecoms into bandwidth boost
News Net neutrality constraints and cloud computing are forcing telcos to build more bandwidth into core infrastructure, according to an Ovum analyst.
Tags: Cloud computing, Bandwidth, Network infrastructure, Nortel Networks Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommunications, Juniper Networks Inc., Video, Net Neutrality, Cloud computing
Fusion-io touts 'fastest' solid-state drive
News Fusion-io announces the ioDrive Duo, which the company claims is the fastest to date.
Tags: Storage, Steve Wozniak, Chief Scientist, PCI Express, Chip, business application, PCI, Fusion-io, Bandwidth, co-founder
Web 2.0 causing extra strain on telcos
News Operators have to cope with added strain placed on them by Web 2.0 sites, and extra-large bandwidth networks will not alleviate the situation, says Citrix.
Tags: Bandwidth, Web 2.0, Citrix Systems Inc., Asia-Pacific, Video, Web Service, Server, YouTube Inc., Bandwidth, blogging
Long live the Sneakernet: Computing's most resilient network
News The Sneakernet, where someone puts data on a disk, flash drive etc. and runs it to another computer, is arguably one of our most enduring networks.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data centers, Data Management, Microsoft Corp., Computing, Storage, Cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com Inc., Bandwidth
Operators focus on bandwidth provision
News Network operators in Asia are adopting bandwidth provision technologies such as multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), in a bid to keep up with traffic demands.
Tags: Bandwidth, Network administration/implementation, IP Television, MPLS, India, Juniper Networks Inc., Video, Japan, network, Web 2.0
Asian ISPs prepare for video explosion
News Internet service providers must be vigilant of their core infrastructure, increase capacity when necessary and use new technologies to optimize traffic flow.
Tags: Bandwidth, Network administration/implementation, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Optical networking, Google Inc., India, Video, Cable, Internet Service
S'pore says NBN will stay competitive
News Tight regulation will ensure players on Singapore's next-generation broadband network will strive to be competitive, assures local telecoms regulator.
Tags: Video, Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Starhub, Next-generation Broadband Network, Nucleus Connect, OpCo, SingTel, CEO, network
Five common unified communications pitfalls
News With the hype about unified communications, industry experts discuss some mistakes firms may make when deploying such projects for the first time.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Bandwidth, Communications, Security, Aspect Software Inc., software, unified communications, China, information technology, strategy
