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Nortel plans a restructuring in Asia
News The Asia-Pacific headquarters of the company that filed for bankruptcy protection last week, said the move will "strengthen the business for the long-term".
Tags: Networking technology, Business plans, Acquisitions, Business planning, Nortel Networks Corp., Asia, Philippines, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Bankruptcy
Five ways to cut your telecom spend
Insight perspective Phones, mobiles and e-mail are essential to running any business. So how can you reduce telecoms costs? An analyst offers some advice.
Tags: Smart phones, LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Mobile, Supplier, Telecommunications, Cell Phone, Quocirca, Service
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 services to get supercharged
News New parallel networking technology increases throughput for Internet-based services by up to 40 times.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SaaS, Business broadband, IP, networking technology, Video, Storage, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Sensor swarm converges on energy use in buildings
News Inspired by how bees operate in a hive, Regen Energy has developed a mesh network of controllers to try to make commercial buildings more energy efficient.
Tags: Green IT, Controller, Sensor, Carbon Emission, networking technology, Renewable Energy, software programmer, HVAC, software, monitoring
Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'
News Hot off the heels of rival MySpace announcing it will connect profile content with other sites, Facebook reveals its own plan for exporting data to other Web sites.
Tags: Networking technology, Data Management, Security, Plaxo Inc., Digg, Advertisement, social networking, Facebook, network, marketing
Google brings Friend Connect to the masses
News Google joins the data portability crowd with 'Friend Connect' allowing users to bring their data from social networks. The programming-free network is said to even incorporate Web sites that are not socially-enabled.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Networking technology, MySpace, Google Inc., Site, Orkut.com, Social Web, Plaxo Inc., Use Case
Report: eBay is building a Frankenskype
News Auction company wants to spin off telephony service it bought over four years ago, but rights to some of its software still remain with company's founders.
Tags: Networking technology, VoIP, Business structures, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Google Inc., IPO, Bloomberg L.P., telephony, founder
Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, security
News IT research firm tells its clients total lock-down on social networks and security is not only impossible, it's a bad idea. Industry must move "from control to greater autonomy".
Tags: Networking technology, Network security, Social Networking, Security, Information Technology, network, Gartner Inc., performance, corporate computing, China
Hackers break into Large Hadron Collider computer
News CERN says hackers accessed a computer system that monitors the particle accelerator experiments and analyzes data, according to a newspaper report.
Tags: Hacking, Networking technology, Network security, CERN, E-mail Message, Computer, phone, theory, black hole, Earth
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
Cisco revamps enterprise mobility architecture
News The 3300 Mobility Services Engine lies at the heart of the newly rebranded Cisco Motion strategy, and comes with open APIs for a wide developer ecosystem.
Tags: Networking technology, Mobile/Wireless, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Cisco Systems Inc., software, networking company, network, Oracle Corp., security technology
The 15-petabyte network and the atom smasher
News Work being done to prep CERN's Large Hadron Collider for operation is paving the way for future lightning-speed networks.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Data, CERN, image search, software, Switzerland, Silicon.com, network, researcher
BT rolls out a massive fiber network
News The telecom giant announced a network investment expected to connect as many as 10 million homes to the superfast broadband service by 2012.
Tags: Networking technology, British Telecommunications, Fiber, Internet Access, Internet Connection, Fiber Network, Sweden, network, Paris, U.S.
OpenNet to win S'pore broadband tender?
News Reports have surfaced that the Axia-led consortium has won the next-generation broadband network bid, but Singapore authorities remain mum.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Bandwidth, Networking technology, Starhub, SingTel, Singapore, Broadband, consortium, network, industry
