Networks
Blockchain update: Microsoft and EY release a blockchain to manage digital rights and royalties
Gaming firm Ubisoft is among the first to try it
5G news: Vodafone shares 5G test sites
Vodafone will trial 5G enterprise uses in seven UK cities this year
Gatwick Airport refreshes its network with HPE
Cathal Corcoran, the airport's CIO, explains why the organisation chose HPE, and what benefits the project has brought to the business
TSB calls in City law firm to investigate IT platform migration disaster ahead of Parliamentary grilling
Slaughter & May appointed to investigate TSB's disastrous IT platform migration
SD-WAN - the Uber of the networking world
Just as Uber transformed the business of hailing a ride, so wide area networking is being turned over by SD-WAN
Facebook's share price climbs after Zuckerberg's Congress grilling
The social network billionaire's fortune grew by around $3bn over his performance in front of senators
5G: technology enabler, or cancerous security risk?
With the potential to impact peoples' security, privacy and health it is important to ensure 5G's safety before its rollout, say stakeholders
Government awards £25 million to 5G project winners
Six projects across the UK will explore 5G use in rural communities and industrial productivity, using applications including autonomous vehicles, drones and AI
Comcast gatecrashes 21st Century Fox's takeover of Sky with £22.1bn bid
Comcast bid £3.6bn higher than Rupert Murdoch's £18.5bn 21st Century Fox bid
Lenovo issues patch for backdoored networking switches
Lenovo blames defunct Nortel for long-standing backdoor in Lenovo network switches
Juniper and Telefonica building automated network that will discover and fix faults and cyber attacks
The companies are building the automated network on existing infrastructure in Spain
Harley-Davidson switches to bonded networking to improve reliability at H.O.G rallies
The now-replaced system would drop connectivity for up to 15 minutes every hour
SD-WAN could help SMBs deal with network challenges - but be sure of the issues first, say experts
"No-one should ever deploy technology for technology's sake," says Citrix's Justin Thorogood
Packets don't lie: how to expose the DNA of a cyber attack
In the event of a cyber-attack, the ability to quickly and accurately quantify the impact of the incident is paramount
'We scale on everything else, why not bandwidth?' The advent of networking on demand
Cloud is driving the moribund telecoms industry to be more flexible, argues Colt's Mike South
NetScout: don't plan for failure - but do plan
Networks are more complex than ever, but having a plan in place will minimise downtime
Top 5 networking mistakes made by IT professionals
Making assumptions, misunderstanding hardware and relying too much on upgrades are common issues facing network professionals
Three launches legal challenge over 5G spectrum auction
Mobile operator claims Ofcom's rules are detrimental to UK consumers
SD-WANs: Why the sudden interest?
A recent Computing webinar revealed that interest in software-defined WANs is spiking, as organisations look for ways to enable secure, mobile working, whilst getting maximum value from existing assets
Hampshire emergency services establish unified comms network with Motorola
The network uses Motorola Solutions' Wave 5000 Mobile Communicator to support text and voice
Bristol SMBs gain 1Gbps 'full fibre' network access through local council and HNS
The network covers most of the city and will bring FTTP connections to local businesses
NetScout monitors infrastructure with new version of nGeniusPULSE
Combined with nGeniusONE, the tool monitors applications and network health
CityFibre prepares to enter residential market with £185 million expansion
CityFibre operates a full fibre-to-the-home/premises service, competing with BT's Openreach
CAST looks to system analysis to predict threats
New tool is said identify vulnerabilities and eliminate false positives
