Businesses must exchange private data with partners to drive efficiencies,...
Businesses will need to share private data with partners to improve efficiency as their operations become more automated, says web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
View ArticleSprint's long, rocky WiMax journey will end next Nov. 6
Sprint's WiMax network, launched in 2008 as the first commercial 4G system in the U.S., will finally shut down in November 2015.
View ArticleAddison Lee cuts application deployment time from ‘weeks to...
Taxi firm Addison Lee has deployed a network fabric solution from Avaya, helping increase infrastructure resilience and reduce the time needed to deploy new applications and services.
View ArticleHolograms and 3D porn: Expert predictions for gigabit Internet
"Vivid" telepresence -- holograms, immersive gaming, new collaboration services and even 3D pornography -- could be the next big thing as gigabit-per-second broadband service spreads across the U.S.
View ArticleFrench operator Iliad drops plans to acquire T-Mobile US
French telecommunications company Iliad has dropped its bid for a majority stake in T-Mobile US after an improved offer was rejected by the U.S. carriers' majority owner Deutsche Telekom.
View ArticleAcer expands into telephoning networking equipment
For a company once devoted to consumer PCs, the product is a bit out of left field, but Acer announced an upcoming telephoning and chatting system meant for enterprises, at a time when the company is...
View ArticleDell, HP keep moving to help carriers virtualize their networks
The next frontier for virtualization and standard x86 servers is in service-provider networks, and big computing vendors are moving fast to blaze the trail there.
View ArticleStartup builds on Wi-Fi chips for cheaper 'last mile' to home broadband
Areas starved for high-speed broadband may get a new option thanks to a system that's based on Wi-Fi hardware and could deliver half a gigabit per second to each home.
View ArticleApple SIM has great potential, but widespread changes will take time
New Apple iPads allow users to choose between data plans offered by different cellular carriers without having to obtain a separate SIM from each. But that's only the beginning as embedded SIMs like...
View ArticleEnvious of fiber broadband? Help is on the way for copper users
A technology that delivers broadband speeds over copper lines at a speed comparable to fiber is gaining momentum.
View ArticleIs your Ethernet fast enough? Four new speeds are in the works
Ethernet's future is now about much more than the next top speed: The engineers charting a path for the ubiquitous networking protocol are looking at several new versions to serve a variety of...
View ArticleEMC buys controlling interest in VCE, its joint venture with Cisco
EMC has confirmed it will purchase the bulk of Cisco's stake in VCE, the companies' joint venture in converged infrastructure products.
View ArticleChicago takes top spot in mobile performance ranking
Chicago is the U.S. city with the best overall mobile performance ranking, according to tens of thousands of voice and data tests conducted in 125 cities by RootMetrics.
View ArticleAt Austin airport, Wi-Fi predicts how long the security line will be
The Internet can ease travel concerns in many ways, including flight-delay information, maps of road congestion, and ride-sharing apps. But a Wi-Fi network at the Austin, Texas, airport can now answer...
View ArticleWi-Fi Passpoint standard now knits together SF, San Jose, London
A partnership that lets Wi-Fi users get on free public networks in San Francisco and San Jose, California, with a one-time joining process now also covers a hotspot along the River Thames in London.
View ArticleRuckus goes after small business with app-managed Xclaim Wi-Fi
As small businesses make their Wi-Fi more enterprise-like, Ruckus Wireless wants to meet them where they live with that hallmark of consumer tech, the mobile app.
View ArticleNYSE network failure disrupts trading
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was disrupted temporarily yesterday due to problems with its data processing network.
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