North Yorkshire County Council are working with Arqiva to improve mobile phone coverage in #notspots. A #notspot is an area of no mobile coverage. These are prevalent in rugged environments,…
RIP: Sir Charles Kuen Kao – Fiber Optic Pioneer
This week marks the death of Sir Charles Kuen Kao, one of modern networking's pioneers. He died on Sunday 23 September 2018, aged 84. Born in Shanghai in 1933, Charles…
Vertel uses Nuage SD-WAN to connect Australia
Australia's Vertel has partnered with Nokia's Nuage Networks division to deliver an SD-WAN service for Vertel's customers in July 2018. Vertel specialises in providing network services using next-generation wireless networks.…
IBM Security: Future of Identity Report
IBM's Security team has put together a new report on the Future of Identity. The report looks at how people are reacting to new methods of securing data, and what…
Avaya goes public (again), rings NYSE opening bell
Avaya has returned to the New York Stock Exchange today. With the opening bell being rung by Avaya's CEO Jim Chirico, they launched the new stock , marking the end…
Qualcomm doesn’t like Broadcom’s bid
Qualcomm has firmly rebuffed Broadcom's bid for them. (Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm.) In a strongly worded press-release Qualcomm's Board of Directors have rejected Broadcom's unsolicited bid, and stood…
Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm
Having announced a move of their headquarters to the US, Broadcom is now targeting another chipmaker for a takeover. Even with the Brocade deal stuck in CIFUS negotiations, they are…
Robot Conductor and the Tenor
A concert with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and soprano Maria Luigia Borsi in the decorated Teatro Verdi, in Florence, would not normally be something that I would cover. But they weren't the ones people…