http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk Latest Telecommunications News At 00:01:02 EST en-us Copyright 2011 Miles Publishing Limited http://commsbusiness.co.uk/rss/ Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01:02 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS/Small_Header.gif http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk Vodafone Group Plc announces the following Board changes, which will become effective at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting being held on 24 July 2012. Sir John Buchanan will retire from the Board in his capacity of Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director as well as me... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16481 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:39:29 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16481 Six months since the launch and Westcoast's Unified Communications team continues their partnership with the channels' leading vendors, such as Aastra, HP, Microsoft and AudioCodes, getting resellers up to speed on the latest UC technology and the benefits it delivers to end users. With an annual... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16472 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:28 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16472 Vocal, the emergency notification, business continuity and alerting service specialist advocates a 100% server uptime statement for iModus during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Supporting this statement is the launch of the Vocal Managed Services approach. This announcement comes at a critical time... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16473 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:57:07 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16473 PEER 1 Hosting's cloud division offers better performance and value to customers Recent benchmark tests revealed that Zunicore's cloud hosting services outperform Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), offering customers better system performance and value for their money. UnixBench, th... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16474 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:08:06 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16474 Radio communication distributor, Icom UK is celebrating the appointment of two new company directors. Joining Icom UK's current board of Bob, Dave and Andy Stockley is Sam Taylor-Nobbs as Sales Director and Richard Owen as Financial Director. Both Sam (left) and Richard (right) have worked for Ico... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16475 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:10:11 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16475 Fiberlink®, the leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM), today announced that Trinity Maxwell will provide MaaS360 to organisations in London and the south of England. As the most comprehensive enterprise devi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16476 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:15:48 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16476 A new report from Juniper Research has found that mobile network operators face losing nearly one-quarter of revenues – nearly $300 billion – to a combination of fraud and billing error by 2016. However, it argues that through the implementation of revenue assurance and fraud management solutions, n... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16477 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:32 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16477 A new weapon has been unveiled in the multi-billion-pound global battle against telephone hacking – to help resellers protect themselves and their customers. Control Phreak, a fully automatic PBX firewall which stops telephone hackers in their tracks, has launched a new software version that incl... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16478 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:23:23 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16478 There is no universal cloud proposition that will meet the overall needs of an organisation, so states Andy Burton, Chair of the Cloud Industry Forum and CEO of Fasthosts. "The Cloud is a means of accessing IT as a service which sits alongside any on-premise capability and does not necessarily re... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16479 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:34:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16479 Manchester-based comms specialist Nimans has dialled-up a double charity bonanza by donating a treasure trove of telecoms equipment to a local school – and handing over a cheque for £400. As one of the company's nominated charities, Springwood School at Swinton received a selection of novelty tel... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16480 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:38:06 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16480 The Phone Co-op has reached a turnover milestone having exceeded £10m in its last financial year. The organisation reports 8.8% increase in sales, resulting in a record turnover of £10.08m, as well as improved profitability. Profit before distributions was up 33% to £111,000. Most notably, earnings ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16470 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:59:04 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16470 Avaya have released financial results for the last six months ending March 31st 2012 in a recent SEC Filing comparing them to Q1 of 2011. A drop of 4.2% in revenues could be a potential hindrance if rumours concerning an IPO come to fruition. These figures have come directly from the Avaya SEC fi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16471 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:39:27 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16471 Softcat won two major awards – Partner of the Year and Corporate Reseller of the Year – at the EMEA Partner Connections 2012 conference hosted by Sophos, the developer of security software and hardware, at the Grand Hotel Princesa Sofia in Barcelona. The IT provider is Sophos' biggest partner in ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16456 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:31:14 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16456 Computerlinks adds UCOPIA to its wireless portfolio and allows resellers to deliver secure guest access and rapid ROI to Wi-Fi providers New distribution deal enables resellers to bring cost savings in operations and tech support for Wi-Fi service providers in businesses, hotels, schools, hospita... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16457 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:38:11 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16457 Extreme Networks, Inc. announced new 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) copper modules for its BlackDiamond® X8 core switch and new copper versions of its Summit® X670 Top-of-Rack fixed data centre switches. The Dell'Oro Group predicts in its most recent five year market forecast that 10GBase-T copper swi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16458 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:28:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16458 Vemotion provides mobile phone video streaming solution Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections, today announced a new product, the VBox 10. This is a unique app that will allow the capture and real-time transmission of live video from the camer... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16459 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:35:55 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16459 Fully-managed eight-port switches are ideal for low-density deployments and with IPv6-certified software included, provide future-proofing and investment protection ZyXEL, a supplier of networking and communications solutions, has announced the availability of two eight-port additions to its GS22... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16460 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:38:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16460 With growth across key European countries a major strategic objective for UK-based M2M Managed Services Specialist Wireless Logic, the organisation has made a number of senior appointments. Country managers now head up new subsidiaries in France, Germany and Spain where focus will be made on rolling... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16461 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:44:42 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16461 Nimans is shouting about the benefits of an innovative IP DECT solution from Gigaset that features a ‘business class' handset – technology exclusively available only through selected distribution partners. The SL610H PRO is described as a sophisticated DECT device that seamlessly operates with a ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16463 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:10 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16463 O2 today announced the launch of All In, its brand new communication package developed especially to meet the unique needs of some of Britain's smallest and fast-growing companies. The first ever business package of its kind in the UK market, All In brings together the very best of O2's mobile, land... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16465 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:57:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16465 Contact centre managers see a strong link between system integration and employee productivity as both play a critical role in the efficient running of today's contact centers. Key technology integration plays a vital role when choosing a vendor for the contact centre's state of the art telecommunic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16468 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:42:48 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16468 Vodafone UK study finds organisations are better prepared for technology and environmental risks ahead of risks faced by losing ‘talent' and employee absence. •Only one in ten organisations say they have robust plans in place to ensure their business continues to run smoothly if a number of emplo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16469 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:54 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16469 AVM announced that it has achieved SMART Gold Business Partner status as part of the SMART Reseller Accreditation Programme. The programme was developed to enhance the sales and technical competencies of SMART's reseller network. The accreditation represents the highest tier of product and servic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16441 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:12:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16441 Powwownow, UK free conference call provider, today announces a 30 percent increase in its teleconferencing year on year; confirming that remote working is on the increase, moving towards a more flexible working Britain. In recent years the revolution in technology has made it possible for busines... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16442 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:16:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16442 Wyndham Hotels has appointed Bitbuzz, specialists in innovative Wi-Fi solutions for the hospitality sector, as its preferred supplier of Wi-Fi internet access to its portfolio of hotels across the UK, including its Days Hotels, Ramada, Ramada Encore and Wyndham Grand hotel brands. Wyndham Hotels ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16443 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:13:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16443 Specialist managed IT service provider Netshield Limited joins an elite group of companies in the UK, who has been accredited as a VMware Enterprise Partner. To be accredited with this status a company requires a range of certifications, skill sets, experience and training across both technical a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16444 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:15:15 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16444 Samsung to give customers an experience of a lifetime through purchase of a Samsung Galaxy Note or Galaxy Y smartphones Samsung, Worldwide Olympic Partner in the wireless communications equipment category, is offering customers buying a Samsung Galaxy Note or Galaxy Y smartphone the chance to win... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16445 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:18:22 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16445 ‘Model' Service Agreement paves the way for other education institutions looking to improve communication and achieve cost savings UK Managed IT Service Provider InTechnology today announced the signing of a landmark agreement to provide Cloud telephony and unified communications to the London Sc... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16448 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:43:39 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16448 GridTEQ, a Vodafone Global VAR for M2M Services will launch their on line management platform, 'CAMS' at the end of this month. The platform has been designed to give customers the ability to directly control their M2M sim estate. The portal will also provide data analytics, application management a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16449 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:25 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16449 Softcat has recently signed up the 100th customer to use its managed firewall support service. The service, which forms part of Softcat's growing managed services security portfolio, offers clients proactive availability monitoring and protection against malicious attacks over the Internet. Malic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16450 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:08:04 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16450 Didier Bench joins Acision's Board of Investors as Executive Chairman to strengthen global market position and drive new business model in enterprise messaging. Acision, provider of mobile messaging, today announced that Didier Bench has been appointed as Executive Chairman by the company's Board... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16451 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:14:11 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16451 Eaton's SpiceHead, Matthieu Jaeger, will be giving IT Pros an exclusive insight into managing the power infrastructure within their virtualised environments at the first ever SpiceWorld London event, taking place on 24th – 25th May 2012. Eaton will also have an ‘IT-Talk Table' at the event where it ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16452 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:20:52 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16452 DIGITALK, an independent vendor of Carrier, Consumer and Mobile communications solutions to retail and wholesale service providers worldwide, has launched DIGITALK Cloud, providing all the benefits of DIGITALK's high availability carrier routing platform as a hosted service. Features include flexibl... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16453 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:22:37 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16453 Computer 2000, the UK arm of Tech Data, has made all the features of Adobe's Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP) available through its Licence OnLine (LOL) providing resellers with a way keep track of all Adobe licensing and renewals in one place. Adobe's CLP is a popular two-year membership schem... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16455 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:28:33 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16455 Demand for faster, more reliable access is on the increase in the SME market but even the most competitive prices fall outside the reach of some. This is about to change with the launch of FTTC Ethernet from Griffin. FTTC Ethernet is a new low cost alternative to EFM using Fibre To The Cabinet ba... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16432 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:20:25 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16432 Huawei, a global information and communications technology ("ICT”) solutions provider, today announced it has signed a five year managed services agreement with Telefónica UK. Under the agreement Huawei will manage planning and implementation of the Telefónica UK mobile core network. The agreeme... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16440 Mon, 14 May 2012 10:07:32 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16440 Nimans has announced an enhanced version of its popular eCat online shop to help resellers take a bigger bite out of the e-commerce sales revolution. The white label service allows resellers to maximise online revenue streams by launching their own bespoke retail operations, with the power of Nim... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16428 Mon, 14 May 2012 08:52:08 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16428 The proliferation of the Mobile Workforce and a ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device' Culture in Enterprises Presents Significant Opportunities for Resellers iPass Inc., the global Wi-Fi services and enterprise mobility provider is today announcing the launch of a significant reseller recruitment drive and an ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16429 Mon, 14 May 2012 08:56:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16429 CWU welcomes BT's strong annual results last week which show profits, cash flow and dividends up significantly on last year. The telecoms union says that CWU members have been instrumental in securing the company's financial recovery and welcomes the confirmation of further investment and UK job cr... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16430 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:03:03 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16430 Application hosting specialist, eApps, is one of the new breed of cloud providers offering scalable, fully-supported cloud services powered by OnApp software. eApps was founded in 1986 by three ex-‘Big 4' consultants. It has been active in hosting services since the mid-1990s, with particular str... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16431 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:16:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16431 The official opening of a new green technology data centre in Leeds was celebrated with local MP George Mudie, local business leaders and a power cut. Leading independent premier leased line, web hosting and broadband internet provider CCS Leeds invited local dignitaries, local businesses and cli... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16433 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:23:08 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16433 Time is running out for Nimans' resellers to take advantage of a special ‘conferencing on the go' promotion. They only have until the end of June to gain a free Jabra SPEAK 410 portable conferencing solution when they buy four others. Specifically developed to satisfy growing UC demand, the SPEAK... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16435 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:33:58 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16435 M247, the Manchester based Internet infrastructure and server colocation company with its headquarters in Trafford Park, has today taken delivery of its second electrical substation at a cost of £80k. Installed to power the new M247 datacentre which is nearing completion, the substation was deliv... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16436 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:37:34 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16436 Redstone is set to offer its 4,000 business ISP customers the ability to protect themselves from potentially crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, through its new DDoS protection service. Normally to safeguard against DDoS an organisation would be required to purchase dedicated ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16437 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:41:23 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16437 A new ‘pay as you go' call centre solution for SMEs, is launching in ‘public beta' today which costs as little as £25 a month. Leancall uses predictive dialler and call tracking technology to help small businesses streamline their outbound sales and customer service processes by automating high vol... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16438 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:46:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16438 Marsh-led group launches first cloud risk evaluation framework Organisations' decisions about adopting cloud computing, with its broad promise of financial benefits, need to be made with a full view of the risks involved, Marsh said today in launching the Cloud Risk Framework, the first methodolo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16439 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:55:37 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16439 More than 35% of mobile connections will be 4G by 2016 in developed Asia–Pacific markets, Analysys Mason reports Developing appropriate pricing and differentiation strategies for 4G services will be a critical challenge for operators in Asia wanting to monetise investments in 4G as advanced mobil... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16454 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:26:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16454 Panasonic Communications Solutions Division Announce New Partnership with Unified Cloud Communications Platform Provider – HIPCOM Panasonic's high-quality range of Business Communications Platforms and SIP telephony technology is designed to help businesses keep pace with change as it happens in ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16410 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:23:13 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16410 Peach Telecom has strengthened its team with the strategic hire of channel specialist Tim Sayer. Tim brings extensive sales and marketing experience and channel specific expertise from his time with billing specialist Tempest Technology and more recently Daisy Wholesale. Peach MD, Darren Scott... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16427 Fri, 11 May 2012 16:08:40 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16427 A new report from analyst firm Juniper Research forecasts that green handset shipments will reach 392 million by 2017 – more than ten times the number the company expects to be shipped in 2012: 31 million. Of these green handsets, defined by Juniper as those containing 50% or more recyclable materia... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16411 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:25:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16411 Claranet predicts in-country data hosting services set to rise as CloudStore takes off Data protection restrictions on personal information held by the public sector will drive the demand for in-country data hosting, predicts Claranet UK managing director, Michel Robert. Current data protectio... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16414 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:38:00 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16414 ForeScout Technologies, Inc., provider of automated security control solutions for Fortune 1000 enterprises and government organisations, and Fiberlink, the leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM), announced a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16417 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:55:22 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16417 Vyatta is redefining how networks and datacentres are connected and secured with enterprise-class routing and security solutions that address next generation infrastructure requirements Value Added Distributor, Cloud Distribution, announced today that Vyatta has partnered with Cloud Distribution ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16418 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:32 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16418 Daisy Wholesale has today announced the launch of its exciting new Ethernet Pricing Tool. The enhanced tool is accessible through Daisy's market-leading XPS portal and will allow partners to receive instant web based quotations on Ethernet services from major UK carriers including BT Wholesale, O... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16419 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:08:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16419 Plantronics Creates Developer Community to Focus on Delivering Intelligent Context Aware Data into Applications Plantronics Developer Connection to fuel innovation for context aware computing In today's world, billions of devices connect and communicate an abundance of data about a person's lo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16420 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:16:41 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16420 Survey of Nearly 200 IT Professionals Finds Proliferation of Mobile Devices in the Workplace Continues to Create Management and Security Problems The role of IT managers has changed drastically in a short period of time – revolutionised by smart mobile devices and increased remote connection tool... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16421 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:21:07 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16421 New research from IRIS Field Service Solutions has found that time is running out for traditional ‘rugged' devices with the majority of field engineers stating that, given the choice, they would prefer to use consumer tablets in their day to day role. The survey found that 47 percent would prefer a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16422 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:24:01 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16422 Leader in content storage management solutions moves into Equinix London data center to improve application availability and accelerate growth in Europe Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, today announced that Front Porch Digital, the global leader in content storage manage... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16423 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:28:49 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16423 Business communications solutions provider, STL Communications, has appointed Barry James as Business Development Manager. A former Regional Manager with the Nationwide Building Society, Barry joins STL with 30 years experience in B2B business development and relationship management. Barry will b... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16424 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:40:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16424 May 2012 sees the commencement of a new agreement between Mayflex, the distributor of converged IP solutions, and Iluminar, the specialist manufacturer and supplier of IR and white light illuminators. Mayflex will be selling the new illuminators from the end of May. This new addition to their el... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16426 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:45:16 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16426 Fibre broadband now available to ten million premises BT has announced it has passed a significant milestone as it revealed its wholesale fibre broadband service is now available to ten million premises across the UK. The company was due to pass that milestone by the end of 2012 so it is several ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16399 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:56:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16399 Government intervention to boost the country's connectivity is crucial if the UK is to stand a chance of competing economically with the likes of Scandinavia and Japan. As the UK approached a double dip recession, a panel of business and technology experts lamented the lack of interest shown by G... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16390 Thu, 10 May 2012 17:12:24 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16390 NEC Display Solutions, a provider of commercial LCD displays and projector solutions, has announced that this year's NEC Solutions Showcase event saw a greater than 50 per cent growth on the same event last year. The growth rate was credited to increased engagement from partners who demonstrated tha... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16400 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:32:13 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16400 Interactive workshops have been staged by Nimans to help resellers ‘unleash the power' of new opportunities in the mobile market. Nationwide events featured representatives from O2, BlackBerry and Samsung - attracting dozens of experienced resellers, as well as many new to a rapidly growing sect... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16401 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:35:49 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16401 Balesio's FILEminimizer Server Provides Significant Reduction in Tavistock College's Unstructured Data Balesio AG, provider of native format optimisation solutions for unstructured data, has successfully helped a public sector institution significantly reduce the size and impact of its unstructur... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16402 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:39:09 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16402 New NetBlazer capabilities bring more testing flexibility to technicians, in addition to reducing the number of instruments to carry in the field. EXFO Inc. announced today the addition of fibre channel and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) test capabilities to its popular NetBlazer multiservi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16403 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:42:49 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16403 Europe's longest 100G network link supports intercontinental traffic between Monaco and London with market-leading coherent optics Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced it was selected by Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) to build a European 100G coherent network using Ciena's ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16404 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:44:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16404 Fusion Housing, a respected housing support charity, has today chosen Securstore, provider of Cloud Backup, to protect its mission-critical data across multiple sites. Fusion Housing provides a range of services to vulnerable individuals, including its financial Bond Bank, recycling, central service... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16405 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:55:13 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16405 Daisy Wholesale has introduced TalkTalk Business' Ethernet First Mile (EFM) product to its growing portfolio of connectivity. The product is introduced at a time when resellers are being urged to upgrade from legacy SDSL services, that will be retired over the next two years to next generation acce... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16407 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:06:16 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16407 AdEPT Telecom plc today issues a trading update for the year ended 31 March 2012 ahead of final results which are expected to be announced in early July 2012. The Company is pleased to announce that it expects that underlying EBITDA will be in line with the previous year and ahead of analysts' fo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16408 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:08:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16408 Industry veteran to focus on strong sales and partner relationships Avaya, a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions and services, today announced the appointment of Simon Culmer as managing director for its UK and Ireland operations, effective immediately. Culme... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16391 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:32:37 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16391 New solution launched to secure the database where information needs to be 100 per cent secure and yet totally available A new Software Developers Kit (SDK), designed to keep all information stored in corporate databases secure, has been launched by the UK search specialist, Simplexo. Simplexo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16376 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:37:24 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16376 Global research from Siemens Enterprise Communications reveals energised and distributed workforce UK businesses are increasingly driven by ‘anywhere employees', overcoming the traditional, fixed and office-centric workplace. Using advances in communications, staff can work on the move, in the of... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16377 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:41:12 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16377 Manchester IT support partner, JMC IT, has been awarded Gold Partner status by Citrix Systems in recognition of its specialist delivery and support expertise for the company's range of virtualisation, networking and ‘software as a service' technologies. Based on a combination of sales and technic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16381 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:58:28 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16381 Nimans is taking wireless communication to the extreme by launching an exclusive digital cordless telephone that boasts a massive talk range of up to 2km. The Engenius EP 802 is part of the company's flourishing own brand Radius range of comms solutions. Described as the most powerful consumer ra... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16383 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:03:15 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16383 Leeds Metropolitan University Ensures Better, Faster, Smarter Technology Adoption with Avaya's Next-Generation Networking Solutions •Network delivers 200x improvement in failover timing •28,000 users have reliable access, 24 hours a day, 365 a year Avaya, a global provider of business collabo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16385 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:10:42 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16385 Alcatel-Lucent bolsters the performance of enterprise data centre networks, making them faster, more responsive, more flexible and 'cloud-ready' Company expands 40 gigabit Ethernet (40 GigE) capabilities throughout the network; collaboration with Citrix helps ensure an exceptional experience for ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16386 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:14:55 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16386 Official figures released today show that 45 percent of all payment cards and 76 percent of all payment terminals in circulation globally* are based on EMV® technology. The data from EMVCo, the EMV standards body jointly owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, represents the latest s... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16387 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:32:17 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16387 Axonex today announced that it has been selected by Cisco to be one of just four partners worldwide to drive the Cisco Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategy as part of a global pilot program. This pilot program will allow Axonex the opportunity to be at the forefront in communicating Cisco's BYOD... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16388 Wed, 09 May 2012 17:05:38 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16388 A unique relationship has been launched between Daisy Group Plc and workforce management solutions specialist Yes Europa. 'May the Forth be with you' was the message to Daisy's mobile sales workforce at an event held at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. May 4th saw the launch of a bespo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16394 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:47:17 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16394 Five of the six major retail internet services providers (ISPs) have been ordered by the High Court to take measures to block access to The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing website that was recently ranked the UK's 43rd most popular website. Earlier this year, the High Court ruled that both users and o... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16395 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:48:05 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16395 The SUPC Universities purchasing consortium has selected Softcat, along with five other suppliers, to provide IT related parts and accessories to over 100 higher and further education institutes in the UK. Potentially worth between £26-£60m, the new framework contract will help higher and further... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16396 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:49:49 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16396 Syscom partners with Rise to offer customers hosted services - Rise, a provider of hosted services, has today announced that it will supply integrated business software solutions firm, Syscom, with a hosted services platform, in order to support its customers demand for a faster, more cost effect... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16397 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:58:19 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16397 Cisco and Partners Combine to Showcase Country, City and Organisational Transformation In the spirit of collaborative working, Cisco is delighted to announce five key technology partners as supporters of Cisco House - an inspirational experience created to illustrate transformational opportunitie... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16398 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:59:34 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16398 The 2012 edition of the SNIA Europe Datacentre Technologies Academy scheduled for 23rd May at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London, promises to raise the bar in terms of the content with new speakers and content focussed on the business issues surrounding IT deployments in 2012 and beyond. He... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16371 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:29:15 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16371 The operator's £1 billion takeover Cable & Wireless Worldwide is a game changer, but the telecoms provider's biggest shareholder could block the deal Vodafone's agreed £1 billion takeover offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) will fundamentally change the face of UK telecoms if it goes ahead... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16375 Tue, 08 May 2012 15:27:14 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16375 Celebrated feedback forum Feefo will supply customer reviews to Communicate Better in what it said was a "game changer” for the telecoms industry. Feefo, which generates honest and transparent feedback from customers all over the world, said Communicate Better was the first telecoms company to ta... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16362 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:44:30 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16362 The University of the Highlands & Islands Takes Higher Education to Students International IT solutions provider Logicalis UK has completed a significant upgrade of the University of the Highlands and Islands' (UHI) video conferencing infrastructure. The Cisco-based solution enables the provision... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16363 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:49:46 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16363 Europe's largest event ticket marketplace now ready for millions of customers PEER 1 Hosting, the global online IT hosting provider, today announced that it is providing a hosting solution for all of Seatwave's primary consumer websites. Europe's largest event ticket marketplace approached PEER 1... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16364 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:51:37 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16364 Effortlessly smart and intuitively simple - a new kind of smartphone Samsung Electronics today announced the third generation Galaxy S, the Galaxy S III, a phone so intuitive that it is able to recognise your voice and understand your intention. Sleek and innovative, this latest smartphone is pac... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16365 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:58:01 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16365 Smart Technologies Inc. provider of collaboration solutions, announces Freestorm visual collaboration solutions, a set of comprehensive business products that combines industry-leading interactive displays, intuitive collaboration software and remote collaboration tools. They include the new SMART ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16366 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:02:04 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16366 Nimans is offering resellers a free helping hand after signing an exclusive lead generation agreement to drive customer sales to new heights of success. Nimans has teamed-up with comms telemarketing specialists Marketing Mole to provide Panasonic, Siemens, Samsung, Aastra and NEC resellers with a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16367 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:13:17 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16367 Businesses in the South East should take heed of Canary Wharf's Olympic ‘readiness tests', says Brocade On the 8th and 9th of May the great and the good of the financial world are set to down tools and desert their desks in the square mile of Canary Wharf, to work from home in an attempt to test ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16368 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:20:27 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16368 T-Mobile makes it cheaper to get online at home with discounts on unlimited Orange home broadband T-Mobile today announced that customers can now get Orange's award-winning home broadband service at the same super-low prices already enjoyed by Orange mobile customers. Orange unlimited broadband p... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16369 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:22:48 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16369 Company Secures Telecoms Contract with The New Victoria Hospital ICT provider PSU Technology Group (PSU), has just been awarded another key health sector telecoms contract. The deal will see PSU provide a telecoms installation upgrade for the Kingston upon Thames based, The New Victoria Hospi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16370 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:29:00 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16370 UK IT distributor, Entatech, has teamed up with Kaspersky Lab, launching a fantastic competition, Formula Kaspersky. Offering 6 pairs of VIP hospitality tickets to this year's Silverstone Grand Prix 2012, the promotion invites all resellers to get involved and register. In addition to these excit... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16372 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:31:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16372 Dave Rogers, Richard Heather and Chris Attwood will be setting off with 50 other cars from Brighton on May 25th 2012, and boldly head for the Black Sea in an unadvisable 2725 mile mission to Odessa, Ukraine. Unlike its star-studded counterpart Gumball 3000, the Dumball rally is undertaken by team... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16373 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:22:41 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16373 Telecoms provider O-bit Telecom has announced the launch of their second level disaster recovery solution. O-bit's telecom knowledge and customer service is to thank for their phenomenal growth over the years and it is their focus on product investment and great customer relations that has broug... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16374 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:37:28 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16374 Zen Internet, one of the UK's leading independent Internet Service Providers (ISP), has today opened its new purpose built data centre at its North West headquarters. The data centre was officially opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale, Councillor Alan Godson and Gillian Brown, who were jo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16389 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:09:18 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16389 Netmania IT has just unveiled the latest release of its ACSLite Lab Edition software, with a host of brand new features and functions to save ISPs and CPE manufacturers time and money. On 1st May the device management solutions provider, Netmania IT launched an array of intelligent new features t... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16348 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:07:34 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16348