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Post Office awards broadband contract ‘worth £500m’

The Post Office has awarded Fujitsu a five-year contract to deliver a broadband network and customer care and billing solutions. read more »

Alcatel-Lucent launches service to improve mobile network performance

Alcatel-Lucent will launch a new managed service to help mobile operators cope with overloaded networks and keep their subscribers happy. read more »

BT to roll out fast broadband to 90% of rural Rutland

Rutland County Council has selected BT to rollout fast broadband to 90 percent of residents by the end of 2013 in a project that is set to cost £3 million. read more »

BT and TalkTalk fail Ofcom mystery shopper broadband tests

Communications regulator Ofcom has revealed that BT and TalkTalk are failing to comply with its Broadband Code of Practice by not voluntarily providing speed estimates to consumers often enough. read more »

Facebook privacy policy changes proposed to appease Irish government

Facebook intends to make further changes to its privacy policy in order to respond to an audit by the Irish government, but privacy advocates saw the move as an inadequate attempt to quell privacy concerns prior to Facebook's planned initial public offering. read more »

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In Depth

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11 free Twitter apps and tools you need now

Twitter is all about keeping things brief. It is, after all, a microblogging service, one that limits you to 140 characters per post. But while Twitter promotes a less-is-more approach, the same can't be said of the market for Twitter apps and services. You can barely turn a corner on the web these days without finding one, whether it's a desktop program aimed at organising your social media life or a search engine claiming to offer the next best way to cull the tweets you want to read. Of course, not all of those apps are equal - but we've found 11 free tools and services that mostly improve on the Twitter experience. read more »

Switching to VoIP can save you money

You probably can't turn a corner in the office without hearing about VoIP - a popular, cheap, and effective way to provide telephony to businesses. The premise is simple; instead of using the existing telephone lines in your building, or having new ones installed, you push all of your voice, teleconferencing, and video traffic through the internet. read more »

Network virtualisation and next generation network architecture

As IT leaders try to get the best performance and efficiency out of their virtualised environments, they're realising the need for virtual networking, and often a whole new networking architecture that's designed for virtualisation from the ground up. read more »

Employees push IT to social networks

As more and more corporate workers use their favourite social networking tools for job-related tasks, IT executives are left with little choice but to quickly find ways to manage the consumer software. read more »

13 common ERP mistakes and how to avoid making them

Implementing an ERP system is among the most expensive, time-consuming and complicated tasks an IT department can take on. The potential for delays and unexpected expenses lurk around every corner. read more »

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