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Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent in patent-infringement fray

Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent in patent-infringement fray

Oracle is suing Alcatel-Lucent, claiming the massive telecom is in violation of a number of Oracle's patents, according to documents filed with the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Equifax bolsters border security

Equifax bolsters border security

Equifax, a credit report company has chosen network-access-control technology to make sure contractors and employees access its network with machines that meet the firm's security requirements.

IM to overtake email in business claims IDC

IM to overtake email in business claims IDC

Instant messaging (IM) is set to overtake email as the preferred form of business communication by the second half of 2010, according to research by IDC.

Leicester College converges networks with Siemens

Leicester College converges networks with Siemens

Leicester College will converge its data and voice networks across three campuses, using Siemens software.

Sun beats million-messages-per-second trading system milestone

Sun beats million-messages-per-second trading system milestone

Sun Microsystems says it has broken the million-messages-per-second barrier for the Thomson Reuters Market Data System, a platform used by Wall Street financial houses to aggregate data and complete trades.

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Dell sharpens blade installs with FlexAddress

Dell sharpens blade installs with FlexAddress

Dell has released an I/O virtualisation tool for its blade servers, making it easier for IT managers to install new blades and swap out servers, the company says.

Unstructured data is biggest threat say IT professionals

Unstructured data is biggest threat say IT professionals

Corporate information stored on file servers and network attached storage (NAS) devices represents a major security risk because many organisations’ IT governance policies and access rules are incapable of dealing with a massive growth of unstructured data,

Nationwide outsources networks to BT

Nationwide outsources networks to BT

Nationwide Building Society has handed its networks over to BT in a £160 million seven-year managed services agreement.

Major vendors band together to boost security response

Major vendors band together to boost security response

Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting faster responses to threats.

Avaya and Cisco fix VoIP flaws

Avaya and Cisco fix VoIP flaws

Avaya and Cisco have issued patches for their VoIP equipment after security researchers warned of vulnerabilities to a range of attacks. #

London Stock Exchange and Lehmans to launch fast algorithm exchange

London Stock Exchange and Lehmans to launch fast algorithm exchange

The London Stock Exchange and investment bank Lehman Brothers are to launch a high speed exchange platform as competition heats up from super-low latency rivals.

Sainsbury’s implements IP videoconferencing for easier meetings

Sainsbury’s implements IP videoconferencing for easier meetings

Sainsbury’s is implementing an IP-based videoconferencing suite from BCS Global, to facilitate meetings without travel.

SMEs ‘held back’ by poor broadband service

SMEs ‘held back’ by poor broadband service

Small and medium sized businesses are finding it difficult to get the service levels and support they need from broadband providers, causing costly problems for their daily operations.

Security warning on Avaya, Cisco and Nortel VoIP systems

Security warning on Avaya, Cisco and Nortel VoIP systems

Organisations using Avaya, Cisco and Nortel VoIP systems have been warned about vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution; unauthorised access; denial of service; and information harvesting.

Basic security flaws found in 80 percent of enterprises

Basic security flaws found in 80 percent of enterprises

More than four out of five businesses fail basic security tests according to Sophos. Research carried out by the security vendor found that 81 percent of corporate endpoints failed basic tests.

Verizon to boost unified comms in Europe

Verizon to boost unified comms in Europe

Verizon Business is set to bring its unified communications services to several more European countries, as well as expanding its existing services.

Morgan Stanley's IT failed to detect £61m rogue trader

Morgan Stanley's IT failed to detect £61m rogue trader

Morgan Stanley’s IT systems were at the heart of a failure to prevent a rogue trader in London from costing the company £61 million, Computerworld UK has learnt.

Amsterdam switches on Europe's first mobile WiMax network

Amsterdam switches on Europe's first mobile WiMax network

Dutch broadband start-up Worldmax on Tuesday demonstrated what it said is Europe's first mobile WiMax network, built by Alcatel-Lucent over the past five months and set to go fully online at the end of this summer.

Cisco's network-centric view of the virtual datacentre

Cisco's network-centric view of the virtual datacentre

Cisco plans to claim its piece of the virtual datacentre pie with products that automatically provision, manage and optimise virtualised environments.

Traders warned against IT overspend to save nanoseconds

Traders warned against IT overspend to save nanoseconds

Traders 'waste' money on technology to save nanoseconds, without measuring the likely financial benefits, said industry experts.

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