The Internet is going to get faster if major players in networking hardware have anything to say about it. Alcatel-Lucent this week unveiled its new 100 Gb/sec. also known as 100G equipment for telcos, enabling them in turn to roll out faster connections to customers. Thats the next stage in an ongoing effort to widen [...]

Royal Mail will appoint Yvonne Ferguson as its new chief information officer CIO to replace the departing Robin Dargue. Ferguson, who was formerly IT chief at Transport for London TfL, has been working alongside Dargue during Royal Mail’s £1.2bn IT transformation project. Computing understands that she will be working in the capacity of co-CIO until [...]

Moving to tighten the integration of IT and communications usage among their customers, Alcatel-Lucent and HP on Monday unveiled a brace of new communications solutions aimed at improving the deployment of unified communications and collaboration UC&C features. The effort is focused primarily on moving enterprise and business customers to Alcatel-Lucent solutions like its open IP [...]

Network World This just in from VMware “Fling is defined as a brief casual relationship.” That text actually appears on a site VMware created to share internal engineering projects software code that is interesting but not yet ready for VMwares flagship virtualization products.  5 things VMware must do to fend off Microsoft The site, VMware [...]

Computerworld The introduction of Apples iPad predictably divided gadget fans into “love it” and “hate it” camps. The haters say iPad lacks multitasking, a webcam, Flash support, a USB port, massive storage, a removable battery, CD and DVD support, RAM upgradability, multiple OS support and other features. The lovers are less clear about why they [...]

Google on Wednesday plans to announce a partnership with VMware and a version of Google App Engine that specifically addresses the needs of enterprise users. Google App Engine for Business, scheduled to be released as a technology preview on Wednesday, provides managed computing infrastructure that businesses can use to run cloud-based applications. Image Gallery The [...]

Business technology vendors plan to take the wraps off more than 50 new products and services at Interop Las Vegas 2010, which runs April 25 to April 29 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. “This is an exciting time to explore the wide range of innovations occurring in the marketplace, and we are thrilled that [...]

World research leader Bell Labs has successfully achieved downlink transmission speeds of 300Mbit/s over standard copper cabling at distances of up to 400 metres. In comparison, BT is still upgrading its copper network to achieve download speeds of 24Mbit/s. Even at a kilometre away, the Bell Labs test registered 100Mbit/s over standard digital subscriber line [...]

PITTSBURGH, US Black Box Corporation, provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions has added the Alcatel-Lucent enterprise portfolio to its offering of solutions. Black Box Network Services has signed on as a Premium channel partner to sell and support Alcatel-Lucent products and solutions throughout the United States. Through its expansive national footprint, Black [...]

The Football Association FA has implemented a solution that will help it communicate better with English football clubs using Microsoft’s latest edition of its collaboration and content management platform SharePoint 2010. The FA’s system was designed and implemented by consultancy and technology services firm Concentra, which has worked with the FA for four years and [...]