The US Internet2 network suffered a interesting outage between Boston and New York last week, when a homeless man accidentally set fire to communications cables.
A new remote desktop hosting service has kicked off its beta test this week, illustrating not only how flexible virtualisation can be, but also how rapidly online applications are increasing in maturity and popularity.
The Nortel /Microsoft relationship has made significant local headway with the launch of their unified customer road show and the unveiling of plans to launch the first Asian Collaboration Centre in Australia.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is making a $6.5 million investment in VoIP technology, announcing that Integ Communications and UXC have been contracted to deploy the system in its offices around the world.
In an effort to eliminate an overlap of services, Yahoo Inc is closing is online photo storage site Yahoo Photos and encouraging users to migrate to its Web 2.0 sharing site ‘Flikr.’
HP is showing off a new data retention solution for telcos, saying it’s got the goods for those being pressured by governments to join the fight against terrorism, organised crime and drug trafficking.
ONStor is warning UK businesses that if they continue to rely on paper-based records after October this year, they could be in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and therefore a target for fines.
SAP has announced a new joint deal that will see it expand its document management solution with archiving and document access technology from Open Text.
