It has been made possible by upgrading Racal's 7,500km UK backbone network to 40Gbits. He added that putting voice and data over a managed IP backbone is relatively still in its infancy, but it's much more reliable than using a non-managed...
Carriers are seeing massive interest in MPLS IP VPNs and BT, for example, has seen a quarter-on-quarter revenue growth of 170 per cent in that application. Enterprises are particularly concerned that their networks aren't up to sharing information...
TurnTide, which has 20 employees, sells a router-based technology that filters out unwanted email and viruses at the edge of corporate networks. Brightmail, the largest maker of spam-fighting software, reported a net income of about $1.1m on...
There are the nuisances of the web, spyware slowing down your experience, spammers clogging your inbox, viruses in attachments. Its free Hotmail email website, which boasts nearly 200 million accounts, has been a key driver of traffic to its...
An attack in early February on key parts of the backbone of the internet had little effect thanks to new protection technology, according to a report. During the attack, which lasted almost eight hours, six of the 13 root servers that form the...
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