Networks and phone builder joins compatriots Huawei in insisting it has nothing to hide Chinese network surveillance equipment vendor ZTE has opened a cybersecurity lab in Brussels, where it will offer interested parties a chance to verify the secur…
Lees meerAll aboard for 'siliconisation of optical interconnect' Network overlord Cisco has had its own Victor Kiam moment and is set to slurp one of its suppliers, optical interconnect specialist Acacia Communications, for $2.6bn in cash.…
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Lees meerAcquiring Red Hat: $34bn. Not knowing what 'hybrid cloud' means: Priceless. For everything else, there's IBM Exclusive It's been an oft-heard refrain at tech conferences that IBM "doesn't know what it's bought" with regard to Red Hat. Usually meant…
Lees meerPrice, bug-patching, security, control ... so many factors to consider Chinese telecoms giant Huawei may well be the world's most controversial technology company. It's also probably one of the most well-known names on the US government's "entity li…
Lees meerInterconnects, never sexy but very useful for Chipzilla's plans With Moore's so-called Law pretty much dead for now, and the shrinking of transistors proving more difficult, the name of the game today is packing multiple dies into chip packages rath…
Lees meerShifting your tech to outside suppliers? Maybe lock down systems first A former IT administrator has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for accessing his employer's computers without authorization and deleting company files.…
Lees meerAll about hybrid cloud... and Red Hat will stay neutral, says IBM IBM has officially completed the acquisition of Red Hat for around $34bn.…
Lees meerEuropean fibre for American firm with global aspirations American network operator GTT is to slurp Dutch telco KPN's networking biz - save for its domestic operations - for roughly €50m in cash.…
Lees meerThat feeling when a government contract slips through your fingers Who, Me? Tear your gaze away from the retreating rear of the weekend and instead look forward to another week filled with opportunity, adventure and, of course, The Register's Who, …
Lees meerGoogle told startup its files are gone for good An interior design tools startup called Mosss on Wednesday sued Google to get it to restore its data after someone at the startup accidentally deleted the firm's G Suite account.…
Lees meerSamsung gives drivers another excuse for being a bit rubbish: 5G The 5G hype-wagon continued this week as Samsung sent a car up the UK's famous Goodwood Hillclimb that was being remotely controlled via a couple of Galaxy S10 handsets running on Voda…
Lees meerOur hero and the Pimply Faced Youth valiantly bring pub o' clock closer for us all Episode 5 "I've forgotten more about computing than you'll ever know!" I snap at the PFY in response to a sarcastic remark.…
Lees meerFriends don't let friends mock up Windows dialogs On Call Hurrah, the weekend is here! And with it comes the promise of two days free of work and filled with joy. Calm your excitement with another tale from those at the coalface in our regular On C…
Lees meerOh and surprise, surprise... full fibre roll-out remains 'low' Openreach still needs stronger independence since being not-quite cut from the BT fold, telecoms regulator Ofcom has found.…
Lees meerNot WannaCry... this time it's Cisco An ongoing network issue with provider Cisco has caused all outpatient appointments and elective surgery to be cancelled at two North Midlands hospitals in the past 24 plus hours, The Register can confirm.…
Lees meerDevOps-tating automation cockup... or machines trying to take over the web? El Reg talks to the CTO Interview Internet services outfit Cloudflare took careful aim and unloaded both barrels at its feet yesterday, taking out a large chunk of the inte…
Lees meerOnce mighty business killed by cloud computing IBM finally pulled the plug on Netezza on 30 June, a family of data warehousing and analytics appliances that have been around for the past 15 years.…
Lees meerConnectivity to us-east1 knackered for hours, still no fix Fiber-optic cables linking Google Cloud servers in its us-east1 region physically broke today, slowing down or effectively cutting off connectivity with the outside world.…
Lees meerDisaster in Barents Sea A Russian submarine, believed to be tasked with spying on foreign communications, has lost 14 crew members after a blaze broke out aboard the nuclear-powered vessel.…
Lees meerWhen you meant to type /127 but entered /12 instead Last week, an internet routing screw-up propagated by Verizon for three hours sparked havoc online, leading to significant press attention and industry calls for greater network security.…
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