Japan's NTT and NEC reckon they can boost optical network capacities 12x
First tests of manycore fibres hailed as success over oceanic distances
Off-Prem22 Mar 2024 | 4
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NTT and NEC use vibrating optic fibres to figure out if there's snow on the road
Japan’s short of workers and limiting overtime, so it needs stuff like this – and remote-controlled excavators
Networks14 Nov 2023 | 1
Judge tosses NEC's claim that Oracle salespeople tricked it into using the wrong software license prior to audit
Big Red, for now, has the upper hand in battle over agreements
Software02 Nov 2021 | 12
NEC to move its IT into Azure and give staff – all 110,000 of ’em – a cloudy Windows desktop
Japanese services giant deepens ties with Microsoft and reckons it can address Japan’s ageing population
Off-Prem14 Jul 2021 | 17
Oracle files $7m copyright claim against NEC's US limb over 'unreported royalties' from database distribution
Subsidiary kicked out of Big Red's friend OPN club following audit
Databases09 Jul 2021 | 33
What's Red and scale-y and shacked up with NEC? A new Red Hat network function virtualization solution, apparently
Living on the Edge as SA networks roll out
Networks13 Apr 2021 |
NEC insists its face-recog training dataset isn't biased, but refuses to share details of Neoface system with UK court
Magical Black Box of Suspects to Arrest is updated annually, says firm
Security30 Jun 2020 | 12
Sharp gobbles NEC as Japan's display giants team up to take on Europe and North America
Terms not revealed, but hopes are high that consolidation will be a good thing
On-Prem26 Mar 2020 | 6
HP scores $176m win in CD-ROM drive price-fix case – after one biz emailed rival with 'Price Fixing' as the subject
Quanta was the last one standing... and now kneeling
Storage23 Oct 2019 | 22
Oz auditor: Number of times failed government biometric project met a milestone = None
Nope, never. We think buying nothing cost us AU$34m, but nobody's sure
Science23 Jan 2019 | 14
NSA's crummy crypto crop Suite B binned, and other network nuggets
NEC cavorts with 5G, Arita finds its Mojo, and much more
Networks03 Aug 2018 | 4
FACE/OFF: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission bins NEC-built biometrics project
Meanwhile there's 15 other $10m-plus IT projects wobbling down Canberra way
On-Prem18 Jun 2018 | 4
Japanese giant NEC gobbles Brit IT firm Northgate for £475m
Private equity owner waves goodbye
On-Prem09 Jan 2018 | 11
Some positive news: LG, Hitachi, NEC charged $65m in li-ion battery price fixing shocker
L-ion kings to cough up profits – it's the circuit, er, circle of life
Personal Tech30 Aug 2017 | 16
Hitachi ponies up $3.5m for laptop battery rip-off
Joins Sony, LG and NEC, but Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo and Toshiba still fighting
On-Prem26 Jan 2017 | 5
NEC chasing global deal for app-specific Oracle DB appliance bundles
Talks at OpenWorld will explore global expansion for Australian collaboration
Systems21 Oct 2015 |
Telco heavyweights pass packets in NFV demo
NFV gets more open
Networks16 Feb 2015 | 5
NEC tilts at webscale servers with 46 Atom boards in 2U chassis
Phwoar! 3,000-plus cores in a rack will be a snack
Systems03 Sep 2014 |
Flash to the Max: HGST, NEC ink SQL Server appliance deal
Reference architecture for PCIe flash cards
Systems13 Aug 2014 |
Trans-Pacific: Google spaffs cash on FAST undersea packet-flinging
One of 6 backers for new 60 Tbps cable to hook US to Japan
Networks12 Aug 2014 | 10
Facial recognition tech convicts man in Chicago robbery case
Handed 22 year sentence after being spotted in surveillance footage
Legal10 Jun 2014 | 18
Reg man picks out tastiest tidbits from heaping mounds of storage announcements
Curated for your pleasure by Chris Mellor
Storage19 May 2014 | 1
So you reckon Nokia-wielding Microsoft can't beat off Apple?
Analysis Wrong. It could. Look at history – and Redmond ought to swot up, too
Channel17 May 2014 | 145
NEC, Alca-Lu win Sea-Me-We 5 build contracts
New Singapore-France cable moves closer
Networks11 Mar 2014 |
NEC takes control of its OpenFlow controllers
ProgrammableFlow 5.1 to include uber-controller
Networks04 Mar 2014 |
Fujitsu says SAYONARA to smartphone chip JV
Splits with NEC, NTT on attempt to take on Qualcomm
Networks27 Feb 2014 |
HP fires sue-ray at makers of Blu-Ray
Price fixing optical disk-makers in lawyers' sights
Storage29 Oct 2013 | 19
Japanese government pushes SDN out of data centre
Tech supergroup leaps the LAN and bounds towards virtual WANs for 8K TV
Networks19 Sep 2013 | 1
Victorian agencies criticised for poor telecomms management
Auditor-General not impressed
Legal18 Sep 2013 | 1
NEC tag teams with HP on high-end x86 servers
Taking an Odyssey to fill a Kraken
Systems26 Jul 2013 | 14
NEC to ditch smartmobe biz after failed Lenovo talks - report
Japanese giant tells El Reg: 'No firm decision' yet
Personal Tech17 Jul 2013 |
Mutterings: Lenovo's mystery mobe-market overturn chum is NEC
PC whale aims to swamp Apple, Samsung rowboats with aid of Japanese harpoon
On-Prem04 Jun 2013 | 2
NEC uncloaks freebie virtual switch for Hyper-V
The OpenFlow bait gets a Windows Server 2012 switch
Networks29 Jan 2013 | 1
Stratus: Virtualization drives demand for ftServers
Mirror, mirror in the glass house, who is the fairest hypervisor of all?
Systems09 Jan 2013 | 8
NEC speeds up Gemini FT chipset, adds in Xeon E5s
Fault tolerance, cheaper ESXi trumps VMware HA
Systems10 Sep 2012 |
Stratus girds fault-tolerant servers with Xeon E5s
Virtualization that won't go down on you
Systems10 Sep 2012 | 3
NEC, Egenera tag team on cloudy infrastructure freakage
PAN Manager paired up with SigmaBlades, Nblocks
Systems06 Sep 2012 |
NEC looks to offload Lenovo shares
Kitchen sink next for ailing Japanese firm
On-Prem05 Sep 2012 | 3
Fujitsu, NEC, Docomo team up on mobile chip dev
No room for Samsung and Panasonic this time
On-Prem02 Aug 2012 |
NEC Australia buys local ICT biz
Gets some govt traction
On-Prem03 Jul 2012 |
NEC escapes after 10 BILLION YEN tax conundrum
Tokyo taxman accuses firm of hiding income
On-Prem26 Jun 2012 | 1
NEC shows off ultra-thin battery
Bendy battery packs a punch
Networks18 Mar 2012 | 5
NEC invests in Nextep network
Solves regional blackspots and gets into cloud
Networks27 Feb 2012 |
Virident flasher claims Oracle database streak record
Solid disks thrust into willing 80-core NEC box
Channel08 Feb 2012 | 8
NEC slashes 10,000 jobs – blames Thai floods, smartphone slump
Japanese IT giant a victim of Apple's success
Channel26 Jan 2012 | 3
IBM and NEC tag team on OpenFlow networking
Control freaking network configs from servers
Networks24 Jan 2012 |
NEC claims terabit-plus record with 10,000 km hop
High capacity for oceanic links
On-Prem17 Jan 2012 | 12
Quanta sues AMD over dodgy chips
Suit without merit AMD suggests
Personal Tech05 Jan 2012 | 8
NEC ramps up regional broadband wholesale
Celebrates completion of regional backhaul
On-Prem21 Dec 2011 |
New Asia Pac cable launched for bandwidth express
Links Philippines to Japan, HK, Singapore
Networks17 Nov 2011 | 1
NEC squeezes out Aussie blackspots
Extends DSLAM network in multi-million dollar investment
Networks28 Jul 2011 |
Femtocells at tipping point: Don't want to become also-RANs
From the Macro, to the femto, to the metro, to the micro...
Networks26 Jun 2011 | 43
NEC outs spintronics content-addressable memory tech
Holds data when power cut, Flash style
Personal Tech13 Jun 2011 | 4
Supercomputer simulates neutron star-black hole SMACKDOWN
Datura will measure crashing waves of space-time
HPC14 Apr 2011 | 9
Intel set to reveal Itanium's fate?
Stealing the spotlight from the Xeon E7
Channel07 Apr 2011 | 26
Boffin demos melon-matching tech
NSFW-ish App snaps apple, will locate orchard
Personal Tech09 Mar 2011 | 6
NEC goes out on a limb with arm-tap gadget control
Clap trap?
Personal Tech07 Mar 2011 | 9
Lenovo, NEC eye server tie-up
ThinkExpress coming soon?
Channel13 Feb 2011 |
Quantum and NEC claim dedupe speed records
Speed records across entry-level, mid-range and high-end
Channel28 Jan 2011 | 1
Lenovo and NEC to combine PC ops
JV established in Japan and... er... Holland
Personal Tech27 Jan 2011 | 3
NEC, Lenovo deny PC merger deal done
But they do seem to be talking about it
Personal Tech21 Jan 2011 | 1
NEC teases with two-screen Android tablet
Pledges CES outing
Personal Tech21 Dec 2010 | 6
Biting the hand that feeds IT
