February 2015

February 28, 2015 28 Feb'15
Why FCC Net Neutrality judgement may have been pyhrric victory for cartel that runs the internet

A couple of days ago, at an excellent Westminster eForum event on Priorities for Broadband I heard the Director of Group Industry Policy for BT repeating the argument that Broadband was not a ... Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Exploiting big data could save the European Commission up to €200bn a year

There are several obstacles to building a digital economy in Europe, says Marta Nagy-Rothengass, head of the EC's data value chain unit Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Case study: Norwegian insurer invests in Darktrace machine-learning cyber defence

Shipping insurance company DNK hopes to inspire the rest of the shipping industry to adopt Darktrace’s cyber defence system Continue Reading

February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
AXELOS CEO: Companies must focus on being cyber resilient

Companies need to put more emphasis on improving their reactions to cyber attacks rather than continuing to focus on prevention, says AXELOS CEO Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
3D Printing for work and home

An introduction to home 3D printing options, the Velleman 3D Priner and the makersCAFE 3D printing was a big mover at International CES in Las Vegas this year. Not only were smaller firms all ... Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Target breach could cost $1bn or more, say security experts

Security experts say the data breach at US retailer Target in late 2013 could cost way more than the $162m cost declared by the company Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
EE shows off 400Mbps mobile broadband at Wembley

EE conducts superfast mobile broadband trials using carrier aggregation at Wembley Stadium, in collaboration with Qualcomm and Huawei Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Technology - an industry of rapid change?

At an O2 event this week, I was looking forward to learning about how the telecoms company aimed to help its public sector partners enter a brave new digital world. The chair had already spoken ... Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
TalkTalk takes legal action against supplier over data breach

TalkTalk is taking legal action against a supplier after a breach led to the exposure of customer data at the mobile and broadband firm Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Mobile World Congress: Visa considers future of mobile payments

Visa makes a number of enhancements around its mobile payments strategy ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015 Continue Reading

February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Berkshire NHS trust gets Microsoft Lync as a service through G-Cloud

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has made its first IT purchase using the G-Cloud framework Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Hortonworks president Cunitz: 141% customer renewal rate bodes well

Hortonworks president Herb Cunitz says his company’s recently declared 2014 results are cause for celebration Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Single inventory accuracy: the holy grail of retail

The ability to accurately pinpoint where stock is at every point in the supply chain is one of the biggest challenges facing retailers today Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Product survey: Hybrid flash arrays from the startups

Hybrid flash arrays from innovative startups have developed products that exploit the best of flash and HDD Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increases Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Solidfire slots in all-flash SF9605 and debuts storage software Element X

Solidfire adds the SF9605, a higher-capacity iteration of its 05-suffixed arrays, and announces availability of Element X operating system Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Do the UK government's SME spending figures make sense?

The government this week touted its success at delivering on a policy objective to put 25% of all purchased spend through SMEs - in 2013/14, that amounted to £11.4bn, slightly ahead of target at ... Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
CIO interview: Sean Harley, group IT director, Top Right Group

Sean Harley is an IT leader who likes to get stuck in – and he has plenty to get stuck into, having transformed IT at publishing firm Top Right Group Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Cloud and the need for microservices

Cloud holds the promise to change the way IT supports the business by using hybrid private/public cloud services Continue Reading
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
$/GB vs $/IOPS and how to compare enterprise storage pricing

While raw drive prices are pennies per GB, the actual cost of enterprise storage is much higher. Finding a baseline can save you money Continue Reading