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Discussing the intersection between politics and the information society.

November 2016

Not quite "bye bye to business rates for broadband" ... yet
Philip Virgo - Winsafe Ltd 24 Nov 2016

The broadband business rates "holiday" does not, yet, fully address the problem.

Bye bye business rates on full fibre broadband
Philip Virgo - Winsafe Ltd 23 Nov 2016

The ending of business rates on full fibre broadband has fired the start gun for an explosion of activity. But there is much more to do.

Homebuilders Federation opposes fibre to the home policy
Philip Virgo - Winsafe Ltd 03 Nov 2016

The Home Builders Federation opposes Ashford Borough Council's fibre to the home policy because it goes further than their deal with BT for free fibre.

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Forrester: The CIO's job in fostering human-machine collaboration

According to a new Forrester report, more human-machine collaboration in the enterprise can lead to a simpler, more productive --...

Enterprise machine learning and AI: Use cases and challenges

In this handbook, learn how AI and machine learning advancements are disrupting digitized business and what CIOs can do to take ...

Tackling security debt: The role of risk register, patch management

In this Q&A, Akamai's Dave Lewis offers pointers on how to address security debt and also discusses how organizations can avoid ...

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Passive DNS techniques can reduce DNS abuse

Presenting at RSAC 2018, Farsight Security's Merike Kaeo explains how defenders can adopt passive techniques to reduce DNS abuse ...

Paul Kocher weighs in on Spectre flaws, vulnerability disclosure

At RSA Conference 2018, Paul Kocher, who co-discovered the Spectre flaws, discussed the chip vulnerabilities and explained why ...

IBM's new AI toolbox is designed to protect AI systems

IBM has made a new open source AI toolbox that's designed to provide practical defenses for real-world AI systems based on how ...

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Network-as-a-service market blossoms as demands grow

The network-as-a-service market is attracting more attention, as enterprises look for ways to outsource some of their ...

Blockchain technology use in networking? Not so fast

Blockchain technology use has little value in networking, according to one IT analyst. Analysts also examine IoT security and ...

Cisco DNA Center gets access to more IoT devices

Cisco DNA Center can now access an additional 620 IoT device profiles. Cisco also introduced this week a couple of Catalyst 9500 ...

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Guide to buying server performance monitoring software

Integration, storage and vendor support all affect whether a performance monitoring tool is right for an organization. Mull over ...

How IBM's data science team quickens users' AI projects

In this Q&A, IBM's Seth Dobrin discusses the rising user interest in machine learning and AI projects and the help inexperienced ...

IBM blockchain technology spotlights mainframes

IBM's blockchain offerings aim to ease enterprise IT concerns by combining Z system mainframe hardware with industry-specific ...

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GDPR data protection edicts make good data governance a must

The European Union's new GDPR law puts the onus on companies to ensure that their data governance and management practices enable...

GDPR rules can spur broader steps to protect sensitive data

Companies need to make compliance with GDPR's requirements on managing personal data a priority, but they should also work to ...

Data integrity protection spurs greater security spending

As hacking, ransomware and malware attacks mount, companies place big data protection and integrity among the primary reasons for...