When IT Meets Politics
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Bye bye business rates on full fibre broadband
- Winsafe Ltd 23 Nov 2016 -
Homebuilders Federation opposes fibre to the home policy
- Winsafe Ltd 03 Nov 2016 -
Brexit adds urgency to sorting UK skills supply
- Winsafe Ltd 28 Oct 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.
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.
Chief Executives should back the sector skills partnerships to reform the UK apprenticeship system not just resist Brexit so they can continue to import EU talent
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Theresa May has embraced Gigabit Britain. How will her ministers ensure delivery?
- Winsafe Ltd 13 Oct 2016 -
Broadband at the Party Conferences: why it matters
- Winsafe Ltd 27 Sep 2016 -
The 50% e-Crime rise and Yahoo revelations show how right the CMS Select Committee was
- Winsafe Ltd 23 Sep 2016 -
What pool of top cybersecurity talent? It does not exist.
- Winsafe Ltd 12 Sep 2016 -
Whose bloatware is killing your on-line sales?
- Winsafe Ltd 23 Aug 2016 -
Now that Verify has lost its head, will the corpse be decently buried?
- Winsafe Ltd 18 Aug 2016 -
Government consults on Apprentice Grant and Levy Scheme: your chance to help get it right
- Winsafe Ltd 16 Aug 2016
When the Prime Minister used her closing conference speech to say it is "just not right" that "half of people living in rural areas, and so many small businesses, can't get a decent broadband ...
Without a surge of investment in "future ready" fibre and wireless networks next spring, the UK will fall behind France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain, let alone Scandinavia and the Pacific Rim ...
In July we learned that 10% of the UK population have been the victims of e-Crime - albeit nearly always reimbursed, having "only" suffered the hassle of a refused card and a couple of days ...
I was struck by a recent bleat that Whitehall is not "cool" enough to attract top cybersecurity talent. There is no pool of "top cyber security talent". There are ten vacancies for every candidate. ...
Is the customer frustration caused by cloud-based monitoring software costing more lost sales than it helps you win. Insecure data analytics services can also open you up to massive fines.
With the departure of its most articulate champion Verify now appears dead. But Brexit means that HMG needs an effective and consistant identity policy more than ever. Has the time finally come to ...
You have only three weeks to help get the Apprentice Grant and Levy System right. Yes three weeks. That means robust responses copied to your trade association, professional body and MP, not just ...
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Did Ofcom bottle it against the Premier league? Or did it have its priorities right?
- Winsafe Ltd 09 Aug 2016 -
Lifting the Brexit recession with Full Fibre Broadband
- Winsafe Ltd 05 Aug 2016 -
Which is more important to the future of BT? Quadplay or a Converged Utility with EE?
- Winsafe Ltd 30 Jul 2016 -
BT must put house in order or face split, says Commons Select Committee
- Winsafe Ltd 19 Jul 2016 -
How will Digital Policy change under Brexit, Karen Bradley and Matt Hancock?
- Winsafe Ltd 17 Jul 2016
Both Ofcom and BT need to prioritise the modernisation of the UK digital communications infrastructure
Pulling forward investment in broadband to help shorten the post-Brexit recession will require making BT "an offer it cannot refuse".
BT is unlikely to be able to fund both its quadplay ambitions and the investment needed to provide reliable, resilient and secure converged ubiquity its customers (including business) want. ...
BT Group failing to invest potentially hundreds of millions a year in infrastructure, service standards at Openreach consistently poor
The priorities for Digital Policy will change under the new government - but not because of Brexit which means what we want it to mean - provided we help ministers to achieve what we really want, ...