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- It’s complicated: How enterprises are approaching IAM challenges
- AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change
The government recently announced plans that – despite facing delays and setbacks – a new Emergency Services Network (ESN) will be phased in from the beginning of 2019. It will replace the legacy ...
Computer Weekly Editors Blog
O2 outage proves the weakest link in the digital revolution is fallibly human
Editor in chief 07 Dec 2018So it turns out the O2 mobile network failure that took out data access for some 30 million people this week, was caused by an expired software certificate – no great conspiracy, no programming ...
Being the world’s largest mobile market, China has unsurprisingly topped the charts when it comes to the growth in mobile data traffic. According to the latest figures from Ericsson, mobile data ...
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The Full Spectrum
How churn is breaking the telecoms market – and what service providers can do about it
Networking Editor 13 Aug 2018This is a guest blog post by Brendan O’Rourke, head of design at BriteBill, an Amdocs company. It’s no secret that today’s customers are more demanding than previous generations. They share their ...
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The Full Spectrum
BT's network convergence strategy is a win: nobody's talking about full-fibre broadband today
Networking Editor 16 May 2018After yet another set of lacklustre earnings and with over 10,000 staff facing the axe, embattled BT CEO Gavin Patterson needed a quick win. Today's launch of new consumer offerings from both BT ...
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The Full Spectrum
When it comes to mobile spectrum, it's time for Three to get over itself
Networking Editor 17 Jan 2018I was hugely pleased today to see that despite the possibility of another legal roadblock in the Court of Appeal, telecoms regulator Ofcom is going to move ahead and lay the groundwork for the ...
Fintech makes the world go around
Tech shouldn’t reduce excitement of the ocean race even if drinking urine less likely
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 27 Oct 2017The Volvo Ocean race is not only an amazing feat of human endurance but a herculean IT project
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The Full Spectrum
At the FA Cup Final, Wembley goes beyond Wi-Fi for mobile coverage
Networking Editor 25 May 2017In this guest blog, Anthony Sutton from Cobham Wireless discusses how venue owners can maximise visitor satisfaction by improving mobile network availability. It’s match day! You’ve managed to get ...
Inspect-a-Gadget reflects on how the heady days of smartphone innovation and excitement are long gone from Mobile World Congress 2017
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Computer Weekly Editors Blog
The digital economy and the Autumn Statement: Good start, please do more
Editor in chief 25 Nov 2016Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement showed a welcome and necessary understanding of the need to look at the long-term future of the UK’s digital economy. The £1bn ...
Now part of the HP (no, not the sauce) with an E for enterprise selection box, Aruba (minus its previous ‘Networks’ label) is keen to show us that it has some developer-worthy technologies to ...
There is no doubting the impact that software defined networking (SDN) is having in changing traditional approaches to connectivity. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the WAN with software ...
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The Full Spectrum
Total smartphone service: put public Wi-Fi in the mix
Networking Editor 17 Jun 2016The recent announcement that UK regulator Ofcom plans to make additional spectrum available for Wi-Fi is great news for consumers, writes DeviceScape's Dave Fraser. Because Wi-Fi operates in ...