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• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  BT bounces back in strong first quarter

  After a run of bad news, there were some bright spots in BT’s first quarter financial results

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  Fileless malware a growing trend, warns McAfee

  Cyber attackers are increasingly moving away from traditional malware to using trusted Windows executables to invade systems and breach corporate networks, say security researchers

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Crest report highlights need for bug bounty best practice

  A lack of best practice guidelines for bug bounties is leaving researchers, organisations and bounty platforms confused and at risk, a report reveals

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  O2 canvasses support from UK Plc to build case for 5G

  O2 CEO Mark Evans is writing to every FTSE 100 boss in the UK seeking to build consensus around 5G use cases, and drum up support for investment

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Vodafone sales tick down on new reporting rules

  Quarterly sales at mobile operator Vodafone dipped thanks to the impact of new reporting standards and foreign exchange headwinds

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Government outsourcing at a crossroads, says PAC report

  The government needs to change the market that supplies it with services through better contracting practices if it is to achieve anything beyond lowest price, according to a PAC report

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Apache OpenWhisk users urged to patch

  IBM has patched vulnerabilities in its Cloud Functions service that is based on Apache OpenWhisk in response to vulnerability disclosures, and all other users are urged to do the same

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Stagecoach trials full-size driverless bus

  Bus operator Stagecoach is testing out a full-size autonomous bus in its own depots, with future potential for use on passenger routes

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Ofcom proposes regulatory changes to support broadband investment

  Following the recommendations of the government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, regulator Ofcom has proposed a package of measures to better support investment in full-fibre broadband

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Atos acquires Syntel for £2.6bn

  French IT services firm buys Syntel to expand in the US and bolster its offshore delivery

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Openreach to cut wholesale broadband costs for CSP customers

  Openreach plans to introduce wide-ranging cuts to FTTC and FTTP wholesale prices to get other providers to upgrade their users to faster broadband

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  MPs call for inquiry into smart meter roll-out

  Government urged to conduct a review of the roll-out of smart meters for electricity and gas, and to intervene to tackle a number of failures

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Alphabet shares up after better-than-expected quarter

  Shares in Google’s parent company Alphabet have risen in value after it reported quarterly revenue of $32.7bn, up 26% year on year

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  BDUK has £200m to kick-start rural full-fibre network build

  Government plans to use money from the BDUK superfast broadband programme to drive the roll-out of full-fibre broadband to underserved rural areas

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Government spend with SMEs down in 2016/17

  Government figures show direct and indirect spend on small to medium-sized enterprises by government departments in the 2016/17 financial year have fallen

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Full-fibre broadband for all to cost £30bn

  The government has released its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, setting the stage for the national roll-out of a full-fibre broadband network

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  IBM results leave Watson thinking

  Artificial intelligence is at the heart of IBM's long-term strategy, yet its cognitive solutions business experienced a slight decline. Oh dear, Watson

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Brussels aims to become an insurtech hub

  Belgian capital is calling on startups as it eyes up the huge opportunities in the insurance technology sector

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth

  Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Heathrow flights grounded by IT failure

  Aircraft unable to take off at airport following failure of an IT system at one of BA's suppliers, that even led to the temporary closure of the control tower

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Saudi Arabia entices UK fintechs to its shores

  Saudi Arabia is offering fintechs from other countries the opportunity to access its large internal market

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Spectrum costs hit the world’s poorest hardest

  The inflated cost of radio spectrum to support mobile network roll-out is harming the economic and social welfare of billions of the world’s poorest people, says the GSMA

• July 15, 2018 15 Jul'18

  A quarter of Brits think they already have full-fibre broadband

  CityFibre research commissioned to support its campaign for more clarity in broadband advertising appears to show widespread misunderstanding of what fibre is or what it means

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Traders may not be compliant with new customs IT system by end of March 2019

  PAC hearing reveals several issues with getting the Customs Declaration Service ready on time, including that traders probably won’t have enough time to get their systems compatible and compliant with the new IT system

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Broadcom acquires enterprise business with CA Technologies deal

  Broadcom buys into the enterprise software infrastructure arena, announcing $19bn acquisition of CA Technologies

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Three-quarters of consumers have interacted with artificial intelligence

  Capgemini survey finds 55% of people prefer a mix of AI and humans when they interact with organisations

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Swedish state-private partnership will use advanced IT to secure cities

  Swedish authorities are working with the private sector to develop geo-fencing technology to protect cities from vehicle-related terrorist attacks

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  UK fintech industry fears Brexit-induced talent squeeze

  London’s financial technology community warns of problems ahead as the reality of the UK leaving the EU unfolds

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  NIC calls for nationwide broadband plan

  The National Infrastructure Commission has called for a national broadband plan to support full-fibre roll-out

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Jeremy Wright appointed DCMS secretary of state in Cabinet reshuffle

  Attorney general Jeremy Wright becomes DCMS secretary as Matt Hancock moves to the Department for Health and Social Care where he takes over as health secretary

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  UK slips down broadband speed league table

  Although average broadband speeds in the UK have improved in the past year, other countries are moving faster, according to new data from comparison site Cable.co.uk

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Government needs to improve its outsourcing approach

  Parliamentary committee advises government to improve its outsourcing methods in the wake of the collapse of Carillion

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Collaborative taskforce launches security intelligence network

  BAE Systems, Vodafone, cyber security incubator CyLon and other partners have joined forces in unveiling a manifesto for safeguarding society in the digital age

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Three chooses SSE for 5G fibre backhaul

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms will connect Three’s mobile network into BT’s local telephone exchanges as the mobile operator ramps up its preparation for 5G

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Investment flows into Nordic startups from all directions

  The Nordic tech startup scene is attracting funding from a variety of sources, with private equity firms, banks and traditional IT companies all keen to put money in

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  ICO Grants Programme launches second round of funding

  The ICO is inviting a second round of applications for funding to promote and support independent, innovative research and solutions focused on privacy and data protection

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  UK labour market could be harmed by private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, consultancy warns

  As the government continues to consult on extending the IR35 reforms to the private sector, research suggests contractors will not take kindly to the move

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Dell/VMware and Nutanix dominate a growing hyper-converged market

  As hyper-converged system revenues get set to overtake those of converged systems, Dell/VMware and Nutanix are dominating the market for combined server and storage nodes

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Slow broadband fuels a post-Brexit storm for rural communities

  Lack of access to reliable broadband and mobile networks threatens rural livelihoods after Brexit, according to a Local Government Association report

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Industry bets on fixed wireless access for first 5G deployments

  Separate tests in Romania and the UK have been demonstrating the potential of fixed wireless access as a component of 5G

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  European banks need to balance fintech strategies

  European Banking Authority highlights the risks of banks taking up fintech too quickly, and of ignoring it

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Software firm Clevermed enhances NHS user experience on Health and Social Care Network

  Clevermed, a supplier of maternity and neonatal care record software to the NHS, reveals how users are benefiting after it switched to the new Health and Social Care Network

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Singapore company turns to blockchain to improve food security

  SMC Nutrition is using a blockchain distributed ledger developed by a Singapore-based company to gain visibility across its supply chain and ensure food security

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  Government launches G-Cloud 10

  The 10th iteration of G-Cloud is now live, with more than 3,500 suppliers awarded a place on the procurement framework

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Bolloré Group partners with Alibaba for cloud and co-development

  French transportation conglomerate will use Alibaba cloud, and Alibaba will look at using Bolloré's battery technology in its datacentres

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Finland’s R&D spending is recovering after a lost decade

  The Finnish tech sector could benefit form better access to funds as the government prepares to increase spending on research and development

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  Home Office criticised over ESN review progress

  In an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee, Home Office permanent secretary Philip Rutnam defended the progress of the ESN project review

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  Openreach starts full-fibre roll-out in Exeter

  Network builder Openreach adds Exeter to its Fibre First FTTP broadband roll-out

• June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18

  First Lorca cohort to focus on security orchestration

  The first companies to benefit from the new London cyber innovation centre will focus on cyber security orchestration and automation

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Lorca will help drive UK cyber exports, says ex-GCHQ boss

  New London cyber security innovation centre will help to boost exports of UK cyber security expertise, says former GCHQ director

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Cyber criminals 'infect and collect' in cryptojacking surge

  Illicit cryptocurrency mining offers cyber criminals lower risk, higher efficacy and greater ease of making money, adding passive exploitation to ransomware extortion, data breach theft and fraud, a report reveals

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Brent Council tenants to receive full-fibre broadband service

  Borough-wide FTTP broadband roll-out could address up to 100,000 homes and businesses in North London

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Technology key to keeping staff happy

  Giving employees access to the latest technologies will improve their satisfaction and increase productivity, survey shows

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  AI and other tech key to post-Brexit success, says Matt Hancock

  Digital secretary Matt Hancock highlights the importance of emerging technologies to the future of the UK at the opening of London’s cyber security innovation centre

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms bids to solve UK’s backhaul problem

  By layering Infinera technology over its existing network, SSE Enterprise Telecoms plans to deliver what it refers to as a ‘dark fibre-like’ access product for communications services providers

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  British Muslim challenges use of intelligence databases for repeated police stops

  Muzaffar Abdullah is challenging police use of intelligence databases to repeatedly stop and question Muslims, after being arrested for refusing to answer questions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. His lawyers say he had been stopped at ...

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  High-Tech Bridge bets on machine learning capabilities

  Machine learning has a great potential to drive the automation of some security tasks to free up information security professionals to do more strategic work, says High-Tech Bridge founder

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  VM-aware storage pioneer Tintri on verge of bankruptcy

  Recent first-quarter results by the VM-aware storage pioneer throw light on a fragile financial situation that needs new funds or a buyer to avoid bankruptcy by the end of June

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  Nordic and Baltic states agree on joint approach to AI

  The governments of the Nordic and Baltic region want to work closer together to further increase the status of artificial intelligence in business and society

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  Openreach extends Gfast broadband roll-out

  Openreach commits to rolling out Gfast broadband services to 59 new locations in the next phase of its ultrafast deployment plan

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  CCS cancels Crown Marketplace tender, but says programme continues

  The Crown Commercial Service has cancelled a tender for an element of the Crown Marketplace, but insists the programme continues as the organisation has made “important decisions” to clarify scope and focus

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  Mobile spectrum sharing is vital for UK 5G roll-out, says report

  A report commissioned by independent network builders’ body Inca has warned that current approaches to how spectrum is apportioned are leaving vast amounts unused, and this needs to change

• June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18

  BEIS and DfE not addressing Brexit impact on Stem skills, says PAC

  A Public Accounts Committee report has raised concerns that government departments are not doing enough, quickly enough, to understand how Brexit will affect the supply of science, technology, engineering and maths skills in the UK

• June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18

  UK cyber skills in demand, says Dorset firm C3IA Solutions

  UK cyber security skills are in demand and there is a bright future in exporting them, according to Dorset-based firm C3IA Solutions

• June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18

  SME provider takes on Cambridgeshire public sector network contract

  Managed network services provider MLL Telecom has been awarded the EastNet contract to run WAN services across Cambridgeshire, replacing a legacy Virgin Media Network

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Nokia outsources IT infrastructure and application services to HCL

  Five-year deal will bring together the services delivered by four different IT companies.

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  Vodafone to start 5G trials this autumn

  MNO announces 5G trials in seven UK cities, with new mobile network infrastructure to be rolled out from October

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  Mobile operators appeal for dark fibre access to back 5G

  O2, Three and Vodafone unite in calling for more to be done to open up dark fibre networks to supply desperately needed capacity for their future 5G networks

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  Nine out of 10 enterprises will use robotic process automation by 2020

  Robotic process automation take-up expected to reach 92% of European enterprises within two years, finds ISG survey

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  Oracle full-year results show 6% growth, but cloud revenue opaque?

  Oracle’s full-year results for 2017-18 reveal total revenue of $39.8bn, up 6%, but reporting of cloud with on-premise revenue under “bring your own licence” policy has raised qualm over cloud weakness obfuscation

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  Young generation tempted by Amazon bank-like services

  Tech firms offering banking services will be inevitable in the future as more than half of young people are tempted by such a prospect

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  Government’s broadband service obligation derided by industry

  As Ofcom starts the process of finding a provider willing to step up to manage the government’s 10Mbps broadband universal service obligation, the project has been derided by network builders and stakeholders alike

• June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18

  DeepMind Health must be transparent to gain public trust, review finds

  Independent review of DeepMind Health says the company should provide more clarity on data and business plans, while legal audit finds its controversial data-sharing deal with Royal Free is lawful

• June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18

  Nordic healthcare services provider outsources IT infrastructure

  Healthcare service provider Falck is planning to transform its business with a standardised and simplified IT infrastructure at the core

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Encryption is under attack, says Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson

  Encryption is one of the fundamental principles on which the internet is built, but this vital technology is under threat from criminals and ill-advised government policies, says Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  AI is key to keeping IBM compliant with GDPR

  Artificial intelligence is vital for keeping IBM compliant with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation, which, in turn, provides opportunities for business, says the company’s data protection officer

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Ofcom satisfied with progress on BT Openreach split

  Ofcom has published its first annual report on the legal separation of BT and Openreach, and said it is broadly satisfied with progress to date, despite hiccups relating to the BT pension scheme

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Mayor Khan bids to make London the world’s smartest city

  At London Tech Week, mayor Sadiq Khan launched a city-wide initiative to harness the capital’s technology talent to address London’s most pressing problems

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  CityFibre wins key decision in fake fibre case

  CityFibre has been granted permission to proceed with a judicial review of the ASA’s November 2017 decision about the use of the term fibre in broadband ads

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Privacy Shield under threat by US non-compliance

  The Privacy Shield framework that replaced the Safe Harbour agreement for personal data transfers between the EU and the US is under threat due to non-compliance by US firms

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Investigators close Nokia extortion probe without finding a motive or making an arrest

  New details of €2m blackmail of Nokia in 2007 emerge as Finland’s NBI calls a halt to its investigation

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  BT announces “unhackable” quantum-secured network

  In the face of the threat that quantum computers could crack many of the encryption methods used to protect highly sensitive data, BT has developed a “quantum-secured” network

• June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18

  Industry must do more to open up cyber security profession

  Talented and successful cyber security researcher and passionate advocate for the profession, James Lyne reveals that he fell into security more by accident than design, and says training and recruitment must change to find and develop talented ...

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  Thriving fintech, AI sectors give boost to UK tech funding

  British technology businesses have received £5bn worth of venture capital funding since June 2016 – more than France, Germany and Sweden put together – with fintech and AI startups standing out

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  BT’s Gavin Patterson quits under shareholder pressure

  Patterson’s resignation comes just weeks after he announced 13,000 redundancies across BT

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  IT spending reaches 10-year high as CIOs struggle with digital technology strategy

  IT leaders have seen their budgets and headcounts rise for the first time in 10 years, but face challenges implementing their digital strategies

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  Newcastle Council to show off smartest street in Britain

  The Great Exhibition of the North will see Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne transformed into Britain’s smartest street as part of a demonstration of IoT technology

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  5G transformative for UK plc, but potential impacts still vague

  5G mobile technology looks set to transform the UK economy for the better, but the immaturity of the technology and lack of standards makes its true impact harder to judge, according to a report by Deloitte

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  Business not learning from past cyber security incidents

  Businesses are still not getting the basics right and they are not learning from past security incidents, according to world-renowned security blogger and trainer

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  We need to design for security and privacy, says Martha Lane Fox

  The digital future is bright, but only if society works through a gear change in its relationship with technology, and demands products and services that are secure and private by design, says internet service pioneer

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  UK tech firms increase exports by more than 20%

  The country’s tech sector continues to blossom and has significantly increased the export of both services and goods in recent years

• June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18

  HMRC on track for August roll-out of customs IT system

  The government will have a “fully functioning” customs declaration service by January 2019, HMRC CEO Jon Thompson told MPs

• June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18

  Complex pricing hinders enterprise assessment of AWS, Google and Microsoft cloud IoT hubs

  451 Research claims the complex IoT pricing models favoured by the hyperscale cloud giants are making life difficult for enterprise IT departments

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Boris Johnson wants tech to fight illegal wildlife trade

  The foreign secretary wants the country’s “finest technological brains” to help combat poaching and save endangered species

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Technology key to new UK counter-terrorism strategy

  Technologies such as machine learning and data analytics are key to the UK government’s updated counter-terrorism strategy

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Offensive AI unlikely in the near future, says Mikko Hypponen

  Cyber criminals are not close to being able to use AI for attack purposes, according to industry veteran Mikko Hypponen, who has been at the forefront of AI use in cyber defence for several years

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  Security suppliers need to interact with community, says researcher

  Security suppliers need to interact with the community to get feedback on their products before launch to ensure they have not missed any vulnerabilities, a security researchers advises

• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research

  The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others

• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Sweden and India in technology collaboration

  Sweden has entered a partnership with India that will include joint work on smart city and mobility technologies

• May 30, 2018 30 May'18

  Security community urged to prepare for quantum computing

  A top European chief information security officer is urging the security community to prepare for quantum computing to ensure their encryption processes are ready in time