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• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  How to survive a broadband service failure

  With BT yet again forced to apologise to consumer and business broadband customers after another technical fault, how can businesses reliant on one telco prepare themselves for the inevitable?

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Government admits altnets can compete against BT in rural areas

  A series of pilot schemes has proved that small broadband suppliers can effectively compete against BT Openreach in rural areas

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Further staff cuts at Yahoo as it reports a $4.43bn loss

  Yahoo announces another strategic plan to reduce costs by $400m and raise up to $3bn in the wake of a $4.43bn loss for the fourth quarter of 2015

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  EC confirms EU-US Privacy Shield to replace Safe Harbour data-sharing agreement

  The European Commission (EC) confirms it has negotiated a replacement for Safe Harbour, and expects it to come into force in three months

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  BT broadband network suffers technical fault

  A technical fault on the BT network left users around the country unable to access broadband and phone services

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  EU commissioner sets out challenges of finding a Safe Harbour replacement

  European commissioner Věra Jourová outlines the challenges of establishing a data-sharing agreement between Europe and the US

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  Google parent Alphabet ousts Apple as top global company

  In the first quarterly results since switching to the Alphabet structure on 2 October 2015, the company reported a profit of $4.9bn on revenue of $21.3bn

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Irish row over Safe Harbour deepens

  Ireland faces legal challenge over the independence of its data commissioner, in wake of the scrapping of the Safe Harbour data protection agreement

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Leading Edge Forum teams up with Imperial college on business disruption

  Global thought leadership membership organisation launches programme to teach business heads about digital disruption

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Government adds wireless to BDUK consumer voucher scheme

  The government has extended the BDUK consumer broadband voucher programme to cover wireless systems in a few locations, in addition to satellite

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  EE emerges as top performing network at London airports

  RootMetrics’ analysis of mobile broadband connectivity at London’s City, Gatwick and Heathrow airports reveals EE is far outpacing its rivals in terms of performance

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Facebook shares top $100 on bumper fourth quarter

  Facebook's share price has risen above $100 in response to better than expected annual and fourth-quarter results for 2015

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Internet of things a smart opportunity for energy companies

  We investigate how energy companies are taking advantage of internet-connected devices to support smart home initiatives

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  VMware to cut 800 jobs in cloud-focused company restructure

  Virtualisation company VMware confident adoption of software-defined datacentres will offset softening demand for older products

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Government may consider state-owned broadband provider

  A public sector-owned broadband infrastructure provider is one option on the table as DCMS consults on the future of the £1.7bn BDUK scheme

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Ofcom to let SMEs ditch broadband contracts due to slow speeds

  Ofcom announces protections and rights for SMEs buying standard broadband products

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Challenger finance firms will kill only those banks that fail to evolve

  It’s not doom and gloom for the UK’s traditional banks – as long as they can learn from fintech and transform themselves

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Facebook to start building second European datacentre in Ireland

  Facebook to construct second datacentre facility in Ireland after overcoming resident opposition in planning application appeal

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Consumers wasting £156 a year on expired broadband offers

  Research by altnet Relish reveals that BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin customers are locked into overpriced broadband deals

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Google pays HMRC £130m in tax deal

  Google is to pay more UK tax in line with new rules – £130m, said to cover the last 10 years – but denies any wrongdoing in the past

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  MPs’ broadband report renews row over Openreach future

  MPs have again called for BT and Openreach to be split up, but have been heavily criticised for including misleading statistics in their evidence

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Trinity Mirror Group taps into cloud, agile and microservices to boost web user experience

  National and regional newspaper publishing group is using AWS and SOASTA's performance monitoring tools to improve the user experience for its online readers

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Financial services regulators launch unit to help startup banks

  UK finance industry regulators Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated more resources to helping startup banks get up and running

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Digital Single Market must be adopted without delay, says EU parliament

  MEPs pass resolution urging the EU to adopt Digital Single Market proposals and enact new protections for consumers as soon as possible

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Sigfox brings the internet of things to Antarctica

  Connectivity provider teams up with GPS supplier Sensolus and Belgian government to use the IoT to support climate change researchers

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Still no consensus on need for FTTP, argues government

  In its response to a European consultation on broadband speed and quality, the UK government sticks to its guns, advocates for a mix of delivery technologies and insists there is no consensus on the need for FTTP

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Gigaclear gets European funding boost for further expansion

  Rural broadband provider secures £18m loan from the European Investment Bank

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent celebrate honeymoon

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent officially complete their merger and celebrate their first day of combined operations

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  CityFibre readies KCOM gigabit fibre network in Bristol

  After taking over KCOM’s national fibre assets at the end of 2015, CityFibre has begun commercialising an 82km network in Bristol

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Valve deploys 100Gbps ports to support Steam gaming growth

  Gaming firm Valve upgrades its network infrastructure with Level 3 to support the growth of its social entertainment and gaming platform Steam

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Scottish Power picks Vodafone to manage smart electricity grid

  Four-year contract will see mobile operator manage performance monitoring and fault identification systems as energy supplier transitions to smart grid technologies

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Most Britons back mass internet surveillance, claims survey

  The recent spate of terror attacks may have flipped public opinion in favour of the Investigatory Powers Bill, claims Broadband Genie

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Closer co-operation in Asean with ICT masterplan

  Asean countries will work more closely together on the region’s latest plan for increasing the use and benefits of IT

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Verizon’s rumoured datacentre sell-off: Why telcos are turning their backs on colocation

  Reports suggest US comms provider Verizon will become the latest telco to sell off its colocation assets, but what is driving this trend?

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  CIO Interview: The power of software to disrupt business processes

  Finbarr Joy, CTO of William Hill, discusses the implications of low-cost, cloud-powered automation of business processes for the CIO

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Yahoo plans to cut workforce by 10%

  News of workforce reduction comes a day after activist investor Starboard Value called for significant changes in a letter to Yahoo board

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  French intelligence ‘could have prevented Paris attacks'

  A former US intelligence director turned whistleblower tells MPs and peers that bulk collection of internet and phone data is putting lives at risk

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Italy wakes up to new IoT opportunities

  Organisations in Italy are investing in internet-connected technologies, with infrastructure providers building the underpinning networks

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

  Malaysia is leading the way when it comes to using internet of things technologies to improve agriculture

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Surveillance tribunal refers child privacy claim to information commissioner

  The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has referred a complaint to the UK information commissioner that the US National Security Agency is intercepting children's internet activities

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015

  2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2015

  The BDUK roll-out continued to gain momentum in 2015, but that didn’t mean for one second that the controversy that has dogged the programme died down. Meanwhile, BT began touting a new type of technology, called G.fast

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 APAC IT stories of 2015

  The top 10 Computer Weekly articles about enterprise IT in the Asean and ANZ regions

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Mobile tech saves more carbon than it emits, says Carbon Trust

  Use of mobile technology in Europe and North America is saving more than 180 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, according to the Carbon Trust

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  DWP IP addresses ended up in hands of Daesh, hackers claim

  A number of social media accounts owned by jihadist militant group have been linked to IP addresses previously owned by the UK government

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

  Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud

  Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Public cloud adoption fuels record spend on datacentre hardware by service providers

  Datacentre infrastructure findings from Synergy Research show how enterprise cloud adoption is affecting the market

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  CityFibre goes national with KCOM fibre acquisition

  Urban fibre supplier CityFibre acquires KCOM’s national fibre and duct network for £90m, with a round of financing

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO

  IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  DHL opens Singapore centre for logistics technology innovation

  DHL has opened a centre in Singapore to research technologies that can be used in the logistics industry

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Verizon eyes Yahoo as it abandons Alibaba spin off

  Yahoo is expected to announce that it will not place its 15% Alibaba holding in a separate company, but focus instead on its core business

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  G.fast technical trials connect 100 Swansea homes and businesses

  BT has embarked on a technical trial of G.fast technology in Swansea

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Subsidised satellite broadband to fill BDUK connection gap

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said a satellite broadband service will reach 300,000 properties in remote parts of the UK

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Internet of things will be one of the Asean IT highlights in 2016

  IoT investments will be one of the major trends in Asean economies throughout 2016, according to predictions from Frost & Sullivan.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Interview: BT CEO Gavin Patterson

  For BT CEO Gavin Patterson, the UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2015, the network is a vital tool to balance the demands of a global services business with the responsibility of being the national incumbent telecoms operator

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Cyber insurance likely to drive better security, says Raytheon-Websense

  Security improvements driven by cyber insurance requirements is one of the top predictions in a Raytheon-Websense report on security trends in 2016

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Vodafone launches gigabit fibre broadband products in Ireland

  Roll-out of Ireland’s Siro network advances with the launch of a 1Gbps domestic service backed by Vodafone

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Peterborough launches Digital City programme

  Initiatives such as a superfast fibre network and cloud computing services are part of the city’s digital drivers as it launches its Digital City Peterborough programme

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Average UK broadband speed up to 28Mbps, says Ofcom report

  Ofcom’s Connected Nations 2015 report shows that availability, take-up and speed of broadband services is increasing across the board

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  U-boat defences deployed to bring broadband to Orkney Islands

  A series of causeways built to protect ships at anchor from German U-boats are being pressed into use to bring fibre-optic cables to remote parts of the Orkney Islands

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  First businesses connect to Edinburgh’s gigabit network

  The first businesses have begun to connect to Edinburgh’s council-backed CORE fibre network

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Singapore leads Asean smart city push

  Singapore is the Asean smart city project that stands out, but Thailand and Malaysian initiatives are gaining credit, according to IDC study

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Slush 2015 breaks records as Finland's startup scene flourishes

  Finland's Slush startup event is one of the biggest in the world and this year was its biggest ever

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Glasgow builds gigabit fibre network

  Glasgow City Council teams up with CityFibre and local ISP provider HighNet to roll-out an ultrafast gigabit fibre network in Glasgow in early 2016

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Government explores altnet fund and finds cash for mobile broadband

  In the spending review, the government announced the possibility of setting up a new fund to invest in altnets and found £550m to support more spectrum for mobile broadband

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Only a quarter of banking professionals think incumbents are main competition

  Banks are increasing their spending on IT that helps them win customers, as competition increases and fewer challenges are placed on them by regulation

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Fintech growth rates explode in Australia

  Financial technology companies in Australia are growing at high rates and come as a warning to the nation's enterprises that are yet to join the digital revolution

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Ericsson gives shipping a boost with Inmarsat connectivity

  Ericsson will offer Inmarsat’s XpressLink service to maritime customers, and sets about integrating its Maritime Cloud managed service with Inmarsat’s satellite comms network

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Australia prepares for IoT explosion

  Australia is preparing for the rapid adoption of the internet of things with a regulatory framework

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  European Commission gives Equinix the go-ahead to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup

  European Commission clears datacentre merger, after resolving concerns about its impact on European colocation pricing

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Over 55,000 businesses took advantage of government Connection Vouchers

  As the DCMS-sponsored Connection Voucher scheme winds down, statistics reveal that over 55,000 small businesses in the UK took advantage of the grants

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner to step down

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner is returning to the financial services sector after two years at the helm

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Openreach network sees heaviest loads on Sundays at 9pm

  BT Openreach offers new insight into the inner workings of its fibre network as part of its mission to make itself more transparent

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits

  The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  BDUK passing 8,900 homes for every million pounds spent

  Government figures suggests the BDUK programme is delivering better value for money to the public as the roll-out continues

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Snoopers’ charter will force ISPs to raise broadband prices

  The Science and Technology Select Committee hears that ISPs may be forced to put up their service charges to cover the cost of retaining communications data, should the Investigatory Powers Bill become law

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

  ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  Malaysia Budget 2016 favours ICT for citizens but offers less for enterprise ICT

  Although broadly welcomed, the latest Malaysian budget is better news for citizens using IT than for businesses

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Gigaclear breaks ground on BDUK FTTP networks

  Altnet Gigaclear starts digging on a broadband network of 12,000 premises in Berkshire, and reveals more details of its progress in Gloucestershire

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape

  IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Young companies lead digital readiness in Finland

  Startup businesses are leading the way in Finland when it comes to having the right customer-facing technologies in place

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Singapore’s Smart Nation vision entices startups and IoT developers

  The Singapore government is pitching to make the tiny Asean city-state a centre for the development of smart city and internet of things technology, and wants to bring UK startups to its shores. Computer Weekly meets Steve Leonard, the man in charge...

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  Business models still evolving as public Wi-Fi spend hits a high

  A report from the Wireless Broadband Alliance reveals that most city CIOs have plans in place to significantly increase their investment in public Wi-Fi networking, but see challenges around their business models

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy

  At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Ministry of Defence hoarding £38.5m worth of unused IPv4 addresses

  A Freedom of Information request by network control specialist Infoblox has revealed that the MoD is hoarding millions of pounds worth of unused IPv4 addresses, while the UK government remains woefully unprepared for IPv6

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  The post-merger world: What the future holds for EMC and its federation

  A look at the integration challenges Dell faces in trying to merge EMC’s various business units with its own

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  European Union passes watered-down net neutrality laws

  The European Parliament rejects proposed amendments to the net neutrality regulations that would have closed a number of loopholes

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Net neutrality laws have dangerous loopholes, says Tim Berners-Lee

  As the European Parliament prepares for a key vote on net neutrality, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has warned that stronger amendments are needed to close a number of worrying loopholes

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Transforming Singapore Post through modern technology

  When Singapore Post realised it had to change its business model to survive, it appointed its first CIO to front the technology transformation

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Alphabet stock up on strong Google Q3 earnings

  Alphabet’s quarterly revenue was $15.1bn, above analysts’ average estimate of $15bn, while profit was $7.35 a share, beating predictions of $7.20

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Newcastle City Council puts free Wi-Fi in 69 public buildings

  Newcastle City Council enables 69 public buildings across the city as part of the government-supported Go Digital Newcastle programme

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Is G.fast the answer to the UK’s fibre vs copper debate?

  At Broadband World Forum in London there was much talk of G.fast technology – but is it really the broadband panacea operators such as BT make it out to be?

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Lufthansa picks Inmarsat GX for 10-year in-flight broadband deal

  German flag carrier Lufthansa will offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite broadband service on 150 of its aircraft

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  EU net neutrality laws a threat to UK Open Internet Code, says BSG

  The Broadband Stakeholder Group’s Richard Hooper says that the EU’s Connected Continent Regulation could damage the UK’s Open Internet Code

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Consumer take-up of Gigaclear fibre broadband exceeds BDUK rates

  Ultrafast altnet Gigaclear marks a major milestone in its network roll-out and claims a higher take-up rate for its FTTP product than BT is seeing on the Openreach FTTC network

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  SHA-1 could be undermined before the year’s out

  Low-cost graphics processing in the cloud could enable hackers to create fake security certificates to exploit e-commerce sites

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  CityFibre fills broadband connection voucher gap

  CityFibre offers businesses free connections to replace government’s connection voucher scheme