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• 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

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Mobile commerce catching traditional e-commerce in Asean

  Consumers in the Asean region are increasingly using their mobile devices to make online purchases, according to a study by Visa

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  EU data protection regulators set 31 January 2016 deadline for replacing Safe Harbour

  Article 29 Working Party gives EU and US authorities until the end of January to establish an alternative data-sharing agreement

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  David Cameron faces personal headache over Safe Harbour

  The UK “intervened strongly” in the legal challenge brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems that ruled Safe Harbour invalid, jeopardising data sharing between Europe and the US

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  HMRC VAT rules cut cloud costs by 20% for NHS and government departments

  An HMRC ruling on reclaiming tax on cloud services could drive up the use of off-premise technologies in the public sector

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  BT Openreach division expands services deal with Infosys to improve support for engineers

  BT Openreach is using a software platform from Infosys that draws data from several sources to improve support for its engineers and customers

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  FTTP roll-out almost justifiable in economic terms, say analysts

  The operational savings of deploying FTTP broadband are soon to overtake the capex costs associated with deployment, says Point Topic

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Tech City UK visa scheme helps startups get the right skills

  British government makes it easier for highly skilled IT professionals from outside the European Union to get visas to work for UK technology startups

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Malaysia and Singapore are global leaders in instant messaging use

  Citizens in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are among the biggest users of instant messaging in the world

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Intel revises down growth forecast for datacentre business division

  Chipmaker Intel blames the weakening macroeconomic situation – with continued delays in hardware refresh cycles – in its datacentre business forecast revision

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Somerset MP brands council incompetent over BDUK fiasco

  MPs whose constituencies have been affected by Connecting Devon and Somerset’s decision to throw out its Phase 2 BDUK contract have hit out over council mismanagement

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Broadband Connection Voucher scheme runs out of money

  The government has closed its SME broadband Connection Voucher scheme to new applicants after exhausting the available funding

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  MPs weigh in over future of Openreach during superfast broadband debate

  MPs have their say on the future of Openreach, with many agreeing it would benefit broadband competition and investment if it were split from the BT group

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Hybrid clouds to dominate the IT landscape in Australia

  Organisations in Australia are increasingly opting for hybrid cloud services that enable them to buy some processing power upfront and rent more when needed

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Three technologies to drive business

  Emerging technologies such as 3D printers, the internet of things and APIs will deliver new business opportunities, and CIOs are in a position to drive forward these business strategies

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  BT warns it will cut Openreach investment if split goes ahead

  In its submission to Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review, BT argues for Openreach to remain part of the BT Group and warns that a split will damage broadband investment

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Vodafone tells Ofcom: Time to break up BT

  Mobile network operator Vodafone lends its voice to the growing clamour arguing for full structural and functional separation of Openreach from BT

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Amsterdam aims to become a top European startup hub

  Amsterdam is selling itself to the startup community as a nice place to live with a high standard of living, and one that opens doors to the continent

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Dyn debuts SaaS-based datacentre performance monitoring tool

  Internet monitoring firm explains how it is using SaaS to help retailers deliver a consistent internet shopping service to customers via their websites

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Vodafone uses femtocells to turn pubs into hubs

  Vodafone pilots a new programme to bring connectivity to community pubs in remote parts of the country

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  Disabled consumers significantly more likely to be digitally excluded

  Ofcom research on disabled consumers’ access to and use of communications devices and services find a large number are digitally disconnected

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  In-flight broadband increasingly in demand, says Inmarsat

  Three in five European airline passengers report that they ‘need’ in-flight internet access, according to an Inmarsat report

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  National Coding Week 2015 – older people can learn programming skills too

  National Coding Week took place from 21 to 25 September 2015 with a programme of activities helping adults in the UK master technical skills

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Facebook court judgement threatens Safe Harbour data-sharing agreement with US

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) could torpedo the EU/US Safe Harbour agreement following the US National Security Agency's (NSA) mass surveillance on EU citizens using Facebook data

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Worldwide #peacehack hackathons use technology to promote peace

  A number of simultaneous hackathons have been held across the globe to promote the use of technology to encourage peace

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Brightsolid opens Tier III datacentre in Aberdeen to support oil and gas sector

  DC Thompson-backed datacentre operator opens third facility in Scotland to tap into cloud demands of oil, gas and public sector markets

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Free energy from radio waves could power the internet of things

  A pocket-sized pollution monitor is one of the first applications to use free energy from Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  CIO interview: Monique Shivanandan, Aviva

  Aviva’s CIO, Monique Shivanandan, talks agile working, digital disruption and changing the culture of a complex 300-year-old company

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement

  European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Surrey University 5G lab puts UK plc at forefront of mobile innovation

  At the launch of Surrey University’s 5G Innovation Centre in September 2015, mobile experts said the lab will put the UK at the heart of networking development

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  NHS hospital hails cost benefits of datacentre consolidation project

  Conquest Hospital claims sever room upgrade has made its operations more cost effective and energy efficient

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  Apple's Irish datacentre build hit by possible planning permission appeal delay

  A "valid appeal" has reportedly been raised in response to Galway County Council's decision to grant conditional planning permission for Apple's Irish datacentre build

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  TalkTalk: We will beat BT on fibre broadband take-up rates

  As it connects its first trial customers to its Ultra Fibre Optic network in York, TalkTalk says it can beat BT on customer take-up and cost of roll-out

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  ICO warns over public Wi-Fi data

  The Information Commissioner’s Office speaks out on public Wi-Fi network security

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Brit spooks snoop on users of the BBC, Facebook, Google and more

  Documents handed to The Intercept by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that GCHQ has harvested data from users of search engine, social media, news and adult websites, as well as online radio

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  BT embarks on year-long IPv6 transition

  BT says it will move its entire network to IPv6 by the end of 2016

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Lloyds Banking Group launches scheme to develop digital talent

  Lloyds Banking Group has formalised a graduate programme to develop digital banking skills, with 29 graduates embarking on the two-year scheme

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Nordea Bank signs Temenos and Accenture for core banking transformation

  Nordea Bank AB has chosen the core banking system it wants to build its digital future on, signing Temenos and Accenture as technology partners

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  IP network upgrade rings the changes for Liberian operator Libtelco

  Libtelco, the only fixed-line telecoms operator in Liberia, turned to Cataleya to support a nationwide network upgrade

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Enterprises warned off rushing into software-defined datacentre investments

  Market watcher Gartner has urged users to take a cautious approach to software-defined datacentre investments

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  Tech innovation leads the 'slow demise of traditional broadcast'

  The broadcast sector is being revolutionised by internet technology, as delegates to the annual IBC show in Amsterdam found out

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Belgian Privacy Commission accuses Facebook of using NSA tactics to spy on users

  Belgian Privacy Commission data protection watchdog likens Facebook's data handling processes to those of the US National Security Agency (NSA)

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  BT unveils ultrafast broadband pledge card to support digital economy

  At an event in London, BT sets out four key pledges around broadband and connectivity to ensure and secure the digital future of the UK

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Worldwide Skype outage finally fixed

  Microsoft-owned messaging service's technical difficulties have now been resolved, after users flooded social networking sites with downtime reports

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  UK broadband consistently top among major European markets

  The UK is outperforming other major European countries on a number of fixed telecoms measures and will continue to do so, says an Analysys Mason report

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  AWS datacentre service trouble hits Netflix users

  North Virginia datacentre hit by service trouble, blighting delivery of more than 30 of the cloud giant's products

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Gigabit network is more than a fringe benefit for city of Edinburgh

  As CityFibre begins a 150km fibre dig in Edinburgh, local businesses and the city council outline their objectives and plans for ultrafast broadband

• September 18, 2015 18 Sep'15

  Oxford City Council chooses SCC for 10-year datacentre hosting contract

  Local authority has selected IT services giant SCC to assist with fulfilling its datacentre hosting, infrastructure and server requirements

• September 18, 2015 18 Sep'15

  American Airlines forced to ground flights over IT issues

  US airline confirms "connectivity issue" that prompted it to halt flights from several airports yesterday has now been resolved

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Rugby World Cup host city Gloucester gets free city Wi-Fi network

  BT tries out a free public wireless network in the centre of Gloucester as the city prepares to host the Rugby World Cup

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Singapore general election reveals growing importance of social media

  Organisations in all sectors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries are recognising the influence of social networking

• September 16, 2015 16 Sep'15

  Consumers to get connection vouchers for satellite broadband

  DCMS looks set to offer connection vouchers to help consumers access satellite broadband in remote parts of the UK

• September 16, 2015 16 Sep'15

  CIO interview: Stewart Bromley, Atom Bank

  Atom bank's chief operating officer Stewart Bromley talks about the advantage of starting from scratch with all services available through an app

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  Surrey University opens 5G Innovation Centre with pioneering demos

  Surrey University cuts the ribbon on its 5G Innovation Centre and shows off some early technical advances with video streaming and IoT technology

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  Boeing to offer ViaSat broadband service on new aircraft

  Boeing signs a technical agreement to offer ViaSat’s broadband connectivity as an option on all new commercial aircraft

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  Haircare firm GHD rehomes hybrid cloud infrastructure in new Rackspace datacentre

  Haircare product maker shifts hybrid website infrastructure to Rackspace's Crawley datacentre in preparation for Christmas rush

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  Openreach rivals say no to more Openreach regulation

  Members of the Infrastructure Investors Group pressurise Ofcom to support fairer competition in infrastructure investment with lighter regulation

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  European Commission consults on the future of telecoms and broadband

  Twin European Commission (EC) consultations on the future of broadband and a review of the current telecoms framework will run until December 2015

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  HP topples Cisco to become cloud infrastructure equipment market leader

  Hardware giant overtakes rival in the cloud infrastructure market as demand for servers, storage and private cloud-enabling kit soars

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  BT extends fibre roll-out across London

  BT extends its commercial fibre roll-out in a number of London boroughs as it targets 95% coverage in the capital two years from now

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  Tennis governing body ATP outsources digital development

  The men's world tennis governing body, the ATP, signs Infosys to help it use digital technology to better engage fans and players

• September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15

  Digital kiosks fail to stem Argos sales decline

  Retailer Argos reports a small increase in sales in comparison to its last quarter, but still suffers revenue decline year-on-year despite digital initiatives

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  BBC announces digital content season as part of Make it Digital initiative

  Six months on from the launch of its Make it Digital initiative to help children embrace technology, the BBC announces digital content season across its media channels

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  Government Digital Service builds in-house PaaS to host government services

  Industry watchers query why the Government Digital Service (GDS) decided to build its own cloud platform, when many commercially available options exist

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  Virgin Media Business extends ultrafast service to Manchester tech quarter

  Businesses in Manchester’s government-backed startup hub are to get access to 50Mbps and 100Mbps ultrafast broadband services

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  Chef secures $40m spending round as enterprise DevOps adoption soars

  Automation software supplier Chef dismisses buyout talk after sharing details of latest funding round

• September 08, 2015 08 Sep'15

  One-third of schools admit to making no investment in coding training for teachers

  The current computing curriculum has been in place for a year, but the support given to teachers delivering these classes varies across the UK

• September 08, 2015 08 Sep'15

  CityFibre ousts BT from Edinburgh Council WAN

  Edinburgh City Council to connect 294 of its sites to CityFibre’s Edinburgh Core fibre network as it ends a long-term contract with BT

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  Philippines' roadmap aims for 500 startups by 2020

  The government of the Philippines is eager to emulate its success in BPO in the IT startup sector

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  School kids would rather study coding than a foreign language, says Ocado

  A year since computer science was added to the school curriculum Ocado discovers kids would rather learn to code than to speak another language

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  Myanmar internet gets boost with content delivery network

  Myanmar internet users will start benefiting from changes in the law that encourages foreign direct investment in communications infrastructures

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  BBC director general Tony Hall proposes an 'open BBC for the internet age'

  As the internet changes the way the public consumes content, the BBC proposes to make itself a platform for UK talent and an ongoing trustworthy source

• September 04, 2015 04 Sep'15

  Wandsworth Council housing tenants get gigabit fibre broadband

  Wandsworth Council and Community Fibre pilot a gigabit fibre network on a Battersea council estate

• September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15

  IBM and ARM deepen collaboration around internet of things

  IBM and ARM to offer device and risk management, as well as analytics capabilities, for the internet of things

• September 02, 2015 02 Sep'15

  GDS sees “significant demand” for government’s unused IPv4 addresses

  GDS says it has released some value from the sale of unused IPv4 addresses belonging to the Department of Work and Pensions

• September 02, 2015 02 Sep'15

  Virgin Media earmarks £25m for broadband in Nottingham

  Virgin Media is to offer its ultrafast 152Mbps service to 50,000 homes and businesses in Nottingham as part of its £3bn national network investment

• September 01, 2015 01 Sep'15

  The US Federal Aviation Administration's hybrid cloud plans take flight with help from CSC

  US aerospace agency sets out plans to wind down its datacentre investments and move more of its IT to the cloud

• September 01, 2015 01 Sep'15

  Google accused of abusing market position in India

  Google has until 10 September 2015 to respond to the findings of an Indian Competition Commission investigation into allegations of anti-competitive business practices

• August 28, 2015 28 Aug'15

  Google denies abusing dominant market position in Europe

  Internet giant says the preliminary findings of the EC's investigation into its business practices are “wrong as a matter of fact, law and economics"

• August 27, 2015 27 Aug'15

  Kellogg Brown and Root wins ESN Delivery Partner contract

  Kellogg Brown and Root has won the contract to supply Lot 1 of the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme