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Internet infrastructure
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March 23, 2016
23
Mar'16
GDS preps guidance for third-party suppliers to deliver 'government as a platform'
Government Digital Service (GDS) chief insists "pragmatic extensions" to outsourcing contracts implies nothing permanent in push for "government as a platform" (GaaP)
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March 22, 2016
22
Mar'16
Akamai report raises questions over UK broadband stats
Akamai’s latest 'State of the internet' report claims UK average broadband speeds may not be rising as fast as hoped or claimed
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March 21, 2016
21
Mar'16
Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network
New questions raised about Britain’s snoopers’ charter after Denmark abandons its own UK-style surveillance programme for a second time
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March 21, 2016
21
Mar'16
Southend Council to connect key sites with dark fibre network
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council selects CityFibre to supply a 50km dark fibre network across 120 public sector sites in the town
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March 16, 2016
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Mar'16
Fintechs want to take one-third of traditional banks’ business
Banks know they could lose large chunks of business to fintech firms, but if the challengers have their way, it will be more than expected
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March 16, 2016
16
Mar'16
Rolls-Royce cloud HR project will pay for itself in two years
HR IT director Mark Judd explains how engineering and aerospace firm swapped ageing ERP and spreadsheets for a company-wide core HR system
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March 15, 2016
15
Mar'16
Dropbox invests in building out on-premise storage as user numbers soar
Cloud-based file share and sync service reveals details of its hybrid cloud strategy, which has seen it invest large sums in building its own on-premise infrastructure
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March 02, 2016
02
Mar'16
AWS cuts cloud data transfer fees for academic and research user groups
Cloud services giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) rolls out discounts in bid to lower the cost barrier to making scientific discoveries
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February 26, 2016
26
Feb'16
Tech Nordic Advocates partners with Nordic Startup Conference
Tech Nordic Advocates, sister organisation of startup group Tech London Advocates, is partnering with the Nordic Startup Conference show in Copenhagen in March
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February 25, 2016
25
Feb'16
Openreach reformed, but remains part of BT as Ofcom aims to open up fibre broadband market
Telecoms regulator Ofcom wants to stimulate building of fibre broadband direct to homes and premises, but will not split up BT - yet
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February 24, 2016
24
Feb'16
GE lures allies for Predix industrial internet dominance
Global manufacturer GE has established a partner programme for its Predix platform to drive the value of analytics across the industrial internet
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February 24, 2016
24
Feb'16
Mapping technology turning Depok in Indonesia into smart city
Depok in Indonesia is using mapping technology to support its smart city ambitions
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February 17, 2016
17
Feb'16
Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges
As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks
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February 17, 2016
17
Feb'16
New optical receiver technology could slash the cost of FTTP
A team of researchers at University College London has developed a new design of optical receiver that they claim could dramatically reduce the costs of deploying FTTP broadband
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February 15, 2016
15
Feb'16
Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups
Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland
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February 12, 2016
12
Feb'16
Netflix is now 100% all-in on the AWS cloud
Streaming firm details the challenges it faced during seven-year push to wind down its datacentres and move everything into the AWS public cloud
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February 11, 2016
11
Feb'16
Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates
India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years
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February 10, 2016
10
Feb'16
Smart cities pointless without universal superfast broadband
Smart city deployments will not get very far, or realise effective socioeconomic benefits, if more attention is not paid to the underlying infrastructure
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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December 31, 2015
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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
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December 23, 2015
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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
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December 17, 2015
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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
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December 16, 2015
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Dec'15
Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation
Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments
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December 15, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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November 16, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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November 10, 2015
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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
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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
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October 28, 2015
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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
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October 26, 2015
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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
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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
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October 20, 2015
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Oct'15
CityFibre fills broadband connection voucher gap
CityFibre offers businesses free connections to replace government’s connection voucher scheme
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October 19, 2015
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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
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October 19, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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September 30, 2015
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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
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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