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April 30, 2018
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Apr'18
Over a million homes can now access FTTP, says Ofcom
Access to viable broadband services continues to improve across the UK, according to Ofcom
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April 27, 2018
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Apr'18
Government given six months to rewrite snoopers’ charter
The government has until 1 November 2018 to rewrite a key section of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, after the high court declared them unlawful in a judicial review brought by human rights group Liberty
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April 27, 2018
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Apr'18
BT risks ‘fading away’ in full-fibre future, says Ofcom CEO
BT risks being consigned to the dustbin of failed tech companies if it messes up the transition to full-fibre broadband networks, says Ofcom CEO Sharon White
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Facebook posts strong first quarter despite privacy scandal
The data exploitation scandal that hit Facebook has not yet had an adverse impact on advertising revenues or user activity, according to first quarter financial results
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
TSB banking service tech problems continue
TSB customers are still experiencing problems using online and mobile banking services after almost a week of disruption
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April 26, 2018
26
Apr'18
SuiteWorld 2018: Hiring people is about more than just ability, says Rachel Zoe
NetSuite customer, fashion designer and CEO of Rachel Zoe explains that part of entrepreneurship is hiring people who fill the gaps you leave behind, and that in doing so passion can be more important than ability
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April 26, 2018
26
Apr'18
EC calls on online platforms to develop common code of practice to tackle ‘disinformation’
The European Commission says online platforms such as social media and video sites, have not done enough to tackle unethical use, and calls on them “to decisively step up their efforts to tackle online disinformation”
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Digital economy research projects to get funding
Research projects aimed at building trust, privacy and security in the use of personal data and digital technologies are to receive funding
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Malaysia’s Supahands finds agility with the cloud
Regional workforce crowdsourcing startup relies on the cloud to keep its infrastructure agile enough to scale up and down, according to customer demand
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Stoke-on-Trent websites found to be most leaky ahead of GDPR
The majority of websites in the UK could be prone to cyber attacks, a security scan across 135,035 sites has revealed
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April 25, 2018
25
Apr'18
TSB IT meltdown has the makings of an epic
TSB’s very public IT problems will send shivers down the spine of IT teams at large banks that are yet to migrate to new core banking systems
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
Full-fibre broadband specialist CityFibre acquired for £538m
Full-fibre broadband specialist CityFibre is to be bought by a Goldman Sachs-backed consortium as it seeks more cash to fulfil its expansion plans
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
Google hails positive economic impact of US datacentre growth
Google claims the expansion of its datacentre portfolio in recent years has generated thousands of jobs and seen it contribute billions of dollars to the US economy
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
Telcos see multiple paths to internet of things revenue
A report from Ericsson has revealed that telecoms operators are testing out multiple routes to monetising the IoT
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
Vodafone CityFibre broadband venture gathers pace
Residents of four more cities – Coventry, Edinburgh, Huddersfield and Stirling – will be hooked up to the ultrafast full-fibre broadband service in the coming months
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education
Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
Community Fibre gets £25m to fund broadband in London
Broadband supplier receives backing from the National Digital Infrastructure Fund to bring full-fibre services to 100,000 more properties across London
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
Estonia’s digital residency programme faces first headwind
The Baltic country’s programme to offer anyone, anywhere a chance to run a company online is facing its first crisis
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
CIO interview: Richard Tallboy, CIO, Wagamama
Richard Tallboy, CIO of pan-Asian restaurant chain Wagamama, explains why the firm adopted “pay by walking out” technology
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
Twilio offers IoT developers programmable mobile connectivity
Developers of internet of things applications and devices will be able to use the Twilio Programmable Wireless mobile communications platform to build mobile connectivity into their services
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Russian energy giant makes digital tech adoption a priority
Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom Neft is exploring the use of the latest digital technologies across its entire business
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Elastifile adds NAS file access storage to Google Cloud Launcher
Israeli startup Elastifile launches NFS file access service in the Google cloud to provide hybrid cloud distributed file system functionality with the speed of flash
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April 16, 2018
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Apr'18
Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals
Fintech job vacancies are growing, while less are being advertised in traditional banking sector companies
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April 13, 2018
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Apr'18
EU-US data sharing under threat as Irish court refers Facebook case to Europe
The Irish High Court is seeking answers from the European Court of Justice in a case that could have huge implications for EU-US data sharing and raises questions about US government surveillance of EU citizens. The move could bring a five-year ...
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April 12, 2018
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Apr'18
Machine learning is the new normal: AWS
Cloud supplier AWS wants to put machine learning capabilities into the hands of more people in the nascent market for cloud-based AI services
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April 11, 2018
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Apr'18
Tesco online grocery sales up 5.1%
After ninth consecutive quarter of growth, CEO says supermarket chain is “on track to deliver our medium-term ambitions”
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April 10, 2018
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Apr'18
PayPal is latest tech giant to eye traditional banking
PayPal set to launch launch traditional retail banking services in the first half of this year
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April 05, 2018
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Apr'18
IR35 reforms: Calls for inquiry into pre-launch tests of HMRC IR35 assessment tool
HM Revenue & Customs hits back at contractors who claim it failed to test its online IR35 status assessment tool rigorously enough in the run-up to its launch in March 2017, as calls for an inquiry into its dev and test procedures grow
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April 04, 2018
04
Apr'18
LGA proposes full-fibre broadband kitemark for homebuyers
The Local Government Association has urged housing developers to adopt proposals for a fibre-to-the-premises broadband kitemark for new-build homes in rural areas
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April 04, 2018
04
Apr'18
AWS expands edge computing service to Singapore
Amazon’s Snowball Edge strengthens its support for hybrid use cases in a fast-growing market for the internet of things and hybrid IT
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April 03, 2018
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Apr'18
Future of internet regulation is focus of Lords inquiry
Inquiry will seek evidence on whether or not the law is up to the job of regulating online platforms such as Facebook, and what improvements can be made
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March 28, 2018
28
Mar'18
Consumer group calls for Zuckerberg to step down after data misuse
A social media firm's value is in the size of the network of users it can offer advertisers. But this model is now under the spotlight
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March 28, 2018
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Mar'18
Arm and Nvidia collaborate on internet of things intelligence
A collaboration between Arm and Nvidia looks to provide deep learning and artificial intelligence on internet-connected devices
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March 28, 2018
28
Mar'18
Government sets deadline for affordable 10Mbps broadband
Ofcom set the task of implementing the rules that ensure everyone in the UK can access affordable high-speed broadband by 2020
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
Case study: Berkshire NHS trust provides mental health support through social network
Berkshire NHS is using its Support Hope and Recovery Online Network to provide 24/7 support and advice to service users struggling with mental health issues
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
Arsenal uses Innovation Lab accelerator to improve worldwide fan experience
Arsenal’s Innovation Lab programme has enabled collaboration with “world-class” startups to offer the best experience for fans in the future, says the club’s IT director
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams
Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”
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March 24, 2018
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Mar'18
Government must improve quality and awareness of childcare website, say MPs
Treasury Committee says government should launch websites only when they can cope with the expected workload, after childcare website was down for 160 hours last summer
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March 23, 2018
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Mar'18
European insurtech growth dwarfs US
Europe is seeing rapid growth in its insurtech as investors pump hundreds of millions into the sector
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March 23, 2018
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Mar'18
Scottish village rolls out FTTP broadband at half normal cost
Residents of the remote village of Balquhidder in Stirlingshire have banded together to roll out a full-fibre broadband network at just half the cost of a normal fibre network build
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March 22, 2018
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Mar'18
Canadian broadband expertise speeds Gigaclear fibre dig
Rural broadband provider Gigaclear has enlisted Canadian firm Lite Access Technology to assist in the roll-out of full-fibre services to 10,000 properties in Oxfordshire
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March 22, 2018
22
Mar'18
CityFibre consumer broadband collaboration hits Peterborough
CityFibre is returning to one of its earliest Gigabit City projects with Vodafone in tow to upgrade thousands of homes in Peterborough to gigabit-capable full-fibre broadband
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March 22, 2018
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Mar'18
Fintechs weigh up their partnership options
Fintechs need to consider what type of companies they should work with to make the most of open banking regulations
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
HPE pushes prescriptive AI for industrial applications
Predicting when a machine will fail is one thing, but HPE hopes its artificial intelligence service will help businesses augment their maintenance programmes
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
Nodeum adds clouds to boost tape-to-hybrid-cloud platform
Belgian startup’s Linux-based storage environment now stretches from on-premise disk, LTFS tape and NAS to hybrid cloud working via AWS and Azure public clouds, with more planned
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
RBS said to be setting up its own digital bank
Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly setting up a standalone digital bank to take advantage of changing customer habits
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
Danish government launches business-focused national digital strategy
Denmark’s government has launched a plan to get more small businesses into the digital economy as it targets being a leader in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Case study: Stationery firm gets things moving with FTTP broadband voucher
Nuco, a Midlands-based supplier of paper and stationery products, has improved its business agility and is moving its IT into the cloud thanks to the government’s full-fibre broadband connection voucher scheme
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Ofcom opens 5G spectrum auction
Ofcom has opened the bidding in the auction of spectrum to support 4G and 5G mobile networks
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Maplin in administration: Internet connectivity issues hit in-store card payments
Internet issues at beleaguered high-street electronics retailer Maplin cause trouble at the tills in stores across the UK