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July 22, 2024
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Jul'24
Openreach accelerates copper broadband Stop Sell
UK’s largest telco continues network transformation making full-fibre network available to more than 14 million homes and businesses, with more than four million premises currently taking a service
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July 19, 2024
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Jul'24
UK fibre forges forward, but further altnet consolidation likely
Moody's research finds UK roll-out of fibre broadband continues to progress, although take-up remains low compared with Europe
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July 19, 2024
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Jul'24
Brightspeed cuts Ribbon on network transformation
US fibre builder modernises network infrastructure using real-time comms provider’s network transformation service, with aim of efficiently managing and upgrading legacy assets while enhancing scalability and innovation
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July 18, 2024
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Jul'24
Growth in nude image sharing heightens cyber abuse risk
The normalisation of sharing self-created intimate content with others is putting great numbers of people at risk of online abuse, says Kaspersky
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July 17, 2024
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Jul'24
Viavi enhances sensing for fibre-enabled critical infrastructure
As the use of fibre optic cables increases across various industries to enable accurate, resilient monitoring while complying with security regulations, network monitoring firm unveils sensing offering for critical infrastructure systems
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July 16, 2024
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Jul'24
Cloud spend trumps AI but data, security and cost a common headache
Nasuni-sponsored survey finds cloud projects higher on the to do list than AI, but data management, security and cost reduction are common themes in all areas of investment
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July 15, 2024
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Jul'24
How Snowflake is tackling AI challenges
Snowflake’s regional leader Sanjay Deshmukh outlines how the company is helping customers to tackle the security, skills and cost challenges of AI implementations
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July 12, 2024
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Jul'24
Public awareness of ID security grows, but big obstacles remain
Consumers are improving their awareness of the issues around digital identity security, but there are still some big issues preventing many from doing better, according to an Okta report
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July 12, 2024
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Jul'24
VMO2, MS3, Brsk report gigabit gains
UK full-fibre broadband boom continues as major provider allows 20,000 more homes in Milton Keynes to gain access to 2Gbps connectivity, while leading altnets record deployment landmarks
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July 12, 2024
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Jul'24
CityFibre sees 100x speed improvement in new tech, network upgrade testing
After ‘robust’ mitigation is said to have become a critical need after rapid expansion, the UK’s largest independent network provider invests in technology to increase overall test capacity by 300%
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July 11, 2024
11
Jul'24
Wireless Broadband Alliance reveals Wi-Fi HaLow phase two
Global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services releases results of its phase two trials of real-world use cases for Wi-Fi HaLow
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July 11, 2024
11
Jul'24
Sodvin launches broadband services with XGS-PON
Trøndelag county-based utility broadband provider looks to transform residential connectivity services with increased network performance and scale for future upgrades, with high-speed 10 Gbps passive optical network
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July 10, 2024
10
Jul'24
Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience
Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon to see how tennis fans are benefiting from the latest developments in artificial intelligence
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July 09, 2024
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Jul'24
Tony’s Chocolonely gains Salesforce comfort with Own SaaS backup
Tony’s Chocolonely sometimes lost Salesforce.com data and often hit storage limits, but cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup from Own allows it to easily recover customer data and archive old data
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July 08, 2024
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Jul'24
Nokia, Google Fiber claim 50G PON first in live fibre trial in US
Tech giant’s development hub for transforming the internet experience expands relationship with comms tech provider on 50G passive optical network trial
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July 05, 2024
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Jul'24
Virgin Media adds to Yeovil gigabit broadband estate
Full-fibre broadband with top speeds of 2Gbps, up to 38 times faster than the current local average, now available to more than 20,000 additional homes in key town in country of Somerset
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July 04, 2024
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Jul'24
UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments
The Scottish biometrics commissioner has called for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based evidence sharing system is fully compliant with data protection laws
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July 03, 2024
03
Jul'24
BT tops UK fixed broadband customer experience rankings
Research from network quality of experience testing and monitoring firm pinpoints UK’s largest leading broadband provider as offering best quality of experience
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July 02, 2024
02
Jul'24
EXA Infrastructure, SOCAR Fiber plan for Red Sea route diversity
European dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider, connecting North America and Asia via the Middle East, inks deal with secure electronic communication infrastructure company for terrestrial fibre optic route
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July 01, 2024
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Jul'24
CityFibre, nexfibre gain further gigabit ground in southern England
UK’s leading independent provider makes full-fibre available to majority of homes and businesses in West Sussex county town, while growing gigabit broadband wholesaler reveals plans to deliver it to more than 15,000 premises in Buckinghamshire
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July 01, 2024
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Jul'24
Nokia to acquire Infinera in $2.3bn deal
Nokia sees acquisition of open optical networking solutions provider to increase scale in optical networks business
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June 27, 2024
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Jun'24
Neos Networks advances Oxfordshire GigaHubs project
More than 180 public service sites, from local GP practices to schools, community centres and the authority’s own IT estate, are now connected with full-fibre connectivity as part of a County Council programme
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June 26, 2024
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Jun'24
Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system
Police Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months
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June 24, 2024
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Jun'24
Macquarie Cloud debuts Australia-first hybrid offering
Macquarie Flex brings Azure services to a broader set of workloads that are not suited to run natively on public cloud
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June 21, 2024
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Jun'24
Executive interview: Open models pros and cons
We speak to Meta’s vice-president of AI research about recent publicly released research and models, and the role of closed AI models
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June 21, 2024
21
Jun'24
ICO police cloud guidance released under FOI
Long-awaited guidance from the UK data regulator on police cloud deployments highlights some potential data transfer mechanisms it thinks can clear up ongoing legal issues, but tells forces it’s up to them to decide if the measures would work
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June 19, 2024
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Jun'24
Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data
Documents show Microsoft’s lawyers admitted to Scottish policing bodies that the company cannot guarantee sensitive law enforcement data will remain in the UK, despite long-standing public claims to the contrary
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June 12, 2024
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Jun'24
NTT upgrades JUNO submarine cable
Largest trans-Pacific submarine cable system boosts network capacity to support delivery of ubiquitous high-capacity 800Gb, 400Gb and 100Gb services, claiming to hit service delivery targets as soon as it launches
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June 12, 2024
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Jun'24
Nokia maintains 25G PON momentum with HKBN and Chorus
Comms tech provider closes more deals for 25Gbps passive optical network technology with Hong Kong fibre network provider and New Zealand’s largest open-access internet infrastructure company on behalf of leading retail service provider
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June 11, 2024
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Jun'24
CDO interview: Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director, Etam
The French retailer has some catching up to do on its data strategy and digital transformation – and its new data chief has an ambitious roadmap to deliver on data science, business intelligence and artificial intelligence
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June 11, 2024
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Jun'24
Altnet full-fibre firms hit the north
Independent UK broadband providers continue programmes of network expansion to light up premises in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Humberside with gigabit connectivity
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June 10, 2024
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Jun'24
Neutral internet sites account for 70% of leading 50 US exchanges
Study reveals steady transformation over the past decade in the way networks choose to interconnect with neutral IX models operated by a neutral third party rather than by datacentre operator or carrier
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June 10, 2024
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Jun'24
Driving customer experience through cloud and AI
Autodesk’s global CIO Prakash Kota explains how the company is modernising its IT infrastructure and adopting cloud and AI to drive customer experience
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June 07, 2024
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Jun'24
DDoS gang threatens to disrupt European elections
Russian hacktivists are threatening to disrupt the European Parliament elections, while the BBC reports on new deepfake threats to the UK’s electoral process
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June 07, 2024
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Jun'24
European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market
Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains
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June 06, 2024
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Jun'24
Zoom opens immersive Experience Centre in London
Leading collaboration and communications technology firm looks to raise bar of international footprint and strengthen UK commitment with major investment
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June 05, 2024
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Jun'24
Executive interview: Richard Wazacz, CEO, Travelex
The data-savvy chief executive is rebuilding Travelex as an omnichannel, digital business after the company foundered during the pandemic
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June 04, 2024
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Jun'24
Invasive tracking ‘endemic’ on sensitive support websites
Websites set up by police, charities and universities to help people get support for sensitive issues like addiction and sexual harassment are deploying tracking technologies that harvest information without proper consent
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June 04, 2024
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Jun'24
T-Mobile bolsters connected workplace with FWA
Expanded fixed FWA offering combines Cradlepoint 5G networking solutions and T-Mobile 5G Business Internet to offer more choice to more customers
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June 04, 2024
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Jun'24
Russia used fake AI Tom Cruise in Olympic disinformation campaign
Microsoft threat researchers report a surge in Russian disinformation campaigns targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics, including AI-enhanced propaganda
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June 03, 2024
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Jun'24
Uktech50 2024: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
UKtech50 received a record-breaking 434 nominations for the 2024 list. Unfortunately, there wasn’t space for everyone in the top 50, and as you can see for yourself in this year’s longlist, it was a difficult decision for the judges
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May 30, 2024
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May'24
Ciena, Digicel, Southern Cross bring high-speed connectivity to Fiji schools
Leading optical technology provider announces the second year of its partnership with Digicel Fiji and Southern Cross to deliver high-speed connectivity for school students on Fiji
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May 29, 2024
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May'24
Nokia and Global Fiber Peru aim to close digital divide in Amazon rainforest
Subaquatic optical, IP and XGS-PON fibre broadband network brings future-proof connectivity to remote region of Peru, Colombia and Brazil in bid to reduce digital divide in 400 communities
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May 29, 2024
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May'24
How APAC organisations are taking to VMware moves
Large organisations in ANZ are looking for transformation rather than a like-for-like replacement for VMware, while those in India have already adopted a dual-supplier strategy
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May 29, 2024
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May'24
Interview: EU data chief Ulrich Ahle on obstacles to Europe’s digital single market
EU data scheme Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into Europe’s planned digital single market as opposition mounts to efforts to extend the reach of Europe’s vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains
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May 28, 2024
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May'24
Openreach claims record for broadband upgrade locations
Latest steps in UK’s leading broadband provider’s plans to go fully digital sees ultrafast full-fibre technology made available to 14 million homes
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May 22, 2024
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May'24
Virgin Media Business Wholesale connects MA5 datacentre with new fibre
Virgin Media Business Wholesale marks next phase of ongoing high bandwidth upgrade programme, setting out to deliver faster and more accurate provisioning at strategic sites throughout the UK
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May 21, 2024
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May'24
Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats
Parliamentary committee says tech companies ‘regurgitated publicly available content’ and failed to address questions raised by MPs and peers
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May 20, 2024
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May'24
BT Group pushes back digital switchover deadline
UK’s leading telco extends deadline by just over 12 months for transformation to an all-digital infrastructure, and offers dedicated support for businesses to make necessary steps
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May 20, 2024
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May'24
Red Hat CEO on OpenShift evolution and AI moves
Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks talks up how OpenShift AI and RHEL AI can work together to lower the cost of training and inferencing to drive AI adoption and the company’s traction with customers looking to move away from VMware