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• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  Mobile data traffic in ASEAN, Oceania to grow 11-fold by 2022

  The expansion of 4G and IoT networks in ASEAN and Oceania will lead to a data deluge and drive cellular subscriptions to new levels

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Islamic State supporters shun Tails and Tor encryption for Telegram

  Confidential communications show terror group’s supporters are turning to simple mobile phone messaging apps to exchange messages and distribute propaganda

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Smart farming, IoT only way to feed growing population, says Beecham report

  A report from IoT sector analyst Beecham says the agricultural industry will need to embrace smart farming methodologies to support the growing human population

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  British Airways IT glitch caused by human error, says IAG CEO

  Airline’s datacentre power failure was caused by an engineer accidentally switching the power off and on again, says parent company

• June 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  Telefónica increases use of renewable energy to fight climate change

  Telecoms operator behind UK’s O2 mobile network doubles down on existing commitments to renewable energy sources in the fight against climate change

• May 30, 2017 30 May'17

  ICC brings drones, smart bats and virtual reality to international cricket

  International Cricket Council teams up with Intel to transform the cricketing experience for fans and players with drones, smart connected bats and virtual reality

• May 25, 2017 25 May'17

  Aggreko powers predictive maintenance with Azure machine learning

  Temporary power company moves from reactive to proactive, and now predictive maintenance

• May 24, 2017 24 May'17

  Singapore government to spend S$2.4bn on technology initiatives

  Funding will go towards building a national sensor platform, boosting the government’s cyber security capabilities and driving the use of robots

• May 22, 2017 22 May'17

  Dutch railway uses IoT to reduce people jams

  Railway stations in The Netherlands are monitoring the movement of travellers to manage traffic flow and reduce people jams

• May 19, 2017 19 May'17

  Manx Telecom streamlines its business with VMware NFV

  After deploying an NFV platform to replace its IMS service, Isle of Man-based telco has seen substantial improvements to its business agility and processes

• May 19, 2017 19 May'17

  Command and control communications key to detecting threats

  Malware command and control (C&C) communications are key to detecting advanced threats, according to a security researcher

• May 18, 2017 18 May'17

  Conservative Party manifesto promises to ‘face up to fast-changing technology’

  Tories aim to create a digital charter, continuing a “digital by default” government and a dynamic digital economy

• May 18, 2017 18 May'17

  Analytics, automation and AI critical to Cisco’s growth

  Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has been talking about the criticality of analytics and automation technology to the enterprise network

• May 15, 2017 15 May'17

  Manchester trams halted by communications failure

  A communications systems fault at Transport for Greater Manchester halted Metrolink tram services across the city on Sunday 14 May

• May 11, 2017 11 May'17

  Cisco adds AI to Spark collaboration platform with MindMeld buy

  Cisco plans to use MindMeld’s AI platform to enhance its Spark platform and other enterprise collaboration solutions

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking

  At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future

• May 08, 2017 08 May'17

  HPE ramps up investments in Singapore

  Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Testing is key to IoT security, says researcher

  Building an effective testing process across all elements associated with a product is key to securing the internet of things, according to a researcher in the field

• May 03, 2017 03 May'17

  Mayor of London seeks chief digital officer

  Capital’s first-ever chief digital officer will oversee the digital transformation of public services across London

• May 02, 2017 02 May'17

  Cisco buys SDN business Viptela

  Cisco says its acquisition of supplier Viptela will enhance its own SDN functionality

• April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17

  Motorola brings big data digital evidence service to UK police forces

  Motorola is launching a digital evidence management service to UK police forces, backed off into AWS cloud infrastructure

• April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17

  Consortium hopes to drive autonomous car from London to Oxford

  The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has awarded an £8.6m grant to back a consortium attempting the UK’s first Level 4 autonomous vehicle test run, to take place within the next two-and-a-half years

• April 21, 2017 21 Apr'17

  PAC concerned Emergency Services Network will be undeliverable

  The new Emergency Services Network could be delayed until September 2020, which could lead to the country being without the service for six months as a post-March 2020 extension of the current contract may not be possible

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  Skype most popular communication channel for cyber criminals

  The cyber criminal network is truly global and collaborative, making use of popular messaging services, a study has revealed

• April 18, 2017 18 Apr'17

  Kone brings elevator maintenance online with IBM Watson and Salesforce

  Lift manufacturer is using sensors and artificial intelligence to support its maintenance staff

• April 07, 2017 07 Apr'17

  Interview: Dave Perry, chief technology officer, DVLA

  DVLA’s CTO talks about the agency’s plans to become a hub for digital motoring, the importance of culture, and moving away from legacy IT

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Telenor launches IoT pilot in Norway

  Telenor is opening up its IoT infrastructure in Norway to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop IoT products and services

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things

  Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  New subsea cable to connect Australia and Southeast Asia

  The Indigo submarine cable will provide additional capacity to mitigate disruptions caused by fibre cuts, as well as meet the growing demand for internet services in the region

• March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17

  Singapore to shutter 2G services by April 1

  2G is making way for 3G and LTE networks in the city-state, but the legacy technology will remain in other markets with significant machine-to-machine investments

• March 27, 2017 27 Mar'17

  Ofcom scuppers BT’s ‘deemed consent’ ploy

  Telco regulator fines BT for abuse of an opt-out clause that avoids service level fines on delays to Ethernet installations

• March 26, 2017 26 Mar'17

  HPE, Tata Communications to build world’s largest IoT network

  The Lora-based network will benefit around 400 million people in India who can expect improvements in water quality and public safety

• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  Cisco unveils new Spark collaboration platform in APAC

  Spark will be the future platform for integrating all of Cisco’s collaboration technologies, according to a Cisco regional executive

• March 20, 2017 20 Mar'17

  IBM cognitive assistant to help manage and secure devices

  IBM has announced a cognitive assistant powered by IBM Watson to help businesses manage and secure endpoints, including devices making up the internet of things

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  APAC topped the world in number of cyber attacks in 2016

  The prevalent use of pirated software is one of the possible reasons for the APAC region’s poor showing in Trend Micro’s annual study on the state of cyber security

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  Digital Economy Bill amended to protect Openreach pensions

  The government introduces an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill to protect the pensions of BT employees transferring into the newly independent Openreach business

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  CIO interview: Simon McCalla, Nominet

  Nominet, the registry for more than 10 million of the UK’s internet domains, is expanding into the internet of things and internet security services

• March 13, 2017 13 Mar'17

  Vodafone brings offshore contact centre work to UK

  Mobile operator Vodafone is creating 2,100 jobs in the UK by reducing the amount of call centre work done offshore

• March 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  Paying ransomware attackers perpetuates attacks, says researcher

  Continually evolving ransomware is among the threats organisations need to factor into their cyber defences in 2017, but only once they have taken care of the basics, says Kaspersky Lab researcher

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Birmingham Airport uses sensor tracking to reduce queue times

  Birmingham Airport has installed Wi-FI and Bluetooth sensors to gather valuable information on how long travellers are taking to move through the immigration process at the UK Border

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Case study: Tamer Group boosts bandwidth and network connectivity

  Saudi Arabian firm chooses point-to-point wireless to ensure it provides the connectivity required for a fast-growing business

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Centrica eliminates more than 20 IT systems after replacing SAP with cloud HR technology

  Energy and services company claims major savings in IT costs after moving its HR services to the cloud

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  Thorough network upgrade underpins University of Law’s IT

  Legal education specialist the University of Law has undertaken a multi-million pound future IT project to refresh its networks, Wi-Fi and datacentre infrastructures across multiple locations

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  UK sailing team picks BT to help beat Oracle at America’s Cup

  BT is to supply a 4G wireless and fixed network to support the Land Rover BAR America’s Cup team, led by Olympian Ben Ainslie, in its bid to win the 35th America’s Cup

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  MWC 2017: Barcelona trial uses IoT and big data to manage tourists

  Barcelona, the host city for Mobile World Congress, has been demonstrating its use of the internet of things and big data to help manage visitors to Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Citizen Love: the story of an ordinary family's fight with the US government

  Finnish documentary makers Raimo Uunila and Lauri Danska tell the behind-the-scenes story of activist Lauri Love’s battle with the US government – and the impact of the case on his family

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  ASEAN’s first nationwide IoT network debuts in Singapore

  Sigfox-based IoT network now covers 95% of Singapore, meaning enterprises can connect devices to the network nationwide

• February 23, 2017 23 Feb'17

  BDUK head Chris Townsend to step down

  Government executive Chris Townsend, who oversees the DCMS-run BDUK rural broadband programme, is to step down in April

• February 14, 2017 14 Feb'17

  Major DDoS attacks see huge increase, says Akamai

  Akamai’s State of the Internet/Security Report for the fourth quarter of 2016 finds that distributed denial of service attacks larger than 100Gbps are rapidly increasing as more IoT devices are compromised

• February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17

  Autodata turns to big data to predict vehicle failures

  Vehicle data company sees 30% jump in revenue after moving to open source software and opening its data to garages, insurers and parts companies