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• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  5G roll-out no guarantee of smartphone upgrade bonanza

  5G’s network success more or less guaranteed, but same can’t be said for 5G smartphones in short term as study finds only 30-40% of those in major markets such as the US, Europe and Australia likely to result in upgrade, while over 50% likely to do ...

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Public sector still losing user devices in high numbers

  The Ministry of Justice has lost 354 smartphones, PCs, laptops and tablets in the past 12 months, according to a Freedom of Information request, and other government departments are in the same boat

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Motorola enhances mobile policing workflows with next-gen Pronto

  Body-worn video and vehicle licensing data integration software designed to accelerate decision-making and evidence management for front-line officers

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  CIO interview: Ross Fullerton, CIO, London Ambulance Service

  Brought in after a major IT disaster in 2017, the CIO is now introducing technologies to speed up emergency response times and get key patient data back to doctors before arrival at A&E

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Europe in the driving seat for global smartphone market

  Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi lead the charge to drive unprecedented shipment numbers in the third quarter of 2019, says Canalys study

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Wind River teams with Dell for 5G distributed edge system

  Dell EMC teams with Wind River to form Kubernetes-based system to see use in virtual RAN (vRAN) infrastructures for 5G networks

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Apple finds good fit in wearables and services in fourth quarter

  Consumer electronics giant sees marked pivot from products to services in quarterly results

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Endpoint security is a procurement issue, says HP, IDC study

  Report warns that buyers are falling at the first hurdle on security by not including it in their endpoint RFPs and tenders

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Edge computing, 5G spur mobile mixed reality market

  Research identifies 5G networks and edge computing as two key emerging technologies that will accelerate the development of mixed reality from 2020

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  5G awareness and interest high but consumers struggle to see benefits

  The ramp-up of 5G networks would seem only a matter of time, but research suggests consumers are not yet seeing the light

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Huawei: Fresh mindset needed to speed up 5G development

  It may already enjoy pricing and technological advantages, but Huawei is calling on 5G industry to collaborate more, especially with regard to regulatory policy

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Local authorities hit by 800 cyber attacks every hour

  Local authorities and councils in the UK have reported being hit by more than 263 million cyber attacks in the first six months of this year

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Singapore Airlines extends use of VMware Workspace One

  Singapore’s national carrier is extending the use of Workspace One to more users in a move to enable its workforce to stay productive while on the go

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Macquarie to supply Apple mobile devices to Australian businesses

  Australian telco will initially focus on delivering core Apple products and business apps to mid-sized enterprises in Australia

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Huawei ‘galvanised’ by Trump ban

  Huawei has found itself caught in the crossfire of the US president’s trade war with China, but chairman Liang Hua says the firm is rising to the challenge

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  Apple design chief Jony Ive confirms company departure after nearly 30 years

  After nearly 30 years of shaping the aesthetic of Apple products, the firm's chief design officer, Jony Ive, is leaving the company

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  MPs to probe UK’s growing e-waste problem

  The parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into electronic waste and the circular economy

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Red flags missed during ESN planning process, Home Office admits

  The PAC’s latest evidence-gathering session for its inquiry into the delayed and over-budget Emergency Services Network has laid bare a number of crucial errors made over the past few years, and found the Home Office missed a number of warning signs

• May 23, 2019 23 May'19

  Paul Smith looks to tailor its back-end systems with Cegid software

  British tailor Paul Smith has been working with Cegid since 2015, but it is now considering upgrading to the provider's latest software to reduce costs and increase efficiency

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Vodafone confirms 5G network to go live in seven UK cities on 3 July 2019

  Mobile network operator claims pricing will be on a par with existing 4G network connectivity, as new research suggests business users are already prepping for the UK launch of 5G.

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Apple posts earnings decline, but sees strong take-up of iOS

  Company experiences shortfall in emerging markets and lower Mac sales, but sees the iPad Pro as a PC killer

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Government can make better use of tech to tackle loneliness

  Report produced by Vodafone urges the government to exploit the potential of technology to alleviate loneliness among older people

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Keep pace with device management with DaaS

  Adoption of device-as-a-service offerings is expected to improve as more enterprises migrate to Windows 10 over the next two years

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  Kellogg’s tests VR for developing merchandising strategy

  Breakfast food brand Kellogg’s is working with Accenture and Qualcomm to test the use of virtual reality to develop a retail strategy for the launch of new products

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Siemens connects to world’s largest UCC deployment

  German technology powerhouse Siemens AG reveals how it unified communications and collaboration for hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide

• December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18

  BT upgrades InLink street kiosks for deaf, speech-impaired people

  BT has added a next-generation text service to its InLink street kiosks to make the service more accessible to people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired

• December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18

  Quarter of all UK shopping now happens on mobile devices

  UK’s high-street spend is the lowest across Europe as mobile devices account for a growing portion of online shopping

• November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18

  Apple drops unit shipments as it posts fourth-quarter results

  As long as it is making money, why worry how may iPhones are out there, the company argues

• October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18

  SMEs use fintech in fight against online giants, but fears remain

  Online SMEs are turning to financial technology to help them make payment processes easy for customers as they try to compete with online giants

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  Finland’s e-retail sector driven by international growth

  Finland has a fast-growing e-retail industry as a positive consequence of the huge job cuts at Nokia

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, global CIO, Addison Lee

  Addison Lee’s global CIO is building a business strategy and ensuring the transport company has a flexible platform for growth

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  KT shows off 5G’s potential at Asian Games

  The South Korean telecoms bigwig is showcasing a host of 5G applications at the Asian Games in the run up to the commercial launch of its 5G network next year

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  Sweaty Betty revamps website to cater for digital customers

  Activewear brand has partnered with e-commerce firm Tryzens to launch a responsive site that is better suited to its increasingly digital customers

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei

  Apple has posted a record-breaking quarter, but its smartphones are not selling as fast. Huawei is now the second largest smartphone maker

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  BBC launches online archive for 1980s Computer Literacy Project

  Archive will enable people to read up on a 10-year project developed by the BBC in the 1980s

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  Advanced network supports new learning model at Northampton Uni

  The University of Northampton is preparing to open a new campus at a cost of £330m, and has turned to Cisco to supply an intelligent, secure network to support its innovative learning model

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 focuses on IT admins

  While it will stop those annoying taskbar InBox and social media messages, at the heart of the April 2018 Windows 10 update is an effort to simplify management

• 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

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Train leasing firm demos mobile edge computing for smart trains

  Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains is demonstrating edge computing over a wireless mesh network to make life easier for its customers’ on-board staff

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  First Direct enables customers to pay by Siri

  Customers of online bank First Direct can now use voice commands to transfer money through Apple’s digital assistant

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  People at risk of psychological side-effects of screen addiction

  Many Brits spend more than 10 hours a day attached to a screen and 60% look at two at once, research shows

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  HP Inc chief argues the case to upgrade from older, uglier PCs

  Average selling price is going up due to component price hike, but businesses and consumers must be given a reason to dump their old and ugly PCs

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud

  The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Online retail grew less than expected in 2017

  IMRG and Capgemini found retail sales grew by 12.1% in 2017, but growth was lower than in the previous year

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Skygofree Android spyware active since 2014, say researchers

  Powerful, highly advanced spyware has been targeting Android mobiles for the past four years, security researchers have discovered

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• October 16, 2017 16 Oct'17

  How technology is transforming healthcare delivery in Gulf region

  IT will transform the healthcare sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over the coming years

• October 16, 2017 16 Oct'17

  Encryption flaw leaves every Wi-Fi network in the world wide open

  A Belgian researcher has uncovered a major weakness in the WPA2 Wi-Fi security protocol that is thought to leave every Wi-Fi network in the world open to attack

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  Why embracing new technology is key to successful IT service desks

  IT was slow to support bring your own device (BYOD). Now chatbots and digitisation are rewriting IT service management best practices