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At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, key device suppliers have been quick to roll out their flagship devices, with an emphasis on virtual reality

The number of 4G mobile connections worldwide has passed the one billion mark, according to the GSMA

Fishermen in the Philippines are using smartphones and apps to help conservationists protect an endangered species

UK firms are operating from a reactive security posture and tending to symptoms, rather than causes, and yet still believe they can detect threats faster than the industry average

IBM has released over 40 thousand lines of Blockchain code to help developers build ledgers for the distributed technology that underpins Bitcoin

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, auto supplier Ford expands its Smart Mobility programme and launches a connected vehicle

Local government organisations in the north of England are failing to support local IT SME companies with supply contracts

Callaway dumps hybrid legacy VMAX for 60TB of all-flash EMC XtremIO, and says massive performance gains means no more backup headaches

Decryption and inspection strategies are necessities, with nearly 65% of all internet traffic encrypted, says the latest threat report from Dell Security

The Financial Times hires Cait O’Riordan as its chief product and information officer, replacing former CIO Christina Scott

Arista Networks expects sales of its new 25/50 Gigabit Ethernet switches to pick up this year after a slow start.

Dutch water company Brabant Water wants to use data to improve the service it provides to customers, as well as identify problems on its distribution network

Almost 90 teenage girls visited the Network Rail offices to take part in the second round of the Stem careers event to win work experience

Eight out of ten customers would like to start collecting loyalty points from retailers through their mobile devices

Consumer behaviour seems to be the primary cause of faulty mobile devices, reports Blancco Technology Group

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Mobile World Congress he sympathised with Apple's battle with the FBI over unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone

Cyber attackers shifted away from automated exploits in 2015 and instead tricked people into doing the dirty work, Proofpoint researchers found

At Mobile World Congress, the GSMA has partnered with a number of operators to connect millions more women in emerging economies

CGI develops a proof of concept for a system that would use huge volumes of data from weather forecasting supercomputers to help insurance companies plan ahead

MasterCard rolls out fingerprint and facial recognition identification technology for online payments following a successful Dutch pilot

The CEOs of BT Group, Cisco, IBM and Vodafone put their names to the prime minister’s campaign to stay in Europe

Samsung Pay is being used by around five million people in the US and South Korea, with China being the next step in its global launch

The European Commission’s 5G Public-Private Partnership has set out its vision of how 5G will empower vertical industries in Europe

Citrix and F5 Networks have each launched a mobile ADC that helps carriers manage growing wireless data traffic.

ScienceLogic, a maker of IT monitoring tools, has launched a channel program, as it looks to increase its business in the value-added reseller market segment.

The competition is on for 5G wireless dominance at Mobile World Congress as carriers beef up their fiber networks a la Verizon's XO deal, and AT&T rolls out landline texting.

Nimble Storage – until now solely a provider of hybrid flash arrays – has added the AF series of all-flash arrays to its portfolio

Child social media monitoring service uKnowKids has run into criticism for its response to a report of a vulnerability in one of its databases

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children is looking for an electronic patient record system and a clinical research platform worth £50m

Companies use analytics apps to derive meaningful data insights, but survey results indicate they are discontented with their BI tools. Can Salesforce Analytics Cloud fill the void?

Business secretary Sajid Javid announces a review to improve business access to affordable, high-speed broadband

UK businesses and police are getting better at building cyber capabilities, but there is still work to be done, according to the deputy head of the Met Police's Falcon unit

Many of the security defences that companies invest in are blind to encrypted traffic and untrustworthy digital certificates, a study reveals

Research from real estate advisory organisation CBRE shows demand for colocation space in London continues to grow, outstripping Amsterdam

The need for interoperability will lead to rival internet of things (IoT) standards and ecosystems – which could put the brake on adoption

Cybersecurity company Nexusguard said it implemented SDN technology to fight large DDoS attacks -- automating routing decisions and scaling network resources.

Telecoms regulator Ofcom wants to stimulate building of fibre broadband direct to homes and premises, but will not split up BT - yet

More than half of UK organisations say they expect to be the victim of cyber crime in the next two years, suggesting it will become the UK’s largest economic crime, says a PwC report

An essential part of information security is identifying and managing the risks, experts tell the European Information Security Summit 2016

Police technology is “weak and aging”, says Her Majesty’s chief inspector of constabulary Thomas Windsor, calling on forces to improve their IT

Security researcher shows how hackers can hijack a vehicle’s heating and air-conditioning systems, identify owners and spy on journeys

HP Inc reports a big drop in revenues, and the CEO predicts some difficult quarters to come

Israeli high-tech startup companies visit London in search of venture capital and angel investors

At the 2016 Everywoman in Technology forum, speakers taught women in IT how to stand out from the crowd, when authenticity matters and how to have confidence

Nissan suspends its electric car app after a researcher went public about a security flaw that could enable attackers to take control of heating systems

A survey reveals that a majority of UK citizens support government surveillance for national security as Apple attempts to rally public support in its row with the FBI over encryption

Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has highlighted the potential of public sector data science expertise in Cardiff and Newport

CEOs staying informed on current cyber security risks has a positive impact in the boardroom and beyond, according to certification and accreditation organisation APMG

Search giant Google says an overhaul of traditional 3.5in disks could lower the total cost of ownership and improve infrastructure performance

People in London are the most likely to manage their finances using a smartphone, according to a survey of consumers in England and Wales

Verizon has rolled out a managed SD-WAN service using technology from startup Viptela, in addition to a similar service using Cisco IWAN, which it introduced last year.

After Ofcom's decision to leave Openreach in BT, what happens next – and how will the UK reap the benefits of superfast broadband?

SDN pioneer Martin Casado is leaving VMware, and analysts say the departure is unlikely to affect VMware's SDN tech strategy.

In the world of SDN, Layers 2 and 3 tend to take all the glory. But Fiber Mountain's Glass Core architecture puts the focus on the physical layer for the first time.

Introduced at Mobile World Congress, the latest Cisco NFV technology is an all-in-one package of computing, storage and networking infrastructure.

Workspace as a service vendor nGenx expanded its MSP channel through a new partnership with the TeamLogic IT franchise; more IT channel news from the week.

SDN bloggers consider the need for standard network models, why simplicity rules in buying decisions and how automation cut a five-week configuration project to four minutes.