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

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

Users of AWS's London-hosted T2 Micro Instances suffered capacity issues on Friday 24 March

Scale out NAS parallel file system speeds operations with client-side caching, and allows container deployment and faster self-healing volumes

UK firms need to rethink incentives to attract and retain people with cyber security skills, according to the findings of a recent global study

Ahead of Enterprise Connect 2017, RingCentral unveils a slew of updates targeting collaborative communications, including a new user interface and chatbot technology.

Consumers want retailers to implement applications that can be used in-store to offer personalisation and convenience

8x8 has launched ContactNow, a contact center service for small businesses and teams that offers contact center capabilities with a pay-as-you-go cost model.

Commentators call on security industry to do more to help businesses understand the value of data and how best to protect it

Learn five ways to reduce technical debt and the high cost of rework in Agile and DevOps software development. Five software pros share their best practices.

Indonesia, India and the Philippines are among the top 10 countries with the most number of malware infections, according to a Malwarebytes study

Three Windows users are attempting to claim $5m in damages from Microsoft for problems caused by faulty Windows 10 upgrades

Over 3,000 frontline Surrey and Sussex Police officers have been outfitted with Airwave’s Pronto e-notebook and application suite

Group legal action against Post Office relates to allegedly faulty Horizon computer system

Data science campus opens at Office for National Statistics in Newport, south Wales with “public good” mission

Professional services firm commits to increasing the number of women in its technology remit to encourage more women into the industry

Microsoft has added call management features to Skype for Business telephony. The company introduced the improved version of the cloud-based software at Enterprise Connect.

New Brocade SAN switch turns Fibre Channel into NVMe fabric for all-flash storage. The G610 device is targeted at converged infrastructure, small SANs and rack-based flash servers.

While hybrid deployments are the reality now, some unified communications vendors might disagree on the future of cloud communications and on-premises systems.

The chairman of Association of Recruitment Consultancies calls for introduction of IR35 reforms to be put on hold until numerous issues pertaining to the legislation are resolved

Avaya UC customers are in limbo with the vendor in bankruptcy. Consultants at Enterprise Connect offer Avaya bankruptcy contingency plan steps to prepare for the worst.

As prime minister Theresa May formally notifies the EU of Britain’s intention to withdraw its membership, the tech industry prepares to move into uncharted territory

Cisco unveiled at Enterprise Connect Spark hybrid video conferencing to help companies move to the cloud. The new Room Kits run off Spark or on-premises gear.

This week, bloggers look into load-balancer performance, congressional changes to ISP rules and software-defined perimeters.

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

Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?

Throughout the MSPWorld 2017 conference, speakers looked to drive home the message that MSPs must focus on security issues and protect customer data.

Changes in Denmark’s taxi legislation force transportation network company to cease its operations in the country

US president Donald Trump is expected to approve a resolution repealing planned privacy protections that will enable ISPs to sell customer browsing data

The Cloud Native Foundation conference in Berlin kicked off with a set of initiatives to take on board popular container engines from Kubernetes and Docker

The IATA calls on the American and British governments to urgently find alternatives to restricting the carry-on of laptops and tablets on Middle Eastern flights

The costs associated with cyber attacks on the financial sector are rising as organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats, research shows

France has been slow to create a strategy around the use of artificial intelligence, partly due to questions around ethics

The Southeast Asian nation of Singapore will focus on developing a national IoT communications backbone and digital ID framework over the next year

Malware-free cyber attacks are on the rise and artificial intelligence in cyber security is still far from replacing humans, according to most cyber security researchers

Belfast City Council has refitted its Waterfront conference and entertainment venue with new smart building connectivity to enhance the staff and visitor experience

Most orgainsations agree that cloud skills are important for the future, but those involved in recruitment are finding it difficult to hire talent

Although the Government Digital Service has done well to change the government’s approach to digital transformation, there is a risk that its remit is still too broad, the National Audit Office is expected to say in a report due out tomorrow

Young women from across the UK took part in cyber security event CyberFirst Girls, designed to promote girls with cyber skills and encourage them to pursue careers in technology

Unified communications users shared their successes and setbacks, with vendor consolidation as a key theme in a panel discussion at Enterprise Connect 2017.

S7 Airlines in Russia looks set to move more of its IT to the cloud after successful infrastructure-as-a-service project

Swedish transport authority has opened up its IT to ensure it provides customers with a service that suits them

A researcher claims to have found Symantec SSL API issues with extremely dangerous consequences, but a lack of evidence causes confusion.

New Oracle operating system update enables ZFS Storage Appliance to transfer file- and block-based data to Oracle Storage Cloud without an external cloud gateway.

A new ShoreTel team collaboration tool supports persistent, virtual chat workspaces for remote and mobile employees, jumping into that market offering flexible ad hoc workspaces.

National Audit Office report examines Gov.uk Verify uptake, GDS strategy changes, spending controls and collaboration with departments

Companies could be missing up to third of malware that is targeting them, according to a report by WatchGuard

Data from cyber insurance provider CFC Underwriting shows that 38% of its claims in 2016 could have been avoided through better staff education and training on cyber risks

UK startups focused on technology for insurance companies saw capital investments double last year

HMRC has begun classifying its public sector contractors as "inside IR35", prompting fears of a digital "brain drain" at the organisation

Business secretary Greg Clark launches a contest to access funding from the government’s £100m connected and autonomous vehicle funding pot

The first group of companies has completed a government-led cyber accelerator programme aimed at helping UK startups take the lead in producing the next generation of cyber security systems, with another round to be announced in 2017

The Government Digital Service has created a framework to build common skills and capability across digital, data and technology roles

Stockholm base sees 120 jobs put at risk as tech giant seeks to reduce its geographical spread

As the UK prepares to leave the EU, techUK calls on the government to ensure the tech industry will not lose vital access to digital skills

Customers can get Scality software for object storage on Cisco Unified Computing System hardware. Raw capacity tops 3 PB per six-node chassis, with Cisco sales and support.

After six months, Google's Project Zero Prize competition uncovered zero Android remote exploits: no bugs, no prizes, no entries.

SD-WAN vendor Silver Peak releases an EdgeConnect update that takes the company closer to a complete branch office networking platform.

In the scale-out NAS market, Panasas is partnering with Ingram Micro's Promark value-added distributor subsidiary to boost government and commercial channel sales.

FBI Director James Comey clearly laid out his views on strong encryption and urged more conversation, but experts say his arguments fall flat and may even be misleading.

A long search for the right hyper-converged system leads College of the Ozarks to Dell EMC VxRail due to its flash and data deduplication support.

The Treasury Committee is concerned HMRC’s new customs check system won’t be ready to go live by the time the UK leaves the EU

A renowned Google engineer calls for the IT industry to build devices capable of being defended and for enterprises to take a balance sheet approach in managing risks

Nottingham City Homes, which manages Nottingham Council’s public housing stock, has signed a supply deal with FTTP ISP Hyperoptic

Chester-based GBG has saved £300,000 in recruitment costs and seen its ‘Glassdoor’ ratings jump from 1.9 to 4.2 out of 5

Lib Dems welcome government’s apparent U-turn on seeking to restrict end-to-end encryption for popular messaging apps and online communication services

Ofcom is to cut the wholesale price that Openreach can charge other service providers for its fibre-based broadband products

NHS England’s updated five year strategy reveals mental health trusts chosen to become digital centres of excellence, launch date for NHS apps library and plans for NHS 111 online

Red teaming is set to become a key approach to ensuring cyber security controls and processes are fit for purpose and compliant with regulations, and the UK is leading the way

News roundup: HTTPS traffic has yet to surge, despite its security benefits, according to a report. Plus, the latest in the Apple extortion; a Mirai attack lasted 54 hours; and more.

A cyber executive order from the Obama era has been extended by President Trump to allow sanctions placed on cybercriminals who attack the U.S.

Security vendor SonicWall has unveiled new partner training and marketing programs that take aim at SMB cybersecurity threats; other channel news from the week.

Another set of documents from the Vault 7 CIA cache was released by WikiLeaks, but experts say the allegations of false flag attacks are unfounded and dangerous.

Messaging app developers will be offered 'three or four' legislative and non-legislative options for encryption backdoor access for EU law enforcement.