NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is monitoring COPD patients with wearables
William Edwards is chief information officer and Director of eHealth at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), which is the largest NHS organisati…
How should the IT sector respond to the US-China trade war?
Geopolitical events are causing significant consternation across the IT sector, but with some careful planning and burden sharing, key industry pla…
Government can’t clearly say what £1.9bn security strategy will achieve, warn MPs
The Cabinet Office has come under fire for failing to clearly articulate what the £1.9bn National Cyber Security Strategy will have achieved by the…
Infosec 2019: former Lloyd’s of London chief says cyber is now top business risk
Cyber attacks pose one of the greatest threats to businesses today and should be considered in the same category as geopolitical uncertainty and cl…
How much will 5G cost consumers?
With both Swisscom and Sunrise having already launched commercial mobile 5G services in Switzerland and BT having done so in the UK, the question o…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (4/6/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. Every week, in partnership with the data …
The premise of “zero trust” has become an essential part of modern security
Telstra recently published its 2019 security report, which is aimed at helping businesses better understand and respond to cybersecurity threats. T…
UK’s £13.5m cyber accelerator unveils latest cohort of scale-up businesses
One of the UK’s largest cyber security accelerators, the London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA), has named the next 15 sca…
Donald Trump urges caution over UK’s relationship with Huawei
Donald Trump has urged the UK to be “very careful” in its approach to the Chinese tech giant Huawei given the sensitivity of Britain…
Why network operators are embedding antennae in street lights
Why are mobile network operators in England and Switzerland crawling into the sewer? It’s one of many creative alternatives they’re finding to erec…
US Justice Department “preparing to launch” Google antitrust probe
The United States Justice Department is preparing to launch an antitrust investigation into Google, the Wall Street Journal has reported. A report …
Nearly half of UK workers would leak sensitive data for the right price
Nearly half of British workers would be willing to sell corporate data to external parties and one in four would do so for just £1,000, new researc…
Why Nvidia is well-placed to lead the fast-growing gaming chip market
Back in March, Google declared that “the future of gaming is not a box – it’s a place” as it unveiled a new Stadia service which …
Hackers target university defence research
British universities are facing a barrage of cyber attacks as hackers attempt to steal government-funded scientific, medical and defence research. …
WhatsApp and Apple hit back at GCHQ proposals to snoop on encrypted chats
Several of the world’s largest technology companies have warned that British proposals to provide law enforcement agencies with access to enc…
Alphabet, SAP and Ocado are tipped to dominate the industrial automation sector
The world of industrial automation is being driven by improvements in, as well as a reduction in, the cost of connectivity and advances in artifici…
Walmart appoints former Amazon and Microsoft exec as CTO
Walmart has appointed Suresh Kumar, a former employee of Amazon, Microsoft and IBM, as its first chief technology and development officer. In the r…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (29/5/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. Every week, in partnership with the data …
How broadband-based communications could save lives
For decades various land mobile radio systems have been the centrepiece of the critical communications world. While the technology is simple, it is…
Huawei founder downplays threat of Chinese retaliation against Apple
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has rejected calls for China to issue sanctions against Apple in light of American trade restrictions on his company. T…
Most security workers have considered quitting over lack of resources
Seven out of 10 cyber security workers have considered quitting their jobs because they do not have enough staff or tech in place to stem the tide …
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