Gartner says IoT will be incorporated in half of all new business processes by 2020, but fears still persist
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Samsung Confirms It’s Making The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Chip
Super-powered smartphones will be powered by new Qualcomm chipset from later this year
Anonymous DDoS Attack Targets Nissan
Nissan suspends main websites after Anonymous targets Japanese carmaker over hunting of whales and dolphins
Ericsson And Huawei Extend Patent Sharing Agreement
Ericsson and Huawei will cross licence patents essential to wireless communication, including LTE
AMD Launches 64-Bit ARM Chip For Data Centres
Opteron A1100 SoC series is a "key milestone" for establishing ARM in the data centre, says AMD
EMC CTO: Dell Takeover Will Drive Innovation, Not Hinder It
The costly acquisition of EMC will drive innovation insists Dell's CTO, after venture capitalist expresses doubts
Gigaclear Gets £18m EU Loan To Expand Rural Fibre Coverage
Gigaclear will use money to reach at least another 40,000 properties in 2016
UK Online Spending Hits Record High In 2015
Black Friday and m-commerce help push online sales to £114bn over 2015
Mozilla Discontinues Persona Password Security Service
Two years after giving it up to be a community project, Mozilla is now shutting its Persona Web authentication operations down entirely, due to low adoption
London’s Contactless TfL Journeys Top 1m A Day For The First Time
Contactless also now makes up a quarter of all pay-as-you-go transactions across the TFL network, Visa study finds
Cisco Launches Cloud Monitoring Software
Cisco SaaS shadow IT snooper will track down which unsolicited cloud services employees are using
Clean Clothes A Data Loss Risk As 22,000 USB Sticks Lost At Dry Cleaners In 2015
More than 22,000 USB sticks and mobile phones forgotten as security precautions get taken to the cleaners
Yandex Data Centres To Supply Hot Water To Finnish City
The city of Mäntsälä looks to reduce C02 emissions by up to 40 percent by heating its water with Russian data centres
Seagate Fires Back At HGST With 10TB Helium Hard Drive For Data Centres
Seagate catches up with the helium competition with announcement of data centre helium hard drive that incorporates seven platters and 14 heads
CityFibre Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Bristol
CityFibre picks Bristol as first location for expansion following £90m KCOM fibre acquisition
IT Life: NetSuite Asks ‘Why Not Cloud?’
Mark Woodhams, EMEA MD for NetSuite, talks us through cloud, Bill Gates, and Apple fandom
Trend Micro Patches Password-Leaking Software Flaw
Google security researcher reveals vulnerability in Trend Micro security software
Companies Prepared To Pay Up £690,000 Ransom To Avoid Cyberattack
Are you nuts? Nearly a quarter of companies willing to pay ransom to prevent cyber attack, new survey reveals
Police Arrest Member Of Cyber Extortionists DD4BC
Scotland Yard involved in European raids and arrest of key member of DDoS extortionist gang DD4BC
The Connected Aircraft Readies For Takeoff
Carl Esposito from Honeywell Aerospace tells us about some of the latest advances in the connected aircraft sector
Qualcomm And TDK Create £2bn Wireless Joint Venture
Qualcomm and TDK will work on wireless technology for mobile devices, IoT and drones, with new joint-venture to create RF components
Amazon Web Services Announces Canadian Region
AWS will launch a cloud region in Canada in 2016, powered almost entirely by renewable hydro power
Google Self-Driving Car Report Reveals 13 ‘Near-Misses’
Plenty of near-misses and mechanical failures recorded, but nearly 425,000 miles of testing completed by Google vehicles
Microsoft Delivers Final Patch Tuesday For Windows 8
Older versions of Internet Explorer and Windows 8 OS receive their last ever Patch Tuesday update
European Court Rules Employers Can Monitor Your Private Messages
European Court of Human Rights says reading messages sent at work is permitted for employers
Vodafone Wins £75m Deal To Connect Scottish Power To Smart Grid
Vodafone will help Scottish Power monitor faults and direct investment while implementing smart grid technologies
LG Ramps Up Solar Panel Production
Electronics giant is going green with six more solar panel production lines planned
Google Creates Virtual Reality Business
Former Google apps and Cardboard head Clay Bavor to run new specialised VR division
Quarter Of Smartphone Users To Abandon Calls In 2016 As VR Becomes $1bn Market
Deloitte's crystal ball predicts strong growth for OTT services, VoLTE, VoWi-Fi and virtual reality, but mobile ad blockers will not be so popular
Contactless Payment For Travel Could Go Nationwide
Plans by the UK Cards Association hopes to have full payment system in place soon