SAP profit up nine percent, software licenses hit £870 million in Q2
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Virgin Media Brings Cable To 450,000 London Premises And FTTP To Barnet
Virgin Media has already connected 100,000 premises to superfast broadband as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion. Now it targets 350,000 more by 2018
IBM Claims It’s Hired 30,000 Staff As Non-Cloud Workers Get The Boot
Internal email describes massive hiring spree as IBM's "resource planning" scoops up skills for cloud and cognitive computing
Vodafone Achieves 20Gbps In 5G Tests With Huawei
Vodafone and Huawei test out 70GHz spectrum as race to develop 5G by 2020 continues
BT Broadband Outage Affects Customers Across UK
UPDATE: BT says it has fixed a power issue that caused broadband problems for 10 percent of customers
Microsoft Azure Cloud Revenue Grows 102 Percent
Azure growth offsets poor performance in PC and phone market as Microsoft ups pressure on AWS
Hootsuite Integrates Dropbox, OneDrive And Google Drive
Social media markerters and companies can now access cloud files directly from Hootsuite platform
Vodafone Offers Smart Router And Fibre Broadband To SMBs
Vodafone offers fibre to small businesses across the UK as it expands further into fixed line communications
Virgin Media To Connect Business Parks To 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media will connect thousands of firms to its network as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion
MPs: UK ‘Will Lose Influence On EU Market’ Post-Brexit
The UK has missed a chance to 'dominate' the EU's proposed Digital Single Market and will now have to play catch-up, finds a Commons committee
Hyperoptic Gets £21m EU Loan To Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network
Hyperoptic receives biggest ever UK internet loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) as it looks to expand its FTTP footprint
Yahoo Fails To Reveal Buyer, Suffers £332m Loss In Q2
Yahoo also announces £365m write-down of Tumblr
Boeing Partners With Microsoft For Azure And Cortana
Boeing buys into Cortana, AI and cloud to access big data it can use to streamline passenger experience and reduce flight delays for carriers
MPs Tell BT To Up Broadband Investment Or Face Openreach Separation
DCMS select committee says BT is not spending enough on broadband infrastructure and Openreach service levels are suffering
Ransomware Gangs ‘Willing To Bargain’
Most ransomware groups now have responsive and friendly customer-service operations, finds a study
Windows Now Running Two Versions Of Flash
Installer bug means many Windows systems must now keep two distinct versions of Flash Player up to date
IBM Reports Cloud Growth But Profits Fall 30 Percent Overall
Yet another quarterly decline as IBM closes 11 acquisitions in first six months of 2016
Why Microsoft Will Miss Its Target Of One Billion Windows 10 Devices
ANALYSIS: Microsoft admits defeat and delays 'one billion devices' goal for Windows 10, but it shouldn't be blaming its phone sales - it's PCs that's letting it down
BT Openreach Repairs And Installations At Are ‘Best Ever’ Level
Openreach CEO praises staff and network investments as BT tries to fend off calls for Ofcom to make the open access division independent
Researchers Warn Of Rio 2016 Malware As Olympic Searches Return Threats
Cybercriminals will likely target Rio 2016 as researchers warn Olympic searches are already returning threats and federation websites compromised
Teco data analytics USA 2016
Pokemon Go Hit By Possible DDoS Attack
Players suffer massive weekend outages as PoodleCorp claim responsibility for DDoS attack
NAO: HMRC Digital Shift ‘Risks Losing Confidence’
The department was 'over-optimistic' about reducing staff in the transition to digital services
Does £24bn ARM Sale End UK’s Last Hope Of Creating A Tech Giant?
ANALYSIS: ARM will stay in Cambridge and its UK workforce will double, but the UK's biggest hope for a tech titan is now lost
Ubuntu Forums Breach Affects Two Million Users
The breach resulted from an unpatched bug, Canonical admits
Chinese Consortium’s £900m Opera Takeover Fails
Chinese internet consortium's takeover bid fails to meet regulatory approval, instead picks up parts of Opera's business for £450m
Matthew Hancock Replaces Sacked Ed Vaizey As Digital Economy Minister
Cabinet reshuffle claims another victim as Ed Vaizey leaves government after six years and Matthew Hancock takes over broadband and tech policy
FakeBank Android Malware Steals Cards And Blocks Calls To Banks
A new family of malicious code aims to make it harder for users to cancel affected bank cards
British Chipmaker ARM Is Sold To Softbank For £24bn
Softbank promises to keep ARM's headquarters in Cambridge and double its headcount in the UK
AT&T Offers Simple NFV To Businesses With ‘Network On Demand’ Expansion
AT&T looks to attract more businesses to NFV by promising rapid router and firewall rollout and simpler management