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Cross Channel: How Brexit Will Impact The Channel
A week is a long time in politics, and a long time in the channel too. Find out how Brexit has been impacting the industry in our roundup from ChannelBiz
2016 Tour De France Keeps Viewers Informed With Big Data Analytics Upgrade
Dimension Data gives Tour de France 2016 greater data capture ability and analytics to keep organisers, viewers and commentators informed
KCOM Builds Cloud Ticketing And Revenue Systems For UK Railways
KCOM will build common IT systems based on AWS for train operators to manage reservations, tickets and revenue sharing
Avaya Opens Up Operating System For Approved Network Providers
Avaya's network OS can now be deployed to rival vendor's hardware as part of branded 'white box' switching move
uTorrent Hack Exposes Account Details And Passwords
Undergound data breach. Up to 35,000 user accounts on the uTorrent community forums exposed after hack
Theresa May Promises Snoopers Charter Review
Bulk data collection scrutiny - 'draconian' Investigatory Powers Bill to face independent investigation
RNLI: Network Upgrade Will Help Us Save More Lives At Sea
KCOM is upgrading RNLI's WAN to help it better serve volunteers, save lives and attract more support
Uber Offers “Treasure Map” For Friendly Hackers To Locate Bugs
X marks the spot. Transportation firm offers “treasure map” of computer system for hackers to find vulnerabilities
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Touts Network on Demand Service
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise joins rivals in offering pay-per-use for networking services for businesses
TalkTalk Drops Passwords For Voice Recognition After Hack
Post hack, TalkTalk allows customers to access their accounts via voice recognition technology
Google’s Europe Boss Fails To Answer MPs Over Salary
Google tax avoidance controversy continues after UK boss tells MPs he does not to know his salary
MPs Slam Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
Committee of MPs adds to criticism of the Snoopers' Charter, saying it is “not thought through”
Porn Filters Shunned By Most Brits
Are the Brits a nation of porn lovers? Communication regulator points to poor takeup of smut filters
Majority Of Local Councils Now ‘Share Services’
Tight budgets sees almost all local councils in the UK sharing services including IT and other services
Motorola Solutions Acquires Airwave For £817m
British firm's acquisition welcomed by trade union as Motorola spends close to a £1bn for Airwave
Government E-borders Spend Slammed By Auditors
Troubled e-borders scheme has so far wasted £830 million of tax payers money, National Audit Office warns
Police Arrest Welsh Youth For TalkTalk Hack Blackmail
Arrests just keep coming as another youngster is arrested for last month’s damaging cyberattack
ATP Wants Technology To Expand Reach Of Tennis
ATP World Tour Finals shows off early stages of new technology partnership with Infosys, which is hoped will grow the sport
Prison Phone Provider Securus Suffers Massive Hack
Significant hack of Securus comprimises over 70 million records of prison phone calls
TalkTalk Admits 157,000 Customer Details Were Hacked
Hack compromised the details of 'only' 157,000 customers, not four million as originally thought
Sierra Wireless IoT Platform Gains Industrial Converts
Customer wins for Sierra Wireless Acceleration platform reveals IoT need among large industrial players
UK Public Sector Is Falling For The Public Cloud
Majority of public sector organisations use public cloud services, even if not officially signed off by IT department
Porn Clampdown By Government Questioned
Plan to stop kids accessing smut ignores the fact that most porn websites are hosted outside the UK
Samsung, Red Hat Team Up For Enterprise Mobility Push
Samsung and Red Hat alliance follows similar move by Apple and IBM for mobile enterprise solutions
IT Life: From Science Fiction To Science Fact
Sean McAvan, managing director at NaviSite Europe, a provider of managed hosting solutions and app services, swerved a life of science fiction writing to make a real technological difference
EU Reveals Ambitious Plan For Digital Single Market
Europe unveils its plan to tackle American domination of the digital world, but will it work?
How Formula One Is Becoming A ‘Technology Race’
Red Bull’s Al Peasland tells TechWeekEurope how much new developments are helping further Formula One
Google Nearline Offers Cheap Cloud Storage For Businesses
Another potential blow for storage server sales? Google touts cheap long-term cloud storage option for companies
How Retailers Can Run Internal Tech As Smoothly As Customer-facing Tech
Paul Cash, MD at cloud services management firm, Fruition Partners UK, examines self-service support and wonders if internal IT consumers deserve the same standards of service as shoppers