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14 Dec
The last stand for net neutrality?
The battle cry to “save the Internet” has emerged as activist groups protest the FCC’s “Order to Restore Internet Freedom,” which went into effect in June 2018, eliminating most net neutrality regulations.
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13 Dec
Amazon re:Invent 2018 points to a future of platforms, not products
At its annual re:Invent 2018 conference, Amazon Web Services rolled out a blinding number of micro-specialised solutions, marking a fundamental shift away from monolithic, best of breed applications in favour of best of need capabilities.
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11 Dec
Huawei CFO arrest: competitors set to take advantage
Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest provider of telecom infrastructure and second largest handset manufacturer behind Samsung, faces the biggest challenge of its 30-year history with the detention of its CFO, Meng Wanzhou, by Canadian authorities in December.
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3 Dec
Can a Netflix-style service for live sports exist?
Live sports are an essential part of any Pay-TV package, and are one of the key reasons why many haven’t yet cut the cord and gone exclusively OTT.
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29 Nov
Google enterprise cloud play is incomplete as CEO steps down
Diane Greene led the Google Cloud enterprise charge, helping the provider make up lost ground with an ambitious agenda that included major customer acquisitions, investments in AI, and new strategic partnerships. But for all of Google’s forward momentum, the provider still hasn’t close the gap with IaaS leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
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22 Nov
Deutsche Telekom in trouble over net neutrality, again
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, and in the case of European net neutrality regulation, it appears carriers and regulators will be at legislative odds for several years to come.
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19 Nov
The blockchain revolution is on hold for now
If blockchain is such a good idea, why hasn’t the enterprise IT industry already put it to work at scale?
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19 Nov
In an era of expensive phones, US carrier Sprint is slashing device prices
Flagship smartphones are getting increasingly expensive in the United States and across the world.
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8 Nov
Millennials are in the workplace and culture matters now more then ever
Creating and maintaining an effective culture takes hard work and attention, so why then does senior management spend so little time managing it and improving it?
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7 Nov
Economic value of Wi-Fi almost $2 trillion – why does it matter
A new study pegs the global economic value of Wi-Fi at nearly $2 trillion, on par with tech giants Apple and Amazon.
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5 Nov
Post Red Hat buy IBM faces the daunting challenge of merging two vastly different companies
While the IBM buy of open-source software company Red Hat was historic in many ways, especially the $34bn price tag, little is known how IBM’s executives are planing to carry out this mega-merger with a company whose culture and technology differs vastly from its own.
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2 Nov
Facebook challenged to move beyond news feed to spur advertising revenue
Facebook is experiencing falling advertising revenue from its stalwart product—News Feed.
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1 Nov
Need a ride? Call a self-driving taxi
Self-driving taxi’s will be here before you know it; are you ready to hail an autonomous cab?
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1 Nov
Will Tim Berners-Lee’s play to decentralise the web work?
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is tackling digital privacy concerns with a new toolkit that allows developers to build decentralised applications that shift data storage and access control back to the user.
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31 Oct
Cisco continues to chug along, despite a steady stream of executive departures
Since taking the reins at Cisco in 2015, CEO Chuck Robbins has projected an image of stability, even as the company navigates tricky challenges like the move from hardware-centric to software-defined networks.
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30 Oct
IT firms take advantage of the ‘No Deal’ Brexit scenario threatening disaster for the UK plc
It should surprise no one that a “Brexit strategy advisory firm” is a thing that exists.
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30 Oct
Are businesses ready for the gamer generation?
Acquired by Amazon for $970m in 2014, the streaming platform, Twitch, which is most associated with people broadcasting them playing videogames, was one of the internet giant’s largest acquisitions.
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26 Oct
AI to make big data just a conversation away
Data and analytics have historically belonged to the technological elite, those able to understand the subtleties of inner vs outer database joins or those willing to learn the difference between a scatter plot and histogram.
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25 Oct
Why the increasing Netflix debt is worth it to stay on top of the content game
Original content is at the heart of Netflix’s strategy, with titles such as ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘Stranger Things’ becoming pop-culture staples, but Netflix debt is growing in an attempt to remain ahead.
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24 Oct
Yahoo security breach settlement of $50m to set important tech precedent
Millions of Yahoo email account users from across the globe will soon be eligible for damages, to a collective tune of $50m, to compensate for arguably the biggest data privacy security breach in modern history.
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23 Oct
Your food chain on blockchain – A shakeup is coming
From coffee to fish to palm oil, blockchain, a digital ledger technology, is being applied to global food supply chains in ways that promise to benefit producers, distributors, retailers and consumers.
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23 Oct
Comcast’s $100bn gamble: Sky’s the limit
Comcast’s recent $39bn winning bid for Sky, and corollary acquisition of Fox’s 39% stake for another $15bn, will take Comcast’s total debt load above $100bn mark.
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17 Oct
Why ZTE phones are dispersing in the US
Once a leader in the US prepaid market, ZTE is disappearing from prepaid operator shelves thanks to its troubles with the US government.
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9 Oct
California net neutrality fight challenges the Trump administration
In January 2018, the Republican-led US Federal Communications Commission issued the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order,” eliminating net neutrality rules and ceding management of any alleged violations to the US Consumer Protection Commission.
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2 Oct
Alibaba Cloud is the rising star in the growing Asia-Pacific cloud market
The adoption of cloud services in the Asia-Pacific region is accelerating as cloud providers expand their presence across the region and China’s Alibaba Cloud becomes a force to be reckoned with in this market.
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28 Sep
What does 5G mean for crime and security?
Talk of 5G has been around for so long that it already feels like an old technology event even though it isn’t commercially available yet.
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28 Sep
The text message is back and ready to take on messaging services
Text messaging has always been a staple of the mobile phone.
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26 Sep
Verizon 5G plans carved out, but don’t expect much before 2020
There’s a 5G arms race in North America!
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26 Sep
5G is here, but not the 5G we’ve been promised
5G is here, via the Verizon 5G launch of its home broadband service, even though it looks suspiciously like 4G.. But that’s OK: carriers are just monetizing the foundation they need to build today in order to provide the full 5G services we’ll enjoy in the next decade.
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25 Sep
Amazon and Netflix Emmy success emphasises broadcast TV’s fragility
Netflix won its first Emmy in 2013, fast-forward 5 years and streaming giants Amazon and Neflix Emmy success counted 31 wins combined at this year’s award ceremony.