Noting that the future competitiveness of its economy depends on advanced digital network infrastructures and services, and that widespread connectivity is essential for the deployment of services such as telemedicine, automated driving, predictive maintenance of buildings and precision agriculture, the European Union (EU), through the European Commission (EC), has revealed a set of possible actions … Leer más
Toshiba and Orange have carried out an experiment to test quantum-safe networking that could be applied in existing fibre optic networks. The two companies announced they have conducted a detailed series of successful evaluations that delivered quantum key distribution (QKD) coexisting alongside conventional dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) data signals. They also showed 400Gbps quantum secure … Leer más
Stairlift and lift manufacturer Stannah Group said it has made a “significant investment” in a new cloud-based enterprise software roll-out to modernise its IT systems to prepare for the company’s future growth. Stannah is one of the UK’s leading engineering companies, and remains an independent, family-owned and run business, which has sold over 700,000 stairlifts … Leer más
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced the switch-on of its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network in 14 cities across the UK. The 14 locations to gain VMO2 5G SA are Liverpool, Manchester, London, Lincoln, Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, York, Belfast, Cardiff, Nottingham and Slough. The switch-on of 5G Standalone follows a year of investment … Leer más
Today’s CISOs face a rapidly expanding threat landscape. And it’s not only the volume of threats adding mounting pressure to the CISO role. Their increasing sophistication is weighing heavier, with social engineering, ransomware and operational technology (OT) and the internet of things (IoT) cited as three principle attack types keeping CISOs up at night. According … Leer más
Less than a month after revealing that gigabit broadband coverage across the UK had increased from just 6% in January 2019 to 80% at the end of 2023, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has revealed that more than a million UK homes, businesses and public buildings can now access gigabit speeds. The UK … Leer más
Dune fans are counting down the days until they can return to the sandy planet of Arrakis, sandworms and all. However, many people were left puzzled when The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy made a shock appearance at the London premiere. Her involvement in the film had mainly been kept under wraps according to director Denis … Leer más
Despite remaining a highly active threat, a series of setbacks, including behind-the-scenes issues and squabbles, had left LockBit reeling in its last months, and the operation appears to have been on a downward slope long before it was compromised and brought down by a multinational law enforcement sting, according to researchers at Trend Micro. Trend … Leer más
Nvidia’s datacentre business has reported growth of 409% over a single year. The company’s CEO, Jensen Huang, puts this down to what he sees as a shift in the way datacentres are being run. During the earnings call for the quarter ended 28 January 2024, Huang spoke about the shift in datacentres from general-purpose computing … Leer más
NEC Corporation, together with Arm, Qualcomm Technologies, Red Hat and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), has successfully demonstrated end-to-end operation of its open virtual radio access network (vRAN) and 5G Core virtual User Plane Function (vUPF) products in a service optimised for total cost of ownership (TCO) and power efficiency for both edge and datacentres. Network … Leer más
