Northumbrian Water picks Connexin for LoRaWAN

26 July 2024

Connexin has been selected by Northumbrian Water for its advanced water metering infrastructure (AMI) framework contract.

Connexin will manage the supply and connectivity of over 900,000 smart meters over across the North East of England supply region which serves a 2.7 million-person population, including the urban areas of Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside, and rural areas in Northumberland and County Durham.

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61% of NHS staff believe in digital solutions

25 July 2024

New research from Virgin Media O2 Business reveals three in five (61%) NHS staff believe new digital solutions could help at least 18.6 million more patients receive treatment annually.

The ‘Bridging the digital gap in UK healthcare’ report shows nearly two fifths (38%) believe that new digital tools could help the NHS to reach 3-5% more patients each day – potentially benefitting at least 51,000 more people daily.

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World faces ‘biggest internet outage in history’

19 July 2024

TV channels, transport networks and banks around the world have been knocked offline in a massive outage causing Windows computers to suddenly shut down.

Individuals have reported that their Windows computers are suddenly showing the “blue screen of death” and entering recovery mode. The issue mostly seems to be impacting PCs running on Windows 10 software.

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Half of public sector systems unfit for purpose

17 July 2024

New research reveals that nearly half of all public sector organisations across the UK and Ireland are wrangling with payroll and HR systems that are not fit for purpose.

48% are having to use technical or manual workarounds to compensate for the limitations of their main payroll or HR system.

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