Optos future-proofs with Vodafone Business SD-WAN partnership
16 December 2025
Vodafone Business has signed a three-year agreement to deliver a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) for Optos, an innovative Scottish retinal imaging technology company that help to identify eye disease early and save thousands of people’s sight across the globe.
Vodafone Business SD-WAN will help Optos consolidate disparate systems into a single network solution, ensuring optimised and robust connectivity globally.
Find out more Navigating in-building connectivity options
12 December 2025
Stephen Patrick, CEO/founder, CableFree: Wireless Excellence
With the rollout of 5G accelerating across the country, IT teams face the challenge of ensuring seamless indoor coverage where outdoor signals often falter due to building materials like concrete and glass. Poor connectivity can lead to productivity losses, frustrated employees, and missed opportunities in sectors like healthcare, retail, and finance.
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Why poor technology investments are undermining modern policing policy
11 December 2025
Will Hitch, Public Safety Lead (UK & Ireland), Getac UK Ltd
Modern policing finds itself at a decisive point. On one hand, the depth and breadth of technology available has never been greater, but on the other, the challenges associated with effectively implementing it are at an all-time high.
Technology has always played a key role in policing. From the emergence of fingerprinting in the early 20th century, to the first successful use of DNA evidence in 1986, breakthroughs in technological innovation have often facilitated major leaps forward in police efficiency and crime reduction. Today, the use of CCTV, facial recognition, UAV and ANPR are commonplace, as forces up and down the UK increasingly look to harness technology to counteract resourcing challenges and an increasingly exacting policing landscape.
Find out more Automation, sovereignty & cyber wars: what’s next for 2026?
11 December 2025
Enterprise networking is heading into a year where automation grows up, cybersecurity gets more urgent, and digital sovereignty reshapes infrastructure choices across the UK…
How do you see AI-driven network automation reshaping IT operations?
John Smith, EMEA CTO, Veracode: In 2026, the biggest shift we’ll see will be centred on automation finally becoming trustworthy enough to run itself. Like we’ve seen with the rise in vibe coding this year, AI-driven network tools will start taking over routine configuration and threat monitoring, which means IT and security teams will spend less time firefighting and more time validating what AI systems are doing.
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