October 2024

TOP NEWS

• Trinny London transforms data flow with Fivetran
• US targets UK data centre market
• Bedfordshire and Cleveland lead the UK on cybercrime risk
• UK’s UC&C market heats up
• User behaviour named biggest cybersecurity challenge
• 66% of malware linked to state-funded attacks
• Cellnex UK and Netmore amp up infra sharing
• NCSC-backed cybersecurity badges launched by Scouts
• IPI migrates People’s Partnership to the cloud

ON THE NETWORK

• The hidden dangers of shadow IT: how unapproved SaaS tools are putting businesses at risk

TALKING IoT

• What are the common pitfalls organisations should avoid for successful IoT integration?

FEATURE

• Storage – does size matter?

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Disaster recovery planning is key in the modern-day business environment

FEATURE

• Roundtable: Resilience by design

CASE STUDIES

• Leverhulme Trust school students feel the benefit of future-proof networks
• Agrovista moves from MPLS to co-managed private network with ZTNA

TALKING CRITICAL

• Have VaaN, will travel!

Q&A

• Alan Beresford, Managing Director, EcoCooling Ltd

September 2024

TOP NEWS

• Inverclyde Council’s Health and Social Care Partnership streamlines with Totalmobile
• MLL Telecom connects classrooms in the southeast via LAN
• Bridgestone EMEA migrates to SAP S/4HANA Cloud
• Network Fire Service Partnership upgrades communications
• Mobile phishing threatens enterprise stability
• Virgin Media O2 saves £1 million on DC cooling with EkkoSense
• Vodafone and Three UK target the UK’s roads and railways with 5G Standalone technology
• 90% of local authorities focusing more on sustainability
• Northumberland to home Europe’s largest AI data centre

ON THE NETWORK

• Building a secure digital classroom

SECURITY

• No time to waste in stepping up public sector security

FEATURE

• Is every enterprise benefitting from business-quality broadband?

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Uncovering the connectivity pain points for the UK’s SMEs and sole traders amid the copper Switch-Off

FEATURE

• AI - bane or boon for business?

TALKING IoT

• Emptying the bins with IoT

CASE STUDIES

• KOKO ushers in nightlife-as-a-service
• Hydes navigates the path to PCI Compliance

TALKING CRITICAL

• How to protect data centres as Critical National Infrastructure

Q&A

• Erik Hoeboer, Marketing Manager for Business EMEA, Netgear

July / August 2024

TOP NEWS

• University of Dundee implements HID Mobile Access
• Westminster to become ‘safer city’ with new CCTV
• Leicestershire’s GigaHubs project connects 43 public sector sites
• UK misses £57.2 billion annually due to skills shortage
• iomart to generate 250,000kWH of solar energy for Maidenhead DC
• 39% of UK companies ready to invest in 5G SA
• CISOs: security teams unprepared for AI threats
• Cabinet Office ponies up £6.5 million for remote working
• Scottish trains to gain ‘best WiFi’ in the UK via satellite

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Running the network hot, hot, hot!

SECURITY

• Unified SASE is the future

FEATURE

• SD-WAN: strong foundations are required for future-proof networking

TALKING IoT

• The role of IoT in smart water management

CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS

• Commercial critical communications

ON THE NETWORK

• Private networks: protect your farm’s IT system from hackers

CASE STUDIES

• EEAST pilots Hybrid Connex for cost-effective ambulance connectivity
• West Midlands Ambulance Service adopts satellite for emergency medical response

TALKING CRITICAL

• Critical communications – when networks go down

Q&A

• Stewart Laing, founder and CEO, Asanti

June 2024

TOP NEWS

• Scottish Courts upgrades to SD-WAN with MLL Telecom
• North to make Port of Aberdeen smarter with £1 million contract
• Kingsland Drinks employs new network, increases productivity
• Three goes green with Ericsson’s AI
• IOM installs MPLS solution
• AI could save public sector 23 million hours per week
• Buckinghamshire Council deploys AI
• AlphaSights picks LogRhythm for SIEM platform
• BT Group implements ‘cell sleep’ across EE mobile sites
• 180 Oxford public service sites connected

ON THE NETWORK

• The future of the wireless network: it’s the office, but not as we know it

FEATURE

• Securing the election of a generation

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Data never sleeps… AI and the enterprise network in focus

TALKING IoT

• Embracing connected thinking: smarter decision-making and improved outcomes

CASE STUDIES

• Full steam ahead for NOC’s ocean research fleet
• Wellcome Genome Campus expands connectivity

TALKING AI

• The impact of AI on security: advocacy vs apprehension in a time of uncertainty

Q&A

• Kanwar Loyal, VP for Northern Europe & MEA, Cato Networks

May 2024

TOP NEWS

• Thales and Nokia to support critical comms on the Tube
• Sunderland’s service users to benefit from transformed networking delivery
• UK’s chief executive officers report tech imposter syndrome
• SFRS adopt LTE cameras
• itim Group renews Majestic Wine SaaS contract
• Rubix VT supports Together Co scrores new systems
• Parliament sounds alarm over major skills shortage
• Blackpool eyes up data centre market

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Managing recovery and business continuity in an unstructured data environment

SECURITY

• Improving security with Zero Trust networking

IoT

• Predictive maintenance: how IoT SIM connectivity can transform manufacturing

ON THE NETWORK

• Cutting costs through circularity

FEATURE

• Getting the best from your network

TALKING CRITICAL

• Critical communications – what’s occurring in the UK today?

CASE STUDIES

• Unifying frontline communications at Heathrow Airport
• easyJet enhances cloud and internet visibility

Q&A

• Mattias Fridström, chief evangelist, Arelion

 April 2024

TOP NEWS

• Royal Jersey Laundry goes high tech with RFID
• Vantage Data Centres enters Ireland with data centre campus
• West Midlands Combined authority picks Absoft for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation
• Foundational technology skills named critical need for enterprise
• Malware stops Carpetright in its tracks
• Barracuda Networks: organisations struggle to implement company-wide security policies
• Secure I.T. Environments completes NHS DC upgrades
• EveryCloud IT Security and Transmit Security join forces for fraud
• Sepura scores Ambulance Radio Programme extension

ON THE NETWORK

• Asset financing – and how to avoid getting stung by unexpected costs from hyperscalers

SECURITY

• Is API security the weak point in your cyber defence?

FEATURE

• Securing critical infrastructure

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Sustainable networking: from data centres all the way to the edge

FEATURE II

• Sustainability – affecting real change for the IT sector

TALKING AI

• Will today’s networks hold back the progress of artificial intelligence?

CASE STUDIES

• Scottish Water goes smart on wastewater
• Critical connectivity enabled for Thames Water

IoT

• Digital twins don’t give manufacturers the full picture

Q&A

• Jim Liddle, VP product, Nasuni

March 2024

TOP NEWS

• 81% of organisations trust AI despite fundamental inefficiencies
• Boldyn Networks and G.Network to accelerate ‘Smarter London Together’ with new deal
• CDW to digitally transform Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
• Celent: NatWest Group automates data for the win
• UCaaS users to grow, but available market falling
• Pulsant opens new data hall in Manchester
• Akamai Technologies: EMEA most at risk from API attacks, commerce industry leads the pack
• Synti advocates for ‘data first’ in SAP S/4HANA migration
• 75% of large and medium businesses struck by cyber attack
• Virgin Media deploys 4G/5G smart poles on existing fibre cabinets

SECURITY

• Improving cybersecurity in healthcare

ON THE NETWORK

• Data centres and the future of low carbon heat in the UK

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Accelerating ERP-cloud adoption in the public sector

FEATURE

• The future of the digital stadium

TALKING CRITICAL

• Transforming communication across critical sectors

CASE STUDIES

• Countrywide Healthcare tackles network visibility
• Riverford Organic Farmers stays fresh

TALKING AI

• Infrastructure must keep pace

Q&A

• Paul McHugh, area director UK, Cradlepoint

February 2024

TOP NEWS

• Digital Futures Programme expansion addresses IT skills shortage
• 42 Dundee schools to gain full fibre connectivity with Commsworld
• Mavin delivers prefab DC for Welsh rail testing centre
• STX Next: human error biggest threat to cybersecurity
• rSIM: 43% suffer IoT connectivity loss every week
• BT launches NB-IoT for smart city applications
• VIRTUS unveils new 75MW DC for Saunderton
• Keepit opens HQ
• ICS.AI and Derby City Council expand smart city plans
• Segro ponders 24 new DCs

ON THE NETWORK

• UK businesses’ journey towards Net Zero 2050

SECURITY

• Combatting modern security risks with unified network management

FEATURE

• Data centres – the outsourcing debate

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Is your IT team ready for new technology?

FEATURE

• IT professionals skilling up for 2024

IoT

• IoT is an answer to the increasing in damp and mould complaints, poor social housing conditions, and tenant health and safety concerns

CASE STUDIES

• Connecting the classroom at Westwoodside school
• Sheffield Hallam University secures networks

TALKING CRITICAL

• Evolving critical national infrastructure

Q&A

• Gordon Cullum, technology director, Axiologik

January 2024

TOP NEWS

• Scottish FRS gains internet-based VoIP communications system
• His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth goes smart with IoT
• Teledata’s new Manchester data centre to harness waste heat
• Fortra identifies Phishing as top security risk for next six months
• Complete Fibre and Raven Housing Trust address digital poverty
• Lightning Fibre to connect social housing with full fibre internet in East Sussex
• Average annual cost of cyber-compromise exceeds $5 million
• DWP appoints Computacenter to update DC facilities
• Kao Data completes £206 million debt raise via Deutsche Bank

ON THE NETWORK

• SD-WAN and SASE: matching security with flexibility

SECURITY

• Current approaches can’t mitigate the AI cybersecurity threat. What can?

FEATURE

• Networks in an AI world

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Innovation needed: SF6-free switchgear to reduce environmental impact

TALKING CRITICAL

• Improving ISR missions success rates: the growing role of Change-Bitrate-on-the-Fly technology

CASE STUDIES

• Digitally transforming East Midlands Railway
• Northern moves toward intelligent trains

Q&A

• Craig Smith, technical account manager, Highlight

Nov/Dec 2023

TOP NEWS

• Renfrewshire Council’s WAN undergoes modernisation
• Kao Data completes second Harlow DC build, KLON-02
• IT skills gap lies in AI knowledge
• Net Zero 2050 - enterprises unready
• Enterprises increasing ransomware protection post-MOVEit hack
• Mobile Tornado brings push-to-talk over cellular to new UK markets
• 42% of businesses to upgrade connectivity
• Google apps most vulnerable to malware
• Phishing top attack technique
• Siemens Gamesa opts for containerised DC at Hull factory

SECURITY

• The business imperative for ruggedised networking to secure modern industry

ON THE NETWORK

• Backup blunders are leading to loss of data

FEATURE

• Is cloud old news?

IoT

• How local government and the telecoms industry can collectively improve the citizen experience

CASE STUDIES

• HMCTS modernises with cloud migration
• Town Legal unifies communications with 24/7 managed services and support

TALKING CRITICAL

• A call for help - the need for MAIT

Q&A

• Craig Smith, technical account manager, Highlight

October 2023

TOP NEWS

• 7 million smart meters to lose connectivity in switch-off
• AI to transform enterprise
• Flexible power procurement key
• JET Connectivity connects offshore wind farm with 5G
• Robert Dyas goes smart
• Inter.link joins forces with LINX and Telehouse
• 90% of successful cyber-attacks achieved via phishing
• Future spectrum allocation up for discussion across the UK
• Essex Fire and Rescue unifies communications
• Neos Networks adds new DCs in London and Manchester

ON THE NETWORK

• Why hybrid cooling is the future for data centres

SECURITY

• Now is the time for quantum-proof network security

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• How do we measure sustainability?

FEATURE

• Roundtable: building a better data centre

FEATURE II

• Tackling the UK’s urbanisation with smarter cities

IoT

• Why enterprise must explore IoT when seeking reduced carbon emissions

CASE STUDIES

• Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK goes green
• CarGiant unifies communications across sites

TALKING AI

• The impact of AI on UC&C

Q&A

• John Michael, CEO, iStorage

September 2023

TOP NEWS

• Cannon Hall Farm goes high tech with Virgin Media O2
• Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Argus utilises LEO satellite for critical communications at sea
• IoT market heats up, says ABI Research
• Retail requires urgent data resilience work
• NHS to miss £1 billion in annual savings without 5G
• The Very Group migrates to public cloud
• Healthcare sector’s approach to security lacking
• UK leads the pack in EMEA’s DDoS attacks

ON THE NETWORK

• CRaaS is the new tool MSPs need in the accelerating security arms race

SECURITY

• Staying ahead of cybercriminals – why the utilities sector must mitigate threats from outside and within

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Is it certifiable not to have a certification?

FEATURE

• Roundtable: the dark net

FEATURE II

• Modernising critical comms

IoT

• Why remote care and connected devices are becoming more commonplace in healthcare

CASE STUDIES

• ICS.AI streamlines communications for Derby City Council
• Enhancing Barking & Dagenham council enquiries with EBI.AI

TALKING CRITICAL

• Unlocking tomorrow’s connectivity

Q&A

• Oliver Ledgard, government and public sector lead, EMEA, Zebra Technologies