Infosecurity – the GCHQ way

Balancing privacy and security requires highly developed information security policies and, of the UK intelligence agencies, GCHQ has taken the lead. Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Infosecurity-the-GCHQ-way

Gigaclear to deliver fibre broadband through old water pipes

Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has teamed up with Affinity Water Distribution to study the feasibility of using disused water mains as an FTTP delivery mechanism Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305141/Gigaclear-to-deliver-fibre-broadband-through-old-water-pipes

Splunk vs the skills shortage – trying to help organisations gain the right skills

Splunk’s CEO Douglas Merritt explains how the organisation has been working to help people both in and outside its organisation to gain the skills needed to use its big data technology Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305155/Splunk-vs-the-skills-shortage-trying-to-help-organisations-gain-the-right-skills

5G worth more than €113bn per year to European economy

An EC-supported study conducted by InterDigital suggests investment in 5G could generate an annual benefit of €113bn by 2025 Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305149/5G-worth-more-than-113bn-per-year-to-European-economy

Business secretary calls for national broadband upgrade

In a speech to the Institute of Directors’ annual conference, Greg Clark calls for a major broadband upgrade to support the reinvention of the government’s industrial strategy Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305169/Business-secretary-calls-for-national-broadband-upgrade

BlackBerry ends production of mobile phones

Canadian firm to focus on a strategy built around software development, including security and applications, and mobile device management Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305180/BlackBerry-ends-production-of-mobile-phones

UK Oracle MD: companies repeating tangled architectures in cloud

Oracle’s UK, Ireland and Israel managing director, Dermot O’Kelly takes stock of Open World 2016 and urges CIOs not to reinvent on-premise “accidental architectures” in the cloud Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305102/UK-Oracle-MD-companies-repeating-tangled-architectures-in-cloud