IOT: UK most IoT connected country in the world
Part of London Tech Week’s programme, at Interop we heard first hand from Cisco UKI CEO Phil Smith that the UK is at the forefront of connected devices and billions of Pounds can be saved in the nation’s NHS and automotive industry by using IoT.
Big Data: SAS automates data analytics modelling
SAS is automating the creation of analytics models as it looks to maximise the productivity of data science teams. The company is fighting back the shortage of skilled data scientists.
Mobility: 15m households suffer from lack of ‘true fibre’ broadband
When consumers chose with broadband provider to go for they believe they will get the internet speed advertised. The reality is that 15.4 million UK households do not experience their contract full speeds and nearly eight in ten customers pay for speeds they never get.
Cloud: Cloud transparency failing as UK fears losing control
UK businesses have growing fears that they will lose control and manageability of their IT systems if they adopt cloud services. A poll of 250 senior IT and business UK decision makers carried by the Cloud Industry Forum sparked the alert this week.
Data Centres: Half of world’s data centres disrupted by natural disasters
As we get ever more connected, disruption in a data centre could mean losses of millions of Pounds. This week the industry learnt that 50% of data centres on Earth have been brought down by Nature, something that has affected 45% of UK companies.
