Information Technology

Closer ties between Britain and France are on the political agenda as both countries look to develop strong positions in new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence. UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Matt Hancock has announced plans for a digital conference to promote closer co-operation with France in the digital economy. The digital conference will take place this ...

Since data transfer speed is no longer a guaranteed path to profit, share traders plan private ‘super networks’. A high speed fibre-optic and wireless link connecting Chicago with Tokyo on the far side of the Pacific Ocean is due to go live this year. Called Go West, this is no ordinary communications link. It will not carry domestic traffic. It ...

Cambridge Design Partnership is working on a smart packaging development with beauty brand Avon. It is part of a trail for a new anti-ageing product and uses a user insight service developed by CDP to support a new product launch. To optimise use of the anti-ageing product users needed to remember to rotate the double-ended dispenser each week. Rotating the ...

The leading router and carrier Ethernet switch (CES) manufacturers continue to be Juniper Cisco, Huawei and Nokia, according the latest service provider survey from IHS Markit. For providing next-generation routing technologies, Cisco topped the ranking for 100GE, followed by Juniper and Nokia. “Juniper, Cisco, Huawei and Nokia form the top tier of service provider router and CES manufacturers,” said Heidi ...

A European directive on network and information security (NIS) comes into force next year. The aim of the NIS directive is to improve the member states’ cooperation and protection against attacks. The European Union’s directive on network and information security (NIS), was adopted in summer 2016, and national governments will have to implement the legislation by May 2018 and November ...

Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity has partnered with Saint Security, a network protection specialist, to offer technology that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data-based profiling methodologies to fight advanced persistent threats (APTs). AI will be used to identify and block various types of difficult-to-find malware. Machine learning and AI are critical to network security as cybercriminals around the world ...

London’s technology sector may be competing with the world’s best-known tech city, San Francisco when it comes to job opportunities, but can the good times last? London could be “stopped in its tracks by the restlessness of its tech workforce”, according to research by recruitment website Indeed. The research found that 10.8% of all jobs advertised in the capital are ...

Europe’s first robotic retail assistants will go live at intu Lakeside in the UK this weekend after being introduced by robot specialists BotsAndUs to shoppers at intu’s Milton Keynes shopping centre last month. The robots, which will direct customers to different parts of the centre, are part of an online personal shopper service going live at intu Lakeside this week. ...

Online video company GoInStore is the latest London-based start-up to be accepted onto the Mayor of London’s GotoGrow Programme. The aim of the initiative is to support the creation of international businesses in the capital. To join the initiative, companies must be able to demonstrate 20% year-on-year growth over a three-year period. GoInStore’s technology supports live video streaming on retail ...

Machine learning and AI are becoming important in securing data networks as cybercriminals around the world incessantly release new malware types that can morph.