April 2022

TOP NEWS

• LSE data centre migration helped by EXA
• First phase of 4G rollout on London Underground complete
• Jisc updates cybersecurity policy for Janet
• Nasstar to run new secure network for MoD
• Gov to upgrade school Wi-Fi connections by 2025
• WWL hospitals introduces new telephony comms
• UK gov offers £5bn under G-Cloud 13 framework
• VMware offers fully managed storage-as-a-service
• STL launches end-to-end 5G enterprise solution
• Ark plans new Wiltshire DC
• RBS and SBRC in training partnership
• ‘Firms have limited awareness of cloud native security’
• Perfect Image acquires Technique

ON THE NETWORK

• Now’s the time for accurately communicating sustainability credentials

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• You’ve got backup – but how safe are you?

FEATURE I

• Exploring the criteria for SD-WAN adoption

Q&A

• Please meet...Steve Barber, CEO, Sepura and TCCA board member

March 2022

TOP NEWS

• Severn Trent Water introduces IoT smart metering system to cut costs and CO2 footprint
• Okta hack: businesses on high alert
• NCSC and CPNI offer security guidance to data centre operators and users
• Pulsant acquires Amito
• Hammers and Acorns sign cyber protection deal
• Wales gets £11.5m full-fibre broadband boost
• Glide connects Proximity Edge 8 to dark fibre ring
• Neos delivers new dark fibre network for Jisc across NI
• ‘Almost half of UK firms suffered multiple breaches through vulnerable applications’
• Seagate and EVS introduce ‘innovative’ storage services
• Ferry firm Wightlink suffers cyberattack
• Four in five UK companies ‘unable to scale’ digital transformation plans
• Kao Data expands Harlow campus

ON THE NETWORK

• The benefits of a modular approach

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Cloud storage: stacking the odds in your favour

FEATURE I

• Are smart cities smart for businesses?

Q&A

• Please meet...Bernard Montel, EMEA technical director and security strategist, Tenable

February 2022

TOP NEWS

• British Council: data breach leaks 10,000 student records
• AtlasEdge acquires Leeds DC
• Neos provides Oxon with public sector broadband
• Manchester United hires Extreme to modernise network
• KP Snacks hit by ransomware attack, disrupting deliveries
• Vodafone Business and RingCentral introduce flexible cloud communications solutions
• Motorola secures four-year Airwave extension with Home Office worth £1.56bn

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Why consolidation and automation should top your cybersecurity list

ON THE NETWORK

• There shouldn’t be a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to business broadband

FEATURE I

• The rise of DDoS

FEATURE II

• A tale of north and south of the border

January 2022

TOP NEWS

• NetSfere appointed to NHS SBS framework to advance digitisation of healthcare
• Cambium launches enterprise APs
• National Crime Agency discovers 225 million previously unexposed passwords
• UK financial authorities step up scrutiny of cloud trio
• FluidOne acquires SAS Global Communications
• Interxion hit with London outage
• Proximity expands UK footprint with Birmingham edge data centre
• Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service picks MLL for tech refresh

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• 2022: a year to virtualise a more insightful customer experience

ON THE NETWORK

• The networks laying the foundation for our green energy revolution

FEATURE I

• Training, skills and the job market in 2022

FEATURE II

• Smart cities

November 2021

TOP NEWS

• ‘Smart Internet Lab will deliver quantum data centre of the future’
• Secure I.T. Environments upgrades Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust data centre
• Kerv acquires Gyrocom to expand its SD-WAN and SASE offerings
• Equinix to build fifth Manchester data centre in £61m investment
• Wasabi launches London storage region
• Yondr’s new 100MW DC campus in Slough
• New plans to boost cyber security of UK’s digital supply chains
• Amazon pens deal with UK spy agencies to host top-secret data

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Edging IT

ON THE NETWORK

• Experience matters – how data centre providers must be ready to cope with any situation

FEATURE I

• Cellular and non-cellular networks for enterprise IoT

FEATURE II

• Working from home for the foreseeable?

October 2021

TOP NEWS

• ‘Only two-fifths of UK IT leaders able to respond to cyber incident today’
• ITAD firm opens three new sites
• Medieval Sherwood Forest gets 5G upgrade
• Australian firm secures 40% stake in DC firm Kao Data
• Echelon to build second UK facility
• CGI signs ‘smart’ deal with Edinburgh Council
• Amazon pens deal with UK spy agencies to host top-secret data
• Cumbria Police embraces ‘TETRA radio refresh’

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Public v private blockchains

ON THE NETWORK

• Cloud native storage: lifting the burden off I/O managers in the hybrid world?

FEATURE I

• The tale of the cloud and the edge

FEATURE II

• Spectrum for sale – the benefits of private wireless networks

September 2021

TOP NEWS

• CityFibre donates access points to hospice
• Telehouse upgrades ‘most connected data centre building in Europe’
• Mavenir to deliver UK’s first off-shore Open RAN-based vRAN private network for windfarm connectivity
• Darlington Building Society hires 8x8 for digital transformation
• Allvotec & Vapour partner to accelerate next generation UC integration
• Birmingham University opens AI and data centre
• Boots makes NICE move
• Nasstar completes KCOM deal

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• From survive to thrive: unlocking ROI from remote working

ON THE NETWORK

• Ethernet needs more powerful testing

FEATURE I

• VPNs: security, speed and how to choose a provider

FEATURE II

• School of thought

July/August 2021

TOP NEWS

• Macmillan Cancer Support moves to the cloud
• Salvation Army hit by ransomware attack
• OpenRAN for UK 5G AI smart city deployment
• Digital and data centre opens at Exeter College
• Premium comprehensive cloud storage for SMEs
• Vodafone and Cisco launch enterprise-grade broadband and Wi-Fi solution
• UK food supply chain vulnerable to cyber-attack, says expert

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Hacker and online security concerns rise

ON THE NETWORK

• Four steps to protect your data against disaster in the cloud

FEATURE I

• Why choose mesh?

FEATURE II

• A very British story

June 2021

TOP NEWS

• Internet outage caused by software bug
• Tunbridge Wells schools closed following data breach
• Proximity begins network enhancement
• Iron Mountain sells five UK data centres for £128mNHS Test and trace strengthens cyber defence
• Scottish gov and agencies ‘breached data protection rules almost 2,000 times'

SECURITY

• Cybersecurity is not a one-stop-shop

ON THE NETWORK

• Separating the wheat from the chaff

FEATURE

• SD-WAN products focus

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• What is the ‘hybrid cloud visibility gap’ and why does it matter?

Q&A

• Please meet...Gemma Moore, direct and founder of Cyberis

May 2021

TOP NEWS 

• O2 to slash data centre emissions in “radical overhaul”
• Cyber fears as nearly 200 devices lost
• Arrow Electronics inks Nvidia solutions distribution agreement
• Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust makes communications system upgrades

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Moving to containers, by Chris Bujis, EMEA field CTO, NS1

ON THE NETWORK

• Thinking outside the container, by Alex Chircop, CEO, StorageOS

FEATURE

• Ransomware attacks in the UK continue to grow at an alarming rate, as cybercriminals target everything from government agencies to high-net-worth individuals and blue chip corporates to small businesses. Robert Shepherd asks the experts why this is and what enterprises can do to thwart the bad actors

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April 2021

TOP NEWS 

• Government introduces legislation for smart devices
• ‘DC cooling infrastructure must be compliant ahead of summer’
• University of Hertfordshire suffers major cyberattack
• Vipre releases latest cybersecurity defence bundles

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Autonomous cloud security, by Scott Dodds, CEO, Ultima

ON THE NETWORK

• Why retailers need to put their heads in the cloud, by Alex MacPherson, director of solution consultancy and account management, Manhattan Associates

FEATURE

• Businesses rely on their WAN and LAN to perform at levels high enough to satisfy their clients’ demands. But how will that work in a hybrid world? Robert Shepherd investigates

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March 2021

TOP NEWS 

• Criminals steal sensitive data on UK aid projects overseas
• Sepura’s SCG22 approved for use on airwave and BDBOS networks
• Assured Data Protection launches new XDR Service
• BT upgrades network and connectivity for Walgreens Boots

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Automating manufacturing resiliency, by Ian Millington, managing director, adi Automation

ON THE NETWORK

• The path to mass-market for SD-WAN, by Marc Bouteyre, senior product line manager, SD-WAN, Ekinops

FEATURE I

• The ESN is something we can’t live without, but an unforeseen pandemic and delayed upgrade have caused problems. Robert Shepherd examines the network