Building on the UK tech sector’s momentum in 2018

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ISSUE DATE: 3 January 2018 TOP STORIES Building on the UK tech sector’s momentum in 2018 The UK’s digital and tech industry made great progress in 2017, and the government aims to further its support in 2018, says digital minister. READ MORE → Top UK and US firms still overestimating GDPR readiness Less than five months before the compliance deadline for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), most top UK and US firms are still overestimating their state of readiness, a study suggests. READ MORE → IoT botnet DDoS attacks predicted after exploit code published Security researchers are urging businesses to ensure they are prepared for large-scale DDoS attacks following the online publication of code to exploit a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 routers. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Smartphone production to plateau in 2018, says report After a bumper year, driven chiefly by growth in the Chinese market, smartphone production will begin to slow in 2018, according to analysts at TrendForce. READ MORE → Controversial council broadband service sold to Gigaclear Ultrafast broadband services supplier Gigaclear has acquired the assets of troubled district-council-backed altnet Aylesbury Vale Broadband. READ MORE → Cloud culture calls for flexible networks Cloud-based workloads demand more flexibility, so how can businesses rethink their WAN strategies to accommodate this. READ MORE → Rebecca Salsbury, BBC: Introverts and leadership The head of personalisation services at the BBC discusses how introverts can be leaders and the role of charisma in leadership. READ MORE →

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