Stephen Pritchard
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NATS' lessons are not blue-sky thinking
By Stephen Pritchard published
Opinion Last week's air traffic control outage has both lessons, and reassurances, for critical IT systems.

Digital Skills and the struggle to boost technology
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth The National College for Digital Skills, and more changes to computing education, aim to boost the UK's competence in tech

Autumn Statement 2014: How the UK technology sector lost out
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth A new tax may go after multinationals, but this election-mode Autumn Statement does little for hi-tech firms

Wearable technology: Productivity tool, or spy watches?
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Wearable technology is set to be a strong seller over the holiday season, but firms need to consider the security issues

Counting the cost of IT failure
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth News RBS is being fined £56m for its 2012 outage shows robust IT is now a regulatory & a business requirement

Forget 5G, it's Wi-Fi that continues to grow
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Faster 4G – and the promise of 5G – will help businesses on the move. But Wi-Fi will remain a core service for years to come.

National roaming: Filling in the UK's mobile coverage gaps
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Plans to let mobile users "roam" on to other networks have met with resistance, but may be part of the solution to "notspots"

Cyber security: Security awareness can't be just a one off
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Initiatives such as the US' National Cyber Security Awareness Month are all well and good, but day-to-day attitudes must change too

Curtain falls on Nokia's smartphones
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Microsoft is dropping the Nokia brand from its Windows smartphones. It is the end of an era

Inside IBM & SAP's cloud tie-up
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth SAP will host its enterprise applications on IBM's cloud, for the benefit of both firms and their customers

HP does the splits, again
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth HP is once again looking to restructure, this time by moving PCs and printers into a new company.

Windows: Microsoft's power of 10
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth The latest version of Windows needs to mark a return to form, if the company is to hold its own on the desktop and personal devices

Faster than fast: The roadmap to 400Mpbs mobile data
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth A new version of the LTE cellular standard promises speeds of up to 400Mbps next year. This puts mobile connections ahead of landlines

TV technology gives big data extra vision
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth A collaboration between the software and broadcast industries is creating new applications – and winning World Cups

Apple Watch: What's in it for business users?
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Apple's much-anticipated move into "wearables" is now official. But the business potential of the technology is far from clear

Rural broadband: still life on a branch line
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth The UK now boasts some of the best average broadband speeds in Europe, but this still leaves a large number of businesses in the slow lane

Online spending: Taking up the £100bn opportunity
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Online retail spending continues to grow rapidly. Businesses that are not prepared will be leaving money on the table

Big data: taking to the air
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth When it comes to big data, we should take our lead from the world of aviation, according to Stephen Pritchard...

Easing off the tablets
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Analyst research suggests tablet sales are flattening, but the decline in notebook sales may be halting too

Green IT: Unplug before you go away
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Chargers for phones and tablets account for a growing proportion of the energy used by IT. Unplugging them could cut costs

Dropbox tries to solve the "Dropbox Problem"
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Dropbox has moved to address business concerns about its data privacy practices, but has it done enough to win over IT pros?

Apple and IBM: a new alliance
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Apple and IBM have joined forces to create new business apps for mobile devices

Google's millions, and London as a tech hub
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Google is making London the base for its new venture capital arm. Is the city now a valid tech hub?
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