I'm exploring how power requirements in the mobile era reshape sustainability, resilience, and network planning. Can we reuse kit, design for repair, and cut waste while still meeting rising demand? It's a practical, optimist ...

Digital money is edging closer to everyday life, with regulators, banks and central banks aligning. This post looks at what might click into place in 2026, from tokenised payments to a UK digital pound. It's not guaranteed, b ...

As the ascent of datacentres keeps accelerating, driven by advancements in generative AI and quantum processors, the demands for electricity and water are growing alarmingly. This surge not only strains resources, but also ha ...

I recently sent an email to someone I had previously corresponded with. When I got a bounce-back, I thought I had the wrong address or made a typo. I doubted myself, as that is my nature, but seeing the email address in my ‘h ...

The madness of spending billions on AI startups raises alarm over staggering valuations and the implications for society. Many of these companies focus on trivial applications while genuinely innovative solutions remain sidel ...

I still believe in the notion that 'people buy from people', however, we seem to be in a world where people are being pressured into buying technology for the fear that their business will fail or be left behind if they don't ...

I wonder whether the rise in cybercrime means scrapping the Internet entirely or rebuilding trust with smarter design. We need accountable platforms, stronger standards and better habits. Let's make the net safer without losi ...

Here is the irony of the situation. It was inevitable that it would happen one day; that I would be caught out on the very thing I always preach to my clients. In two words: data backup ... ...

Last week's blog post was an experiment to see how well Artificial Intelligence systems (such as Chat GPT/Grammarly/Google Gemini, etc) actually write one of my blog posts, compared to me using my fifty-three years' worth of ...

Did you know that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99.9% of the businesses in the UK? At the start of 2023, there were estimated to be 5.6 million private-sector businesses ... ...

Use AI as a research tool to spark ideas and speed up reading. Then verify, compare sources, and keep judgment yours. It's guidance, not gospel ... ...

Did you know that emails can be intercepted and the contents manipulated, modified and forwarded back to the intended recipient without you even knowing about it? Sounds frightening, doesn't it? ...

Europe plans to ditch US tech giants and shift to open source for resilient, sovereign infrastructure. It's about trust, control and data privacy, not isolation. The move blends openness with European values and practical tec ...

In our digital age, safeguarding personal information is crucial. Two Factor Authentication (2FA) stands out as a vital security measure, offering a robust layer of protection against hacking. By requiring an additional piece ...

In an era dominated by technology, the lack of Basic Survival Skills in education raises concerns about future generations. As society becomes increasingly reliant on devices and connectivity, essential life skills are being ...

Here's how UK networks now deliver protection against scam texts with relentless, multi-layered defence. They block fraud at scale, work with government and law enforcement, and clamp down on spoofing and SIM farms. It's prac ...

The final words from a recent blog post led me to determine a business network's common point of failure. We're heading into the VoIP era and plunging feet-first into having the traditional PSTN/ISDN networks disconnected for ...

The roots of technology, especially in the telecommunications industry, go back to 1837 with the introduction of the Morse code telegraph over copper wires. Prior to that, a written message would need to be handed to a horsem ...

And all of a sudden, we had Blackberry dominating the Global market. Watch the 2023 documentary of the Rise and Fall of one of the most secure email systems in the world, which is no longer with us in the handset market ... ...

In 1997, the showrooms were closed and I went into the business call centre. The first dial-up disks were beginning to emerge that allowed customers to have a BTconnect (later BTinternet) email address. So, the Internet was b ...

It's November 1990, and I am a fresh-faced salesman working in the flagship Dixons store at the Clarendon Centre in Oxford. Only having been there about two months, I was thrown into the deep end as it was the run-up to Chris ...