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With less than six months to go, are you GDPR ready?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU’s upcoming data protection law, writes Maurice Woolf, the group general counsel at Interoute. With less than six months until the regulation

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Three advanced analytics predictions for 2018

In 2018, we can expect to see big brand internet players having greater assault on the traditional voice and messaging revenues of the telecoms industry, writes Sundara Raman, a senior

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Rapid transformation, smart data and mission-critical connectivity top trends for 2018

With more than one-third of IT Professionals citing ‘moving faster’ as their top goal for 2018, and an overwhelming 99% of IT and business decision makers noticing an increasing pace

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Why big data is crucial to customer experience

Customer experience is now the most important digital initiative, followed by building a single customer view and customer journey management, writes Sébastien Vugier, the senior vice president and general manager

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It’s time for CSPs to escape the vendor relationship circle of despair

In this interview Niall Norton, the chief executive of Openet, tells George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus that, as 5G and virtualisation begin to emerge, communications service providers (CSPs)

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The importance of securing device data ahead of GDPR

Next year will mark 20 years since the UK Data Protection Act was passed. Fast forward to today and it’s clear how much of a different digital era we are

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Is data a valuable asset or a business risk? – Part four

In the final part of a four-part series of articles examining how data is a valuable asset as well as a business risk for organisations, Laurence Pitt, the director of

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Is data a valuable asset or a business risk? – Part three

In the third of a four-part series of articles examining how data is a valuable asset as well as a business risk for organisations, Laurence Pitt, the director of security

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Is data a valuable asset or a business risk? – Part two

In the second of a four-part series of articles examining how data is a valuable asset as well as a business risk for organisations, Laurence Pitt, the director of security

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Is data a valuable asset or a business risk? – Part one

For communications service providers (CSPs), in common with all other organisations, the data they collect about their customers, their habits and preferences is a hugely valuable resource which can be

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