It was mentioned last year was the worst year for data security being hacked. Is it true? The American Online Trust Alliance announced they estimated that over 740 million online records were exposed in 2013. Firstly consider Adobe, 150 million exposed account credentials were exposed, leading to secondary breaches all over the Internet. In an official statement, research revealed that more...

The Wolf of Wall Street is the riotous new film by Martin Scorsese. It features Leonardo Di Caprio as Jordan Belfort; a real life stock broker who during the 1990’s made almost a million dollars week while at the helm Stratton Oakmont; a brokerage house that engaged in fraudulent and illegal practices. Anyone who has seen the film, or read Belfort’s memoir, will know that Scorsese and Di Caprio...

As is quite often the case in the world of technology, the year ahead will be full of change in terms of popular services and applications, and especially so for businesses. The UK is currently in the midst of one of the most dramatic Government-led infrastructure projects for decades. BDUK’s allocation of circa £530 million of funding to ensure 90% of UK premises have access to a minimum...

Upon reflection, 2013, feels less of a momentous year than previous ones, both inside and outside of our industry. It wasn't sprinkled with the added piquancy a London Olympics brings, it wasn't a year of new products launches or technologies. The 'cloud' continued to gather pace, to a point where it has now entered the mainstream. 'Big Data' and the 'Internet of things' progressed from new...

Arguably, the user interfaces of the future will be defined by the physical limitations of the screen. Creating a compelling user experience within a finite (and limited) space without compromising on usability is the perennial challenge for mobile device and TV manufacturers. But when witnessing the rise of the wearable technology trend, coupled with recently leaked pictures of the LG Flex’s...

In recognition of reduced staffing levels across the industry over the Christmas period and network operators introducing network freezes, Fluidata will be conducting a network and provisioning freeze from 6pm, 16th December 2013 through to Thursday 2nd January 2014. Throughout this period please note that no core network configuration changes will be made. This is to ensure existing services...

It was recently announced that BT have won further contracts by local councils to be responsible for additional rural broadband roll-outs, beginning with Oxfordshire and Dorset early next year. Through BT being awarded this latest contract, it has reduced hope of niche operators delivering stronger and faster services in the area, such as FTTP rather than FTTC to businesses and households. Yet...

Last night was the Top 100 Tech Track Awards presentation event sponsored by the Sunday Times, Hiscox and Barclays. This is our third year running that Fluidata has made it into the list and this year we even had a feature in the iPad version of the Sunday Times. With growth exceeding 40% year on year for the past 5 years the business has benefited from a number of big client wins and continues...

We stand, not at the beginning of the information revolution but on the river bank moments before the banks burst and change the landscape forever. As our far more learned peers will tell us the future is like the Chaos theory; every development, every variation, every idea has the potential to change where the river bank breaks and what change it will bring with it. In this article I have...

Here at Fluidata we pride ourselves on connectivity that is resilient and one which allows businesses to stay online. Whilst many business managers across the country are adopting this ‘fail safe’ attitude when it comes to their choice of connectivity, the same cannot be said in other areas of business continuity. The impact of St Jude’s storm on Monday 28th October brought this subject into...