Explore our latest insights on cloud computing, digital transformation, and enterprise technology.
UK businesses should check the communications hardware and service behind older alarms, payment terminals and IoT devices. Operator timetables differ, so migration decisions need supplier confirmation and testing rather than reliance on the 2033 backstop.
Passkeys can reduce credential phishing without making employee onboarding harder when registration, device choice and recovery are designed together. UK employers should pilot the complete starter journey, budget for support and enforce policies only after testing access and recovery.
Microsoft, AWS and Google provide distinct routes for testing certificate signatures, cloud API connections and frontend traffic. UK businesses should choose a pilot around their existing platform and require evidence of negotiation, compatibility and operational cost.
UK businesses should test AI against approved records and task-specific acceptance conditions before allowing consequential use. Start with draft-only workflows, prove permissions and human approvals, and rerun checks whenever the system changes.
Private 5G has no universal affordability date for UK warehouses, factories and campuses. Buyers should compare complete quotations with the value of solving a measured connectivity problem, including the option of improving their existing network.
UK businesses should inventory their 2G dependencies and plan around operator retirement schedules, including earlier local trials. Compare supported equipment upgrades, replacement connections and full operating costs before committing to a rollout.
UK small businesses should prepare for e-invoicing by cleaning invoice data, testing exchange with trading partners and budgeting for support and implementation. The supplied government evidence announces a 2029 mandate for all VAT invoices without establishing an April commencement date.
Audit each mobile-connected business service by matching its equipment, SIM, network and required functions to supplier evidence. Use operator schedules to prioritise work, then close each migration only after an agreed end-to-end test.
UK small and mid-sized businesses should begin proportionate preparation for post-quantum cryptography, using the NCSC’s migration milestones to organise the work. Supplier evidence, system ownership and the lifetime of sensitive information should guide priorities and spending.
UK businesses should identify equipment that relies on 2G and plan around the underlying operator’s timetable. Compare supported reconfiguration, communications upgrades and complete replacement using installed costs and tests of the full service.
UK businesses should protect the source data and configuration behind AI assistants, then test recovery of the complete business task. This guide sets out ownership, access checks, rollout steps and supplier comparisons, while identifying the limits of the available database evidence.
GitHub Copilot Business is a credible option for UK teams needing centrally managed access, features and models. Its suitability depends on testing control boundaries, assigning operational ownership and confirming commercial and data-handling terms.