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Opinion and analysis from the UK enterprise technology community.
Commentary from technology leaders, CIOs, founders, and analysts writing on cloud, security, data, AI, and the business decisions that shape British enterprise IT.
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Britain should build power services around home batteries
British firms should build services around coordinating household batteries. Australia shows the potential, but transparent contracts, usable capacity and customer trust will determine whether the model works.
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The future data-centre customer may need to arrive with its own power station
The next data-centre contract may depend as much on electricity infrastructure as connectivity. Britain should require credible power plans while holding developers and network companies accountable for delivery.
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The first autonomous ships that matter to Britain may never cross an ocean
Britain should prioritise defined maritime jobs over autonomous ocean crossings. Singapore’s port feeder programme shows where technology suppliers could contribute, and what buyers must prove before committing.
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Britain may be watching the wrong quantum race
Britain should assess quantum sensing against real engineering problems. American deployment targets and British development projects justify investigation, but funding and deadlines cannot substitute for proven field performance.
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Britain should learn from Germany’s industrial approach to private 5G
Germany’s local spectrum and network identifiers offer British industry a practical lesson. Judge private 5G by the production problem it solves, the full operating cost and who takes responsibility when it fails.
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6G may matter far more to machines than it ever does to smartphone users
South Korea’s 6G ambitions and factory-focused evaluation work suggest an industrial opportunity. British suppliers should prepare, while buyers should insist on measurable benefits over existing networks.
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Britain’s ports should automate for better trade and better work
Britain should back port automation, with investment judged on cargo reliability and credible workforce transitions. Singapore and Felixstowe show why the decision already extends beyond buying driverless trucks.
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Post-quantum migration could become Britain’s next Y2K-scale IT programme
Post-quantum migration could become a vast, largely invisible IT programme. British businesses should fund discovery and supplier coordination now, while separating routine upgrades from systems that genuinely need replacement.
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Britain needs to prepare for AI workers
British companies should prepare for AI agents with bounded authority. UAE ambitions and Singapore’s governance framework point towards practical decisions about ownership, permissions, spending and recovery.
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UK Smart Data should make software easier to leave
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LiFi belongs in selected UK rooms before it replaces Wi-Fi
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UK AI adoption programmes give technology partners a delivery opportunity
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UK businesses should start moving beyond PDF invoices
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AI Growth Zones should change your hosting shortlist before your postcode
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Smaller UK AI companies need usable compute, not just bigger capacity
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UK manufacturing AI investment needs a factory business case