Saturday, 28 March 2026
That's Business: Suffer from Subscription Overload? One Platform, 5...
That's Business: Suffer from Subscription Overload? One Platform, 5...: In the modern workplace, productivity tools have quietly become a monthly drain. Writing assistants, PDF editors, image tools, developer ut...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
That's Business: New Book Argues that in the Age of AI, Leaders Mus...
That's Business: New Book Argues that in the Age of AI, Leaders Mus...: LID Publishing has announced the publication of: Lead with AI. Stay Human. How Modern Leaders Orchestrate Enterprise Value, by AI transforma...
Bromcom Computers named as MIS Provider for Isle of Anglesey County Council
This partnership marks another significant milestone in Bromcom's growing presence across Wales, and a clear signal of the trust schools and local authorities are placing in the platform.
The move sees Anglesey join a growing movement in Welsh education: replacing legacy systems with a modern, AI-powered platform designed to benefit staff, students, and parents alike. Crucially, the platform supports bilingual access, ensuring both English and Welsh-speaking users can engage with the system freely and easily.
A Forward-Thinking Partnership
Huw Ynyr, Head of Digital, Performance and Modernisation at Isle of Anglesey County Council told That's Technology: "As the Senior Responsible Owner for this programme, I'm pleased to confirm Anglesey’s commitment to the Bromcom implementation.
"This transformation is a strategic investment in modern, data driven school information management across the island, and a key step in strengthening how we support pupils, staff and school leaders. The move to a single, centrally configurable MIS will help us reduce complexity, drive consistency, and improve the quality and timeliness of the data we rely upon for decision making.
"This programme is about more than replacing a system – it is about enabling our schools to work more efficiently, ensuring staff have the right tools and training, and delivering a sustainable platform for the future. We look forward to working closely with Bromcom and our schools to deliver a smooth, well supported transition and to realise long term benefits for learners and the wider education system in Anglesey."
Commitment to Innovation and Excellence
Ali Guryel, Managing Director at Bromcom Computers Plc told That's Technology: "We're thrilled to welcome Isle of Anglesey County Council and their 44 schools into the Bromcom family.
"This announcement is part of a remarkable shift we're seeing right across Wales. Six of the last eight Welsh councils have now chosen Bromcom, and that's not by chance.
"It reflects a shared recognition that schools and local authorities deserve a truly integrated, bilingual platform built for the future. We look forward to working closely with the team at Anglesey and making a real difference for their schools, staff, and families."
That's Business: Google ‘Moonshot’ Veteran Launches €50M Fund to br...
That's Business: Google ‘Moonshot’ Veteran Launches €50M Fund to br...: Europe’s deep tech sector has just received a major vote of confidence. Mahir Sahin , a former senior executive at Google and lead advisor ...
That's Business: Atel Q Software Launch & Amazon #1 Bestselling Book
That's Business: Atel Q Software Launch & Amazon #1 Bestselling Book: London-Based Voice AI Specialist Launches Software Platform and #1 Amazon Bestselling Book in the Same Week. Atel Q releases its Voice AI ...
BlueKong Go: A New On-Demand Platform Promises to Fix One of IT’s Biggest Headaches
When systems fail, businesses don’t want paperwork, contracts, and scheduling delays. They want someone competent on site, quickly.
That’s exactly the problem BlueKong Networks hopes to solve with its upcoming platform, BlueKong Go, a new digital service designed to connect organisations with certified IT field engineers in real time.
Currently in final testing, with a wider launch planned for 1 May 2026, the platform aims to modernise how businesses source technical help when something goes wrong.
IT Engineers, On Demand
BlueKong Go works by matching businesses needing technical support with vetted IT engineers available nearby. Instead of relying on rigid support contracts or overstretched in-house teams, organisations can request an engineer on demand.
Behind the scenes, the platform uses identity verification, skills profiling, real-time geolocation and intelligent scheduling to pair each request with the most suitable engineer available.
In simple terms: the right person, in the right place, at the right time.
The result should be faster problem resolution, less downtime, and a more flexible way for businesses to access specialist IT expertise.
Matthew Conquer, owner of BlueKong Networks, believes the timing is right for a rethink of traditional IT service delivery.
Businesses today, he told That's Technology, need IT support that can move as quickly as their operations do, without the overheads and delays that often come with conventional service models.
A Different Kind of Tech Platform
Unlike many gig-economy apps, BlueKong Go positions itself as a members-only network of verified professionals. Engineers must pass a structured approval process before joining, ensuring clients are matched only with qualified specialists.
The platform also includes built-in communications, location tracking, and quality assurance tools designed to make interactions transparent for both clients and engineers.
To reinforce trust, completed work comes with a ten-day guarantee.
Smarter, Greener Support
Interestingly, the platform has also been designed with sustainability in mind.
By assigning the closest qualified engineer to a job, BlueKong Go aims to reduce unnecessary travel and cut the carbon footprint associated with long-distance call-outs. More efficient scheduling could also reduce repeat visits and wasted resources.
Faster fixes may even extend the lifespan of IT equipment, helping organisations avoid premature replacement.
Flexible Work for Engineers Too
It’s not just businesses that stand to benefit.
For engineers, the platform offers flexible work opportunities, including evening and weekend assignments, along with smarter routing that reduces travel stress.
BlueKong Go will be accessible through web access, mobile apps and API integrations, allowing organisations of all sizes, from SMEs to public sector bodies, to request support and manage jobs in real time.
If the platform delivers on its promises, it could mark a significant shift in how companies access the technical expertise that keeps modern digital operations running.
Best-in-class sales and operational efficiency, with over 5,200 organisations worldwide relying on NodeZero
In excess of 5,200 organisations globally, from Fortune 10 enterprises to local school districts, hospitals, manufacturers, financial institutions, defence contractors, and government agencies, rely on NodeZero to continuously validate and harden their defences in production environments.
Key business and operational metrics include:
● 125% Net Dollar Retention, reflecting expansion from pentesting into broader exposure management use cases
● 94% Gross Dollar Retention, demonstrating strong customer retention and increasing testing frequency
● 32% of Q4 bookings originated by channel partners
Approximately 70% of customers are serviced through Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), one of the company’s fastest-growing segments. MSSPs are using NodeZero to deliver continuous validation services while expanding into higher-value offerings such as remediation, threat hunting, SOC optimisation, and advisory services.
“MSSPs play a critical role, especially in international markets where local relationships and trust matter,” Snehal Antani, CEO and Co-Founder of Horizon3.ai told That's Texchnology.
“They allow us to scale globally while enabling partners to build high-margin service offerings on top of NodeZero.”
“Vulnerability prioritisation has never been more critical,” Snehal continued. “AI is accelerating vulnerability research, and defenders are overwhelmed deciding what not to fix. Pentesting remains the most effective way to identify what is actually exploitable and focus remediation on what matters.”
“Cybersecurity is currently vital, driven both by the rapid advancement of AI and a more unstable geopolitical landscape,” Dan Bird MBE, Field Chief Technology Officer for EMEA at Horizon3.ai added. “Organisations are right to take every possible step to protect their IT environments and critical business services. But the key is focusing on what can actually be exploited, and where teams need to act first.”
Friday, 20 March 2026
VidaBay Launches Retro E-Ink Instant Film Fridge Magnet with Classic Aesthetic & Battery-Free Design
As a global leader in electronic ink solutions, E Ink Corporation has featured the product on its official LinkedIn channel, noting its zero-battery structure and one-tap content refresh function.
Fitted with a high-definition color E-Ink panel, the product delivers a soft, film-style visual effect with no blue light or flicker, offering a comfortable paper-like viewing experience even in natural light.
It arrives in classic white alongside vivid colour options including red, black, blue, green and yellow to match a variety of home interior styles. To deepen its artistic brand identity, VidaBay has appointed acclaimed Croatian musician Ana Rucner as its official cultural ambassador.
The device is fully powered by iPhone NFC for instant image updates, while Android users can refresh content conveniently via the optional Bluetooth Dock.
It supports tens of thousands of image refreshes without built-in batteries or regular charging. The product is protected by extensive U.S. patents, with corresponding intellectual property safeguards in place across China, securing its unique innovative design in the global consumer E-Ink market.
Centered on capturing daily moments, the E-Ink Instant Film turns casual memories, children’s artwork, family notes, meal plans and to-do lists into displayable highlights. It turns the refrigerator into a personal emotional display, while its battery-free construction supports global sustainability trends. With built-in filters and templates for one-tap editing, it also serves as a thoughtful and flexible gift for all occasions.
Since its global release, the product has received positive user feedback across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, with numerous real-life use cases shared widely on social platforms. The upgraded VidaBay Classic Plus, compatible with iPhone 13 through iPhone 17 series, is now available globally via the official website https://www.vidabay.net/shop, with an official Amazon launch scheduled for early next month, April.
VidaBay is also welcoming partnership inquiries from authorized distributors and resellers in North America and Europe.
Thursday, 19 March 2026
That's Business: AI Needs Power. PoweringAI Thinks It’s Found It
That's Business: AI Needs Power. PoweringAI Thinks It’s Found It: There’s a quiet truth behind all the AI hype : none of it works without serious power and serious infrastructure. And right now, Europe doe...
That's Books and More: Kent's Leeds Castle Opens Major New Eleanor of Cas...
That's Books and More: Kent's Leeds Castle Opens Major New Eleanor of Cas...: Leeds Castle has announced the opening of ‘Pilgrimage of Love: Eleanor of Castile ’, a major new exhibition featuring the world’s first int...
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
That's Business: The AI brain drain: how unclear rules are costing ...
That's Business: The AI brain drain: how unclear rules are costing ...: New research from Red Eagle Tech , a London-based bespoke software development firm, reveals a shocking 54.5% of full-time UK desk workers d...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Cybersecurity is the UK’s hottest tech skill as demand and salaries soar
Amid intensifying cyber incidents and mounting regulatory pressures, businesses are offering salary premiums to compete for a limited pool of qualified security professionals according to new research from global talent solutions firm Robert Half.
The firm’s latest data reveals intensifying pressure on the UK tech talent market, with cybersecurity emerging as the single highest priority skill set for employers, cited by 48% of technology leaders. This is matched by strong hiring intent: 44% of companies plan to recruit for cybersecurity and IT security roles within the next six months, outpacing all other technical specialities.
Skills shortages are driving salary premiums
As the talent gap widens, Robert Half’s data reveals employers are relying on premium pay packets to attract talent.
The findings show 44% of employers report cybersecurity skills as a primary driver of salary increases within their IT functions. This mirrors global trends, with the WE estimating a worldwide shortage of over four million cybersecurity professionals, fuelling competition and inflating salaries as employers try to secure scarce expertise.
But with demand far outstripping supply, employers are being forced to rethink how they attract, develop and retain critical security talent.
Roles in cybersecurity on the up
Robert Half's proprietary job posting database reveals strong growth in the UK cybersecurity job market in the past year, with overore than 6,000 new security roles advertised nationwide, a 14% increase over the previous year.
Demand was highest for Information Security Analysts, with over 3,100 new vacancies, reflecting a significant (29%) year‑on‑year rise. The role of Information Security Manager also remained in strong demand, with over 1,300 new postings and an 8% year-on-year increase.
The UK’s leading hubs for cybersecurity hiring in the past year were London (over 2,200 new roles), Manchester (around 450 roles), Bristol (around 350 roles), and Birmingham (around 350 roles), underlining ongoing demand for specialist security talent across both major metropolitan and regional markets.
That's Business: Manchester accelerator lands North’s only spot in ...
That's Business: Manchester accelerator lands North’s only spot in ...: A Manchester-based accelerator has been named the North of England’s only programme to feature in the Financial Times’ Europe’s Leading Star...
Aston University is first Midlands University to provide all staff with Microsoft 365 Copilot
The strategic partnership with the company which is the first announced by a Midlands university, will equip students with future-ready skills and will strengthen teaching and research.
All staff will benefit from the full Microsoft 365 Copilot suite, including specialist agents such as Researcher and Analyst, and productivity apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that have Copilot built in.
The full roll out will be completed by July 2026 and will give students the skills they need to flourish in an AI-driven economy. The initiative will also help the University’s staff to benefit from tools to become more innovative and operationally efficient, giving them more time for higher-value, strategic activity.
Professor Aleks Subic, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Aston University, told That's Technology: “Our collaboration with Microsoft illustrates Aston’s strategy to be a transformational university, embracing digital innovation and equipping our students and researchers with emerging AI technologies.
“Having access to this AI platform from a sector-leading company will help students and staff thrive. We are preparing our students for the work environment of the future which will enhance their careers and create significant benefits across our research and innovation ecosystem.”
Jen Wyatt, director of education, Microsoft UK, said: “By embedding AI across the University, Aston is strengthening the student experience and accelerating the University’s research and innovation. It will help staff reduce routine workloads, move faster on high-value priorities, and equip students with the future-ready skills they will need in an AI-enabled economy.”
The University will be working with Microsoft to ensure transparency around environmental and wider impacts. Microsoft has stated it is committed to be classed as carbon negative, water positive and zero waste by 2030.
The AI roll-out will enable researchers to accelerate interdisciplinary discovery and analysis at scale, while reducing time spent on routine tasks. Last year Aston University offered new AI fellowships to lead projects that will deliver real-world impact across society, business, and industry. The interdisciplinary positions are based within its business school, The Sir Peter Rigby Digital Futures Institute and its School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies.
Teneo Eliminates Core Conversational Design Pain Points with New Real-Time Voice Testing
Teneo, a global leader in enterprise Agentic AI, today announced a breakthrough platform that directly solves the most persistent pain points plaguing conversational AI worldwide.
The real-time voice AI development and testing platform addresses the three fundamental challenges that contribute to the 95% failure rate of enterprise voice AI implementations: managing unpredictable user expectations, optimizing cognitive load and natural conversation.
The Hidden Crisis in Conversational Design
Conversational designers face an impossible challenge: creating voice experiences based on assumptions about how users will speak, only to discover that real conversations bear little resemblance to their carefully crafted dialogue flows.
Before LLMs, conversation design was like laying train tracks. The path had to be fixed, and if the user stepped off it, the system broke. Today it feels more like urban planning. You do not build every road yourself. Instead, you define the speed limits, set the destination, and mark the places the system should avoid.
"Every conversational designer knows the pain of spending months perfecting dialogue flows, only to watch them crumble when exposed to real user behavior," Per Ottosson, CEO of Teneo, told That's Technology.
"Users don't speak perfect sentences. They interrupt, rephrase, use incomplete thoughts, and bring contextual assumptions many design tools simply can't anticipate. Our platform gives designers the ability to hear and optimise how people actually talk, in real time."
Solving the Three Core Pain Points of Conversational Design
Teneo AI directly addresses the challenges that have plagued conversational designers since the inception of voice interfaces:
Pain Point #1: Unpredictable User Expectations
Traditional conversational design relies on training data based on "proper" speech patterns, but real users speak with incomplete sentences, omit subjects, rephrase mid-conversation, and assume contextual information. Teneo's native testing capabilities enable designers to hear actual speech patterns immediately, allowing them to optimize how people really communicate rather than how they theoretically should communicate.
Pain Point #2: Cognitive Load Management
Unlike text interfaces that users can review and navigate, voice interactions must be processed sequentially in real-time, creating significant cognitive burden. Designers struggle to balance information density with comprehension, often discovering their carefully structured responses overwhelm users in practice. Teneo AI allows designers to test and refine information architecture while hearing the actual cognitive impact on users.
Pain Point #3: Natural conversation flow
Creating natural-sounding conversations requires precise control of pauses, emphasis, volume, and rhythm, elements that are impossible to evaluate without hearing the actual output. Traditional design tools provide no way to test human-like speech patterns until full deployment, leading to robotic, unnatural interactions that damage user experience.
Measurable Impact on Design Effectiveness
Organizations using Teneo's Agentic AI platform report dramatic improvements in voice AI performance. This includes but is not limited to:
Intent Recognition Accuracy: Improved from an industry average to consistently above 99% through proprietary technology.
Time to Deploy: Reduced dramatically through native testing and streamlined deployment, eliminating the need for multiple production stages.
Design Iteration Speed: Reduced from deployment cycles measured in weeks to deployment cycles in hours and minutes.
Teneo AI is available now for new and existing customers. Teneo.ai provides deployment support, ROI modeling and migration assistance to help enterprises launch quickly and scale safely.
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Africa Mobile Network Surpasses 5000 Base Stations Transforming Connectivity Across Sub-Saharan Africa
The network’s advanced architecture now supports approximately 11.2 million billable voice minutes every day, further accelerating the digital transformation of the region.
By deploying advanced RAN technology where traditional coverage once ended, AMN are proving that distance is no longer a barrier to digital inclusion, integrating communities without mobile network service into the global digital economy.
Sub-Saharan Africa represents a market of approximately 1.1 billion people, nearly one-seventh of the global population, with 62% residing in rural areas. Today, over 300 million people across the region live in villages with no mobile network coverage.
By surpassing 5000 deployed base stations, AMN is bridging this gap. AMN deploys its proprietary Radio Node (ARN) on all new installations, a versatile 2G/3G/4G small cell solution engineered to deliver 4TRX alongside HSPA+ within a single frequency band. Centred around AMN’s own future-proof, wideband Software Defined Radio (SDR) design, the ARN900 utilises open interfaces and a strategic disaggregation of hardware and software to provide opportunities for continued development.
AMN has deployed ARN900 to existing sites to provide significantly increased voice capacity and data services. By maintaining full ownership and control of the hardware, developed specifically for rural deployment and assembled in-house within the UK, the company ensures unparalleled operational agility and network security. AMN is currently deploying its first dual-band ARN, offering increased 2G and 4G resources across two frequency bands from a single unit.
A core differentiator of the AMN infrastructure is its total operational independence. By integrating high-efficiency solar power with VSAT backhaul, the system is truly ubiquitous, engineered for rapid installation in regions beyond the reach of conventional power grids or terrestrial network infrastructure. This self-sustaining architecture allows AMN to profitably deliver mobile connectivity to any global community exceeding 1,000 residents, effectively overcoming the geographical barriers to digital inclusion.
“I’m immensely proud of the momentum our team has maintained since our inception. Their commitment to overcoming complex infrastructure challenges is what drives our progress everyday”. commented Michael Darcy, CEO of AMN told That's Technolongy.
“We are driven by the conviction that no community should be sidelined by geography. Our ‘zero exclusion’ is powered by our ARN, by maintaining total in-house architectural control, we possess the unique agility to connect Africa, one community at a time”.
Surmounting the 5000-station milestone proves rural connectivity is achievable at scale, sustainably, and with profound social impact. While these achievements are measured in infrastructure, AMN’s true success lies in the human opportunities unlocked; each site serves as a digital anchor that stimulates local economies and fosters global digital participation. W
ith a strategic target of 10,000 sites, AMN is building the foundation to bring life-changing connectivity to millions, reinforcing its commitment to a fully connected Africa.
A comprehensive survey involving 37 villages across Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and Zambia revealed a transformative shift in quality of life following the deployment of AMN’s infrastructure. On average across surveyed sites, 83% of residents in these previously unconnected communities have adopted mobile money services, representing a massive increase in regional financial inclusion.
AMN plans to deploy an additional 1,000 sites across Sub-Saharan Africa in 2026, expanding its networks in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, and Liberia.
Guided by a focus on technological agility and operational excellence, AMN is bridging the digital divide, ensuring that Sub-Saharan Africa does not just join the digital world, but leads its own digital conversation.
For more information about Africa Mobile Networks and its rural connectivity projects, please visit amn.com.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)