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  • Twitter debate

    As part of the run up to UCExpo I’m going to be taking part in my first Twitter debate this afternoon (Tweebate?). I’ll be taking over the SIPHON twitter account: @SIPHON_Networks. Feel free to fire me your questions – the theme for the debate is going to the Future of Communications Security, which gives rise to…

  • Hurting your partners the Basecamp way

    I was recently pointed towards this thread on github which I read with growing horror as the thread developed. Now, fair disclosure – I’ve never really liked Basecamp. In the words of an old friend, they appear to have confused “simple” with “simplistic” and released a product that left me in the position where I…

  • Police misleading the public to pass the Investigatory Powers Bill?

    I was browsing twitter this evening when I came across the following tweet, published by an agency that I have a lot of respect for, the National Crime Agency. They’ve been doing some work with Channel 4 and are publicising an upcoming documentary. Part of that campaign seems to have led to this tweet: The…

  • Specialist operational teams: a thing of the past?

    Almost two and a half years ago I wrote an article about the changing face of recruiting engineers and how vendors were talking about automating the configuration of networks. I had some doubts at the time but things have moved on from there. This week I’ve been attending the Oracle Communications Customer Advisory Board in Paris….

  • Save harbour agreement threatened?

    Edward Snowden’s revelations to the world about the US’ monitoring of communications is the gift that keeps on giving. The Advocate General to the EU Court of Justice has today issued a legal opinion which makes two findings: 1. That the Commission’s acceptance of US safe harbour arrangements does not override the ability of local…

  • Have Tom Watson and David Davis inadvertently made things worse with DRIPA?

    I was all ready to pen a nice article about The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) after I attended a Home Office briefing Thursday at the ITSPA summer forum, however I’ve just seen this article from the BBC. Personally, I agree with both the courts and with Tom Watson, MP and David Davis, MP. The…

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