Smart meters: an IT disaster waiting to happen?

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Smart meters are finally ready to roll out across the UK. But is the selected system 'the next major government IT disaster'?

Everything has to be prefixed with the word “smart” these days – smart phones, smart cities, smart meters – when really what is meant by the word is that something is not necessarily better, or sma...

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