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Latest Utilities articles

Computing research: Industrial control systems under attack

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The systems controlling our nuclear facilities could be 20 years old and unpatched. What could possibly go wrong? John Leonard and Danny Palmer investigate
06 Mar 2013

Analysis: The era of geopolitical cyber wars

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The ‘scramble for Africa’ indirectly led to the First World War. Will the ‘scramble for the internet’ provoke the Third World War?
18 Feb 2013

Analysis: Industrial control systems under attack

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Society relies on power grids and nuclear plants, but the systems used to control them could have an avalanche of cyber-attacks coming their way. Sooraj Shah finds out why
18 Sep 2012

EDF Energy selects Atos for £100m datacentre services deal

10-year contract to improve resilience and flexibility of IT infrastructure
21 Mar 2012

National Grid Metering seeks new ERP system

The new system will support its Industrial and Commercial business
14 Feb 2012

National Grid plans £3.5m data analytics project

Data will be visualised within a geospatial context
16 Jan 2012

Bang goes the boiler


02 Dec 2011

Smart meters: the real winners and losers


29 Nov 2011

Energy giants give users more control over their consumption

British Gas and E.ON talk about the technology behind their respective smart meter rollouts
14 Nov 2011

Smart meter rollout presents numerous technical challenges

The task facing the UK’s energy suppliers is daunting given the technical complexity involved and the consequences of getting it wrong
14 Nov 2011

The 26 million meter dash

The race to implement smart metering is on, but are utility suppliers aided or hampered by the absence of precise technology requirements?
14 Nov 2011

Haven Power uses public cloud for disaster recovery

Energy company has chosen Amazon Web Services for its DR requirements, and will also use it for R&D
07 Nov 2011

ENISA teams up with US to test EU cyber security

Agency attempts to attack member states' defences with advanced persistent threats in first joint EU-US cyber security exercise
04 Nov 2011

Dell analysis questions previous research into Duqu

New report states Duqu Trojan may not have been created by the Stuxnet team as previously thought
27 Oct 2011

Energy giant gives firms online access to consumption data

Scottish and Southern Energy is using Information Builders' Webfocus BI suite to feed usage data to 420,000 business customers
28 Sep 2011

CBI and KPMG give UK's digital infrastructure thumbs up

However road, rail, waste and energy all need investment for the future
12 Sep 2011

British Gas begins next-gen smart meter rollout

New smart meters have a touch screen and enable greater control over energy use, says utility company
01 Sep 2011

DECC looking for WAN and software solutions for smart meter rollout

OJEU tenders released for communications and software services
31 Aug 2011

IDC: Annual IT spend by utilities to exceed £7bn by 2015

Electricity providers spend the most on IT, report reveals
16 Aug 2011

Yorkshire Water Services seeks LAN installation partner

Utilities company invites potential suppliers to bid to provide vendor hardware and consultancy services for network implementation
11 Aug 2011

Logica signs major contracts with MoD, SSE and Galileo

The service firm also announced mid-year revenue of £1.9bn
08 Aug 2011

Utilities turn to outsourcing to help save costs

Tech analyst Ovum suggests the sector is facing significant pressure
03 Aug 2011

Datacentres greener than expected thanks to recession

A new report has revealed that modern datacentres are using less power than originally predicted
01 Aug 2011

US government warns of potential new Stuxnet attack

Department of Homeland Security wonders if publishing its analysis on Stuxnet was so smart after all...
01 Aug 2011