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INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION BY RACONTEUR.NET #0710 15/12/2020 FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING WHAT A BOLD VISION TAKING ON THE NET- 04 PEOPLE REALLY WANT 12 FOR RENEWABLES 18 ZERO CHALLENGE INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION BY RACONTEUR.NET #0710 15/12/2020 RACONTEUR.NET 03 FUTURE OF CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE Connecting to Distributed in exceed expectations Published in association with Unprecedented transformations in healthcare, education and business are showing just how central digital infrastructure is to the future Promoting Private Investment in Infrastructure Marina Gerner because they're so integral to soci- Contributors ety. Education provides our ability to t’s safe to say this year has continue to evolve, to have an equal IF EMAIL’S A PHISHING HOLE, Oliver Balch Marina Gerner I irreversibly changed our opportunity platform for children Journalist specialising Award-winning arts, professional and personal from all across the country and eco- in sustainability, philosophy and finance lives. The infrastructure sector, nomic levels. And then also health- TAKE YOUR FISH ELSEWHERE. business and travel, and writer, contributing to although often playing a behind-the- care, I am a fan of nationalised health- author of travelogues on The Economist's 1843, care and I do think the NHS has lots of South America, India The Times Literary scenes role, is now central in deliver- Get enhanced security with SEDNA and Wales. Supplement and ing the post-pandemic “new normal”. opportunity for effi ciencies.” Standpoint. At the beginning of the health cri- Hamish de Run, head of Federated sis, the UK’s telecoms infrastructure Hermes Infrastructure, says benefi ts team communication software. Sam Haddad Mark Hillsdon took the spotlight for an unexpected of greater connectivity range from a Journalist specialising Contributor to titles such Images Schregardus/Getty Alex - Photography AHS in travel, with work as The Guardian and reason. A bizarre conspiracy theory reduction in cost base to effi ciency published in The B B C C o u n t r y fi l e , writing blamed 5G technology for corona- improvements. He too notes societal Guardian, 1843 Magazine on topics including virus, which led to a series of arson benefi ts include “the delivery of high- and The Times. sustainability, wildlife, attacks on mobile-phone masts. er-quality remote healthcare and health and sport. In reality, these very masts help to education, as well as contributions to Magda Ibrahim Rose Stokes enable our digital connectivity. Our wellbeing through reducing isolation Award-winning journalist, Freelance journalist connections to the internet rely on a and loneliness via increased digital with bylines in the Sunday specialising in women’s hardware foundation, via fi bre-optic connectivity to others”. Times, London Evening rights, health and human Pip White, managing director, Standard, Sun online and interest features. Her cables, masts and datacentres, mak- specialist media including work has appeared in The ing infrastructure the cornerstone UK and Ireland, at Google Cloud, Campaign, Third Sector Guardian, The Economist, of global connectivity. says: “Greater connectivity will and PRWeek. The Telegraph and Vice. In a survey conducted by improve the effi ciency and speed Community Fibre, some 60 per cent of cloud computing, reduce latency Finbarr Toesland Jonathan Weinberg of London-based small and medi- and downtime, and give busi- Freelance journalist, he Journalist, writer and um-sized enterprises said high nesses greater capacity for growth. specialises in technology, media consultant/trainer broadband speed and quality are Complex tasks will be performed business and economic specialising in technology, even more critical for their business quicker with fewer interruptions, issues, and contributes business, social impact operations than a functioning sup- allowing employees more time to to a wide range of and the future of work publications. and society. ply chain (52 per cent). Earlier this focus on innovation and high-im- year, government fi gures showed pact projects.” the country’s digital sector contrib- Which major infrastructure pro- uted £149 billion to the UK in 2018, jects are helping us towards a more which amounts to 7.7 per cent of the digitally connected world? “What a EMAIL IS THE NUMBER ONE PORTAL economy and it’s set to grow. lot of people don’t realise, though, At the same time, there have been connectivity? “The point of this can we do a video consultation?’ a is that today, 98 per cent of inter- FOR CYBERSECURITY ATTACKS, Publishing manager Design geopolitical concerns about the pro- infrastructure is that you don't have year ago, they would have laughed national internet traffi c is ferried LEAVING BUSINESSES CONSTANTLY John Harvey Sara Gelfgren viders of our digital infrastructure. to worry about it,” says Dana Tobak, at me,” says Tobak. Whereas now it around the world by subsea cables,” Kellie Jerrard The United States has led a cam- co-founder and chief executive of has become standard practice that says White. “A vast underwater net- VULNERABLE TO PHISHING SCAMS Associate editor Colm McDermott paign against Huawei, a Chinese Hyperoptic. “In the same way you benefi ts both patients and doctors. work of cables crisscrossing the Peter Archer Samuele Motta provider of telecoms equipment, barely think when you turn on the In addition, access to digital devices ocean makes it possible to share, Nita Saroglou AND SECURITY BREACHES. given China’s human rights viola- tap, is water going to come out? And is important for education. “One of search, send and receive informa- Acting managing editor Jack Woolrich As communication software for high-volume, global, Francesca Cassidy Sean Wyatt-Livesley tions and the control the state holds am I going to have enough to brush the things that COVID has shown is tion across the world at speed.” over Chinese companies. Other my teeth? You don't think about it; it we don't have equality yet across dif- And still more of these are planned and enterprise teams, SEDNA prioritises security Digital content executive Art director countries have voiced similar con- just works.” ferent economic groups,” she says, or in development, including Google’s with thorough onboarding, multi-factor authentication, Taryn Brickner Joanna Bird cerns and followed suit. COVID-19 has radically acceler- adding: “What can we achieve when recently announced Grace Hopper Production manager Design director The UK government announced ated digital transformation in edu- we have ubiquitous connectivity? cable, which will run between the single sign-on, approved address books, secure cloud Hannah Smallman Tim Whitlock a new strategy to diversify the UK’s cation and healthcare. “If I had “Health and education are the two United States, UK and Spain. hosting, and Verified by SEDNA*, which vets and 5G supply chain backed by an initial called a GP surgery and said, ‘Hey, use-cases I get the most excited about “The rollout of fi bre to the home, authenticates messages within the SEDNA network. £250 million in November. “We are or FTTH, is likely to accelerate, pro- taking bold steps to implement one viding more people with faster and of the toughest telecoms security EUROPE’S BIGGEST CONNECTIVITY CHALLENGES more reliable broadband,” says de Plus, SEDNA’s shared inbox solution creates more Although this publication is funded through advertising and regimes in the world,” says Oliver Run. “The upgrade of cellular net- transparency across organisations—meaning less sponsorship, all editorial is without bias and sponsored features Dowden, digital, culture, media and works will deliver improvements in are clearly labelled. For an upcoming schedule, partnership sport secretary “A central part of access to wireless internet and the opportunity for suspicious activity to go unflagged. inquiries or feedback, please call +44 (0)20 3877 3800 or that is combating high-risk vendors of European tech fi rms, investors and stability and coverage of mobile policymakers say that required business email [email protected] and I have set out an unambiguous communications. Increasing capac- infrastructure investment is the biggest Raconteur is a leading publisher of special-interest content and timetable for the complete removal ity of datacentres will allow for PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS research. Its publications and articles cover a wide range of topics, % challenge with 5G connectivity of Huawei equipment from our 5G greater use of cloud computing, including business, fi nance, sustainability, healthcare, lifestyle and 60 WITH SEDNA. LEARN MORE AT SEDNA.COM technology. Raconteur special reports are published exclusively in networks no later than 2027.” improving effi ciency and security in The Times and The Sunday Times as well as online at raconteur.net Overall, the government wants a sustainable and environmentally The information contained in this publication has been obtained the majority of the UK population friendly way.” say the biggest from sources the Proprietors believe to be correct. However, to be covered by a 5G signal by 2027. There may yet be a sign of hope to challenge is the say it is the no legal liability can be accepted for any errors. No part of this It also aims to provide next-genera- increased cost underlying end the year. As Hyperoptic’s Tobak publication may be reproduced without the prior consent of the tion fi bre broadband to 85 per cent of of connectivity technology concludes: “We have started to see Publisher. © Raconteur Media % % 53 26 that actually, with the right con- premises by 2025. *Subject to our standard terms What benefi ts can businesses nectivity, you can do so much more @raconteur /raconteur.net @raconteur_london and end-users expect from greater DLA Piper 2020 than people expected.” raconteur.net /future-infrastructure-2020-dec 04 FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE RACONTEUR.NET 05 Commercial feature PEOPLE FIRST Building Images Andrews/Getty Andy what people really want Truly sustainable infrastructure must be about more than wind turbines and solar panels, it must be designed with the people who live in it firmly in mind ture remains in its early days.