Warning that internet is facing overload

AN IT analyst has warned the internet is approaching overload and governments worldwide must invest in IT infrastructure to allow it evolve.

Ireland must update its information and communications technology (ICT) sector to ensure it is not left behind, according to Miguel Ponce de Leon, chief technologist at Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at Waterford Institute of Technology.

He was one of the speakers at a conference in Kilkenny on the future of the internet, which also heard from key experts in industry, academic institutions and the private and public sectors.