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Departments not sold on shared services strategy, NAO finds

Eight years on from the launch of the government’s shared services strategy, there is no clear ownership, funding remains uncertain and some departments are yet to fully commit
Sweden recommends citizens keep £81 in cash per adult at home

The central bank of Sweden says rapid digitisation could cause vulnerabilities in payment systems
Capita secures decade-long government contract

Outsourcing firm has won 10-year contract to supply government departments with tech-enabled business services
Government wants to build digital ID system in-house

The Home Affairs Committee hearing on digital ID reveals consultation is due next week; there will be no central database; and while government wants to build the system in-house, it will not replace private digital ID providers
Post Office scandal victim gets leave to appeal split case

Prominent scandal victim given leave to appeal High Court decision in his legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu
Police don’t have to explain why they seized lawyer’s phone data

A high court judge has ruled that police do not have to give reasons to lawyer, who acts for Hamas, why they seized his mobile phone data

Electronic health records are still creating issues for patients

Almost every NHS trust will have moved onto a digital system by this spring. Experts have cautioned many patients are still struggling to access their own health data
Edge AI: Business cost, risk and control

Right now, rather than asking whether or not to adopt edge artificial intelligence, the crucial question for most companies is how to do so without creating new security, cost and governance issues
Delivery comms, intelligent fulfilment, and AI’s growing influence

Some 90% of retailers planning to boost spending on artificial intelligence to optimise e-commerce operations, as new research identifies different AI shopper personas and The Delivery Conference provides forum for debate

They need us to buy their debt-fuelled AI dream- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

So it seems Nvidia boss, Jensen Huang is telling financial analysts that datacentre spending will increase 10-fold to 4 trillion within four years. And, those who heard his keynote at the GTC event ... Continue Reading
WisdomAI federated agentic intelligence eats raw data with analytics-native MCP power- CW Developer Network

Analytics is all-important. Since the dawn of big data, analytics has been at the forefront of the way we talk about information intelligence and business decision making… actually, scratch that, ... Continue Reading
Nutanix Cloud Analysis: The reasons why AI is driving container adoption- CW Developer Network

Hybrid multi-cloud computing platform company Nutanix has detailed its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report. This is the company’s most (internally, if not also ... Continue Reading
Agent wars sound exciting? The reality is more complex- Data Matters

This is a guest blogpost by John Bates CEO, Doxis. In it he expresses concern about the naivety of allowing AI free rein over business information and processes. Remember Robot Wars? Maybe you ... Continue Reading

Open cyber standards key to cross-platform integration

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms.
NS&I’s modernisation: A £3bn lesson in how to lose public trust

The UK Public Accounts Committee’s description of NS&I’s digital modernisation as a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ should concern far more than technology teams
What Western companies misunderstand about China’s AI strategy

Executives in the West consistently underestimate technological progress in China – and the country’s differing approach to AI development will lead to a significant advantage if Western leaders fail to learn