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• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Airport operator MAG boosts threat visibility with hybrid SOC

  With budget concerns weighing heavy during the pandemic, Manchester Airports Group ditched an impending capex-heavy cyber investment in favour of a hybrid managed/in-house approach. Learn more about its experience

• October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21

  HCL Benelux telco partnership targets SME and government

  Indian IT service provider signs partnership that will see it modernise the core technology of Proximus to offer its services through

• October 01, 2021 01 Oct'21

  IR35: Giant Group cyber attack prompts renewed calls for statutory regulation of umbrella companies

  As details about the fallout from the cyber attack on the Giant Group umbrella company emerge, stakeholders say the incident should prompt the government to expedite regulating contractor payroll processing firms

• September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21

  Giant Umbrella contractors suffer salary payment delays following suspected ‘data breach’

  Following the discovery of “suspicious network activity” in its systems, payroll processing firm Giant Umbrella has taken itself offline, leaving contractors to fume over missing salary payments

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  Tech Nation announces 15 startups for 10th Future Fifty cohort

  Fifteen high-growth startups set to join Tech Nation’s 10th annual Future Fifty programme to help them scale further

• September 01, 2021 01 Sep'21

  Tech sector spends nearly €100m a year lobbying the EU

  Study on technology firms’ lobbying efforts in the European Union shows the sector spends more than any other in trying to influence policies and legislation

• August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

  Thames Valley Police drops ERP system after spending £14m

  Thames Valley Police exits tri-force programme to develop new enterprise resource planning software for the police

• August 12, 2021 12 Aug'21

  ICO consults on new international data transfer agreement

  Information Commissioner’s Office to consult on its draft international data transfer agreement and guidance, which will replace standard contractual clauses to protect personal data during overseas transfers

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  UK MoD turns to hackers to help secure digital assets

  Hackers given direct access to internal Ministry of Defence systems to identify and report security vulnerabilities

• August 02, 2021 02 Aug'21

  IR35 reforms: TUC demand for government ban on umbrella companies raises eyebrows

  The Trades Union Congress has raised eyebrows within the contracting community by calling for a ban on umbrella companies to help stamp out malpractice

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  DWP hit with £87.9m tax bill by HMRC over 'historic' IR35 status contractor assessment errors

  The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) annual accounts highlight the challenges the public sector body has faced with implementing the IR35 reforms since they came into force in the public sector in April 2017

• July 19, 2021 19 Jul'21

  HMRC CEO claims email querying legal basis for loan charge ‘overplayed’ at committee hearing

  HMRC CEO Jim Harra continues to downplay significance of email questioning legal basis of the loan charge during a grilling by the Economic Affairs Committee

• July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21

  More than half of European IT outsourcing spending will soon be on cloud services

  Cloud services will soon be the largest part of the IT services market in Europe, as enterprises invest in them as part of their Covid-19 recovery strategies

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  NCS outlines regional expansion plans

  IT service provider NCS is going after the high-growth markets of Australia and the Greater China region with core technology and industry-specific offerings as it pits itself against global rivals

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Accenture acquisition will expand services that help customers be more like Tesla

  Accenture’s latest acquisition will boost the part of the organisation that helps manufacturers and engineering firms be more like Tesla

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  UK IT outsourcing set to continue after service levels improve during pandemic

  UK organisations will increase IT outsourcing following the Covid-19 pandemic

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Scottish government awards digital identity platform contract to Scott Logic

  Supplier is working on a two-year project to create a digital identity service through a suite of common platforms that will be adopted across Scottish government

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  IR35 tribunal sees Nationwide IT contractor lose second appeal against £70,000 HMRC tax bill

  Tribunal dismisses second appeal by IT project manager Robert Lee that his contracts with Nationwide would fall out of scope of the IR35 legislation

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  Virgin Atlantic expands 17-year relationship with TCS as it begins Covid-19 crisis recovery

  Virgin Atlantic has expanded its IT services agreement with Tata Consultancy Services, with 70 of its IT staff transferring to the supplier

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  Indian IT giants cut carbon emissions by 85% as pandemic stops travel

  Spurred by pandemic-related challenges, India’s IT industry has slashed travel costs and carbon emissions through the use of the latest technology

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  IR35 reforms: Qdos research suggests room for improvement

  The IR35 reforms came into force in April 2021, but research from contracting authority Qdos suggests some end-client organisation's compliance strategies require urgent improvement

• May 28, 2021 28 May'21

  IR35 reforms: Blanket-banning firms risk losing contractors and suffering reputational damage

  Research by contrator-focused accountancy firm inniAccounts shines a light on how contractors are responding to their clients’ handling of the IR35 reforms

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Sophos: How timely intervention stopped a ProxyLogon attack

  A recent incident at an undisclosed customer sheds new light on how malicious actors exploit unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Half of organisations breached via a third party in 12 months

  New report highlights the risks of outsourcing key business processes without paying due care and attention to your service provider’s security

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Europe provides growth for TCS despite year floored by pandemic

  Tata Consultancy Services grows its continental European business despite economic slowdown brought by Covid-19 restrictions

• April 09, 2021 09 Apr'21

  Global demand for IT and business services highest ever for first quarter

  Global demand for IT and business services began the year strongly, with a record first quarter

• April 09, 2021 09 Apr'21

  Loan Charge Group MPs demand IR35 shake-up to stop contractors becoming ‘zero-rights employees’

  Inquiry by Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group calls on government to tweak IR35 legislation during passage of next Finance Bill

• April 01, 2021 01 Apr'21

  IR35 reforms: Loan charge and employers’ NI issues prompt calls for legislative revamp

  As the government prepares to extend the IR35 reforms to the private sector, contracting stakeholders say it is high time the ‘flawed’ legislation was scrapped entirely

• March 31, 2021 31 Mar'21

  IR35 reforms: HMRC denies ‘squandering’ datasets that could rid umbrella sector of rogue players

  Concerns grow about the number of IT contractors at risk of joining non-compliant umbrella firms ahead of the IR35 reforms taking hold in the private sector

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  IR35 reforms: Slow government progress on umbrella regulation exposes IT contractors to tax risks

  With thousands of IT contractors set to start working through unregulated umbrella companies for the first time when the IR35 reforms take hold in the private sector, concerns are growing about the danger this could pose to their income and tax ...

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Met Police chooses Capgemini as strategic IT infrastructure services provider

  Capgemini has a history of providing the force with day-to-day technology services, and will now deliver its infrastructure services under the Pegasus programme

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Significant jump in number of hackers reporting vulnerabilities to companies

  Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of hackers reporting security vulnerabilities and bugs to enterprises has increased by nearly two-thirds

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Wipro makes its biggest acquisition ever with $1.45bn takeover

  Indian IT services supplier Wipro makes biggest acquisition in its history as it bolsters consultancy offering

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: HMRC under fire over ‘omission’ of employers’ NI from webinar guidance

  HM Revenue & Customs confirms it has corrected a calculation error in a recent educational IR35 webinar that saw it fail to factor in employers’ NI in examples of how payments should be made between end-clients, agencies and PSCs post-April 2021

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  Reading Borough Council to overhaul IT infrastructure

  Council and its children’s services partner award contracts worth £13.2m for shared IT infrastructure

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: What IT contractors need to know

  Computer Weekly asks contracting experts to answer questions about PSC bans, compliant umbrella companies and challenging status determinations, with the latest IR35 reforms coming into place

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Businesses forced to ask IT service providers for help during pandemic

  IT service providers have been approached by long-time enterprise customers asking for price cuts due to the impact of the pandemic

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Finnish IT sector demand increases after months of decline

  IT sector in Finland sees small signs of recovery as demand increases after months of Covid-19-related decline

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  UK border surveillance regime highly privatised, says Privacy International

  Research from Privacy International raises concerns about the deep involvement of technology companies in the development and deployment of various technologies throughout the UK’s border regime, along with the lack of scrutiny they receive

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  Government R&D funding fails to maximise ‘catapult’ potential

  Barriers in the UK’s research and development funding system mean technology and innovation centres, also known as catapults, are prevented from maximising their potential economic impact

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  TCS rings in the new year on a roll

  India’s Tata Consultancy Services recorded one of its strongest third-quarter earnings and grew its brand value amid a global pandemic

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Saudi IT spending to hit $11bn in 2021

  Saudi Arabian organisations will spend about $11bn on IT this year, with emerging technologies high on shopping lists

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  HMRC criticised over continued ‘shortcomings’ in loan charge policy response

  House of Lords committee tells HMRC it still has work to do to improve its response to past criticisms of its handling of the government’s controversial loan charge policy

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: IT contractors warned to be wary of non-compliant umbrella companies

  The proliferation of websites offering comparison site-like services for umbrella companies has prompted tax experts to warn IT contractors of the financial risk posed by firms offering ‘too good to be true’ take-home pay rates

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  European IT outsourcing spend up in 2020 after cloud boost

  IT outsourcing sector growth is an indication that businesses are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic disruption it has brought

• December 23, 2020 23 Dec'20

  Wipro acquires IT units at German wholesalers

  German wholesaler Metro has sold IT units to Indian IT services company Wipro, as part of a long-term agreement

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  UK police unlawfully processing over a million people’s data on Microsoft 365

  The roll-out of Microsoft 365 to dozens of UK police forces may be unlawful, because many have failed to conduct data protection checks before deployment and hold no information on their contracts

• December 15, 2020 15 Dec'20

  Air purifier manufacturer creates IoT service in the cloud

  Sweden’s Blueair introduces new functionality for customers through a cloud-based internet of things platform

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  After critical year, Vodafone trains security sights on CNI market

  Vodafone’s security head Steve Knibbs explains how he plans to bring the lessons of a transformative few years in cyber security to bear on new markets

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  Financial Stability Board says it’s time to talk about IT outsourcing risks

  International organisation that monitors the finance sector asks for the industry to discuss the risks that IT outsourcing brings to the sector

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  TCS acquires Prudential Financial tech operation unit for free

  Hot on the heels of its €1 acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s Postbank Systems IT unit, TCS has taken on 1,500 people from the insurance giant’s Ireland-based IT unit

• November 10, 2020 10 Nov'20

  Deutsche Bank to sell retail banking IT unit to TCS for €1

  Deutsche Bank has agreed to sell its retail banking IT operation to one of its main IT suppliers for a token €1

• November 04, 2020 04 Nov'20

  Contractors claim IR35 reforms pose ‘bigger threat’ to their livelihoods than Covid-19 or Brexit

  Latest poll by contractor tax consultancy Qdos suggests freelancers are less concerned about the threat the coronavirus and Brexit pose to their businesses than the havoc the IR35 private sector reforms might cause

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Rackspace expands Singapore office, eyes ASEAN market

  Managed cloud services supplier expands regional office to develop deeper relationships with local customers as demand for its services grows

• October 16, 2020 16 Oct'20

  Services Australia taps AI in document processing

  Services Australia and Capgemini have developed an AI engine to classify and extract information from claim documents in a pilot project

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  Can chameleon Big Blue change its colours?

  IBM is renowned for reinventing itself. It now plans to spin out its Global Technology Services business, a division that was once its crown jewels

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  TCS results signal enterprise readiness to spend on IT after Covid-19 pause

  TCS’s financial results signal that enterprises are ready to invest in IT to help them recover from the coronavirus-related business slowdown

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Accenture acquires NZ firm to bolster SAP practice

  Accenture’s acquisition of Zag comes amid growing demand for expertise in S/4 Hana migrations in Australia and New Zealand

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  Tips on breaking free from long-term IT contracts

  Far-reaching, multi-year contracts are less popular these days, but IT departments often find the renewal date is still years away

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Loan charge under review: Government’s tax policy set to be challenged under EU law

  A fresh attempt to judicially review the government’s controversial disguised remuneration policy is being launched, and its backers have already secured 85% of the £180,000 needed to test whether the loan charge breaches EU law

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Government 'making progress' on Smart Freight System prep ahead of Brexit transition deadline

  The government appears to be heeding warnings about the readiness of the Smart Freight border IT system, as the January 2021 Brexit transition deadline looms large

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Edinburgh council to create smart city operations centre

  Edinburgh council extends an outsourcing agreement with CGI as it steps up its smart city programme

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Here East CEO advises startups to generate own revenue streams

  In a time of deep uncertainty, startups with their own streams of revenue independent of investors and large corporates will have more options and be in a much stronger negotiating position

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Council to connect hundreds of its sites through wide area network

  Local authorities invest in networking and contact centre technology through IT outsourcing contracts

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  The Security Interviews: How Crest is remaking the future of consultancy

  Crest president Ian Glover taught himself cyber security while working on government computing systems in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he is on a decade-spanning mission to change security consultancy models

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  Coronavirus: IT contractors cite lack of government support during Covid-19 as source of stress

  ContractorCalculator research highlights the mental health toll the pandemic is taking on IT contractors

• August 04, 2020 04 Aug'20

  Nordic enterprises look for SAP price reductions as they navigate Covid-19

  Businesses in the Nordics are using SAP Cloud Platform to address Covid-19 challenges and are also seeking price reductions

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Accenture selected for key role in Bank of England core settlement system replacement

  Accenture will be technology delivery partner in project to replace the core system used to settle payments between banks

• July 24, 2020 24 Jul'20

  Loan charge: HMRC's plans to clampdown on loan-scheme promoters slammed by IT contractors

  HMRC is seeking feedback on its plans to tackle tax-avoidance scheme promoters, in the wake of criticism over its past enforcement of the loan-charge policy

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Inside Intel’s transition into an enterprise tech company

  Computing giant Intel is pushing deeper into the enterprise with investments in data-centric and emerging technologies along with partnerships with local firms to develop new solutions

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  IBM's Q2 tapered by pandemic business recovery

  Country-specific coronavirus responses directly correlate to IBM customer IT investments, with some contemplating dialling back cloud subscriptions

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Loan charge: Government dashes hopes of revised down settlements for contractors

  HMRC and HM Treasury confirm there are no plans to alter the loan charge settlement terms, despite calls from cross-party MPs to consider doing so

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  What do Accenture’s UK job cuts mean to the IT services industry?

  Accenture's decision to reduce its UK workforce by 8% will not be the last in an IT services sector hit hard by the Covid-19 disruption.

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  Huge declines in traditional outsourcing as Covid-19 puts a stop on deals

  Traditional IT outsourcing deals value plummets in the last quarter as contracts dry up amid Covid-19 disruption

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  MSP Xchanging attacked in ransomware incident

  Specialist managed services provider is restoring customer access to systems after an unspecified ransomware incident

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Accenture to cut 900 UK staff

  Accenture is cutting 900 jobs in the UK, as business levels drop amid the global Covid-19 pandemic

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Go lean and embrace partnerships to plot a path for recovery

  Starting with the lean principle of a minimum viable product, CIOs should aim to partner with outsourcers and IT suppliers to deliver business value

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  CISOs buying into unified security proposition

  The time is right for all-in-one security solutions, according to a report

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Security procurement framework goes live for NHS and public sector

  Cyber Security Services Framework, developed by NHS Shared Business Services, has formally launched

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Coronavirus: Government under renewed pressure to ramp up support for limited company directors

  Chancellor of the Exchequer's announced extensions of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme prompt renewed calls for more tailored financial support for limited companies

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse

  The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them?

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  COO interview: Suresh Viswanathan, TSB

  TSB’s chief operating officer is overseeing the bank’s operations as it strives to build the right kind of IT reputation

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Facebook announces oversight board members

  New board will rule on freedom of expression issues and make policy recommendations to social media giant.

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Coronavirus: Do Indian companies still have an edge in Nordic outsourcing?

  Covid-19 lockdowns and social distancing have affected Nordic outsourcing strategies. Do Indian firms still have the upper hand?

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Government under pressure to give limited company IT workers more financial support

  IT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies and pay themselves in dividends are largely uncatered for by the goverment's various coronavirus-focused business support packages, and are facing financial difficulties

• April 24, 2020 24 Apr'20

  How likely are IT service providers to offer discounts in an unprecedented global recession?

  As the global economy slows, businesses are trying to cut costs, with IT services one of the first stops – but what are the chances of a happy outcome?

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Treasury ignores sub-committee’s plea to delay April 2021 start date

  Despite the Finance Bill Sub-Committee claiming it would argue for the IR35 reforms to be delayed even if there were no pandemic, HM Treasury remains committed to revised April 2021 roll-out date

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Pandemic will see consolidation of offshore captive centres

  Offshore captive IT operations owned by western businesses will be sold off to raise cash and boost efficiency amid Covid-19 pandemic

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Covid-19 will leave its legacy on global IT services

  IT services buying and selling will go through a transformation during the coronavirus crisis

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Indian IT sector takes hit

  India’s IT market will see slower growth this year though opportunities abound in artificial intelligence and cyber security

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Loan charge contractors face double whammy of life-changing repayment demands as past loans recalled

  IT contractors already under pressure from HMRC to pay life-changing tax bills relating to their past involvement in loan remuneration schemes now face calls to repay the original loans, too. Computer Weekly investigates

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: BPO and IT services delivered from India face big challenges

  UK businesses receiving business process outsourcing and IT services from India will face disruption, but IT services from large IT suppliers less so

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Loan charge MPs secure ‘unanimous’ support for motion to curb policy’s retrospective powers

  A motion raised by the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), aimed at removing all retrospective elements of the controversial tax policy, has secured the “unanimous” support of the House of Commons

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  IR35 reforms: Chancellor slammed for dig at self-employed tax habits during coronavirus briefing

  Rishi Sunak under fire for making a veiled reference to self-employed people needing to pay their “fair share of tax” during the government’s daily coronavirus update

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Lorca calls on security scaleups to tackle coronavirus challenge

  Lorca innovation programme has launched an open call for its next cohort of cyber security scaleups, with a timely focus on coronavirus challenges

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: IT contractors ‘left stranded’ by exclusion from support for self-employed

  IT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies will not be able to access government scheme to support self-employed through coronavirus outbreak

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Coronavirus prompts calls for fairer deal for self-employed IT workers

  ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin says the deferral of the IR35 reforms should be upgraded to a cancellation, as the response of employers to coronavirus highlights glaring inequalities between treatment of inside IR35 contractors and employees

• March 19, 2020 19 Mar'20

  Loan charge under review: Cross-party group of MPs slams government inquiry into tax policy

  The government’s independent inquiry into the loan charge disguised remuneration policy has been criticised in a report by a cross-party group of MPs for being ‘fundamentally flawed’

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Coronavirus prompts Treasury to delay start date to April 2021

  HM Treasury confirms roll-out of IR35 reforms to the private sector will be halted for a year to ease the pressure on businesses in the face of the coronavirus outbreak

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  Budget 2020: Full of promises, but is it enough?

  Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget provided plenty of cash for technology and innovation, but has the government done enough to make the tech industry happy?