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November 28, 2017
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Nov'17
TfL forges ahead with 4G for the Tube after successful test
Having built a pilot 4G network for ESN on the Waterloo & City Line during the summer, TfL is pressing ahead with plans to roll out mobile broadband for all London Underground users
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November 27, 2017
27
Nov'17
NHS trust gets Commvault to cut backup times and get set for GDPR
North Derbyshire hospital trust cuts 70 physical servers to 11 Nutanix hyper-converged nodes, with Commvault replacing multiple backup software products in three-year project
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November 27, 2017
27
Nov'17
UK IT professionals could lose out in a free trade deal between UK and India
There could be an increase in Indian IT professionals coming to work in the UK post-Brexit if a new trade deal is signed with India
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November 27, 2017
27
Nov'17
Focus on innovation and AI in government Industrial Strategy
The government’s Industrial Strategy whitepaper aims to make the UK the “the most innovative nation by 2030” and commits to investing further £275m in Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
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November 27, 2017
27
Nov'17
Moscow to build on its smart city credentials
Moscow ranks in the world’s top 10 smart cities, but is keen to develop more technologies to boost its growing status
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November 26, 2017
26
Nov'17
UK only average in terms of digital public services
UK government has the innovation skills to become a digital public services leader, but needs to improve the ID and authentication that sits underneath it to reach this goal
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November 26, 2017
26
Nov'17
Blockchain could be used for citizen identity services, says Reform
Reform think tank argues that government could use blockchain technology to create a secure identity for citizens to use across public services
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November 24, 2017
24
Nov'17
Public sector IT suppliers demand clarity over G-Cloud 10 launch date
G-Cloud listed IT suppliers are getting concerned that the next iteration of the framework agreement could be delayed by up to a year, and claim it could harm the public sector’s digital transformation efforts
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November 24, 2017
24
Nov'17
Academics and public sector organisations collaborate on London Wi-Fi project
Students and public sector staff across London will get easier access to the Jisc eduroam and govroam Wi-Fi networks through a new scheme spearheaded by City, University of London and Camden Council
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November 23, 2017
23
Nov'17
DCMS opens local fibre broadband fund to applicants
Public sector bodies invited to apply for funding from £190m fund designed to stimulate local-level investment in FTTP broadband services
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November 23, 2017
23
Nov'17
Geospatial Commission announced in Budget to open up OS data
Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced in his November 2017 budget a £40m Geospatial Commission to open up Ordnance Survey data to stoke new business for small companies
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November 22, 2017
22
Nov'17
IR35 reforms: Consultation on private sector roll-out confirmed in Autumn Budget 2017
The government has confirmed it is preparing to consult on whether or not to roll out the controversial IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector
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November 22, 2017
22
Nov'17
Chancellor Philip Hammond pledges more than £500m for tech in 2017 Budget
Autumn Budget promises major investment in tech to drive the UK post-Brexit, including money for artificial intelligence, driverless cars, a new national centre for computing and a geospatial data commission
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November 22, 2017
22
Nov'17
Government urged to improve redress for mass data breaches
Open letter calls for UK government to make it easier for consumers to get compensation for mass data breaches by implementing an effective system for collective redress
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November 21, 2017
21
Nov'17
IR35 reforms: Economic concerns raised over prospect of private sector roll-out
With the government’s stance on rolling out the IR35 reforms to the private sector appearing to soften, IPSE and others air concerns over the threat this move could pose to the post-Brexit economy
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November 21, 2017
21
Nov'17
UK cyber defenders set to build on existing capability
UK national cyber attack response and investigation is a well-defined and rehearsed process, but the responsible agencies say they are building more capability and closing the gaps
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
Universal Credit moves into Amazon Web Services cloud
Parts of the digital system underpinning the controversial welfare reform programme are now running on AWS under DWP’s hybrid cloud strategy
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
MPs press Theresa May to explain why alleged hacker Lauri Love is being extradited to US
MPs question the attorney general and prime minister about why alleged hacker Lauri Love is to be extradited to the US, when at least 13 other hackers have been tried for US hacking offences in the UK
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
Budget 2017 to promise huge UK technology boost
Wednesday’s Budget will include funding for artificial intelligence, driverless cars, 5G, digital skills and more computer science teachers
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
Tech industry demands clarity on Brexit ahead of key budget
TechUK warns government that this week's budget could be its last chance to give tech firms confidence in the post-Brexit UK economy
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November 17, 2017
17
Nov'17
Business crucial to cyber crime fight, say UK cyber cops
Business has a crucial role in fighting cyber crime in terms of intelligence sharing and pursuing cyber criminals, according to the country’s top cyber cops
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November 17, 2017
17
Nov'17
ICO funds first four privacy tool development projects
The UK’s privacy watchdog has begun funding innovative research into data privacy tools for children and the medical and financial sectors
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November 17, 2017
17
Nov'17
Computer science student wins 2017 UK Cyber Security Challenge
Cyber attack simulation challenge sees 22-year-old computer science student crowned UK amateur cyber security champion
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November 16, 2017
16
Nov'17
Europe not ready for imminent cyber strikes, say infosec professionals
Information security leaders in Europe believe a major breach of critical infrastructure is coming and that data breaches in their own organisations are imminent – yet most are not ready
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November 16, 2017
16
Nov'17
MPs warn of ‘deeply worrying’ risks if new customs IT systems are not ready for Brexit
Home Affairs committee calls on government to improve contingency planning in case new systems miss Brexit deadline at end of March 2019
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
DWP insourced 400 staff from HPE into new IT services subsidiary
New arrangement allows Department for Work and Pensions to pay higher base salaries to encourage staff expecting private sector wages
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
Oxford University gets deep learning supercomputer
Academics and the IT industry will be able to use university’s Atos-supplied supercomputer as a service
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
Critical IT problems cost UK organisations £200,000 a month
UK companies are losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a month because of IT problems, but are relatively good at preventing the same issues recurring
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
Data skills could improve employment options as AI accelerates
House of Lords artificial intelligence select committee hears evidence on societal risks of AI, data, life-long learning and the changing role of white-collar workers
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Dubai Road and Transport Authority pilots artificial intelligence to measure customer happiness
Initiative is part of the UAE’s strategy to make Dubai the smartest and happiest city in the world
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Prime minister Theresa May offers extra support for 'world-class' UK tech sector
Government announces expansion of visa scheme for top overseas tech talent, and additional funding to support startups and broadband
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Emergency Services Network delay to cost hundreds of millions
The Emergency Services Network roll-out has hit further delays and is likely to become very costly indeed, the Public Accounts Committee has heard
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
GDPR is a business opportunity, says Belgian minister
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation should not be viewed only as a compliance issue, says Belgium’s minister for privacy
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Government will deliver at least 89 digital services by 2020, says Caroline Nokes
New minister for digital government talks about plans for more digital services, the importance of digital in Brexit, and the roll-out of Gov.uk Verify
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Waltham Forest Council gives 5G network plans a boost
Waltham Forest Council in London is to allow Arqiva to deploy small cell technology on 16,000 lampposts across the borough
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
IPSoft’s latest robot will process helpdesk requests from users and automate fixes
AI software maker combines a cognitive front end and automated back end to simplify enterprise service requests from workers
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November 13, 2017
13
Nov'17
GE Digital to transform Middle East industry using the power of the internet
Bill Ruh, CEO at GE Digital, outlines the company’s vision of the industrial Internet of things (IIoT) in the Middle East and how it plans to transform industry through the power of the Internet
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November 13, 2017
13
Nov'17
Muslim hactivists hack “unhackable” IS news site
A Muslim hacktivist group has hacked into Islamic State’s news site and published thousands of subscribers’ details just hours after the site claimed it was impenetrable
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November 13, 2017
13
Nov'17
Nordic states deepen cyber defence collaboration
Nordic and Baltic government leaders discuss pooling technologies and competences to counter hybrid threats within the cyber security domain
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November 12, 2017
12
Nov'17
Slow technology adoption linked to low productivity among UK business, CBI says
CBI calls on businesses to adopt more “tested technologies” and says government should highlight the need for tech adoption in the industrial strategy
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November 10, 2017
10
Nov'17
Exiting large government IT contracts could take four years, document warns
Government Commercial Function's guidance on exiting large, monolithic outsourcing contracts says disaggregation takes longer than thought, and must be run as a business transformation programme
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November 10, 2017
10
Nov'17
CIOs admit digital transformation strategy will not be fully implemented
Research by Vanson Bourne, on behalf of HCL, shows that the majority of CIOs doubt digital transformation strategies will be fully put into effect
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November 10, 2017
10
Nov'17
UK calls for more anti-terror tools in social media
The UK is calling on social media campaigns to do more to detect and remove “militant messaging” automatically, while former MI5 head issues another caution against tampering with encryption
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November 10, 2017
10
Nov'17
WikiLeaks publishes code and analysis of CIA hacking tool
Security experts are questioning the wisdom of WikiLeaks releasing more source code for US intelligence agency hacking tools
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November 09, 2017
09
Nov'17
University of East Anglia investigates another data leak
University is investigating a second leak in six months, illustrating that data breaches are often caused by non-malicious insiders and that organisations are not getting to grips with the problem
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November 09, 2017
09
Nov'17
ISPs can play unique role in cyber security, says BT CEO
Internet service providers are perfectly positioned to make a significant contribution to cyber security for everyone, BT’s Gavin Patterson believes
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November 09, 2017
09
Nov'17
Cyber attacks not impossible to manage, says ex-GCHQ head
Ex-GCHQ head says despite the growing number of sophisticated cyber threats, tackling them is not impossible, but business has to find new ways of finding cyber defenders in previously untapped pools of talent
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November 09, 2017
09
Nov'17
Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report
Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation
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November 08, 2017
08
Nov'17
Everyone has cyber security responsibility, says Euro commissioner
Everyone has a role to play in cyber security, including big market players – but if this is not done voluntarily, legislation may be required, says the European commissioner for security union
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November 08, 2017
08
Nov'17
Estonian e-resident population growth exceeds birth rate
The number of non-Estonian people who applied for e-residency of the Baltic state exceeds the birth rate so far for this year
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November 07, 2017
07
Nov'17
Cyber security skills a priority for UK government
The UK government is pursuing various short and long-term initiatives aimed at promoting the cyber security profession and growing skills in the sector, including supporting a professional body
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November 07, 2017
07
Nov'17
UK spies face landmark challenge over mass surveillance in human rights court
Ten human rights organisations challenge lawfulness of UK surveillance legislation and mass internet surveillance by UK intelligence agencies in Strasbourg court
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November 06, 2017
06
Nov'17
Automation and AI require education and training, says CBI
Industry and government must collaborate on skills and retraining to get to grips with new innovations, CBI conference told
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November 06, 2017
06
Nov'17
UKtech50 2017: Vote for the most influential person in UK IT
Tell us who you think should be chosen as the most influential person in the UK tech scene for 2017 by submitting your vote now
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November 06, 2017
06
Nov'17
UK must ‘embrace technological change’, says Theresa May
As Brexit approaches, prime minister Theresa May says the country must work together to make Britain an “international centre for transformative technologies of the future”, and calls on industry to increase its R&D investment
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November 03, 2017
03
Nov'17
UK supercomputer is now world’s biggest Panasas scale-out NAS cluster
Jasmin network supercomputer storage expands to 20PB of Panasas scale-out NAS, which has helped to cut analysis times for environmental data from days to hours
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November 02, 2017
02
Nov'17
Society needs to work together to gain control of cyber space
Cyber space is influencing human development and behaviour, but no one is in control and it will take a collective effort to ensure the cyber effect is more positive than negative, says cyber psychology expert
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November 02, 2017
02
Nov'17
Nordic CIO interview: Filippa Jennersjö, Sweden’s Public Employment Agency
The CIO at Sweden's Public Employment Agency has been bringing the organisation in line with other departments’ digital developments
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October 31, 2017
31
Oct'17
NHS to get open source API lab
NHS Digital plans on launching an API lab before the end of the year, with the goal accelerating development of interoperability in health and social care
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October 31, 2017
31
Oct'17
Spoofing of Dutch politicians causes heated debate
A report about how easy it is to spoof the email addresses of Dutch politicians causes wider security debate in the Netherlands
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October 30, 2017
30
Oct'17
EU may struggle to prove cyber attack links, warns expert
EU governments are reportedly planning to respond to cyber attacks as an act of war, but a cyber security expert says links to nation states may be hard to prove
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October 30, 2017
30
Oct'17
Heathrow to probe leak of security files
Heathrow is investigating how and why files containing security information were stored without any protection on a USB stick found by a member of the public
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October 30, 2017
30
Oct'17
Court dates set for Post Office accounting system trials
An end is in sight for sub-postmasters’ campaign against alleged wrongful prosecution, which they blame on a faulty computer system
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October 27, 2017
27
Oct'17
First female Capgemini UK apprentices graduate
The Capgemini UK apprentice scheme gets its first three female graduates
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
NAO calls on NHS to ‘get its act together’ after WannaCry attack
The NHS could have prevented the WannaCry cyber attack had it followed basic IT security best practice, according to National Audit Office boss
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
EU to collect biometrics of all visitors - which could include UK citizens post-Brexit
European Parliament approves entry/exit system which will cover all non-EU visitors to the European Union
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
No guarantees HMRC’s customs declaration service ready for Brexit
HMRC CEO tells MPs the department needs an extra £7.3m to upgrade current Chief system as a contingency, should new customs IT system not be ready in time for Brexit
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
Health and Social Care Network connects first customer
Digital dictation and clinical records management systems firm Crescendo Systems has become the first customer to officially connect to NHS Digital’s Health and Social Care Network
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
Kaspersky Lab explains how NSA data was uploaded
Malware detection triggered an upload of data from a National Security Agency contractor’s home computer, Kaspersky Lab says an internal investigation has revealed
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October 25, 2017
25
Oct'17
Oversight of intelligence agencies’ data sharing has ‘failed’, court hears
UK’s intelligence services lack adequate oversight and written guidelines when sharing databases of sensitive information, Privacy International argues in secret court
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Nearly 200 arrested for airline ticketing fraud
Police have arrested nearly 200 people for airline ticketing fraud in an international operation involving public and private sector organisations
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Microsoft drops lawsuit after US revises data access policy
Microsoft has dropped a lawsuit pushing for reforms of state surveillance practices in response to changes in US data access request policy, but says more reform is necessary
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Inside Australia’s supercomputing journey
The country’s Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation has upgraded its high performance computing infrastructure to keep pace with global research
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October 23, 2017
23
Oct'17
Kaspersky Lab announces global transparency initiative
Faced with a US government ban and media reports alleging co-operation with Russian spies, Kaspersky Lab has announced a global transparency initiative
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October 23, 2017
23
Oct'17
US warns of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
The US government has issued a warning about ongoing cyber attacks targeting critical national infrastructure, saying some networks and at least one power generator have been compromised
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
CW500: Rise in cyber attacks means you have to be brave
As cyber attacks are on the rise, experts share their views, tips and lessons learned in how to handle being hit by one
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
Transport Research Lab to run £13m autonomous vehicle trials in London
A consortium led by the Transport Research Lab has been awarded government funding to run connected and autonomous vehicle tests in the capital
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
IBM’s Joanna Davinson to become new Home Office tech boss
IBM executive to replace Sarah Wilkinson as chief digital, data and technology officer
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
National Police Technology Council launches set of ICT principles
The national ICT strategic principles include cloud first, enabling data sharing and interoperability standards, and ensuring any tech decision made benefits the organisation as a whole
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Safeguards permit GCHQ to share huge databases on public, court hears
Intelligence commissioners did not need technical expertise or support staff to check whether GCHQ and MI5 were lawfully sharing huge databases, court told
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Southend-on-Sea to become a smart city
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council will use Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities platform to improve service delivery, development and citizen engagement through digitisation as it transitions to a smart city model
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Post Office computer system legal case reaches important procedural juncture
Sub-postmasters group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
China and Russia set to drive growth in PC market in 2018, says Gartner
The market will be buoyed by stronger spending on business PCs in Russia and adoption of Windows 10 in China, according to Gartner
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Norway’s Trondheim embraces the cloud with Google G Suite
Municipality is reaping the benefits of moving productivity software to the cloud
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
Shadow Cabinet Office minister slams Gov.uk Verify for being ‘inefficient’
Labour’s Jon Trickett says the government’s identity assurance platform is a poor use of taxpayers’ money and is “being handled appallingly”
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing
Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
UK businesses losing half a million pounds per cancelled digital project
UK businesses are losing almost £500,000 pounds for every cancelled digital project, with a lack of the right skills a major contributing factor
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
RSA’s Middle East cyber security conference gains its own identity
RSA Abu Dhabi conference focuses on region’s cyber security needs as digital technology deployments expand
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
Government gives ODI £6m to improve data knowledge
The Open Data Institute has been awarded £6m in funding from InnovateUK for a series of projects aiming to improve the UK’s data expertise
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears
A secret court will decide whether Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services.
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October 16, 2017
16
Oct'17
The Met Office automates functional testing of weather warnings sites
The UK’s national weather service automates testing using eggPlant to ensure integrity of weather warnings system
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October 16, 2017
16
Oct'17
ADMCC monitors Abu Dhabi with Cisco technology
Abu Dhabi's surveillance system is using technology from Cisco
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October 16, 2017
16
Oct'17
Government launches £25m trial fund to develop UK 5G industry
DCMS is drawing down £25m from the £740m National Productivity Investment Fund to fund a number of testbeds and trials of 5G mobile network technology in the UK
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October 14, 2017
14
Oct'17
Artificial intelligence industry should get strategic government boost
The UK’s artificial intelligence sector will squander a historic lead unless government, industry and academia come together to give it cohesive support, says a government-sponsored report
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October 13, 2017
13
Oct'17
UK and Canada sign digital government Memorandum of Understanding
The UK and Canada have signed Memorandum of Understanding on working together to strengthen digital government services in both countries
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October 13, 2017
13
Oct'17
MEPs push for stronger data protection by EU institutions
All EU institutions, bodies and agencies should live up to strong data protection safeguards when processing personal data, says the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
Government announces digital 'T-level' to encourage technical skills
A digital T-level has been announced among the first of the new technical qualifications the UK is introducing to tackle technical skills gaps
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
Australian defence contractor hacked for fighter jet data
The hacking of an Australian defence sub-contractor has once again highlighted the importance of supply chain cyber security
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
IT industry more reliant on non-UK workers than economy as a whole
The UK IT sector is more reliant on workers from other countries than the average for other sectors.
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
CW500: A perfect storm – the cyber attack that hit Parliament
The former director of the Parliamentary Digital Service shares details and lessons learned from the cyber attack that hit UK parliament in June and explains why it was a “good experience”