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• November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14

  Cert-UK deals with more CNI incidents in second quarter

  Cert-UK is dealing with more incidents related to critical national infrastructure, according to its second quarterly report

• November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14

  RBS to help police with cyber and other expertise to fight financial crime

  RBS is to provide the City of London Police with free cyber, financial, legal and language advice to help fight financial crime

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation

  Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  Fujitsu forced to disclose subsidiary staff pay

  Arbitration body forces Fujitsu to reveal subsidiary pay structure after staff request disclosure through union Unite

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  East Renfrewshire uses Huddle to connect with neighbouring councils

  East Renfrewshire Council uses Huddle’s cloud-based software to connect with two other Clyde Valley councils

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  2014 one of strongest years for UK IT outsourcing

  The amount spent on outsourcing contracts this year in Europe is expected to be one of the highest figures ever

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  Microsoft threatened MPs over open-standards policy, claims advisor

  Microsoft told MPs it would cut investment if they supported plans for open standards, says former Cameron advisor

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  UK-led cyber crime taskforce proving its worth, says top EU cyber cop

  One month into a six-month pilot, a UK-led international cyber crime taskforce looks set to become permanent

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Problems surface as first users attempt to use Gov.uk Verify

  Problems have surfaced as users try to use Gov.uk Verify to prove their identities

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Local councils need common standards to develop digital

  Local authorities need to have a set of common standards to develop digital innovations, says Surrey County Council’s CDO

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Business needs to take cyber crime seriously, says top EU cyber cop Troels Oerting

  Troels Oerting, head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, says businesses must heed the risk of cyber crime

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  GDS director Mike Bracken could become government CDO as digital roles evolve

  Government Digital Service (GDS) director Mike Bracken could be in line to become the government's chief digital officer (CDO)

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Half a million citizens to be using Gov.uk Verify by April 2015

  Government now expects to have nearly half a million people using its Gov.uk Verify service for online identity assurance by April 2015

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Government offers free Wi-Fi in 1,000 public buildings

  DCMS plans to make free Wi-Fi hotspots available in 1,000 public buildings as part of its Super-Connected Cities programme

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  UK cyber threat sharing ahead of target, says Cert-UK

  Membership of the government’s Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CISP) is well ahead of target, says Cert-UK

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  Home Office appeals against $300m Raytheon payment in e-Borders dispute

  The Home Office has appealed against a decision to award $300m to Raytheon over the cancellation of its e-Borders contract

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  HMRC to save £200m per year by scrapping Aspire outsourcing deal

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expects to save over £200m a year by moving away from its Aspire IT outsourcing contract in June 2017

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Government replaces Becta education IT procurement framework

  Government seeks up to 20 suppliers to form a £300m procurement framework for ICT services to public-sector education organisations

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Fujitsu goes hyperscale with CD10000 open-source storage

  In a tilt at the hyperscale market the CD10000 marries Fujitsu hardware with Red Hat Ceph open-source storage software

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Met Police trials analytics to fight gang crime

  The Metropolitan Police is experimenting with analytics software to help predict which criminals are likely to re-offend

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Private hospital digitises patient records to improve breast cancer treatment

  Private hospital group HCA is creating digital records to improve access to clinical images for clinicians screening for breast cancer

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Researchers uncover sophisticated cyber espionage campaign

  A cyber espionage campaign against military, diplomatic and defence industry targets in the US and Europe is discovered

• October 26, 2014 26 Oct'14

  How big data, mobile and cloud are fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone

  IBM applies data analytics, mobile technology and cloud computing to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

• October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14

  Universal Credit digital service set for first public test in Sutton

  Digital service for Universal Credit to start testing with benefit claimants in Sutton, south London, in the next two months

• October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14

  Arrays cost councils four times more than software-defined storage

  Nexenta finds UK councils spend around £1,200 per terabyte on storage arrays – four times more than on storage software

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Will TechNorth be able to take on Tech City?

  A tech hub has been launched in the north of the UK to support startups in the shadow of London’s Tech City

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Universal Credit digital system reaches key milestone as DWP delays roll-out

  The digital system supporting the Department for Work and Pension's Universal Credit programme has passed a major development milestone

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg launches technology cluster initiative in north England

  Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg launches TechNorth project connecting digital clusters in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  BBC takes iPlayer video production to AWS cloud to beat bottleneck and storage woes

  Having run Video Factory on AWS for over a year, BBC's Robert Shield explains how he overcame iPlayer bottleneck and availability challenges

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Firms lack technology for workforce of the future

  European businesses will rely increasingly on freelance, geographically dispersed employees as they vie to attract the top skills to their organisations over the next 5 years.

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Liverpool council to save £30m taking BT joint venture in-house

  Liverpool City Council will save £30m over three years by taking its Liverpool Direct Ltd joint venture back in-house

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  More than half of UK citizens hit by online crime, shows Get Safe Online survey

  More than half of UK citizens have fallen victim to online crime, according to a survey commissioned by government security initiative Get Safe Online

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Defra first department to implement Gov.uk Verify

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs first to utilise government’s new identity assurance system

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Drones a threat to privacy, says former GCHQ chief David Omand

  The use of drones in the UK raises significant safety, security and privacy concerns, according to a report from ex-head of GCHQ, David Omand

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Government needs to make technology exciting for women

  The government must make technology roles more exciting to attract females into the industry, says HMRC's Mark Dearnley

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Socitm lobbies for change to enable local digital public services

  Society of Information Technology Management highlights what is required to deliver local digital public services

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Data scientist demand evident in applications to new course

  Data scientist post-graduate course at City University London takes on three times more students than expected

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Government releases social media guidance for civil servants

  New social media guidelines for civil servants have been released by the Cabinet Office

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  GCHQ embodies British values, says Iain Lobban

  Outgoing GCHQ director Iain Lobban has defended the intelligence agency in his final speech before retiring

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Government seeks suppliers for £2bn telecoms framework

  The government is seeking suppliers for a £2bn procurement framework to replace Whitehall’s telecommunications requirements

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  PCI security council welcomes Obama executive order on EMV

  The PCI security council has welcomed US president Obama’s executive order to speed the adoption of EMV-standard cards

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Prime Minister’s Digital Taskforce targets skills and networks

  The Prime Minister’s Digital Taskforce has established a remit around skills, investment, and networks

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  National Museum of Wales tackles digital technology

  The National Museum of Wales is digitising and using modern technology in its seven exhibition campuses

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Public services website Gov.uk hits one billion visits

  Government public services website Gov.uk reports its one billionth visit since its launch two years ago

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  FBI director James Comey joins call for online surveillance tools

  FBI director James Comey has reiterated the need for online surveillance and joined calls for more tools to do so

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Local government outsourcing shrinks workforce 35%

  The number of staff directly employed by a fifth of local authorities will reduce 35% by 2020 as a result of outsourcing

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  UK is prime target for cyber attacks, says FireEye

  The UK has been greatest target of advanced cyber attacks in Europe, the Middle East or Africa in the first half of 2014, report shows

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Nottinghamshire Council goes mobile with Windows

  Nottinghamshire County Council is turning to Windows 8.1 to mobilise its workforce, starting with its social care division

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  McAfee highlights security challenges of a next-generation government

  McAfee has released a report investigating the security issues the 'government of tomorrow' might face

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Industrial control systems: What are the security challenges?

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems are the biggest threat to critical national infrastructure, says Kaspersky Lab

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Gov.uk Verify identity assurance service ready to go live

  Government expected to launch first service using digital identity assurance in "next couple of weeks"

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Global research reveals limited appetite for smartwatch payments

  While consumers in the US and China show interest in making purchases on smartwatches, Brits are less interested, finds research

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  Europe’s top cyber cop calls for access to online data

  Trust in police and state should be applied in cyber space as it is in the real world, says the head of Europol’s EC3

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  Microsoft, SAP and Facebook call on EU to support better IT education

  IT giants have written an open letter to EU ministers urging them to support better ICT education and encourage children to code

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  IT industry seeks to improve relationship with government IT buyers

  The UK IT industry wants to make “real changes” in its relationship with government following longstanding criticisms

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Is the BIS GrowthAccelerator scheme worthwhile for technology startups?

  UK startups in the technology sector may be missing an opportunity to grow by ignoring GrowthAccelerator programme

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Fear and loathing could hold back UK internet of things, says KPMG report

  More than two-thirds of UK consumers fear growing number of interconnected devices make it too easy for things to go wrong

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Creating the next wave of social open-data products

  Open Data programme managers address the challenges of creating socially focused open-data products

• October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14

  Housing associations launch shared internet service from BT

  BT promises housing association tenants lower internet costs through new scheme

• October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14

  Government as a platform will be fully ready in three years, says Liam Maxwell

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell has outlined its digital transformation vision of delivering government as a platform

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Care.data goes ahead with CCG pilot

  NHS England’s controversial care.data programme is currently in a testing phase with four clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Welsh government hands control of PSN to BT

  BT to take over running of PSN across Wales from Logicalis

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Civil service appoints first chief executive to drive digital transformation

  The civil service has appointed John Manzoni as its first CEO, with a remit to drive digital transformation across Whitehall

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  GDS to receive budget boost to aid transition from Whitehall outsourcing deals

  The Government Digital Service is set to receive a budget boost to help move away from large IT outsourcing deals due to expire

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Derby City Council promises 2Gbps connections at tech hub

  Up to 150 Derby SMEs are to get 2Gbps broadband through Virgin following a council-led investment in the city’s tech base

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards to step down

  Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards is to stand down at the end of December 2014, says the telecoms regulator

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  China targets Hong Kong protestors with Android and iOS spyware

  China is suspected of spying on pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong using a fake app for Android and iOS smartphones

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  DVLA digital car tax renewal website struggles with demand on launch

  The DVLA’s renewed vehicle tax website has had a troubled launch, with the site crashing due to high demand

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Cyber Essentials for public sector IT suppliers: pros and cons

  What are the pros and cons of the Cyber Essentials Scheme certification mandated for public sector IT suppliers?

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  How YouGov deployed Veeam Backup & Replication

  YouGov has deployed Veeam Backup & Replication to switch suppliers following the breakdown of a managed services contract

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Going digital at the Ministry of Justice

  The Ministry of Justice is making progress on its digital strategy, with CDO Paul Shetler at the helm

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  London innovation centre launches to tackle data challenges

  An innovation and collaboration centre has been launched to develop ideas relating to data and the UK economy

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Nationwide roll-out of Universal Credit to start in early 2015

  Controversial welfare reform programme to be accelerated nationwide for single people only, using much-criticised IT systems

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  HMRC promises personal online tax accounts in new digital strategy

  HM Revenue & Customs has launched its new digital strategy, committing to personalised online tax accounts

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Service model driving cyber crime, says Europol report

  The cyber crime support industry is becoming increasingly commercialised, says a report by the European Cybercrime Centre

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Civil service chief endorses 'government as platform' digital strategy

  Civil service chief Jeremy Heywood endorses the government digital strategy, hailing it as key to Whitehall reform

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Public shared service cuts costs and improves operations

  Kent's Fire and Rescue and police force's shared command and control system saves costs and improves operations

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Protective monitoring key part of DWP cyber security

  Protective monitoring is an essential part of cyber security as traditional approaches are no longer enough, says DWP IT security chief

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Government mandates Cyber Essentials for public-sector supply chain

  Compliance with the Cyber Essentials Scheme will be mandatory for IT suppliers to government from 1 October 2014

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell commits to GDS until 2018

  Whitehall chief technology officer Liam Maxwell has committed to the Government Digital Service beyond the election

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Why you should drop staff who are not cloud savvy

  CIOs may need to lose staff who are not prepared to move to new ways of working brought on by cloud computing

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Avon and Somerset police targets domestic abuse using analytics

  Avon and Somerset Constabulary has developed a predictive analytics engine to tackle domestic violence and child abuse

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Labour wants to revive e-voting for elections

  The Labour Party wants to introduce electronic voting if it wins next year’s general election

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Let’s reclaim email, says HMRC cyber security head

  Government and industry must tackle spam to reclaim email as a communications channel, says head of cyber security at HMRC

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Last council finally connects to PSN

  The last remaining local authority has moved to the public services network (PSN) almost six months past the deadline

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Investment needed to tackle digital divide, says Go ON UK

  Investment on internet infrastructure needs to be complemented by skills investment, says Go ON UK deputy CEO

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Labour activists call for £10bn plan to make UK a leading digital economy

  Digital activists in the Labour party want it to commit to a £10bn, five-year plan to make the UK the world’s leading digital economy

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Google to build giant '40-football pitch' datacentre in the Netherlands

  Google will invest €600m to build a giant, 120-megawatt datacentre in the Netherlands

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Energy IT pros confident on breach detection, survey shows

  Two-thirds of energy sector IT professionals claim they could detect a breach within a week, a survey shows

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  UKtech50 2014 - help us choose the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - tell us your nominations

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Government urges more SMEs to apply for broadband vouchers

  With six months left to apply, businesses are being urged to claim their share of the £100m government broadband grants

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Peterborough City Council launches cloud-enabled technology strategy

  Peterborough City Council is launching a cloud-enabled technology strategy to improve how it connects with citizens

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  How the HSCIC rebuilt NHS Spine

  The Health and Social Care Information Centre has successfully upgraded the infrastructure behind the NHS Spine platform

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken on the next five years

  The Government Digital Service celebrates its third anniversary soon, but has plenty more challenges ahead to change Whitehall thinking

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  US military logistics arm breached by China-linked hackers

  US government inquiry finds Transcomm contractors had their systems hacked by groups linked to the Chinese government

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Scottish Fire and Rescue deploys CRM to ensure FOI compliance

  Fire service uses customer relationship management software to manage internal processes and freedom of information requests

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Government digital chief signals move away from 'tower model' approach to IT outsourcing

  Government digital chief Mike Bracken has signalled a move away from the “tower model” approach to IT outsourcing

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Interview: Chi Onwurah, Labour shadow Cabinet Office minister

  Labour's shadow cabinet minister, Chi Onwurah, offers a unique connection between technology and politics

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC

  John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie

• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  Risk management key to cyber strategy, says BP

  Cyber attacks constitute a group-level risk that is managed as part of BP’s standard set of risk management processes, says group chief