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November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19
House of Commons seeks IT security chief

Interviews for the two-year engagement are due to take place in December 2019
November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19
IoT growth set to come from managed data analytics

CompTIA's latest IT industry forecast suggests that businesses will be making more use of automation in internet-of-things applications
November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19
AR and VR set to enhance jobs and boost GDP

New headset technologies and 5G networking promise to lower costs, and make AR and VR more user friendly
November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19
Scottish local government prioritises automation and AI in digital plan

Use of the technologies will be ramped up as part of the next phase of the Digital Office 2.0 programme

November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19
How DBS is pushing the limits of IT efficiency

Besides shrinking its datacentre footprint by 75%, Singapore’s DBS Bank is running twice as many virtual machines on a single socket and decoupling applications from its infrastructure stack
November 17, 2019 17 Nov'19
Australian bourse to overhaul technology infrastructure

The Australian Securities Exchange is embracing digital ledger technology, microservices and DevOps to modernise its core systems
November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19
LOTI launches dashboard that maps technology resources of local authorities

London Office of Technology and Innovation launches dashboard in partnership with Bloomberg Associates to drive savings and identify skills levels
November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19
Business must engage with consumers to boost AI

Artificial intelligence is set to become a core part of business, but to get the most from it, enterprises need to engage with consumers to focus personalisation
November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19
Singapore sets national AI strategy with focus on skills and ethics

Singapore is kicking off its national AI strategy with five key projects spanning logistics, healthcare, smart estates, education and border security
November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19
NHS still holds citizen trust on data use

But the public trust banks more than local or central government bodies when it comes to handling personal information, a new study has found

November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19
G-Cloud 10 fails to generate business for suppliers, study says

Research firm Tussell’s study into G-Cloud reveals majority of suppliers listed in its report did not earn any revenue in 2018 through the public sector framework
November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19
HMCTS researches the future of open justice

A new report by Policy Lab into the threats and opportunities of technology is aimed to support new approaches to policy-making
November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19
Zopa opens testing for its banking products to customers

Zopa's move into the banking sector is gathering pace as customers test out its savings product
November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19
Welsh government to hire chief digital officer

The £500,000 of annual funding will go towards a leader and a department dedicated to developing digital initiatives
November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19
Modernisation of justice may leave vulnerable users behind

A Commons Select Committee report has voiced a number of concerns about the ongoing transformation efforts led by the Ministry of Justice and called for actions such as maintenance of non-digital services
November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19
Government allocates £2m to support growth of lawtech

New government funding unlocked to help break down barriers to the adoption of emerging technologies in the legal sector
November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19
Brits moving to digital banking channel faster than people in the US

Digital banking services rapidly gain popularity, but digital banks face major challenges to make deeper inroads into traditional banks’ customer bases
November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19
Thousands apply to Abu Dhabi AI University in first week

Artificial intelligence university in Abu Dhabi gets more than 3,000 applications in the week following its application process being opened
November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19
HMRC appoints interim chief digital and information officer

Jacky Wright's replacement is a financial services veteran who brings expertise in tech-enabled change and payments infrastructure
October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19
UK at the forefront of government AI investment

Current and anticipated artificial intelligence spending is the highest in Europe despite various challenges around implementation, according to a report by Accenture
October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19
NHSX reports advancements in artificial intelligence

Latest study showcases the work in artificial intelligence that is ongoing in the NHS as part of its Long-Term Plan
October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19
DWP outlines steps to reduce fraud and error

The Department of Work and Pensions has released the priorities within its single departmental plan, including the new platforms National Debt Service and Counter Fraud and Error Management Service
October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19
Executive interview: Why the times are a changin’ in collaboration

Companies are aware that the next wave of talent wants to work collaboratively, but how do you collaborate and what policies discourage collaboration?
October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19
UK gets low score in European e-gov ranking

Leaders in the region got scores of over 80% while Britain achieved just over 61%, a Capgemini report has found
October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19
Cost savings drive business automation

While businesses are using automation to save money, many also see robotic process automation as essential to support new business initiatives
October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19
Singapore startup plugs AI skills gap with pre-trained microservices

Sentient.io is offering artificial intelligence microservices that developers can use to augment their applications with speech recognition and other AI capabilities
October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19
Why Singapore’s GovTech is building an IoT technology stack

Government Technology Agency has built an internet of things technology stack to level the playing field for smaller firms and drive innovation in public sector IoT projects
October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19
Birmingham 5G tests show +450 Mbps maximum download speed

New RootMetrics report shows that early 5G roll-out brings breakneck speeds in limited availability, with vast promise moving forward
October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19
Politics and inflexible legacy tech stymies disruptive innovation

Startups in traditional enterprises often feel they are being held back by culture, with legacy tech and business processes hampering innovation
October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19
Stronger regulations needed to fix banking IT problems, say MPs

Regulators need to use more potent tools to get banks to sort out problems with their IT systems, as customers become more reliant on digital channels
October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19
UK government announces new funding for robot development

The £34m package will go towards research around autonomous technologies to improve safety and public trust
October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19
Government provides boost to artificial intelligence skills

PhDs and researchers will be sponsored as part of a programme aimed at creating and retaining experts in artificial intelligence technology
October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19
NHSX seeks chief technology officer

The principal technology adviser to the organisation's CEO, Matthew Gould, should be interviewed by early December
October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19
How Singtel and Dell are approaching digital transformation

Singtel employees are learning to create their own robotic process automation-powered bots while Dell has speeded up application development from months to weeks
October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19
Ministry of Defence to access IT skills via £1.5bn framework

The new procurement vehicle is part of the department's plan to improve how it engages with the tech industry
October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19
CIOs should think about what it means when employees augment themselves

The bods at Gartner may have watched a bit too much Hollywood sci-fi: will people really augment themselves with tech to do their jobs better?
October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19
Take responsibility for cyber security basics, urges NCSC CEO

At the launch of its third annual review, NCSC head Ciaran Martin appealed for individuals and businesses to address the fundamentals of cyber security hygiene to help lighten the load
October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19
Interview: Abdul Nasser Al Mughairbi, head of digital, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Abdul Nasser Al Mughairbi is leading digital developments at Abu Dhabi's state-owned oil giant
October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company uses blockchain for inter-group network

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is using blockchain internally, with plans to expand it beyond the group boundaries
October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19
Government to provide local data to proptechs

Minister announces creation of a national index of brownfield site data and other initiatives to allow startups and property development companies to use public data to generate business
October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19
Executive interview: How Moleskine digitises ideas

Handwritten notes jotted down on paper are not often shared, but capturing these digitally can encourage a creative approach to collaboration
October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19
NHS Digital announces suppliers for GP IT Futures framework

The NHS’s previous IT supplier framework for GPs – composed of just four suppliers – will be replaced by a pool of nearly 70 IT companies
October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19
NHS e-prescriptions roll-out aims for £300m savings by 2021

The final stage of digitising prescriptions in the NHS is expected to reduce inefficiencies, errors and paper usage
October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19
Two-thirds of UK financial services firms are using machine learning

The use of machine learning in the finance sector is set to increase as obstacles to its take up are not seen as being insurmountable
October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19
O2 promises ‘revolutionary’ offers as it joins UK 5G party

O2 has become the latest operator in the UK to offer a 5G network and claims to be able to demonstrate real-world 5G business use cases that can potentially boost the British economy
October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19
BEIS launches multimillion-pound security investment package

Government is making available more than £50m to support a range of new cyber security initiatives and collaborations, including the latest phase of its Digital Security by Design programme
October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19
Barclays demonstrates proof-of-concept quantum clearing algorithm

Barclays and IBM researchers publish paper on a quantum computing algorithm for securities transaction trading
October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19
Report calls for urgent replacement of health screening IT

Major review of cancer screening programmes urges NHSX to prioritise the update of the underlying technology systems
October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19
Government shelves age verification plans for online porn

Plans to introduce age verification to access online pornography will not go ahead, with provisions around protecting children from inappropriate content on the internet to become part of wider regulations
October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19
HMRC fails to get new customs system ready for Brexit

A National Audit Office report reveals that HMRC has opted for a multimillion-pound enhancement of a legacy platform rather than working on its planned replacement