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IT operations management and IT support

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  London Stock Exchange glitch delays trading

  The London Stock Exchange suffered a 90-minute technical outage which prevented early trading in major stocks

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Latest Post Office Horizon problems fixed with software update to blame

  The Post Office has fixed the latest problems with its Horizon system, affecting hundreds of branches

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Dutch province pioneers no-code platform

  Software development platform removes the need for expert programmers when adding functionality to applications

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Hundreds of Post Office branches hit by new Horizon problem

  Subpostmasters suffering slow running and frozen terminals while Post Office searches for a fix to issues apparently caused by a software update

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Nordic banks move into wearable payment technology

  Payment by watch or watch strap is now an option for customers of two banks in Sweden

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Birmingham City Council ends 13-year IT contract with Capita

  Local authority to bring IT services in-house, saying “the time is right to transfer the services back to the council”

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Nationwide plans 750 tech roles at new digital hub in London

  Building society is setting up its first major tech presence in London to help it access deep skills pool

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Computer science undergraduates most likely to drop out

  Computer science degrees account for the largest proportion of students who drop out before completion

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

  The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Deliveroo to build Edinburgh tech hub around acquisition of local startup

  Food delivery tech company Deliveroo is using a recent acquisition of local startup Cultivate to build a tech hub in Edinburgh

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  How Singapore’s NTUC Enterprise is embracing digital transformation

  NTUC Enterprise is starting to look more like a technology company, employing DevOps to speed up software development and developing new digital business models even as cultural barriers to transformation remain

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Why CIOs should focus on trimming their internal email footprint

  Better internal collaboration should be part of a CIO’s digitisation arsenal. But there is resistance to change, especially as email is so dominant

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  London Stock Exchange eyes £22bn acquisition of Refinitiv to expand data capabilities

  The London Stock Exchange is looking at a huge tech acquisition to provide customers access to a wealth of data services built using the latest technologies

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  TSB takes another £36m hit related to botched IT migration

  TSB has been stung for another £36m in costs related to its botched IT migration last year, but managed a profit in its latest six monthly results

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  One-third of UK councils have IT budgets cut

  Many local authorities’ IT budgets are being reduced at a time when they are trying to digitally transform to cut costs and improve processes