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IT outsourcing

• November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

  Six subpostmaster convictions referred for appeal in Scotland

  Six former subpostmasters in Scotland will have appeals against criminal convictions heard after being referred by Scotland’s Criminal Cases Review Commission

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  Microsoft pledges $100m in new IT support for Ukraine

  Microsoft will continue to offer free-of-charge technology support to Ukraine for the foreseeable future

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  Confirmation bias led Post Office to prosecute subpostmasters without investigation, inquiry told

  Former Post Office tech leader tells public inquiry that confirmation bias led to hundreds of subpostmasters being prosecuted for financial crimes without proper investigation

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  Reported Horizon errors should have been ‘show-stopper’, public inquiry told

  Subpostmasters should have been given the benefit of the doubt over unexplained losses, but were hounded to pay money back, with lives ruined and innocent people prosecuted

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  New minister asked to pause Fujitsu government contracts

  Parliamentarians keep focus on Fujitsu’s role in the Post Office Horizon scandal with demand for pause on government contracts to the supplier

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Sainsbury’s outsources for cloud-first benefits

  Retailer signs multi-year IT services contract with Tata Consultancy Services to support move to cloud-first strategy

• October 21, 2022 21 Oct'22

  Ukrainian and UK IT sectors to deepen collaboration, partnerships

  BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, and the IT Ukraine Association have signed an MoU to deepen collaboration between the UK and Ukrainian IT sectors, and champion new partnerships and growth opportunities

• October 17, 2022 17 Oct'22

  Global IT and business services spending slows amid economic fears

  Spending on IT and business services is declining amid economic fears, with the possibility of a further fall on the horizon

• October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

  Fujitsu to finally face blame for its part in Post Office Horizon scandal

  Fujitsu’s part in causing the extreme suffering of subpostmasters will be made clear as the IT supplier begins giving evidence at a statutory inquiry

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  Perpetrators of subpostmaster suffering in Horizon scandal must face public inquiry

  Victims demand that the perpetrators of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal face the public inquiry

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  NCSC urges organisations to secure supply chains

  NCSC’s latest guidance package centres supply chain security, helping medium to large organisations assess and mitigate cyber risks from suppliers

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Post Office scandal inquiry restarts with call for a pause amid disclosure controversy

  The statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has begun phase two with a request for an adjournment amid allegations that the Post Office is failing to meet its obligation to disclose all relevant documents

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Public sector spend on IT climbed to £12.6bn in 2021

  Public sector bodies IT spend went up 10% last year, but the majority of the money went to large IT suppliers with 89% of the total spend going to so-called ‘tech titans’, according to a report from Tussell

• October 10, 2022 10 Oct'22

  Dutch infrastructure sector seeks closer collaboration with government

  Although the Netherlands government is increasingly realising how vital the country’s digital infrastructure is, it lacks sufficient policy-making and vision, say industry associations

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  IR35 reforms to be scrapped: What IT contractors need to know

  News of the government’s plans to scrap the IR35 reforms took the contracting world by surprise, but IT contractors are being warned off making hasty changes to the way they work just yet

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  StorPool takes its software-defined storage to the AWS cloud

  Software-defined storage and block access specialist to offer its product on high-performance AWS bare metal and memory-intensive compute, while claiming improved latency

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Most hackers exfiltrate data within five hours of gaining access

  Insights from more than 300 sanctioned adversaries, otherwise known as ‘ethical’ hackers, reveal that around two-thirds are able to collect and exfiltrate data within just five hours of gaining access

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  American football giants jet into digital age with HCLTech

  US football clubs the New York Jets and New York Giants outsource their digital transformations to Indian service provider as they target improved fan engagement

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  FCSA calls for government clampdown on cloned umbrella companies

  One year has passed since the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association spoke out about the problem of umbrella company cloning, and it claims the authorities are not moving fast enough to tackle the issue

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  Post Office scandal inquiry chair intervenes in slow compensation progress

  Chair of statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has aired his disappointment over the slow progress in making interim payments to victims

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Nordic private equity firms pursue cyber security acquisitions

  Increasing interest in the security sector from Nordic private equity firms is a reflection of growing threats and increasing enterprise security budgets

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  Contractors call for IR35 review and tax cuts in Chancellor’s mini-Budget

  The contractor community is patiently awaiting the outcome of this Friday’s mini-Budget, with hopes for some concrete details on the Prime Minister’s proposed IR35 review and news of a corporation tax cut

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  Barnet Council awards Capita contract extension

  Barnet Council has awarded Capita a contract extension as part of its transition away from a large contract with the supplier

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  Contractors lack confidence in prime minister to follow through with promised IR35 review

  Contractor poll suggests lack of faith among freelancers about new prime minister Liz Truss honouring her pledge to review the IR35 rules

• September 09, 2022 09 Sep'22

  Interview: Keeping an IT business going during the Russian invasion

  After heading home and discovering that his country had been invaded, Konstantin Klyagin was forced to make life-changing family and business decisions

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Saudi Arabian organisations choose to outsource to improve cyber security posture

  Overwhelmed by rising threats and a growing number of government mandates, many organisations in Saudi Arabia are looking for outside help to take care of cyber security

• September 05, 2022 05 Sep'22

  How Okta is regaining customer trust after a cyber attack

  In early 2022, cyber firm Okta was among several tech companies hit by the Lapsus$ gang. Vice-president of customer trust Ben King talks about how he has been working behind the scenes to rebuild confidence after the incident

• September 01, 2022 01 Sep'22

  Google workers oppose cloud contract with Israeli government

  Google workers and Palestinian rights activists call on company to divest from involvement in cloud and artificial intelligence contract with Israeli government and military, following allegations the tech giant has retaliated against an employee ...

• August 18, 2022 18 Aug'22

  LexisNexis sued by immigration advocates over data practices

  Four immigration advocacy groups launch lawsuit in Illinois alleging data broker’s collection, aggregation and sale of people’s personal data, including non-public information, to corporations and government bodies

• August 15, 2022 15 Aug'22

  FCSA appoints independent panel to bolster dispute resolution protocols for umbrella firms

  In a statement to Computer Weekly, the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association says the panel will provide umbrella companies with a route to appeal against the decisions made by its CEO

• August 11, 2022 11 Aug'22

  NHS may take a month to recover from supply chain attack

  Ransomware attack victim Advanced warns its NHS customers they could be waiting until early September to fully recover their operations

• August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22

  NHS recovering key services after attack on supplier

  Incident at software provider Advanced took out multiple NHS services before the weekend, including the 111 advice service

• August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

  New EU due diligence law needs amending to stop tech sector abuse

  European corporate due diligence directive seeking to transform how companies approach their human rights and environmental risk is welcome, but without further changes, it will fail to effectively curb tech firms’ harmful practices, claims ...

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Artificial intelligence to reduce waiting list for neurology appointments

  The Walton Centre is working with Tata Consultancy Services to apply digital technology to its operation, starting with a time-saving AI chatbot

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Home Office selects CGI as strategic delivery partner

  IT services supplier will act as strategic delivery partner for the Home Office’s plans to modernise and join up UK law enforcement’s digital capabilities

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Hibs push for the backup premier league with Acronis

  Hibernian FC signs Acronis to get top division data protection and make the most of ticketing information and match footage as it tries to gain more value from the data it holds

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Post Office attacked subpostmasters who questioned Horizon, say victims

  When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Six more subpostmaster convictions overturned in Horizon scandal

  More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  Russia could become the world’s largest market for illegal IT

  Russia could become the biggest market for illegal IT equipment as companies try to get round sanctions imposed on the country

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Barnet Council to bring work outsourced to Capita back in-house by 2026

  London borough is bringing swathes of outsourced services back in-house next year, with more to follow by 2026

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  How NEC is transforming its business

  While NEC is known for its public safety systems, the company has been expanding into new areas including e-government, financial services and customer experience in Asia-Pacific

• July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

  European IT services see bumper quarter, but signs of slowing emerge

  Spending on IT and BPO services in Europe saw significant growth in the past quarter, but there are signs of a slowdown

• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  Dutch multinational hires HCL for digital transformation

  Netherlands-based DSM is moving to a single-supplier IT services model for its digital transformation

• July 15, 2022 15 Jul'22

  HPE expands private cloud capabilities in GreenLake

  HPE’s GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a managed service that provides flexibility in deployment models with automation capabilities for a cloud-like experience

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Global IT services market shows signs of slowing

  Spending on IT and business process services could be set to reduce over the coming months as the latest ISG figures show early signs of decline

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Manchester United signs DXC for digital transformation

  Football club is working with IT services firm DXC to support its digital transformation on multiple fronts

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  How Lenovo is making the transition into services

  Although Lenovo is late to the as-a-service game, it is making headway through its One Lenovo and services-led transformation strategies, says a top company executive

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Subpostmaster campaigning forces government to set up compensation scheme and make interim payments

  Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Independent scrutiny brought into compensation negotiations for wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters

  Former Supreme Court judge will offer his view on the valuation of compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  African health charity integrates digital tools with Cognizant

  IT services supplier is working with African health charity to integrate digital tools through a five-month project