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IT project management

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  IR35 tech compliance will take private sector 'over a year' to achieve, warns accounting trade body

  The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) cautions HM Revenue & Customs against rushing out IR35 reforms to the private sector, claiming it will take most businesses at least one tax year to ready their software systems for the move

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Digital projects failing because of poor databases

  Legacy databases are unsuitable to run modern digitisation initiatives. Teams risk losing their jobs if their projects fail, warns Couchbase

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Dutch healthcare institutions need to think like tech sector

  The healthcare industry needs to approach technological innovation in a different way if it is to maximise the benefits for staff and patients

• August 05, 2018 05 Aug'18

  The rise of humanoid robotics in the Middle East

  Middle East CIOs are planning to roll out intelligent automation technologies such as artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  BEIS research and development budget nearly £8bn in 2018/19

  Working to reach the government’s target of spending 2.4% of GDP on research and development by 2027, BEIS has increased its budget to nearly £8bn in 2018/19

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025

  Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  IT meltdown pushes TSB into loss

  Bank is feeling the effects of its recent IT problems, reporting a loss of more than £100m for the first six months of 2018

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Fix culture to make digital a success

  Businesses with well-honed processes will often find it hard to adapt to new, digital transformation initiatives, according to Gartner report

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Nordnet drops AI assistant while SEB deepens collaboration

  One Nordic bank decides to stop using cognitive agent Amelia to focus on other AI technologies, but another widens the use of the software

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  MPs call for inquiry into smart meter roll-out

  Government urged to conduct a review of the roll-out of smart meters for electricity and gas, and to intervene to tackle a number of failures

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights

  German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  PAC doubts justice system transformation programme will be a success

  Public Accounts Committee says it’s difficult to see how the government’s “extremely challenging" £1.2bn project to overhaul courts through use of technology “will ever work"

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours

  When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Flexible IT contracts generate savings for HMRC

  HMRC’s annual report and accounts show transformation savings are slightly lower than planned as Brexit work means other projects are put on hold, but it’s making significant savings from smaller and more agile IT contracts

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Traders may not be compliant with new customs IT system by end of March 2019

  PAC hearing reveals several issues with getting the Customs Declaration Service ready on time, including that traders probably won’t have enough time to get their systems compatible and compliant with the new IT system