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IT project management

• July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23

  Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings

  Statutory public inquiry into Post Office Horizon scandal adjourned because of Post Office disclosure failures, ‘retraumatising’ victims of a scandal that destroyed the lives of thousands of people

• July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23

  Finland’s VTT partners Nokia on data market

  Finish state’s involvement in Nokia project will add weight and capital to work on creating a market for data

• July 10, 2023 10 Jul'23

  Post Office inquiry must examine rule on IT evidence if miscarriages of justice are to be avoided

  Public inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled Post Office to prosecute innocent people

• July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23

  Biometrics watchdog calls for public space surveillance review

  The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner is calling for a review of public space surveillance to gain a clearer picture about the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology across the public sector, but warns against applying double...

• July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23

  Former Fujitsu IT chief evidence postponed after late Post Office disclosure

  Post Office has disrupted Horizon inquiry schedule through late disclosure of ‘significant’ evidence as key IT witness evidence is postponed

• July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23

  Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft

  The Post Office told investigators to include potential evidence in reports to their own lawyers, but not the subpostmasters they suspected of theft

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  BBVA launches tech job portal as it continues to add talent

  Spanish bank BBVA ramps up its tech recruitment strategy with new online portal and target of 2,600 more people

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  Deutsche Bank completes migration of millions of Postbank customers

  Deutsche Bank has completed the migration of 12 million Postbank customers to its banking platform

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  PAC slams HMCTS justice system transformation programme

  HMCTS has consistently underestimated the scale and complexity of the reforms, and criticises the programme, which only has £120m of its £1.3bn budget left with only just over half of projects completed, MPs say

• June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23

  SGN pens IT service desk outsourcing deal

  Utility company SGN renews its internal IT services managed services contract with new supplier

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  ‘Shadow’ AI use becoming a driver of insider cyber risk

  Off-the-books use of generative AI tools will inevitably lead to a costly, high-profile data breach for someone, but a little attention paid to appropriate data management policy can help mitigate the risk

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  The Finnish Food Authority uses AI to accelerate research

  Researchers have reduced the time taken to get critical insights into potential public health crises and address issues in real-time, through artificial intelligence

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Why an ecosystem helps IT projects move forward

  It used to be the case that IT departments would build or buy, but now there’s an alternative to help organisations integrate different data sources

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  WithSecure forges ahead with green coding initiative

  WithSecure’s W/Sustainability programme kickstarts a number of initiatives, including a commitment to green coding the security supplier hopes will set an example for others to follow

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  HSBC leaving Canary Wharf headquarters

  HSBC is to leave its current Canary Wharf headquarters by 2027 as hybrid-working policies reduce demand for office space

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Health and care staff have three months to move to latest NHS patient record service

  NHS England has told health and care workers they have until the end of September to switch to the latest patient record system

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  UK pension scheme expands relationship with IT services giant TCS

  Tata Consultancy Services retains contract with UK pension scheme for another decade after extending a contract that was first signed in 2011

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Lloyds Bank to open tech centre in India

  UK bank taps into Hyderabad tech ecosystem by opening a tech centre focused on improving digital experiences for customers

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Co-op Group adds nearshore engineering resources

  Manchester headquartered Co-op group adds additional engineering resources as competition for talent in the UK ramps up

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Mizuho Financial Group trials generative AI for development and maintenance

  Japanese bank is working with Fujitsu to explore potential for using generative artificial intelligence technology in system development and maintenance

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Post Office will not oppose potential Horizon conviction appellants

  Post Office CEO told MPs that the organisation is telling some subpostmasters it won't oppose them if they appeal

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  More than 50% of care providers have adopted digital records

  The adoption of digital social care records has reached more than 50%, but the sector still has a way to go to reach the government’s target of 80% by March 2024

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Union chief calls for outsourced services to be brought in-house

  Unison general secretary calls on Labour to bring outsourced public sector contracts in-house if they fail to meet certain tests

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Jordan’s Ahli Bank launches app on cloud-native platform

  Middle East bank launches app on latest cloud-native banking platform from Google-inspired company

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Visa takeover means economic turmoil won’t slow Tink’s progress

  Tink is one of the pioneers of the open banking sector, and under Visa’s light-touch ownership is continuing to think like a startup

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  BBVA uses AI and analytics services from AWS

  BBVA invests in Amazon Web Services cloud platforms to help transform itself into an organisation driven by AI and data

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Enterprise software price hikes risk derailing digital transformation

  Buying software and cloud services for strategic initiatives is all very well as long as the price is stable. But costs are escalating, which is impacting value

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: Progress report

  Halfway into its plan to give the country a makeover by 2030, Saudi Arabia’s emphasis on technology is starting to pay off

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Smart meter value eroded by tech issues

  The smart meter roll-out, which is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the UK, is facing a number of long-term technical challenges

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Banks still investing heavily in legacy payments systems

  Banks are missing out on additional revenues through payment services because they are stuck with inflexible legacy payments systems.

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Belgian bank leaps forward in digital transformation through core banking outsourcing deal

  Online bank moves to a software-as-a-service core banking platform to ‘leapfrog’ in-house development

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Delayed Making Tax Digital programme to cost taxpayers extra £1.5bn

  HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Making Tax Digital programme, which is running several years behind schedule, is expected to cost five times more than planned, National Audit Office (NAO) report finds

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Umbrella market regulation: Government seeks contractor guidance on how to proceed

  The government has published the results of its long-awaited consultation into the inner workings of the umbrella market, and followed it up with another one that seems to suggest sector regulation is moving one step closer

• June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23

  Welsh ambulance service upgrades life-saving communications

  Welsh ambulances going through major communications upgrade as part of wider NHS programme

• June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23

  Google launches hacker-backed SME security training scheme

  Citing research that shows almost half of SMEs are struggling to recruit cyber security specialists, Google is launching a programme designed to upskill more people to fill thousands of vacant roles

• May 26, 2023 26 May'23

  Birmingham council leader admits £100m budget hole in ERP upgrade

  City council’s plans to replace flagship SAP system, which has been running since 1999, is not going to plan

• May 23, 2023 23 May'23

  Dell outlines growth strategy in APAC

  Dell Technologies is building on its momentum with Apex while eyeing growth areas such as edge computing and AI in a bid to expand its business in the region

• May 23, 2023 23 May'23

  Aston Martin gets F1 pole position with NetApp storage

  AMF1 race team tracks hundreds of car sensor metrics for raceday and post-event analysis that has seen it surge forward in recent Formula One rankings with NetApp NVMe storage

• May 19, 2023 19 May'23

  Campaigning former subpostmaster fears compensation for scandal victims will be delayed to 2025

  The man who exposed the Post Office scandal fears a long delay for victims due to compensation process being "bogged down by bureaucracy"

• May 18, 2023 18 May'23

  Inside MLC Life Insurance’s cloud journey

  The Australian insurer spent a fair amount of time addressing people-related challenges in its move to cloud, which has improved its security posture and reduced infrastructure spending, among other outcomes

• May 17, 2023 17 May'23

  CIO interview: Ravi Malick, Box

  Ravi Malick has always been a technologist at heart, and via political science, startups and consultancy, landed in his current role at Box

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  APAC digital leaders score wins in innovation awards

  The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023

• May 15, 2023 15 May'23

  CW Innovation Awards: How open source mapping is bringing clean water to Andhra Pradesh

  The state government of Andhra Pradesh has digitised information on water supply pipelines and implemented a geographical information system to help deliver clean drinking water to rural communities

• May 15, 2023 15 May'23

  Post Office executive told to report false bill of health on controversial software

  A 2010 Post Office internal review of the Horizon software was designed to ignore the system’s problems to reassure stakeholders amid questioning of its reliability

• May 12, 2023 12 May'23

  IR35 compliance review: HMRC applauded over handling of 18-month investigation

  The government tax agency has been praised for its ‘pragmatic’ approach to handling an 18-month private sector IR35 compliance investigation

• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Google AI targets programmer productivity

  Google is opening up more capabilities in its generative AI model, with tools for peer programming and automatic code generation

• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems

  Fujitsu engineers could make changes to Post Office branch accounts without anyone knowing

• May 05, 2023 05 May'23

  Open banking use to increase 470% in next four years, driven from Europe

  Europe is leading the surge in the take-up of API-based open banking services, according to Juniper Research

• April 28, 2023 28 Apr'23

  More Post Office software-related convictions overturned takes total to 86

  A total of 86 former subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes after computer errors showed phantom losses have had convictions overturned

• April 27, 2023 27 Apr'23

  Tenable opens playground for generative AI cyber tools

  A set of generative AI cyber tools designed to help security researchers in reverse engineering, debugging and other areas of work have been made available for the community to experiment with