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IT strategy

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Government expects NHS IT overhaul will unleash innovation

  Common technical standards, modular contracts and a fintech-style regulatory model will underpin the new approach to technology in the health service in England

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police algorithms should be regulated, says think tank

  Better use and regulation of data-driven technologies should be the norm in UK policing, according to research

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Nominet urges SMEs to register .uk domains to thwart squatters

  The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Leading PC makers set to expand product range to target existing customers

  With little growth forecast, PC manufacturers are trying to tie in additional services with their hardware to lock in customers

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  UK government at odds over Huawei threat

  The chair of the Science and Technology Committee has criticised the government’s vague response to concerns about Huawei’s activities in the UK

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Manchester City Council CIO steps down

  In a return to the private sector, Bob Brown joins healthcare technology firm EMIS as chief solutions officer

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  London launches open data cultural map

  The collated data on the capital's cultural locations is hoped to support local authorities, property developers and associations develop existing clusters and build creative infrastructure

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic’

  Responding to potential threats at a national level is unfeasible given the time ministers are currently dedicating to Brexit negotiations, says shadow Cabinet Office minister

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Towards a full-fibre Britain: the view from inside Openreach

  Openreach chairman Mike McTighe discusses progress on the national full-fibre broadband roll-out, the impact of Brexit, how to better engage with the CSP community, and why dark fibre isn’t the cure-all they might want it to be

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  GDS and Cabinet Office admit to over-optimism over Verify

  The system's architects blamed failures to deliver the objectives set out in the original business plan on the slow pace of digital transformation across government at a Public Accounts Committee session this week

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Australian firms grapple with business-IT gap

  The growing chasm between business and IT has hit Australia more than other countries, according to a study on the state of digital transformation initiatives

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Department for Transport launches future of urban mobility plan

  Future of Mobility minister Jesse Norman launches “biggest review into transport in a generation”

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Post Office ‘lacked humanity’ in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer

  Peer slams Post Office after High Court judgment reveals its oppressive style of managing the people who run its branches

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  How D+1 keeps payroll woes at bay

  The Singapore-based F&B business behind the Yolé frozen yogurt chain has consolidated its payroll data into a single database powered by Unit4’s HR management system

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  NatWest launches business virtual account platform

  Features supported by a new system enable corporate customers to manage and segregate money, and are part of a wider digital transformation plan to enhance customer experience