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• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Post Office board ‘appalling’ and ‘short-sighted’, said minister researching Horizon project in 2000

  A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Oracle NetSuite embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP

  Oracle Netsuite integrates HSBC corporate banking services into its latest software

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Police IT buyers should compel suppliers to prove AI claims

  House of Lords told that UK law enforcement bodies should use their position as buyers to compel private sector suppliers to divulge more information about how their AI-powered technologies work

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Barbershop is part of digital revolution in small business sector

  Barbershop continues to add digital functionality to its business after the pandemic proved its value

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  How Samlesbury, Lancashire became the home of the National Cyber Force

  The National Cyber Force, a new branch of the military, is gearing up to fight battles in cyber space from the fields of Lancashire. Its presence is expected to bring a high-tech renaissance to the region

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  DCMS appoints Plexal to drive telecoms diversity strategy

  Government chooses UK innovation company to understand and develop the role of SMEs in the telecoms market with particular reference to how to create a diverse market that supports the creation of home-grown, sovereign technology

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing

  Cloud services are being taken up by enterprises rapidly as they accelerate digital transformations

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry announces first public hearing

  Public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal will hold its first public hearing next month

• October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21

  HCL Benelux telco partnership targets SME and government

  Indian IT service provider signs partnership that will see it modernise the core technology of Proximus to offer its services through

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Tech Nation adds 30 fintech scaleups to growth programme as funding continues to rise

  UK government-backed startup network adds 30 fintechs to its growth programme amid record investments in finance tech sector

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Netherlands’ Team Liquid revolutionises e-sports with data analytics

  Data analysis is often used by enterprises, but the discipline is also gaining ground in other areas in the Netherlands, such as e-sports

• October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21

  CIO interview: Lisa Heneghan, chief digital officer, KPMG

  KPMG UK’s digital leader says that in her 25-year career she has never known a more exciting time to work in IT

• October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21

  Microsoft’s financial services cloud available next month

  Financial finance sector-focused cloud service will be available at the beginning of November

• October 04, 2021 04 Oct'21

  How GYG Singapore moved to paperless contracts

  The Singapore franchisee of Mexican cuisine specialist Guzman y Gomez has turned to electronic agreements and digital signatures to ease the administrative burden on its HR team

• October 01, 2021 01 Oct'21

  Met Police purchase new retrospective facial-recognition system

  Retrospective facial-recognition software purchased for £3m by the Met Police will be deployed in coming months amid continuing controversy around the use of biometric technologies by law enforcement bodies

• October 01, 2021 01 Oct'21

  Norway and IoT: A match made in heaven

  Norway is becoming a centre of internet of things innovation as tech developers look for answers to some of the country's unique challenges

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  Starling Bank takes its banking-as-a-service into European Union

  API-based banking-as-a-service offering means customers can access services such as current accounts or debit cards without the need for heavy tech development or regulatory approval

• September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21

  Pure launches Fusion cloud control layer for storage

  Pure Fusion is a storage control plane across cloud and datacentre. Portworx Data Services also launches to provide database management for container storage platform

• September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

  IR35 reforms: HMRC confirms compliance checks under way in financial services, oil and gas sectors

  Less than six months after the roll-out of the IR35 reforms to the private sector, HMRC has confirmed it has started writing letters to companies requesting details of their compliance procedures

• September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

  London publishes guidelines for ethical use of smart city tech

  Latest draft of the ‘Emerging Technology Charter for London’ encourages local authorities, public services and technology companies to improve how they implement technology in the capital

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  Tech Nation announces 15 startups for 10th Future Fifty cohort

  Fifteen high-growth startups set to join Tech Nation’s 10th annual Future Fifty programme to help them scale further

• September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21

  JP Morgan Chase to replace core banking system with Google-inspired cloud platform

  JP Morgan Chase is the latest bank to acquire the cloud-native core banking technology of UK fintech Thought Machine

• September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21

  UN human rights chief calls for moratorium on AI technologies

  High commissioner’s call for a moratorium on the use of AI systems that pose a serious risk to human rights is accompanied by a UN report on the negative human rights impacts associated with the technology

• September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21

  Transport for London contracts TCS as it modernises taxi and private hire operation

  TfL signs 10-year deal with Indian IT services giant to digitally transform taxi and private hire administration

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  Renault set to test out Google supply chain digital twin

  Digital twin simulation of supply chain draws in disparate data sources to deliver efficiencies and prevent disruptions

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  Government minister holds secret meeting with Post Office Horizon scandal victims

  BEIS minister Paul Scully has Zoom call with three subpostmasters who were victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  CCRC refers six more subpostmaster convictions for appeal

  An additional six subpostmasters’ convictions have been referred for appeal in Post Office IT scandal

• September 09, 2021 09 Sep'21

  Delays to replacing legacy police IT puts access to information at risk, says NAO

  National Audit Office says five-year delay to the Home Office’s project to create a National Law Enforcement Data Service, replacing two existing legacy IT systems, puts police access to vital information at risk

• September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21

  NetApp and AWS launch fully managed Ontap cloud file storage

  But hybrid cloud still limited, according to NetApp. Until containerisation is widespread, applications tend to be built for the cloud or work better in the datacentre

• September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21

  Saudi tourism development fund goes cloud-first with Oracle

  $4bn fund will be used to invest in developing Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry as the country reduces its economic reliance on oil and gas

• September 03, 2021 03 Sep'21

  HPE revenue boosted by digitisation drive

  Company says it has experienced strong growth thanks to demand accelerating during the pandemic

• September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

  The Gulf is counting on its smart cities for a sustainable and profitable future

  The countries in the Gulf region are leading the way in the development of smart cities as part of their economic diversification

• August 25, 2021 25 Aug'21

  Algorithmic accountability needs meaningful public participation

  Global analysis by Ada Lovelace Institute and other research groups finds algorithmic accountability mechanisms in the public sector are hindered by a lack of engagement with the public

• August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

  Half of MS Exchange servers at risk in ProxyShell debacle

  Up to 50% of MS Exchange users in the UK are exposed to three vulnerabilities that are now being actively exploited

• August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

  Swedish IT industry braced for China’s response to Huawei 5G ban

  Swedish IT and communications equipment suppliers fear economic backlash from China following Huawei ban

• August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21

  Inside Estonia’s tech startup scene

  Estonia is a Baltic tech tiger that is fast-gaining an international reputation for competently delivered government e-services at a level that surpasses most of its European and international counterparts

• August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21

  Challenger banks make reputational gains in business banking

  The business banking sector is a big target for digital challengers and some are already building good reputations in the market

• August 13, 2021 13 Aug'21

  UN special rapporteurs call for surveillance tech moratorium

  In the wake of revelations about NSO Groups Pegasus spyware, a number of special rapporteurs from the United Nations are re-igniting calls for a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technologies

• August 13, 2021 13 Aug'21

  GoStudent: Europe’s newest edtech unicorn

  Europe’s biggest ed-tech unicorn reaches unicorn status and tests sector traditions

• August 12, 2021 12 Aug'21

  Multicloud adoption on the rise

  But IT decision-makers are wary of costs and worried that they have insufficient skills to maintain secure environments

• August 11, 2021 11 Aug'21

  Four more subpostmasters set to have convictions overturned

  A further four subpostmasters are set to have their wrongful convictions overturned in the latest development in the Post Office Horizon scandal

• August 09, 2021 09 Aug'21

  Startups provide TfL with AI and simulation to keep London moving

  Transport for London has awarded contracts to two startups to deliver new technology to support the capital’s road network

• August 04, 2021 04 Aug'21

  Leading venture capital firms are failing to protect human rights

  Venture capital firms and high-profile tech accelerators are not conducting human rights due diligence on their investments, which means they cannot be sure the companies they invest in are not causing, or contributing to, human rights abuses

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  UK MoD turns to hackers to help secure digital assets

  Hackers given direct access to internal Ministry of Defence systems to identify and report security vulnerabilities

• July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21

  Hospitality firms must accelerate digital transformation to secure long-term recovery

  Key retail sector must respond quickly to new post-pandemic digital-first demands and consumer behaviours to regain competitive edge, says study

• July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21

  Government opens up SME digital support programme for suppliers

  Help to Grow: Digital scheme aims to help small businesses access productivity-enhancing software, and suppliers are now encouraged to register as approved suppliers

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Google posts $50bn in ads revenue as it looks to broaden the business

  Google reported second-quarter revenues of $61.9bn driven by spending on ads, but the company’s CEO sees the business moving into new areas

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Thousands wrongly given criminal convictions after computer error

  HM Courts and Tribunals Service report reveals that computer error wrongly assigned guilty pleas to more than 5,000 defendants

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Microsoft results show demand for automation and AI

  Microsoft’s Dynamics business has benefited from enterprises automating business processes and the connectivity with Teams

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  Plans to address legal but harmful content ‘threaten free speech’

  House of Lords report criticises the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill for imposing duty of care on tech platforms to deal with ‘legal but harmful’ content, which it says threatens freedom of expression online

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  Government to fund interim compensation of up to £100,000 for each wrongly convicted subpostmaster

  The government will pay interim compensation within weeks to subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of crimes due to computer errors

• July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21

  Infosys to open German operation focused on automotive sector

  Infosys is establishing a centre in Germany that will focus on supporting customers in the German automotive sector

• July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21

  Government officials lack experience to lead digital transformation, says NAO

  The government needs to reskill senior decision makers and give tech leaders more influence if digital business change projects are to succeed

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Research and development investment programme launches in UK

  A government-backed investment programme designed to direct more capital towards research and development-intensive technology firms has opened for applications

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Uber drivers face real-terms pay cut after service fee hike

  Unionised Uber drivers have condemned the ride-hailing firm for ‘cynically’ framing its UK service fee rise as a way of improving equality among drivers, rather than a pay cut

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Nordic banks join forces to compete with fintechs

  Collaboration will be key for traditional Nordic banks to retain business amid intense competition from tech companies

• July 19, 2021 19 Jul'21

  Zoom expands into contact centre market

  Zoom is steadily expanding its enterprise offering and has now spent $14.5bn on an acquisition to fill a gap in its product portfolio

• July 19, 2021 19 Jul'21

  A dozen more subpostmaster prosecutions quashed in Horizon scandal

  Twelve more former subpostmasters have had wrongful convictions for financial crimes overturned in the Court of Appeal

• July 15, 2021 15 Jul'21

  Fintech sector continues to attract investment as Revolut hits $33bn valuation

  Revolut has become the most valuable financial technology firm in the UK after its latest round of investment, with plans for a ‘superapp’

• July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21

  EC approves pan-Nordic payments platform

  Pan-Nordic payments platform will move to its next phase after receiving merger approval from the European Commission

• July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21

  More than half of European IT outsourcing spending will soon be on cloud services

  Cloud services will soon be the largest part of the IT services market in Europe, as enterprises invest in them as part of their Covid-19 recovery strategies

• July 12, 2021 12 Jul'21

  Taxpayers will have to pay at least £300m to bail out Post Office after scandal

  The cost of a scheme set up to compensate subpostmasters who were victims of the Horizon IT scandal will exceed £300m even before damages are paid to all those who suffered

• July 09, 2021 09 Jul'21

  Government commitment to Post Office Horizon victims was a ‘false promise’

  The government has made no contact with subpostmasters two months after it said it would work with them to ensure they get speedy and fair compensation for their losses as a result of Post Office IT scandal

• July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21

  Developers have a moral duty to create ethical AI

  Corsight AI publishes report on how organisations can develop more human-centric AI and biometric technologies

• July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21

  IT and business services spending bounces to new heights

  Second-quarter results reveal IT and business services spending at a new high, in stark contrast to the Covid-19-hit quarter a year ago

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  Former Bank of England CIO joins Co-op Group as CTO

  Rob Elsey joins the Co-op Group at a time when the organisation is undergoing major digital transformation

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  US Department of Defense cancels controversial $10bn JEDI contract

  The US Department of Defense has cancelled the controversial JEDI cloud project awarded to Microsoft and will replace it with multi-supplier contracts.

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  Opportunists seen targeting Kaseya REvil victims

  Malwarebytes researchers highlight new spam campaign targeting businesses impacted by the ongoing Kaseya REvil ransomware incident

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Bank of England searches for new CIO amid once-in-a-generation project

  The Bank of England is recruiting a head of IT during a period of major change in its core IT system

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Nordic fintech could lead the world

  Will the Nordics become the fintech and open banking innovation capital of the world?

• July 05, 2021 05 Jul'21

  CIO interview: Simon McKinnon, chief digital and information officer, DWP

  The Department for Work and Pensions’ CDIO sheds light on its digital ambitions and how it is bringing more digital capability in-house through the integration of Benefits and Pension Digital Technology Services staff

• July 05, 2021 05 Jul'21

  Klarna’s alumni thrive with new ventures after witnessing path to success

  Former Klarna employees are using their experiences with the fintech giant to create the next wave of Swedish tech startups

• July 02, 2021 02 Jul'21

  Cricket Australia’s replatforming of online services paid off during pandemic

  Cricket Australia was able to keep digital services up and running during a period of unprecedented customer demand

• July 02, 2021 02 Jul'21

  UK needs legislation with specific focus on biometric technologies

  The UK’s former biometrics commissioner has told MPs that Parliament should explicitly legislate on the use of biometric technologies so it is clear to both police and private companies which uses are acceptable

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Ten more former subpostmasters set to have wrongful convictions overturned

  Another 10 subpostmasters are set to have their criminal convictions quashed as part of one of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history

• June 28, 2021 28 Jun'21

  IR35 reforms: HMRC questioned about CEST as tax status of 210,000 contractors left 'undetermined'

  Data published by HMRC confirms that the tax authority’s IR35 status checker tool has failed to determined how contractors should be taxed in hundreds of thousands of cases since November 2019

• June 25, 2021 25 Jun'21

  France TV repatriates backup and archive from public cloud

  France Télévisions Publicité couldn’t always get to critical data, so decided to repatriate backup and archiving from the cloud to on-site locations, with help from a managed service

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  City of York picks Barracuda Networks for data protection

  York Council needed to refresh its backup service to bring new security protections after it went ‘all-in’ on Microsoft Office 365

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  Bahrain university uses Alexa on campus

  University in Bahrain is using Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant to support users of its campus

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  Openness can protect Dutch companies against ransomware

  Dutch businesses that suffer ransomware attacks need to be more open about it, if this growing problem is to be brought under control

• June 21, 2021 21 Jun'21

  Post Office pays 400 subpostmasters compensation for losses caused by computer errors

  The Post Office has so far compensated 400 subpostmasters who suffered losses because of errors in the organisation’s Horizon computer system

• June 18, 2021 18 Jun'21

  ICO issues guidance on facial recognition in public spaces

  Information commissioner’s concern over the problematic use of facial recognition in public spaces has prompted her to publish official guidance on its deployment, while civil society calls for an outright ban

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  UK IT outsourcing set to continue after service levels improve during pandemic

  UK organisations will increase IT outsourcing following the Covid-19 pandemic

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Amazon Web Services launches space tech accelerator

  Accelerator will see a cohort of 10 space startups use AWS to accelerate their research, development and growth

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Scottish government awards digital identity platform contract to Scott Logic

  Supplier is working on a two-year project to create a digital identity service through a suite of common platforms that will be adopted across Scottish government

• June 10, 2021 10 Jun'21

  Central government spent £4.4bn on IT in 2020

  Tussell report finds that central government increased tech spend during the Covid-19 pandemic, and HM Revenue and Customs is the biggest spender

• June 10, 2021 10 Jun'21

  BEIS confirms rogue umbrellas will be covered by single enforcement body’s clampdown powers

  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy moves to clarify that rogue umbrella firms will be in-scope of its soon-to-be-created single enforcement body, which will focus on protecting workers’ rights

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  QTS acquired in $10bn datacentre deal

  Investment firm, Blackstone, is hedging its bets on the growth in data processing capacity that will be brought about by digitisation

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  Did government allow Post Office to sack forensic accountants to cover up Horizon scandal?

  Whatever the Post Office told government about its decision to sack investigators examining subpostmaster prosecutions for theft could identify if the government was part of a cover-up

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  EU privacy chief investigates use of US cloud services

  Use of Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services by public sector bodies in the European Union is being scrutinised by the bloc’s privacy watchdog

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  Mixed blessings in smartphone market as sales rise but replacement cycles lengthen

  Average cost of mobile handsets is increasing and people do not feel compelled to upgrade, with new features – such as foldable designs – limited to premium products

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  IBM pushes back against US government data requests

  Technology giant IBM says the US government has ‘no jurisdiction’ to request data from its European entities

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  HSBC offers all businesses scam awareness app

  HSBC is sharing information on the latest scams and how to defend against them thorough its latest app, available to all businesses

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Reports raise alarm over Huawei access to Dutch networks

  Espionage accusations raise security questions for Netherlands organisations using Chinese supplier’s equipment and services

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Penny-pinchers undermine value of open source

  The majority of IT runs on open source, but many of the people who maintain open source projects do not appear to get rewarded for their efforts

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  HPE latest quarterly filing hints at ProLiant shift

  Installed base of ProLiant server customers on a path to consumption-based, as-a-service subscription for hardware modernisation

• June 01, 2021 01 Jun'21

  Post Office scandal public inquiry finally begins after chances to address problems were ignored

  The Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry begins with subpostmaster campaign group waiting for full details before committing its support

• May 28, 2021 28 May'21

  IR35 reforms: Blanket-banning firms risk losing contractors and suffering reputational damage

  Research by contrator-focused accountancy firm inniAccounts shines a light on how contractors are responding to their clients’ handling of the IR35 reforms

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Uber signs collective bargaining agreement with GMB

  Uber and GMB sign “landmark” collective bargaining agreement with no ability to negotiate on earnings, attracting criticism from smaller unions that it lacks teeth

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  TCS opens its first European innovation centre in Amsterdam

  Netherlands capital hosts TCS’s latest innovation hub, which will bring together an ecosystem to address the challenge of sustainability