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November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24
Post Office requested four-year Horizon extension, as Fujitsu boss arrived at public inquiry

Fujitsu boss says the Horizon system has reached the end of its life and a long contract extension might not be possible
November 11, 2024 11 Nov'24
Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss

During a sometimes heated appearance at the public inquiry, Fujitsu’s European boss Paul Patterson said the inquiry has shed light on who is to blame for the scandal
November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24
Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office

Consultation process will enable a wide range of people to air their views on the future of the scandal-hit Post Office
November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24
Gartner Symposium: How Specsavers saved on Oracle costs

The high street opticians chain has swapped Oracle support for Spinnaker third-party support to help drive its business transformation

November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24
Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle

Senior civil servant’s appearance at public inquiry reveals Post Office broke spending rules when it diverted money to legal battle
November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24
Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system

According to government representative on the Post Office board, an independent reviewer of Horizon is being appointed
November 06, 2024 06 Nov'24
Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k

Former Post Office minister told public inquiry that Post Office boss did not want to cut central costs, despite how many staff were earning more than £100k
November 05, 2024 05 Nov'24
Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade

Data breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court
November 05, 2024 05 Nov'24
Gartner Symposium: Why ServiceNow wants to be seen as the AI platform for business transformation

We report on how a deal between ServiceNow and Rimini Street may offer IT leaders an alternative route to enterprise AI
November 04, 2024 04 Nov'24
Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'

The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures

November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24
Bank of England warns against AI ‘complacency’

UK financial services regulator wants to increase understanding of AI’s benefits and how firms are managing the risks it poses, as take-up grows and use cases increase
October 31, 2024 31 Oct'24
Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims

The Post Office scandal, regarded as the UK’s widest miscarriage of justice, destroyed the financial wellbeing of former subpostmasters, took away their liberty and inflicted grief on their relationships
October 31, 2024 31 Oct'24
Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping

Fujitsu’s European boss will have to justify why promises made at the public inquiry months ago have not been followed through
October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24
No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judge

Judge in Post Office Horizon trial says a more flexible approach to how digital evidence is used in court cases may be required as IT complexity increases
October 24, 2024 24 Oct'24
Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO

Acting CEO meets two campaigning former subpostmasters emphasising need for their input into the Post Office’s future direction, including its branch system development
October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24
Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system

Following public anger over the Horizon scandal and the subsequent unravelling of the controversial Capture system, subpostmaster federation wants third branch IT system to be reviewed
October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24
Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build

Internal Post Office document reveals allegations that former transformation boss misrepresented off-the-shelf option to replace Horizon
October 21, 2024 21 Oct'24
Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return, as police investigate

Post Office to allow employee, who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence of possible interest to public inquiry, to return to work during police investigation
October 21, 2024 21 Oct'24
Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system report

Conclusions reached in government-commissioned report into pre-Horizon software are unchanged after late evidence reviewed
October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24
Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister to guarantee Post Office scandal victim redress by March 2025

Campaigner tells Keir Starmer to finalise full and final financial redress to victims of the Post Office scandal by March next year, or face legal action
October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24
Half of business IT deemed outdated

Combining survey data with its own monitoring service, Kyndryl has estimated that half of the world’s most critical infrastructure is not resilient
October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24
Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software

Troubled business may ditch its plan to build a new core branch system in-house and buy an off-the-shelf alternative
October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24
Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’

Former minister gave Post Office ‘green light’ to take robust action against existing staff with links to Post Office scandal wrongdoing
October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24
Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry

Post Office interim chairman tells Horizon public inquiry that the Post Office needs to reset New Branch IT project
October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24
Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiry

Outgoing Post Office boss Nick Read faces public inquiry for three days this week, with no shortage of questions to answer
October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24
Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disaster

Public inquiry told that the Post Office is currently recruiting a tech-savvy non-executive director
October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24
Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewed

Evidence failed to reach investigators in time for report into controversial pre-Horizon Post Office software
October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24
Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood

Former Post Office chief transformation officer’s evidence to the public inquiry reveals organisation’s strained relationship with main IT supplier Fujitsu
October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24
Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash

Revelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches
September 30, 2024 30 Sep'24
Investigation finds 'reasonable likelihood' Post Office Capture software caused accounting losses

An independent forensic analysis finds the predecessor to Horizon IT system was also likely to have caused shortfalls for which subpostmasters were blamed, years before the Post Office scandal
September 27, 2024 27 Sep'24
More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealed

Post Office dramatically increased the number of investigations into subpostmasters after Capture Software was introduced
September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24
Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry told

Continued errors with the Horizon system mean subpostmasters have unresolved account shortfalls hanging over them for years
September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24
Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement

Post Office IT team and executives slammed for rushing into tech hardware purchase while eyeing a discount
September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24
How VMware is supporting AI workloads

VMware claims its Private AI Foundation with Nvidia platform that speeds up AI deployment in private cloud environments is gaining significant traction in the Asia-Pacific region
September 23, 2024 23 Sep'24
Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs

Fujitsu worker tells Computer Weekly that firm only cares about shareholders and not subpostmaster suffering
September 23, 2024 23 Sep'24
Metro Bank outsources IT to Infosys to cut costs and digitally transform

Indian IT services giant taken on to support Metro Bank’s digital transformation in multi-year deal
September 22, 2024 22 Sep'24
Zendesk debuts outcome-based pricing for AI agents

Zendesk customers only pay for successful AI query resolutions, easing the transition to AI-powered customer support and improving scalability during peak periods
September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24
Interview: Keeping SAP ECC running without support

We speak to the CIO of Spanish gas distribution firm Madrileña Red de Gas about keeping SAP running after official support ends
September 09, 2024 09 Sep'24
Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements

Subpostmasters who feel they received inadequate financial redress in the Horizon Shortfalls Scheme can appeal the settlements through a new independent process
September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24
Lloyds Bank uses artificial intelligence to check trade finance documents

Bank is automating checks of digital and paper-based documentation in trade financing with the help of artificial intelligence
September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24
Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence and incompetence means huge final taxpayers’ bill

The human tragedy caused by the Post Office scandal cannot be measured, but the total financial cost will be well beyond the £1bn set aside by the government
September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24
Swedish law firms debate AI’s future impact on profession

Swedish law firms examine the use of artificial intelligence in their businesses as the sector sees a surge in take-up
September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24
Nationwide development platform uses Red Hat technology

Building society is speeding up its software releases through Red Hat cloud application development platform
September 02, 2024 02 Sep'24
Navigating the shifting sands of open source

As open source matures, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is grappling with issues ranging from licence rug-pulling and the rise of artificial intelligence to the changing dynamics of open source contributions
August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24
Government backs Danish version of ChatGPT

Danish language version of ChatGPT to be developed in a project led by the country’s Chamber of Commerce
August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24
How open source is shaping AI developments

The Linux Foundation outlines efforts to bolster enterprise AI adoption through a framework for managing and deploying AI applications, standardised tooling and open data alternatives
August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24
Post Office Horizon crash disconnected branches from datacentre

The Post Office has apologised to subpostmasters affected by a major IT outage, which stopped them from doing business
August 20, 2024 20 Aug'24
Post Office systems crash hits 'collapsing' Horizon system

Thousands of subpostmasters were unable to log into the controversial Horizon IT system at the start of business
August 05, 2024 05 Aug'24
What are the options when migrating from VMware?

Broadcom’s changes to VMware licensing means some people are facing big price increases – we look at how these can be avoided
July 30, 2024 30 Jul'24
How to stop AI costs from soaring

Generative AI promises to improve business efficiency, but Gartner has found many projects are failing to get beyond pilot roll-outs