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• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

  Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Rural payment problems caused by slow system performance, says minister

  Environment secretary Liz Truss has revealed that system performance issues forced the rural payments digital service to resort to paper forms

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Government contract transparency will reveal supplier fees

  The government has agreed to trial transparency of public sector contracts, which will require publication of fees paid to government suppliers

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  UK government adds five authentication providers to Gov.uk Verify identity management system

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) adds five authentication providers to the Gov.uk Verify identity and access management scheme

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  British Bankers’ Association wants regulators to constrain free movement of capital

  The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) says the ability to switch accounts at the touch of a button increases the likelihood of a run on a bank

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Amazon Web Services hosts Nasa climate-change images in the cloud

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) follows up pledge to support climate change research by publishing 85,000 Nasa images in the cloud

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Nordic nations dominate Europe's digital league table

  The EC's Digital Economy and Society Index ranked Denmark, Sweden and Finland as first, second and fourth most digital European nation

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Google warns of fake digital certificates

  Google has warned of unauthorised digital certificates issued for several of its domains that could be used to intercept data traffic

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?

  A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster?

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Rural payment problems cause U-turn for flagship 'digital by default' service

  Government forced into U-turn as flagship 'digital by default' service for payments to farmers resorts to paper forms following an IT failure

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Current account comparison from Gocompare announced in Budget 2015

  The government used the Budget to announce changes in the banking sector that will increase consumer and business choice

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  GDS gets local government remit in 2015 Budget

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) will have its remit extended to cover local authorities

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Facebook introduces friend-to-friend payment system

  Facebook has introduced a feature to its Messenger app that enables people to transfer money to their friends in a few clicks

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Budget 2015: First look at the policies for technology

  Chancellor George Osborne announced a range of Budget measures to help the growth of technology and digital government across the UK

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Six technology companies to hasten the demise of retail bank giants

  UK retail banks are under pressure from regulation, costs and increasing competition

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Post Office could be the Carphone Warehouse of banking industry

  Atom Bank is latest digital bank to propose Post Office branches as places where customers can make transactions

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Banking software supplier Misys launches Apple Watch app prototype

  Finance software house Misys launches a prototype banking app for the Apple Watch that will be available off-the-shelf

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Deal close with banks to maintain services in remote locations

  The government is close to agreement with the British Bankers Association on a set of rules for banks to follow before closing branches

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  BBC gives UK schools one million devices in digital education initiative

  BBC launches digital-first initiative to teach children programming and digital technologies, giving UK schools one million coding devices

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Ivor Nicholson, Nottinghamshire County Council

  Nottinghamshire County Council is facing £77m in cuts by 2018 and by rolling out new services, it plans to save £8m through technology alone

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Bristol signs NEC to develop smart city infrastructure

  NEC, Bristol Council and the University of Bristol create an open, programmable city for smarter transport, environment and health services

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Group claiming links to Isis hacks small business websites

  The FBI is investigating the hacking of a number of SME websites in the US and Europe by people claiming affiliation with Islamic State

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Google adds another string to financial services bow

  Google has moved further into financial services with the launch of a car insurance comparison website in the US

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  PayPal targets financial platform dominance

  The man tasked with making PayPal a giant of financial services told an audience of investors that software is eating into the sector

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Online freelance platform dominated by IT requests in Nordic region

  Online freelance marketplace is fast becoming IT workers' go-to job board for lucrative contracts

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Latest new UK bank launches virtually

  Challenger financial services firm Charter Savings Bank has been launched, taking advantage of the lower cost of a virtual presence

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  TSB is investing in bank branches, not closing them

  TSB is countering the industry trend of branch closures in the light of increased digital services by opening 30 new branches

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  £700m spent on Universal Credit yet to deliver value for money, say MPs

  The Department for Work and Pensions has spent £700m on Universal Credit so far, but has yet to convince MPs it is value for money

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  PrivDog SSL compromise potentially worse than Superfish

  Some versions of PrivDog software designed to block online ads compromise internet security in a similar way to Superfish

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  Digital cheque processing could prove fatal blow to hundreds of bank branches

  Banks have reneged on their promise to keep bank branches open, blaming changing consumer habits and digital technology

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  More than half of UK consumers call for multi-channel retail

  Over 50% of UK consumers believe online shopping would improve if retailers delivered consistency across all platforms

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Apple’s iOS still vulnerable to masque attacks, says FireEye

  Enterprise iPhones and iPads are still vulnerable to masque attacks, warn security researchers at FireEye

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Digital challenger bank Starling loses its CTO

  The CTO of digital bank Starling has left the company before it has even been granted a banking licence

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Open Data Institute receives $4.1m funding from Omidyar Network

  Open Data Institute gets new funding for growth as it publishes second annual report

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Jamie Oliver website “safe to use” after serving malware

  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s website is declared safe after hackers used it to serve up malware that could take control of visitors' computers

• February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15

  Scaling appropriately an issue for digital startups, says report

  Digital startups often scale their customer bases too quickly before they have had time to implement the appropriate infrastructure

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  Co-operative Bank to close quarter of branches, with tech picking up slack

  The Co-operative Bank is closing about a quarter of its remaining branches and digital technology will replace them

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  DWP starts national Universal Credit IT rollout

  The next phase of the national IT rollout for the controversial Universal Credit programme has started

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  Apple beefs up security for FaceTime and iMessage

  Apple has extended its two-step authentication to iMessage and FaceTime, but security experts say more could be done to protect users

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  HSCIC sets out five-year plan to make UK a world leader in healthcare apps

  Health and Social Care Information Centre sets out technology strategy to make UK a world leader in health and social care apps

• February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15

  Cabinet Office’s Maude: local GDS ‘very high priority’

  A local authority version of the Government Digital Service (GDS) is “very high priority”, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  ShopDirect selects IBM managed service with SoftLayer hybrid cloud

  Shop Direct is using IBM’s SoftLayer hybrid cloud in a 10-year outsourcing deal to provide analytics, mobile and social applications

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Is the Digital Services Framework making agile procurement difficult?

  Suppliers of agile development services to government have spoken out against the Digital Services Framework, used for commissioning firms to work on public projects

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Sweeping trend towards digital banking forces RBS branch closures

  Royal Bank of Scotland "taken aback" by ever-increasing take-up of digital banking and announces additional branch closures across UK

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  FCC’s Tom Wheeler offers up net neutrality plan

  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may rule in favour of a strong regulatory environment to preserve the open internet

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  GDS creator Francis Maude steps down as MP

  Cabinet Office minister and creator of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Francis Maude will step down as an MP after nearly 30 years in parliament

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Santander offers corporate clients cloud storage

  Santander’s cloud storage offer to corporate clients shows how banks could fight back against the IT giants encroaching on their market

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Sprint 15 confirms plans for government as platform

  A cross-government approach to public service provision would drive platform-based government, heard this year’s digital overview Sprint 15

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Apple and Google are big but banks have advantages, says Santander boss

  Chairman of Spanish banking giant Santander is confident banks can fight off the challenge in financial services from tech giants

• February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15

  HM Revenue & Customs receives record number of digital self assessments

  This year saw the largest recorded number of digital self assessment registrations, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Media industry operates on a shoestring IT budget, says BT

  The media industry struggles to invest in technology, because investors are concerned with making new television and film content

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Google sees 2014 revenues hit $66bn

  Google has seen its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 increase by 15% year-on-year.

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

  P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Scotland sees startup growth, but Wales lags behind

  Scotland’s technology sector has seen a large growth in startup companies since 2009

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Nesta invests in apprenticeships website for young people

  Nesta has invested half a million pounds into a website to help young people connect with employers and colleges to find apprenticeship schemes

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Argos to open digital stores in Sainsbury’s supermarkets

  Argos has teamed up with Sainsbury’s with plans to open digital stores within 10 existing supermarkets.

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Sky to reorganise news desk for digital age

  Sky News is planning to reorganise its digital and television news operations to address the changing digital world

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Apple Pay success shows role for technology firms in finance

  2015 will be the year of Apple Pay, according to the firm's CEO. But will it encourage other tech firms with eyes on the financial services sector?

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  CIO interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers

  Phil Pavitt, the new global CIO of Specsavers, has fixed his sights on helping the high-street optician take a great IT leap forward

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Harrods invests in digital to entice customers

  Harrods is investing in digital screen and publishing technologies to engage with its customers

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Halifax launches online banking for children

  Halifax has launched an online banking service aimed at helping 11 to 15-year-olds better manage their money

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  River Island takes part in retail tech startup accelerator

  River Island is the latest company to get involved with a technology startup accelerator

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  UK senior citizens boost online banking popularity

  Britain’s senior citizens are contributing to online banking’s popularity with about 2.3 million people aged 70 to 100 banking online

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  Future of parliament report calls for digital engagement and online voting

  A report outlines how parliament should embrace digital technology to be more transparent, inclusive and better able to engage the public

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Senior judge calls for technology to transform courtrooms

  A senior judge has called for the introduction of technologies such as video and online filing to bring the criminal courts into the 21st century

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Case study: BCBG Max Azria checks out customer engagement chic

  Fashion retailer BCBG Max Azria is stepping out in omnichannel chic with digital in-store solutions and localised web presence

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  UK leads in global ranking of social open data sharing

  The UK has been named the number one country to use open data for social and economic benefit

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Starbucks launches wireless charging in the UK

  Starbucks has launched wireless charging points in 10 shops in London

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Canary Wharf Group opens third tech startup space

  London’s Canary Wharf Group has opened a third dedicated space to technology startups as part of its Level39 initiative

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  HMRC trials Gov.uk Verify in busiest month of the year

  Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs is to trial the government’s Verify identity assurance scheme in its busiest month

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  GDS hints at future approach to government-as-a-platform

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) has hinted at a new approach to meet Whitehall’s government-as-a-platform goals

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Ugg Australia trials RFID smart mat to digitise its stores

  Ugg Australia is trialing a smart mat system which allows shoppers to view more products electronically

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Gamestop’s Technology Institute engages digital customers in stores

  Gamestop has been investing in its store and digital channels through the Gamestop Technology Institute (GTI), which it launched in March 2014

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  TechUK reveals top 10 web vulnerabilities

  TechUK has published a guide on the ten most common web vulnerabilities and how to defend against the most prevalent threats

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  TGI Fridays rolls out tablets and trials social media check-in

  TGI Fridays rolls out Microsoft tablets across its restaurant chain and experiments with data from social media check-in technologies

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Tesco embarks on image recognition technology for product placement

  Tesco is looking to pilot image recognition software to improve product placement in its stores

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Technology should complement traditional merchandising, says Hershey’s

  Retailers adopting innovative technology need to consider how it might affect traditional ways of merchandising at the point of sale

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Levi Strauss & Co thinks mobile first

  Levi Strauss & Co, the company known for Levi’s denim jeans, is thinking mobile first as part of its omni-channel retailing strategy

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  John Lewis to trial location technology for click and collect

  John Lewis plans to trial a micro-location technology to improve its click and collect service

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Retail technology useless without back-end support, says John Lewis

  Retailers can’t just rely on customer-facing mobile apps and websites to be successful – they need to invest in the back-end support too

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Solihull council launches digital strategy

  Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has launched a digital strategy which outlines how it will engage with citizens across multiple channels

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  Cabinet Office searches for CDO to lead digital and tech team

  The Cabinet Office is looking to create a digital and technology team, with a chief digital officer (CDO) at its helm

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  CES 2015: How Intel aims to power the tech revolution

  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich told the International CES audience that 2015 will be the year of the next wave of consumer technology

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  Retailers need to plan for online peaks and troughs

  Almost a third of British online shoppers experienced problems with their orders over the Christmas period

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  CES 2015: Samsung CEO talks internet of things

  Samsung president and CEP BK Yoon told audiences at CES that the internet of things is not as distant as we think

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  CES 2015: Car companies showcase automotive digitisation

  Autonomous automotive technology has stolen the limelight from the usual fodder of gadgets at CES in Las Vegas

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  Alibaba bank and WeBank show Google and Facebook the way

  Technology can drive traditional banks to reform, says Chinese premier Li Keqiang at the launch of China’s first online-only bank

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  UK startup harnesses technology to compete with high street banks

  Online startup, awarded banking licence, can now target customers of traditional banks

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  Moonpig under fire for slow response to security flaw

  Online greeting card firm Moonpig has finally suspended its mobile apps 17 months after being warned of serious security flaws

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  Sainsbury’s experiences biggest online Christmas

  Sainsbury’s claims Christmas 2014 was its biggest to date for online groceries

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  CES 2015: Should we redefine the boundaries of smartphone markets?

  The labels "mature" and "emerging" markets may no longer be relevant to describe smartphone sales, according to an analyst

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Startups selected for London’s Fintech Innovation Lab 2015

  Seven financial technology startups have been selected for the annual Fintech Innovation Lab

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Cool and funky bank to launch in UK soon

  The UK launch of a web 2.0 and social media-based bank in the UK is imminent as Germany’s Fidor Bank applies for UK licence

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Digitisation of government needs major transformation effort

  The public sector can achieve massive savings through digitisation, but this will require organisational transformation

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  CES 2015: Digitisation must lead to meaningful data use

  The quality of a feedback loop for a digitised product will determine consumer interest, according to a CES director

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  CES 2015: LG launches G Flex 2 and predicts a ‘better’ future driven by IoT

  LG’s vision of a "better" and "more beautiful" future will be driven by innovation in the home-centric sector of the internet of things

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  Online shoppers boost Christmas sales for John Lewis

  Online shopping accounted for 36% of all John Lewis sales over the 2014 Christmas period

• December 31, 2014 31 Dec'14

  Top 10 retail IT stories of 2014

  It’s been a busy year for retail as the industry proves it is leading the way in the adoption of technology innovations

• December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14

  Top 10 healthcare IT stories of 2014

  It’s been a rocky year for technology and the NHS, succumbing to a marketing blow for its Care.data project and pushing back its e-Referral Service

• December 24, 2014 24 Dec'14

  Quiksilver expands e-commerce and sees 65% increase in revenue

  Sports brand Quiksilver has seen a 65% increase in revenue after expanding its cloud-based e-commerce platform