Copyright TechTarget - All rights reserved ComputerWeekly’s best articles of the day https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Techtarget Feed Generator en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:04:09 GMT https://www.computerweekly.com editor@computerweekly.com <p>Burnout among <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/CISO-chief-information-security-officer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chief information security officers</a> (CISOs) is not just a personal disaster for those concerned. It also constitutes a high, and costly, risk for the business.</p> <p>But in the face of rising threats and limited resources, the problem is “more serious than most people realise until they’re in the seat”, says Martin Astley. He is CISO at central heating services provider <a href="https://247homerescue.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">24/7 Home Rescue</a> and a mental health champion.</p> <p>According to Proofpoint’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/newsroom/press-releases/proofpoint-2025-voice-ciso-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>2025 Voice of the CISO</i> <em>report</em></a>, for example, a huge 63% of cyber security leaders have either personally experienced, or witnessed, burnout among their peers over the past year.</p> <p>A key issue here, says Astley, is that the CISO role has “quietly become five jobs in one”, which is significantly more than most other professions. These jobs include strategist, operator, board adviser, crisis manager, compliance lead and acting as emotional support for the team.</p> <p>To make matters worse, the always-on nature of incidents, as well as ongoing audit and regulatory pressures, make it hard for CISOs to switch off. Chronic skills shortages and the resultant impact on available team resources play their part, too.</p> <p>“Threats are accelerating, including <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629655/Deepfake-AI-scammers-target-the-Big-Yin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI-driven scams and deepfakes</a>, the attack surface keeps expanding, and expectations keep rising faster than budgets and headcount,” says Astley.</p> <p>But there are also other drivers behind the problem. “CISOs are held accountable for enterprise-wide risk, but many still don’t have enterprise-wide influence,” he adds. “That mismatch is corrosive, and turns the job into permanent responsibility without permanent control.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Burnout as a predictable human response"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Burnout as a predictable human response</h2> <p>Peter Coroneos, founder and executive chair of resilience training charity <a href="https://www.cybermindz.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cybermindz</a>, agrees.</p> <p>“It’s about predicting how to manage and control things that aren’t fully within your purview,” he says. “This means you may have the responsibility, but you’re not capable of managing all the risk factors, which include someone clicking on a link downstream in the organisation, especially if they’re working from home.”</p> <p>Another contributory factor is the lack of control many CISOs have over the budgets available for them to deliver on strategy. It means they can end up being in a “constant battle for resources” with other functions. This situation tends to be particularly difficult if the board has unrealistic expectations, requiring them taking a “zero incident” rather than managed risk approach.</p> <p>Should a breach occur, though, says Coroneos, it is the CISO who has to manage the fallout. But they can also find themselves scapegoated, particularly if organisations have a blame culture and need a “sacrificial lamb”.</p> <p>“CISOs are brought in to protect the organisation’s assets, and when they do so, no one notices and their success is unseen,” he says. “But failure is high-profile and can make front-page news, with the board, regulators and even Parliament getting involved.”</p> <p>Given this difficult situation, Coroneos believes it is unsurprising that many CISOs are experiencing the chronic, unmanaged stress that leads to burnout.</p> <p>“There’s nothing inherently wrong with these people and they’re often excellent at what they do,” he says. “But if anyone is subject to threats that exceed their capabilities to manage and adapt to, burnout becomes the predictable human response.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The danger of short tenures"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The danger of short tenures</h2> <p>As Astley points out, however, burnout is a serious problem – and not just due to the harm it causes to individuals and their wellbeing. Another key issue is the “real risk” it creates for the organisation “when decision-making, reliance and leadership continuity start wobbling”, he says.</p> <p>This means that if employers fail to address the situation, there are serious repercussions. One of the most obvious is CISO churn rates. <a href="https://www.vogelitlawblog.com/2025/10/are-cisos-burning-out-faster-than-ever-in-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The average tenure of cyber security leaders is now between 18 months and three years</a>, compared with <a href="https://www.spencerstuart.com/research-and-insight/sp-500-c-suite-snapshot-2025-profiles-in-functional-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an average of 5.2 years among members of the C-suite in S&amp;P 500 companies</a>.</p> <p>Stephen Boyce is director of digital investigations at <a href="https://www.magnetforensics.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Magnet Forensics</a>. He indicates that when some CISOs leave their jobs, they simply go elsewhere to find less gruelling roles or move sideways, into fractional, consultancy or supplier positions. But many are now choosing to leave the already-understaffed profession altogether, which includes opting for early retirement.</p> <p>Caroline Hughes is chief executive of consultancy at <a href="https://www.consciousleaders.ie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conscious Leadership Development</a>. A big concern with average turnover rates being so low, she believes, is that organisations do not have enough time to undertake effective succession planning or even put a suitable talent pool together.</p> <p>“It’s a leadership sustainability issue at both the individual and organisational level,” she says. “If you’re constantly replacing people, it’s very disruptive in terms of teams and governance – and how can you give the executive committee confidence in the long-term strategy if there’s continual short-term churn?”</p> <p>Astley agrees: “The bigger issue [than people leaving the profession] is the pipeline. Almost half of CISOs reportedly don’t have an adequate internal successor lined up, which tells you how thin the bench is.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The business risks of CISO burnout"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The business risks of CISO burnout</h2> <p>Another point here, he warns, is that short tenures barely give incumbent CISOs enough time to assess risk properly, let alone deliver multi-year transformation initiatives. The upshot tends to be reactive and fragmented “stop-start security programmes” that force teams into a “constant ‘reset’ mode”.</p> <p>Other challenges include “control gaps, delayed projects and reduced resilience”, he says. “The risk isn’t theoretical: attackers exploit disruption and distraction, and turnover causes exactly that.”</p> <p>But burnout also has implications even while CISOs are still in post. Coroneos points to the three main indicators that indicate trouble is afoot: emotional exhaustion, cynicism and a fall in professional efficiency.</p> <p>While the implications of the former are more personal, making everything feel like a slog, the latter two are key predictors of resignation intention, he says. This is because they impact on the reasons behind why CISOs do the job they do.</p> <p>Boyce, meanwhile, believes the risks of this situation are “compounding”.</p> <p>“Burnout translates into missed signals and decision fatigue, which over time leads to disengagement, slower decision-making in a crisis, and lower-quality risk communications,” he says. “In other words, quality is lower and there’s higher pressure on teams, which erodes resilience. The problem here is that cyber resilience is directly tied to business resilience.”</p> <p>Astley agrees. In his view, key organisational risks include “slower incident response maturity, weaker governance, inconsistent risk acceptance decisions, and reduced credibility with auditors, insurers and regulators”, he says. “And when the security leader is burnt out, it often cascades onto the team, which generates a wider retention problem.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The direct costs of CISO burnout"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The direct costs of CISO burnout</h2> <p>But, inevitably, there are also costs attached to each of these issues. John Skipper, a digital trust and cyber security expert at <a href="https://www.paconsulting.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PA Consulting</a>, estimates that the total financial impact to the FTSE 100 of CISO burnout could be as high as £200m per year, or an average of £2m per company.</p> <p>For instance, according to job listings website Indeed,&nbsp;<a href="https://uk.indeed.com/career/chief-information-security-officer/salaries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the average base salary for a UK cyber security leader is £117,000</a>. Recruitment agencies generally charge between 25% and 30% of this salary to find and screen new appointees, a cost that quickly mounts up if it happens every 18 months.</p> <p>But in the run-up to a burned-out CISO’s resignation, they are unlikely to have worked productively, resulting in the business not getting value for money. They may also have had to take paid leave due to ill health.</p> <p>Other direct costs to the organisation include having to pay the salary of a temporary or interim replacement who will inevitably take time to get up to speed, leading to further productivity lags. Then there are the sign-on packages, onboarding, training and transition costs associated with a new starter.</p> <p>“You’re probably looking at between £600,000 to £700,000 of direct costs, plus the potential cost of any incident,” says Skipper. “The hidden costs are very significant, too, though, and probably even dwarf the direct costs.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The indirect costs of CISO burnout"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The indirect costs of CISO burnout</h2> <p>These indirect costs include a loss of institutional knowledge, particularly if processes have not been well documented. Decision-making is likely to be delayed, and projects deferred due to a lack of security expertise – or, even worse, security – can simply become an afterthought.</p> <p>Another common problem relates to higher cyber security insurance premiums, or even a refusal by insurance companies to cover claims in some instances.</p> <p>Boyce explains: “Many underwriters take it into account if companies have someone in place who can reduce the likelihood of a claim. But if they notice a revolving door every 12 to 36 months, they’ll take notice of that and, when it comes time to renew, it’ll result in higher premiums.”</p> <p>But there are other challenges, too, says Astley. These consist of the “increased likelihood and impact of incidents, staff turnover in the security team [due to low morale], slowed delivery across IT, and reduced confidence at board level”.</p> <p>As a result, he believes the total CISO replacement cost could amount to more than 200% of salary “once you account for lost productivity and disruption”. But, he adds, most organisations underestimate the situation as such costs are spread across different departments, such as HR, IT, risk and legal, and different timescales.</p> <p>Therefore, Astley says: “The implication is predictable: companies underinvest in prevention, such as support, structure and headcount, and overpay later in churn and incidents.”</p> <p>Unsurprisingly given the currently unsustainable situation, he expects to see more cyber leaders taking on ‘portfolio careers’ as fractional CISOs, consultants and fixed-term roles to protect their own physical and mental health. Thus, “organisations that don’t build a bench will keep getting whiplash from turnover”, he warns.</p> <p>As to what employers can do about the situation, Astley believes it is now imperative to design the job “like it’s meant to be survivable”. This means setting realistic expectations and a clear scope. It means ensuring CISOs have genuine authority and enough employees to deliver on strategy. It also means providing them with “air cover at the executive level, not just responsibility”.</p> <p>“Organisations that treat security as a true business function and design proper support will improve retention and outcomes,” he says. “But the ones that keep treating CISOs as a shock absorber for every risk will continue to burn people out and then act surprised when they leave.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the CISO role</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Cyber security leaders are often asked to weigh in more frequently on business decisions. This could give MBA-holding CISOs <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/Should-a-CISO-have-an-MBA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a more visible seat at the table</a>.</li> <li>Modern security officers must manage AI risks, safeguard enterprise data and ensure AI systems operate securely, expanding their role <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/From-security-to-trust-How-AI-is-transforming-the-CISOs-job" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beyond traditional cyber security</a>.</li> <li>The role of the chief information security officer has evolved dramatically over the years – and will continue to do so. What should boards really looking for when hiring a security leader <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-boards-should-look-for-in-a-CISO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the mid-2020s? </a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Discussions of burnout among security pros are about more than just mental health: when burnout strikes, it can present a serious business risk https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/worry-stress-thinking-olly-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Businesses-are-paying-the-price-for-CISO-burnout Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:15:00 GMT <p>In January 2026, 45 UK MPs submitted <a href="https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65087/uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy">an Early Day Motion</a> entitled “UK digital sovereignty strategy”. The motion pointed to the dependency of government services, democratic functions and critical infrastructure on a small number of digital providers.</p> <p>Those providers are US-based <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Software-as-a-Service-SaaS">hyperscaler cloud providers</a> AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, also known as the Big Three, who between them provide cloud services to more than 90% of UK public sector organisations.</p> <p>Meanwhile, in October 2025, the European People’s Party group in the European Parliament adopted a position paper calling for, “a permanent EU Tech Forum to guide digital strategy [and] build sovereign European digital infrastructure for cloud, AI and data – free from foreign control”.</p> <p>This came ahead of a summit on European <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637125/Campaigners-urge-UK-to-develop-digital-sovereignty-strategy">digital sovereignty</a> that took place in November in Berlin and gathered more than 900 policymakers, industry leaders, investors, researchers and civil society representatives from 27 EU member states.</p> <p>At the event, German chancellor Friedrich Merz said: “For Europe, digital sovereignty means the ability to shape technology across the entire value chain in line with European interests and needs. We seek competition on equal terms.”&nbsp;</p> <p>These are just some examples of initiatives aimed at wresting back some control and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366639236/Data-sovereignty-widens-from-a-legal-to-economic-pitch">data sovereignty</a> in the UK and Europe against a backdrop of overwhelming dominance by US hyperscalers of public and private sector infrastructure.</p> <p>In this article, we look at European lawmakers’ attempts to drive towards greater digital sovereignty, how that overlaps with opposition to anti-competitive practices in the market, and why governments need to think about encouraging home grown tech – or else risk losing it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Digital sovereignty: Taking back control"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Digital sovereignty: Taking back control</h2> <p>The UK digital sovereignty strategy Early Day Motion was sponsored by MPs from parties that included the Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and numerous independents.&nbsp;</p> <p>The first part of the motion read: “That this house notes that government services, democratic functions and critical infrastructure increasingly depend on a small number of external digital suppliers; further notes that excessive concentration and inadequate exit or substitution planning expose the public sector to risks including service withdrawal, sanctions, commercial failure, geopolitical disruption and unilateral changes in service terms.”</p> <p>It went on to say it believed “long-term resilience, continuity of public services and value for money require the government to retain effective control over digital systems it funds or relies on” and to “support UK technology firms and SMEs, and increase the proportion of public digital expenditure retained in the UK economy”.</p> <p>It capped this with a call to, “publish a comprehensive UK digital sovereignty strategy with binding effect across central government, arm’s-length bodies and the wider public sector”.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="A lack of digital sovereignty? The UK public sector example"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>A lack of digital sovereignty? The UK public sector example</h2> <p>As we saw in <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">the previous article in this series</a>, US hyperscaler clouds are deeply embedded in the UK public sector.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the financial year 2023/2024, 95% of central and local public sector organisations in the UK spent budget on hyperscale cloud services. When it comes to spending on services such as software as a service (SaaS) that rely on hyperscaler cloud, that percentage expands to 99%.&nbsp;</p> <p>This is taken from data gathered by Tussell and Computer Weekly that covers more than 1,100 central and local government organisations that range from ministries to councils and a wide variety of other agencies.&nbsp;</p> <p>Out of 22 government departments in the data, 21 spent budget on hyperscale cloud in some form in that year, and 13 spent 50% or more of their tech budget on hyperscale cloud directly or via cloud resellers.</p> <p>The top five public sector spenders on hyperscale cloud were: Ministry of Defence (£1.09bn), HM Revenue &amp; Customs (£1.01bn), the Home Office (£775m), Department for Work and Pensions (£622m), and NHS England (£442m).</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Digital sovereignty: UK government lacks a definition"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Digital sovereignty: UK government lacks a definition</h2> <p>Meanwhile, at ministry level – namely the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) – the UK lacks a clear definition of data sovereignty from which to work.&nbsp;</p> <p>It told Computer Weekly in a request for comment in February 2026: “This is a complex and evolving policy area, rather than a specific project. It requires engaging with departments across government – a process which is ongoing.”</p> <p>The DSIT could not give a timescale for the process, but said: “Work continues across government to ensure a consistent approach, and we will have more to say in due course. There is no single, globally agreed definition of digital sovereignty. International approaches vary and are shaped by domestic policy objectives.</p> <p>“However, UK public sector technology buyers already operate inside a strong framework of safeguards, for example: data protection law, UK security standards, the Cloud First policy and established commercial rules. These combine to help effectively protect public services.”</p> <p>Liberal Democrat spokesperson for science, innovation and technology Tim Clement-Jones believes this lack of definition serves a purpose – namely, that the DSIT doesn’t have to grapple effectively with regulation around the issue.</p> <p>“They’re very good at lacking definitions, because it means that they don’t have to regulate them. That’s the whole idea,” he says. “When we did our AI and defence paper, they didn’t have a definition of a lethal autonomous weapon. And we thought, ‘This is peculiar. These things are dangerous; there’s high risk’, but they couldn’t come up with one. And they said, ‘NATO doesn’t have a definition either’.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Where data sovereignty meets anti-trust"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Where data sovereignty meets anti-trust</h2> <p>Nicky Stewart, senior adviser with the Open Cloud Coalition, believes UK public sector procurement is held in a stranglehold by AWS <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Azure-Local-Disconnected-looks-the-part-for-sovereignty-It-isnt">and Microsoft</a>, and that this is anti-competitive and to the detriment of UK companies. The cost to those organisations that procure cloud services, and by extension the UK taxpayer, is up to £500m per year, she says.</p> <p>She believes UK public sector procurement has moved from a “public cloud first” policy to one of “hyperscaler cloud first” and that direct awards resulting from this have tended to lock public sector bodies into the US giants.</p> <p>Stewart says: “They came up with the G-Cloud framework, where essentially cloud providers who aspired to provide to government could showcase their wares. It operated as a catalogue. The buyer went in with a list of their requirements and it would spit out a list of providers and their services. They put that down to a short list and then they directly awarded it. There was no competitive process, no negotiation around prices, nothing.”</p> <p>Initially, she says, that involved relatively small direct award contracts: “But when they started moving to hyperscale public cloud, the size of those direct awards got bigger and bigger. Some of those contracts were hundreds of millions in direct award even though the Crown Commercial Services’ own guidance says they should be for low value or urgent transactions.”</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> Some contracts were hundreds of millions in direct award even though the Crown Commercial Services’ own guidance says they should be for low value or urgent transactions </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Nicky Stewart, Open Cloud Coalition</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>Then, says Stewart, came “committed spend” agreements – such as with AWS for multiple millions of pounds – and into which government departments became even more tightly locked.&nbsp; Meanwhile, she says, UK suppliers are shut out by high entry requirements to frameworks such as G-Cloud.</p> <p>“The public sector has got itself locked in into the two dominant cloud providers,” says Stewart. “And once you’re locked in, there’s a whole chain of things you need to think about. It’s not just a case of ‘I want to switch cloud providers’ or ‘I want to diversify my cloud providers’. You need to think about the skills to switch or diversify and the uncertainty about how much it will cost.”</p> <p>All of this hasn’t escaped the notice of the UK government’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-CMA-anti-trust-investigation-into-AWS-and-Microsoft-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know">Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)</a>, which was set to report at the end of March on possible measures against AWS and Microsoft. In a report published in July 2025, it found those companies to be <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/How-the-UKs-cloud-strategy-was-hijacked-by-a-hyperscaler-duopoly">the two largest providers in a “highly concentrated” market</a> and that this had adverse effects on competition.</p> <p>The CMA is set to decide whether to apply strategic market status (SMS) in relation to AWS and Microsoft’s activities in cloud services. SMS would allow the CMA to “impose targeted and bespoke interventions to address ... concerns ... identified”.</p> <p>It is yet to be seen what the effect of those measures will be.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="European responses to risks around data sovereignty"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>European responses to risks around data sovereignty</h2> <p>Europe has been a little more forward in formulating responses to concerns over data sovereignty, and in particular with regard to the overwhelming market dominance of the US hyperscalers. There have been initiatives to build some degree of home grown cloud tech. Europe is a little less dependent on US hyperscalers than the UK, so it’s possible it has made a dent.&nbsp;</p> <p>Initiatives include:</p> <ul class="default-list"> <li>The European Gaia-X project to develop a secure European data infrastructure, although this appears largely stalled.&nbsp;</li> <li>France’s SecNumCloud, a high-level security certification for cloud service providers aimed at provision of trusted, sovereign hosting by protecting against non-EU legal, technical and cyber security risks.&nbsp;</li> <li>France’s <em>Cloud de confiance</em>, a government-backed initiative to provide secure, sovereign cloud computing services that protect sensitive data from foreign surveillance.&nbsp;</li> <li>The industrial-focussed IPCEI-CIS, in which around 100 companies and institutes from 12 EU countries are cooperating on developing new data and cloud solutions.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="What do campaigners call for: Axel’s axis in Europe"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>What do campaigners call for: Axel’s axis in Europe&nbsp;</h2> <p>Axel Voss MEP of the European People’s Party has been a vocal advocate of building European digital sovereignty. He wants to cut red tape and create a preferential environment for European suppliers. Voss believes European sovereign digital capability means strengthening European suppliers and making it easier for European public and private sector organisations to use them.</p> <p>He says: “It’s not autarky or protectionism, it’s Europe being able to take independent decisions about the parameters of digital technologies, backed by real European options in cloud, AI and data; open standards and interoperability; and procurement that builds a resilient European supplier base.</p> <p>“Practically, that means pilots that combine European compute and data spaces, ‘EU-by-default’ tools in institutions, and funding and scale mechanisms to make European providers competitive.”</p> <p>For Voss, a key matter is also to remove obstacles to European digital innovation: “Our main obstacles are fragmentation and slow, bureaucratic decision-making. That’s why I push measures like cutting real red tape, strengthening investment/VC and strategic capabilities (cloud/AI/edge/cyber/chips), and using procurement and open standards to break lock-ins.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Grow native capability or die?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Grow native capability or die?</h2> <p>Nicky Stewart of the Open Cloud Coalition wants to lower barriers to UK cloud providers, after years of them being sidelined while UK public sector procurement resulted in the hyperscalers becoming entrenched.</p> <p>“There are more UK cloud providers than I can count on my hands and feet,” she says. “Some of them can operate at scale – not necessarily the same scale as the hyperscale cloud providers, but they have different offerings. There’s always going to be a place for hyperscale and there are certain workloads that are suited to that sort of scale.</p> <p>“But there are other workloads with different requirements. Maybe they’re more stable, for example, not peaking and spiking. Or they may have really high security requirements, or sovereign solutions, or can offer better value for money, or much more personal customer service.</p> <p>“The point here is that if the UK public sector government doesn’t give the right signals to its own cloud hosting industry, how on earth does it expect to grow any native capability?”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data sovereignty</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">The rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses</a>. We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector.&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Auditing-classifying-and-building-a-data-sovereignty-strategy">Auditing, classifying and building a data sovereignty strategy</a>. We look at data sovereignty – what it is and how to build a data sovereignty strategy around data auditing.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> We look at the political and government responses to risks around data sovereignty and massive dependence on the three US hyperscalers – AWS, Azure and GCP – in the UK and Europe https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/data-privacy-city-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:50:00 GMT <p>OpenAI has paused plans for its Stargate UK investment, which was to take place in concert with artificial intelligence (AI) <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">datacentre builder</a> Nscale and in the government’s AI growth zones.</p> <p>The Microsoft-backed company has cited concerns about rising energy costs as well as the regulatory environment in the UK, particularly <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640523/UK-government-puts-brakes-on-opt-out-copyright-exemption-for-AI">in copyright</a>.</p> <p>Affected locations – should OpenAI’s “pause” become permanent – are in the government’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631325/Government-confirms-North-East-as-location-of-second-AI-Growth-Zone">north eastern AI growth zone</a> centred on north Tyneside and Blyth in Northumberland.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://www.nscale.com/press-releases/nscale-uk-ai-infrastructure-announcement">an Nscale announcement</a> in September 2025, Nscale, OpenAI and Nvidia agreed to establish Stargate UK as an infrastructure platform designed to deploy OpenAI’s technology in the UK.&nbsp;</p> <p>It said at the time that OpenAI would “explore <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639801/AI-factory-builder-Nscale-announces-another-2bn-of-funding">offtake of up to 8,000 Nvidia GPUs</a> [graphics processing units] in Q1 2026 with the potential to scale to 31,000 Nvidia GPUs over time”.&nbsp;</p> <p>It said Stargate UK would be based across a number of sites in the UK, but only named Cobalt Park, which is currently home to about 35MW of datacentre capacity.&nbsp;</p> <p>Expansion of Cobalt Park has been touted, but most of this appears to centre on the now-shelved OpenAI/Nscale plans, and there are currently no planning applications lodged or construction underway for datacentre capacity at the site.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Calculated pause?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Calculated pause?</h2> <p>That much of OpenAI’s plans have been hedged with conditional wording and lack of concrete progress is not lost on some industry watchers. Bill McCluggage –&nbsp; director of IT strategy and policy in the Cabinet Office and deputy government CIO from 2009 to 2012 – said OpenAI’s decision to pause its proposed Stargate datacentre in the north east looks less a sudden setback and more a calculated pause.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The stated concern about uncertainty around UK copyright rules and high energy costs are real enough, particularly given the government’s fickle approach to copyright regulation and how power-hungry these facilities are,” he said. “But they are unlikely to be the whole story.</p> <p>“With an IPO on the horizon, it is hardly surprising that OpenAI is tightening its risk profile, especially against a backdrop of rising infrastructure costs, supply chain fragility in advanced chips, and questions about the pace of AI commercial returns. Reports of delays and disagreements in similar US projects only reinforce that caution.”</p> <p>McCluggage also suggested the move may be a means to apply pressure for clearer government support and policy certainty.</p> <p>“In that light, the pause feels less like retreat and more like prudent positioning before committing to a multibillion-pound bet,” he said.</p> <p>OpenAI has also cited concerns about “regulation”, in particular the UK government stance on copyright with regard to AI training. Here, the government had originally been set to allow AI training to be exempt from copyright, but then faced a backlash from creative sectors fronted by Elton John and Dua Lipa. In late March, the government adopted a holding position that barred open access to copyrighted works for AI training.</p> <p>Liberal Democrat peer Lord Clement-Jones said: “This is disappointing news, but citing regulation as a reason for not proceeding with their investment in the UK is laughable given the European regulatory landscape and similar copyright issues. Energy costs and other wider economic risks may well have deterred OpenAI alongside potentially overstretched global investment plans.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Call for clarity"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Call for clarity</h2> <p>Conservative peer Chris Holmes called for clarity around the issue, and the need for a UK AI Bill.</p> <p>“What we all need when it comes to AI is clarity, consistency and a coherent approach,” he said. “From the government right now, this is not quite the case. By yet again ‘ducking’ the copyright issue last month they leave everyone in limbo, with a sub-optimal non-solution for all concerned.</p> <p>“If the government really wants us to optimise the AI opportunity, they must bring forward a cross sector, cross economy AI Bill that brings clarity, consistency and coherence of approach which will benefit datacentre build, startup and scaleups, and a real sense of UK sovereign AI,” said Homes. “Sadly, it seems in the upcoming King’s Speech on 13 May, they have no intention of taking this clear positive action.”</p> <p>OpenAI and the UK government signed a memorandum of understanding in July 2025 aimed at strategic partnership to deliver AI-driven growth.&nbsp;</p> <p>At the time, OpenAI cited its use by big UK names that included the NHS, NatWest, Oxford University and Virgin Atlantic.</p> <p>OpenAI was careful to label commitments as “non-binding”, but these included exploring use of AI in the public sector, developing UK sovereign AI capability and security research.</p> <p>At the same time, OpenAI said it would increase its footprint in the UK from the current 100 staff.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about UK AI datacentre development</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640935/Data-dive-Government-2030-datacentre-capacity-targets-look-shaky">Data dive: Government 2030 datacentre capacity targets look shaky</a>: We look at UK datacentre capacity – current and projected – and find DSIT’s 2030 target for 6GW of AI-capable capacity is currently out of reach, unless operators get a move on.&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639801/AI-factory-builder-Nscale-announces-another-2bn-of-funding">AI factory builder Nscale announces another $2bn of funding</a>: Nscale has a pipeline of 1.3GW of capacity across the UK, Norway and the US, with contracted supply of 200,000 Nvidia GPUs, and is name-checked as a British supplier of AI factories.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> OpenAI’s decision to pause Stargate UK, much vaunted and based on a memorandum of understanding with government, cites energy costs and regulation, but may be driven by wider uncertainties https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/dice-risk-gamble-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641483/OpenAI-pauses-Stargate-UK-Sudden-setback-or-calculated-move Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:30:00 GMT <p>The Royal Navy has deterred Russian submarines identified in the vicinity of undersea cables and other critical under water infrastructure. A Russian attack submarine and specialist submarines from Russian’s Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research (Gugi) were involved in the operation.</p> <p>The vessels were designed to survey undersea infrastructure during peacetime and to sabotage it in conflict, defence secretary John Healey said today. The Ministry of Defence said that it would not confirm the nature of the cables in the vicinity of the Russian submarines.</p> <p>But Healey said that undersea communications cables were essential for digital communications that underpin international trade, adding: “Subsea fibre optic cables are essential for all digital communications, with over 99% of international data, including voice calls and internet data, travelling through undersea cables. This underpins global banking, trade and communications.”</p> <p>The incident follows <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631462/UK-needs-better-defences-to-protect-undersea-internet-cables-from-Russian-sabotage">concerns raised by MPs and peers</a> that internet and communications cables linking the UK are vulnerable to sabotage attempts.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Distraction operation and intelligence gathering"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Distraction operation and intelligence gathering</h2> <p>British aircraft and warships identified and tracked a Russian Akula attack submarine entering international waters north of the UK several weeks ago. The Royal Navy deployed a Type 23 frigate and Merlin helicopters to monitor the attack submarine near British territorial waters.</p> <p>The submarine was intended as a distraction from operations by Russian undersea naval units from Gugi operating near critical undersea infrastructure elsewhere. The UK worked with Norway and other allies to monitor the Russian deep sea underwater research vessels.</p> <p>“Our aircraft flew over 450 hours, our frigate covered several thousand nautical miles, and 500 British personnel were involved in the response,” said Healey. “To president Putin, I say this: we see you, we see your activity over our cables and pipelines. And you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated, and will have serious consequences.”</p> <figure class="main-article-image full-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/GUGI-Vessels-Russia-MoD-1200px.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/GUGI-Vessels-Russia-MoD-1200px_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/GUGI-Vessels-Russia-MoD-1200px_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/GUGI-Vessels-Russia-MoD-1200px.jpg 1280w" alt="UK MoD image titled ’Surface and sub-surface GUGI-associated vessels based at Olenya Guba, Russia’: main image is overhead shot of Olenya Guba, with the research vessel and submarine show docked. Three images are stacked to the side of main image, one showing a map with Olenya Guba labelled with a red dot, the second is a close-up shot of the research vessel, and the third is a close-up of the submarine. " data-credit="UK Ministry of Defence" height="347" width="560"> <figcaption> <i class="icon pictures" data-icon="z"></i>Gugi vessels shown at Olenya Guba in Russia </figcaption> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> <i class="icon" data-icon="w"></i> </div> </figure> <p>The Gugi units and the Akula class submarine retreated back home after having failed to complete their operation in secrecy, the Ministry of Defence said.</p> <p>The UK has seen a 30% increase in Russian vessels threatening UK waters over the past two years, according to the Ministry of Defence.</p> <p>The Russian spy ship Yantar, was tracked by a warship and RAF P8 planes after it tested British defences last year. The ship was observed in January 2025 “gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure”, and it returned to British UK waters in November, when it was tracked by a Royal Navy Frigate and RAF planes.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="MPs say UK needs to do more"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>MPs say UK needs to do more</h2> <p>A cross-party group of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631462/UK-needs-better-defences-to-protect-undersea-internet-cables-from-Russian-sabotage?_gl=1*rroxe*_ga*MTA0NDU1NDUwMi4xNzc0NTQ2ODY5*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NzU3NTE0NjYkbzIzJGcxJHQxNzc1NzUxNzYxJGo2MCRsMCRoMA..">MPs and peers warned last year that the UK has “been too timid”</a> in defending the undersea internet cable network from potential attacks by Russia.</p> <p>The UK is a global hub for internet traffic, and is almost entirely reliant on subsea cables to exchange data with other countries. It has around 62 subsea cables, roughly 50 of which are thought to be active, linking it to rest of the world. They provide resilience if some are deliberately or accidentally damaged. Additional cables run through the Channel Tunnel.</p> <p>Healey said that the UK’s undersea network is highly resilient but that threats were increasing. He added that UK was investing £100m in P8 submarine hunting aircraft and had launched the <a href="https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/december/08/20241208-atlantic-bastion">Atlantic Bastion</a> programme, which is funding the development of anti-submarine sensing technology.</p> <p>The UK has signed the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-norway-to-operate-together-to-counter-russian-undersea-threat-through-major-new-defence-agreement">Luna House agreement</a> with Norway to protect critical infrastructure in the North Sea through a joint fleet of ships.&nbsp;</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about risks to undersea cables</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631462/UK-needs-better-defences-to-protect-undersea-internet-cables-from-Russian-sabotage">UK needs better defences to protect undersea internet cables from Russian sabotage</a> – A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called for the UK to step up defences to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage risks.</li> <li><a href="MPs%20and%20Lords%20on%20the%20Joint%20Committee%20on%20the%20National%20Security%20Strategy%20have%20begun%20an%20inquiry%20into%20the%20resilience%20of%20UK%20internet%20cables,%20following%20heightened%20threats%20of%20Russian%20and%20Chinese%20sabotage">MPs and peers start inquiry into Russian and Chinese sabotage threats to subsea internet cables</a> – MPs and Lords on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy have begun an inquiry into the resilience of UK internet cables, following heightened threats of Russian and Chinese sabotage.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Operation by Navy and RAF tracks Russian submarine operations close to critical undersea cables https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/subsea-cable-submarine-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641504/UK-Navy-deters-Russian-submarines-near-critical-undersea-cables Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:13:00 GMT <p>Europe’s two largest quantum computing firms announced plans to go public on the US stock market just as the European Commission was finalising urgent plans to stop <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/deep-tech">deep tech</a> firms selling to overseas investors.</p> <p>The launch of hurried bids by Finland’s IQM and France’s Pasqal to raise the money they need to make quicker progress in developing viable quantum computer systems coincided with the start of another urgent programme, by the US <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Quantum-startups-fear-EU-too-slow-to-lead">Defence Advanced Research Project Agency</a> (Darpa).</p> <p>The programme pledged to prove an alternative quantum computing architecture was feasible before leading quantum firms wasted any more time and money on current dominant designs, which it said would fail.</p> <p>Quantum computing firms need hundreds of millions of euros from investors to develop technology that is still so advanced that most expect it will be 2030 with hundreds of millions more spent before they deliver systems capable of meeting expectations.</p> <p>The situation is characteristic of so-called deep tech firms that Europe is now striving urgently to help, in sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), biotech, robotics and space.</p> <p>The upfront cost of research and development is high for deep tech firms trying to engineer futuristic products from recent scientific breakthroughs, and the time they need to deliver a commercial product is often decades long.</p> <p>As a consequence, the risk that it will never deliver at all is great enough that in Europe, at least, investors have been reluctant to put up funding for all but their early stages of growth.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="EU rescue bid"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>EU rescue bid</h2> <p>As IQM and Pasqal hatched plans to raise late-stage investment in the US, European officials <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/FvyrbXpkPnc?si=i4r__c8J64vs72RI">entered negotiations with financiers</a> over the management of a €3bn “ScaleUp Europe” fund they raised in a hurry to stop deep tech firms turning to foreign backers.</p> <p>The “urgent” scheme would try to prevent foreign investors from reaping the financial returns from late-stage investment in firms that European investors had helped grow in their early stages, and to stop them wresting control of European technology champions. It would make sure “their success becomes Europe’s success”, <a href="https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/jobs-and-economy/eu-startup-and-scaleup-strategy_en">said</a> the European Union’s (EU’s)&nbsp;innovation commissioner, Ekaterina Zaharieva.</p> <p>European financiers and quantum computing executives who spoke with Computer Weekly expressed a mix of despair, frustration and equanimity at Europe’s loss on the one hand, and at Pasqal and IQM’s gain.</p> <p>Pasqal and IQM, both declaring they needed to raise money to grow and innovate faster, arranged a form of listing that has been both common and controversial among North American quantum computing firms: a merger with a shell company called a Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicle (Spac), which US investors funded, set up, and listed on the Nasdaq for the sole purpose of merging with a deep tech firm that needed growth capital and a stock exchange listing fast.</p> <p>Last summer, as the commission and investors began formulating plans for ScaleUp Europe, IQM co-founder Juha Vartiainen <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Quantum-startups-fear-EU-too-slow-to-lead">warned in Computer Weekly</a> that the commission needed to move fast to get money to quantum firms.</p> <p>IQM and others said they were forced to look beyond Europe for money. Two-thirds of the world’s global scaleups are in the US, and not a 10th in Europe, according to the commission’s own <a href="https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/jobs-and-economy/eu-startup-and-scaleup-strategy_en">findings</a>. US investors account for half the world share of venture capital, China almost as much, and Europe but 5%.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Pasqal"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Pasqal</h2> <p>Neither Pasqal nor IQM would say they were going to the US to get money they could not raise in Europe. Pasqal CEO Wasiq Bokhari said in a written statement that it has a strategy to invest abroad because the quantum computing market is international.</p> <p>All Pasqal’s growth capital to date has come from foreign investors, according to Computer Weekly analysis. Besides about €3.5m it got in EU startup grant funding, and €30m from French state fund Bpifrance and quantum startup fund Quantonation in 2021, the €265m it raised in the past three years came from Saudi Arabia, <a href="https://www.pasqal.com/newsroom/pasqal-raises-e100-million-series-b-funding-to-advance-neutral-atoms-quantum-computing/">Singapore</a> and <a href="https://www.pasqal.com/newsroom/pasqal-expands-into-korea/">South Korea</a>, primarily from sovereign wealth funds on condition that Pasqal shares its technology.</p> <p>The venture arm of Saudi state oil firm Aramco <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622733/Saudi-Arabia-struggling-to-reach-global-leadership-in-deeptech">became</a> one of Pasqal’s primary investors so the country could acquire quantum computing technology and fulfil a national strategy to become a global leader in deep tech.</p> <p>Wasiq said Pasqal saw in the US an opportunity to raise money on the world’s largest public capital market and to sell computers in the world’s largest market for quantum computing, so that it could become a “truly global company”.</p> <p>He was not prepared to say how its dependence on foreign backers reflected on European late-stage capital. But both Pasqal and IQM seek dual listings, in Paris and Helsinki, respectively. Wasiq said this was to retain its French roots. Its core hardware R&amp;D and 80% of staff would remain in France. It was raising US money to serve the needs of French and EU industry.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="IQM"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>IQM</h2> <p>IQM chief executive Jan Goetz said it sought dual listing so it could remain eligible for funding from institutional European investors whose rules forbid them investing in US stocks. The €400m raised since 2022 came from consortiums formed mostly by nearly two-dozen EU investors, according to Computer Weekly analysis.</p> <p>“Has it handicapped IQM, the provision of late-stage capital in Europe? Ultimately, it worked out,” said Goetz. “We were able to raise larger rounds. You find your own ways to do it in Europe. It is possible. Definitely not easy, but possible.”</p> <p>IQM did it by syndicating many investors on small tickets, shouldering the extra work it took to manage relations with them all.</p> <p>The lack of late-stage capital is a challenge in Europe, he said, but the EU was beginning to fix that, as evidenced by ScaleUp Europe. The fund aims to make its first investments in the summer, EU innovation commissioner Zaharieva <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/FvyrbXpkPnc?si=i4r__c8J64vs72RI">said in January</a>. It will coincide with IQM and Pasqal’s flotations.</p> <p>IQM did not wait for ScaleUp Europe because money is not its primary motive for listing in the US, said Goetz. It was already well capitalised. It had strong support from European institutions and investors. US money would complement that. A public listing would also give IQM visibility. Public scrutiny would increase trust among potential customers.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Consolidation"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Consolidation</h2> <p><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2088295/000121390025125188/ea0260687-02.htm">Both</a> firms <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2052161/000121390026021813/ea027905501ex99-2.htm">told investors</a> that they also sought US listings to get financial leverage to acquire other quantum computing firms in preparation for expected industry consolidation. Goetz said a US listing would put IQM in a position of strength as it prepared for coming consolidation.</p> <p>US quantum computing firms such as IonQ have already used a public listing to raise hundreds of millions of dollars more to consolidate the sector, said Olivier Tonneau, a partner at Quantonation, which, as the world’s first quantum startup fund, was Pasqal’s first investor alongside the French state.</p> <p>IonQ started an acquisition spree last year, using its stock as currency after its share price <a href="https://g.co/finance/IONQ:NYSE?window=MAX">rose dramatically</a>, doing eight deals including a <a href="https://www.ionq.com/news/ionq-announces-agreement-to-acquire-oxford-ionics-accelerating-path-to-pioneering">$1.1bn takeover of UK’s Oxford Ionics</a>, and <a href="https://investors.ionq.com/news/news-details/2026/IonQ-to-Acquire-SkyWater-Technology-Creating-the-Only-Vertically-Integrated-Full-Stack-Quantum-Platform-Company">$1.8bn on semiconductor firm SkyWater Technology</a>.</p> <p>“We expect a wave of consolidation,” said Tonneau. “It is the mature companies that will be the ones consolidating. We have seen in the last five years about 1,000 companies in that space. Some make very interesting technology, but not enough to build a big company on their own.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Europe’s loss"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Europe’s loss</h2> <p>European quantum firms had no choice but to go to the US to raise capital. Others had been approached by Spacs to do similar deals, he said. There was no greater source of capital than public US markets – but it was a loss for Europe.</p> <p>“Why create value for US investors when you could have the same value for European ones, if those companies are financed by European investors, which creates value in Europe for European investors,” he said.</p> <p>Others in Europe shared his frustration. “Europe is once again taking on early stage risk, and funding basic R&amp;D, only to watch the commercial value and liquidity be harvested by US public markets,” said Ion Hauer, principal at early stage deep tech venture capital firm Apex Partners.</p> <p>“The fact that Europe’s two premier, unicorn-status quantum hardware champions had to use US blank-cheque companies to get the money they need to scale is an indictment of late-stage private capital in Europe,” he said.</p> <p>“European policy makers and institutional limited partners are incapable of funding their own deep tech champions through the finish line. The money to build fabrication facilities and scale qubits simply isn’t sitting in European private equity.”</p> <p>Fixing the systemic problems that fragment European capital and deter pension funds, insurance firms and banks from investing in scaleups is high on the agenda of the European Commission. But with entrenched national differences and legal barriers across the union, it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/FvyrbXpkPnc?si=i4r__c8J64vs72RI">may take years</a>. The ScaleUp Europe fund aims to raise €5bn to make a start towards building stop-gap capital while the politics of capital markets reform plays out.</p> <p>“This is a failure of European funding providers of one the most critically important technologies of our generation,” said Sebastian Weidt, CEO of Anglo-German quantum computing firm Universal Quantum.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Quantum winter"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Quantum winter</h2> <p>Weidt said other European quantum firms were looking to do Spac mergers if IQM’s share price holds up after its listing. A wave of deep tech Spac mergers that brought public listings for US QC firms IonQ and Rigetti, and Canada’s D-Wave, had earned a brutal reaction from an equity market impatient for returns from companies developing long-cycle technology, and years of depressed share prices. All three rebounded last year.</p> <p>Retail investors have become excited in quantum and driven high valuations for IQM and Pasqal, he added. It was easy money for firms that otherwise faced a lack of capital in private markets that made it hard to get funding.</p> <p>“If you can stay private, especially for a long-term technology like this one, it comes with more benefits than being public,” said Weidt. “You get investors who are more closely aligned, who will work with you, who understand the risks and advantages a bit better and can carry you through to difficult times.</p> <p>“If the public markets decide you’re no longer sexy, you’re no longer making short-term returns, they may lose faith and [then] you have no way of getting any more money.”</p> <p>Another wave of Spacs will intensify media attention on European quantum firms, and if their share prices all underperform, it will undermine investor confidence in quantum technology “at precisely the moment when companies need sustained, patient capital to do the hard work of scaling”, he said.</p> <p>Alessandro Curioni, head of IBM Research Europe, said he was so convinced that quantum computing firms would turn their prototypes into commercially viable systems within the decade, that the “quantum winter” some fear – where engineering problems slow progress, markets lose confidence and firms lose access to the capital they need to carry on – will never happen.</p> </section> European quantum computing firms hurry to get US stock exchange listings so they can be predator not prey in a coming wave of consolidation https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/quantum-computing-1-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641257/European-Union-deep-tech-plan-too-late-for-quantum-champions-IQM-and-Pasqal Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:45:00 GMT <p>While the billion-dollar question is about when <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/podcast/Understanding-quantum-A-Computer-Weekly-Downtime-Upload-podcast">quantum computing will become commercially viable</a>, among the problems being tackled at the moment is how to make the most of current technology, where quantum devices experience a high error rate.</p> <p>Although the industry can produce machines with hundreds of physical qubits, the actual number of logical, error-free qubits available in the latest quantum computers remains very small.</p> <p>As the technology improves, researchers are investigating how to get the best out of today’s noisy quantum computers and considering the types of problems that quantum devices with large numbers of logical qubits could solve.&nbsp;</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Simulations for drug discovery"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Simulations for drug discovery</h2> <p>Lucy Robson is a quantum algorithm scientist at Universal Quantum. She is part of a team looking at how quantum computing could be applied in drug discovery.</p> <p>Speaking to Computer Weekly about her work, Robson says: “Our focus is not just about looking at quantum algorithms, which can implement real-world use cases, but it’s also about understanding how we can build high-performance quantum error correction, and in particular, how we can get advantages for Universal Quantum’s scalable trapped ion quantum computing hardware through clever design of error correction protocols.”</p> <div class="youtube-iframe-container"> <iframe id="ytplayer-0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BAwfBTVaS3A?autoplay=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;widget_referrer=null&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https://www.computerweekly.com" type="text/html" height="360" width="640" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> <p>Considering the challenges of quantum simulations for drug discovery, Robson says a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer is needed: “This is something which is many orders of magnitude larger than the hardware that we currently have at the moment.</p> <p>“We’re talking about needing hundreds of thousands or millions of qubits to be able to support the overhead of quantum error correction at the scale that we would need to execute very large algorithms, and what we’re seeing broadly is a real push to try to understand how far away we are from fault tolerant quantum computing.”&nbsp;</p> <p>Robson says this problem is not solely a hardware issue. “It is also about considering what application developers need – the middleware and software tools that will be needed for people who are domain experts in computational chemistry to be able to make use of these quantum devices themselves,” she adds.</p> <p>Rather than a treating a quantum computer as an esoteric and specialised device that can only be operated by people with a very specific skill set, Robson hopes such tooling will open up quantum computing to software engineers who are not experts in quantum computing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Robson’s work is currently focused on a specific use case for quantum computing that looks at how quantum algorithms can accelerate the simulation of chemical properties – specifically, quantum chemistry for the drug discovery process.</p> <p>Last year, Universal Quantum announced it was collaborating with the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) on using quantum computing in drug discovery. The team has been investigating how quantum simulations might accelerate the discovery of novel, non-hormonal treatments for endometriosis, a disabling and progressive condition that affects around 10% of women globally.<br>&nbsp;<br>According to Robson, the average time to diagnosis in the UK is between seven and 10 years: “This is really symptomatic of systemic underfunding for women’s health in general. While we originally started out on quantum algorithms, one of the great use cases for this is simulation of physical systems and quantum chemistry, and one of the main applications of quantum chemistry is in pharmaceuticals and drug discovery.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Understanding quantum"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Understanding quantum</h2> <p>For people who have not encountered quantum mechanics – the phenomenon that enables quantum computers to run computation beyond the realms of the most powerful supercomputers – the concepts it embodies such as superposition are mindboggling. “It’s certainly counterintuitive,” Robson adds.</p> <p>She recalls the advice Nobel laureate and physicist Roger Penrose gave in the foreword of a book she was reading about learning difficult concepts: “I remember picking up one of his books when I was about 16 years old, just about to start A-level maths, so I was quite unfamiliar with a lot of the notation and the terminology that was being used.</p> <blockquote> <div class="imagecaption alignLeft"> <img src="https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/rms/computerweekly/Lucy-Robson-UniversalQuantum-140px.jpg" alt="Headshot of Lucy Robson."> </div> <p><strong><span style="color: #34495e;">“In the short time that I’ve been involved in the field, I’ve seen things I had read about as a theory paper now being published experimentally”</span></strong></p> <p><em><span style="color: #34495e;">Lucy Robson, Universal Quantum</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p>“His advice for dealing with any sort of new or strange formula that you haven’t seen before is to try to get an intuitive understanding. That may not be about reading the equation or understanding the terminology, but reading a description, looking at a diagram and trying to get some concept in your mind of what this thing is actually trying to describe, and then go back and learn the notation and learn the formula.”</p> <p>She says this approach has always served her well: “It is a thing that I always do when I find something new and unfamiliar.”</p> <p>Her advice to software developers who want to get into quantum algorithms is to understand linear algebra: “Many of the concepts seem strange and alien. But I had the benefit of coming from a degree where we did a lot of linear algebra, so I would argue that one of the strongest prerequisites that you do need for quantum algorithms, in particular, is to feel comfortable with linear algebra.”</p> <p>Robson’s journey to quantum computer began when she started exploring the subject. “There was this wealth of new material that was available, so I started trying to understand what on Earth is quantum, and I discovered that there’s an enormous crossover between quantum computing and theoretical computer science. That’s really what really got me hooked,” she says, recalling her experience as a self-taught programmer, reading <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Request-for-Comments-RFC">RFCs (request for comments)</a>, and her work in cyber security after studying computer science.</p> <p>Robson then had the opportunity to work on a small scale project looking at applications of quantum computing for the defence sector.&nbsp;</p> <p>Robson is confident the technology will eventually work commercially. “In the short time that I’ve been involved in the field, I’ve seen things I had read about as a theory paper now being published experimentally,” she says, adding that this shows how much has been achieved in the past decade.</p> <p>Specifically, Robson says she is extremely pleased to see there is now <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632761/Calls-for-more-government-support-and-faster-investment-if-UK-to-lead-in-quantum-computing">sustained long-term investment</a> coming from the UK government. The company she works for, Universal Quantum, was spun out of Sussex university and received a grant of £7.5m as part of Innovate UK’s Strategy Challenge Fund in 2021.</p> <p>“In the UK, we have a phenomenal National Quantum Technologies programme,” she adds, pointing out that progress is being made not only on quantum computing hardware but also software and tooling. “One of the things that’s quite encouraging for me is seeing how the ecosystem is growing at pace alongside the developments in hardware and theory.”</p> <p><em>Listen to the podcast with </em><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/podcast/Understanding-quantum-A-Computer-Weekly-Downtime-Upload-podcast"><em>Lucy Robson here &gt;&gt;</em></a></p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more stories about quantum computing</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>EU researchers inch closer to a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/EU-researchers-inch-closer-to-a-viable-quantum-internet">viable quantum internet:</a> Pioneering research physicists in Spain, Germany, Italy and Austria tell Computer Weekly about their breakthroughs, dilemmas and the immense challenges on the road to a quantum internet.</li> <li>Singapore and Japan team up on <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637028/Singapore-and-Japan-team-up-on-quantum-computing">quantum computing</a>: The two countries will work together to bridge the gap between quantum research and real-world commercialisation, marking Singapore’s first government-to-government pact dedicated to the technology.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> The world of quantum computing is a noisy place, where error correction is needed to ensure quantum devices run correctly. Lucy Robson, a quantum algorithm scientist at Universal Quantum, tells Computer Weekly all about it https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/LeMagIT/hero_article/quantum-quantique-AdobeStock_429545226-hero.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640720/Interview-Researching-quantum-algorithms-for-todays-devices Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:57:00 GMT <p>Technology leaders are under sustained pressure to deliver more, faster. Industry studies consistently show that most <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Why-enterprise-application-strategies-fail">digital transformation programmes fail to achieve their stated outcomes</a>, despite significant investment in cloud, data platforms, and artificial intelligence (AI). Yet success is still typically measured in throughput, cost reduction, and time to value.</p> <p>Those measures still matter, but they are no longer sufficient. The initiatives delivering long-term value are not those that move fastest, but those that measurably improve outcomes. CIOs must define and demonstrate impact in concrete terms by introducing standards such as end-user satisfaction, adoption rates, reduced manual work, improved decision quality, or faster service delivery. Making these outcomes explicit and accountable ensures technology initiatives deliver lasting value.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="From output to outcome"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>From output to outcome</h2> <p>Enterprise IT has traditionally optimised for outputs - systems delivered, milestones met, budgets controlled.</p> <p>Yet many programmes that succeed on those terms struggle to translate into sustained adoption. Users revert to workarounds, decision quality does not improve, and expected benefits erode.</p> <p>In one transformation, we delivered a stable, scalable platform on time. Yet frontline teams experienced increased complexity. Redesigning workflows around actual operations improved productivity and adoption. Technology must enhance how people work, decide, and access services to deliver full value.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Linking technology to quality of life"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Linking technology to quality of life</h2> <p>The most material gains from technology are often incremental and operational rather than headline-grabbing.</p> <p>Better risk identification, more timely access to services, improved safety, and fairer resource assignment - these outcomes have a direct effect on the quality of life throughout healthcare, financial services, and the public sector.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> If your technology strategy cannot clearly articulate how it improves a human life, it is not a strategy. It is an expense. </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Dax Grant</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>Organisations that make the connection between technology investment and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639877/AI-chooses-nuclear-escalation-in-95-of-simulated-crises">human outcomes</a> tend to see higher adoption, stronger trust, and more durable performance.</p> <p>When people experience real benefits, they are more likely to engage with new systems, share data, and support further change, accelerating returns on subsequent investments.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Why efficiency is not enough"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Why efficiency is not enough</h2> <p>Efficiency gains have largely been captured. Most organisations have access to similar cloud and data capabilities. Competing on cost and speed alone creates parity.</p> <p>The next advantage is effectiveness in human terms - reducing mental effort, enabling better decisions, and improving access for underserved users.</p> <p>In several executive roles, I have seen organisations reach diminishing returns from further efficiency drives. Progress came from reframing problems in terms of outcomes rather than process improvement.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Designing for inclusion and trust"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Designing for inclusion and trust</h2> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619507/Government-launches-Digital-Inclusion-Action-Plan">Inclusion is a practical design consideration</a>, not a policy statement.</p> <p>Systems that do not account for different levels of digital confidence, accessibility needs, or circumstance will underperform. In one programme, a service that worked well for the majority consistently failed a smaller but critical user group. Addressing that gap improved overall uptake and outcomes.</p> <p>Trust is closely linked. Where <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627559/AI-adoption-grows-amid-falling-trust-in-AI-outputs">users do not trust systems</a>, they will avoid or circumvent them. Reliability, transparency, and clear benefit are the primary drivers of trust.</p> <p>In every major transformation I have led, trust determined whether value was realised. Increasingly, trust is tied to data use. Clear governance, explainable AI, and visible liability are now baseline expectations.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Leadership and measurement"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Leadership and measurement</h2> <p>This shift requires active leadership. CIOs are increasingly responsible not just for delivery, but for how technology shapes decisions and outcomes. That requires broadening how success is defined and measured.</p> <p>This means introducing metrics for adoption quality, decision effectiveness, and user experience alongside traditional KPIs, and consistently challenging not only delivery but whether outcomes changed.</p> <p>If your technology strategy cannot clearly articulate how it improves a human life, it is not a strategy. It is an expense.</p> <p>Embedding this mindset often requires changes in governance. Investment decisions, programme reviews, and performance reporting must all reflect outcome-based thinking, not just delivery status.</p> <p>Many organisations have extensive innovation portfolios. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632235/Why-AI-agent-projects-are-stalling-in-production">Pilots and proofs of concept are common, but relatively few initiatives scale</a>.</p> <p>The constraint is rarely technical capability but a lack of focus on outcomes. Stopping activity that does not demonstrate progress is difficult but essential for sustaining focus and credibility.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="A call to action for CIOs"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>A call to action for CIOs</h2> <p>Take these three actions now, no exceptions.</p> <p>Reconsider success or risk irrelevance. Introduce human impact measures alongside financial and operational KPIs and commit to reporting them to the board.</p> <p>Second, ensure inclusion from the outset. If systems exclude users, the expected value will not materialise.</p> <p>Third, enforce accountability for outcomes. Refuse to scale any initiative that cannot demonstrate practical impact.</p> <p>These are leadership decisions. Decide now - will technology remain a cost centre, or will you make it a source of sustained advantage?</p> <p>Demonstrate courage now - shift from delivery metrics to outcome accountability. Difficult facts about existing programmes will emerge, but this is the essential step to ensure technology investment delivers meaningful value.</p> <p>Act - drive transformation by holding outcomes accountable.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Technology that delivers"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Technology that delivers</h2> <p>The next phase of digital transformation will not be determined solely by advances in AI or data, but by whether those advances translate into better outcomes for people. Organisations that coordinate technology with human needs are more likely to deliver consistent value. For CIOs, that alignment is now core.</p> <p>By relentlessly focusing on measurable human impact, CIOs transform technology from a tool into a force for significant change, yielding not just efficiency but also enduring organisational and social value.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about IT strategy</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Entrepreneurship-with-a-conscience-the-new-mandate-for-tech-leaders">Entrepreneurship with a conscience - the new mandate for tech leaders</a> - Technology leaders are entrepreneurs too - innovating to transform their organisations. But the nature of entrepreneurial leadership has changed, with ethics and social responsibility now taking centre stage.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-future-is-inclusive-How-technology-can-democratise-access-to-opportunity">The future is inclusive: How technology can democratise access to opportunity</a> - IT leaders need to play their part in using technology to create a more inclusive future for businesses - the benefits for all will be significant.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635659/Top-10-IT-leadership-interviews-of-2025">Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2025</a> - The top digital, data and technology leaders talk to Computer Weekly to discuss the challenges they face and the strategies, solutions and successes they are delivering.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Tech leaders are used to being judged on metrics such as cost reduction, productivity and efficiency - but increasingly the true value of success in digital transformation lies in its human impact https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/human-groups-data-analysis-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Why-the-real-measure-of-innovation-is-human-impact Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT <p>The financial data of just under 140 members of the UK <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Civil Service Pension Scheme</a> (CSPS) has been exposed following a data breach affecting its online portal, which is overseen by <a href="https://www.capita.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capita</a>.</p> <p>According to the outsourcer, the issue led to scheme members being able to view personal annual benefit statements (ABSs) that were not their own. Capita pulled the ABS functionality to investigate and remediate the issue, and at the time of writing, it remains offline.</p> <p>Computer Weekly understands all affected members of the pension scheme were contacted on 3 April – those who have not received any message at this stage were not impacted and do not need to take any further action.</p> <p>A Capita spokesperson said: “We are aware of an issue that occurred on the CSPS member portal for around 35 minutes on 30 March 2026, affecting the accuracy of a small number of annual benefit statements generated in this period.</p> <p>“This was identified quickly, ABS functionality was immediately suspended, and a full investigation undertaken,” they said. “We sincerely apologise for this issue and any concerns you may have. We take the protection of members’ personal data extremely seriously.”</p> <p>A Cabinet Office spokesperson added: “We are aware of the incident and take the issue extremely seriously. While only a very small number of members were affected, we are working with Capita to establish the facts and ensure appropriate measures are taken. We will consider further action as required.”</p> <p>Dominic Hook, national officer at the <a href="https://www.unitetheunion.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unite</a> union, said: “Once again, Capita has proved itself to be totally unfit to manage the pensions of millions of public sector workers. This latest in a litany of extremely serious failures by Capita shows why the government’s manifesto promise to reverse outsourcing is more important than ever. Ministers need to keep that promise by bringing the CSPS back in-house.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Pension crisis"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Pension crisis</h2> <p>Though minor in its scope, the breach at the CSPS comes amid serious ongoing issues with Capita’s administration of the scheme, which it took over in December 2025 under a seven-year, £239m contract over which the Public Accounts Committee had already <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised significant concerns</a>.</p> <p>During this transition, it emerged that Capita had inherited a “significant volume” of outstanding work, including almost 90,000 work-in-progress cases and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639026/Thousands-of-unread-emails-and-20-million-database-errors-cause-civil-service-pension-hardship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15,000 emails that had never been read</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640779/Capita-left-to-deal-with13000-civil-service-pension-cases-over-a-year-old" target="_blank" rel="noopener">At the end of March</a>, Richard Holroyd, who leads Capita’s public services unit, told MPs the firm was making progress on addressing its backlog, saying it has cleared and closed 145,000 open cases since December.</p> <p>“Whilst challenges remain, we’re seeing progress and expect services to improve in the coming months,” he said, suggesting that normal service levels could be resumed by June.</p> <p>However, the remedial work needed to get the CSPS back in good order has led to missed payments for pensioners, among other problems. Computer Weekly recently reported the story of a former civil servant of 40 years standing – with no other source of income – <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639686/Civil-service-veteran-incandescent-as-wait-for-pension-hits-four-months-amid-outsourcing-mess" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who had not received any payments for four months</a>.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data breaches</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Details of over 70 million customers of US sportswear giant Under Armour were leaked following a supposed ransomware attack <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637595/Sportswear-firm-Under-Armour-falls-victim-to-data-breach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by the Everest gang</a>.</li> <li>A consistent barrage of small healthcare data breaches defined 2025, rather than the high-impact breaches <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/news/366637268/2025-Double-the-breaches-but-less-patient-data-compromised" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that dominated prior years</a>.</li> <li>Synnovis, the pathology lab services provider hit by a Qilin ransomware attack in 2024, is notifying its NHS partners that their patient data was compromised, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634454/Synnovis-to-notify-NHS-of-data-breach-after-nearly-18-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">following a lengthy investigation</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> A data breach affecting 138 members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme piles pressure on the service’s administrator, Capita, amid ongoing issues https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/data-leak-breach-2-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641501/Capitas-troubled-Civil-Service-Pension-Scheme-hit-by-data-breach Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:42:00 GMT <p>Microsoft Azure is refusing capacity to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Cloud-computing-services">cloud customers</a> in the company’s UK South (UKS) region, with issues around the availability of Azure virtual machines (VMs) – especially in AMD-based compute, those aimed at HPC workloads and graphics processing unit (GPU)-equipped services.</p> <p>That’s according to comments made to Computer Weekly and in message board threads on Reddit, where many blame Microsoft’s drive to roll out datacentre resource-hungry <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639308/Microsoft-CEO-opens-up-London-AI-tour-with-Copilot-push">Copilot AI</a> to the detriment of existing customer requirements.</p> <p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AZURE/comments/1seqid8/uk_south_capacity_issues/">One commenter said</a>: “It’s well known to be terrible and apparently is waiting for more capacity to come online at the end of the year.”</p> <p>Another said: “Terrible capacity issues in UKS. It seems to be impacting one availability zone more than others, and AMD CPUs [central processing units] are far more scarce. We’ve been executing a migration and have faced a number of hurdles securing quota and capacity. I’m told Microsoft are in the process of moving their own internal services <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639977/Microsoft-Cowork-One-data-store-for-all-your-M365-assets">such as M365</a> out of those datacentres to free up capacity for customers.”</p> <p>Azure’s UK South region has had capacity issues for some time. Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AZURE/comments/1p3bo9y/uk_south_running_out_of_capacity/">one customer reported</a> being stuck part-way through an Azure Virtual Desktop migration due to not being able to secure capacity.</p> <p>“With 75% of our staff moved, and around 40 vCPU used, we are being denied all additional capacity requests, even after raising tickets and escalating,” they said. “Because of the nature of the apps that we use, low latency is vital (really, it prefers local LAN). We are also required by many of our clients to host data in the UK only due to the nature of what we do.</p> <p>“We’d successfully migrated around 75% of the company, and then when trying to increase quota to finish the job, found that we were denied capacity for everything we tried, v5 and v6 [Azure VMs], AMD, Intel. We escalated several tickets, and were told that our request would be backlogged and denied by the region owner due to capacity.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Microsoft Azure</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633643/Microsoft-CEO-speaks-of-global-cloud-factory-as-Azure-stalls">Microsoft CEO speaks of global cloud factory as Azure stalls</a>: Alongside Microsoft’s posted cloud revenue of $49bn was a configuration error that caused a global outage affecting many customers.&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639143/Google-Cloud-supplants-Azure-as-Unilever-cloud-of-choice">Google Cloud supplants Azure as Unilever cloud of choice</a>: Microsoft Azure provided ‘the bulk’ of provision when Unilever went all-in on cloud in 2023, but now Google will be the ‘destination’ for the multinational’s cloud and data platform.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>Another commenter said they could get capacity for the platform as a service offering they work on, but could not be sure about future requests: “The service I work on has capacity in UK South – but what happens if we have to scale out further to make room for more resources?”</p> <p>UK South is one of two Azure regions in the UK. The other is UK West, based in south Wales.</p> <p>UK South can offer Availability Zones, which means operations are spread across three datacentres to offer resilience. Many UK South customers run primary operations there and use UK West – which is a single datacentre – as a disaster recovery failover location.&nbsp;</p> <p>Some disgruntled customers believe Microsoft has prioritised the roll-out of datacentre capacity for Copilot AI to the detriment of existing services. In other words, that roll-out of GPU-equipped servers – which are massively resource-hungry – have put a squeeze on datacentre capacity.</p> <p>“Reading between the lines, the rush to AI has f****d Microsoft’s bread and butter services,” said one commenter. “So, they’ve effectively shot themselves in their foot pushing out a product no one wants, to the detriment of one people do.</p> <p>“All resources are thrown into the AI abyss. It’s also created hardware shortages that don’t seem to have an end.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="AI sales focus"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>AI sales focus</h2> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Azure-Local-Disconnected-looks-the-part-for-sovereignty-It-isnt">Owen Sayers</a>, an independent consultant with decades of experience in delivering public sector IT, said: “In UK South, Microsoft offers 10 different types of GPU. In UK West, they have just two, and the A100 there is no spring chicken. Microsoft are focusing heavily on sales of AI, and if customers in the UK are buying GPU, it’s pretty much always going to be in UK South as their anchor tenancy.</p> <p>“That will increase heat, power and load,” he added. “Nothing restricts datacentre capacity more than a few hundred power-draining GPUs. Also, Microsoft wants to sell GPUs with everything, so perhaps their focus has drifted from traditional cloud towards AI and they aren’t managing capacity well as a result.”</p> <p>According to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640935/Data-dive-Government-2030-datacentre-capacity-targets-look-shaky">data from Barbour ABI and ComputerWeekly</a>, around 121MW of datacentre capacity is due to complete in 2026, in areas that come within Azure’s UK South and West regions. The bulk of that will be at a Virtus development in High Wycombe in Bucks, a Kao development at Harlow in Essex, and for Vantage Data Centres in Newport, South Wales, which would be within UK West and could allow capacity to be reallocated.</p> <p>Microsoft responded to a summary of complaints with the following: “Azure is delivered through a global network of around 80 regions worldwide, giving customers flexibility in how they deploy and scale workloads. As customer demand for Azure services in the UK remains strong, we continuously monitor and adjust how resources are allocated to ensure reliable support for existing customer workloads and maintain service availability and performance.”</p> </section> Microsoft customers report being refused capacity, migration projects stuck halfway, and accusations that AI is being prioritised over ‘bread and butter’ offerings https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/cloud-in-blue-sky-fotolia2.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641533/Azure-customers-up-in-arms-over-full-UK-South-region Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:30:00 GMT <p>Keir Starmer was asked to “take a closer look” at the Post Office’s prosecution practices in 2011 in his role as director of public prosecutions (DPP), but his office told the person firing the warning to direct concerns to the government.</p> <p>Prime minister Starmer, who was DPP from 2013 to 2018, was questioned about his knowledge of Post Office prosecutions following ITV’s dramatisation of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know">Post Office scandal</a> in January 2024.</p> <p>The then leader of the opposition <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67950501">told the BBC</a>: “I didn’t see these particular cases. I don’t even know yet what they were about, whether they come within the cohort that is of concern.”</p> <p>The same month, then shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: “No case of a prosecution of a postmaster came across Keir Starmer’s desk as director of public prosecutions.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The 2011 warning letter to Keir Starmer"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The 2011 warning letter to Keir Starmer</h2> <p>But Computer Weekly can reveal that in April 2011, Starmer, serving as DPP at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), was sent a letter by the partner of a subpostmaster, bringing the Post Office’s controversial prosecutions to his attention.</p> <p>In his letter to Starmer, which was responded to, Ray Clarance, whose long-term partner Sarah Burgess-Boyde ran a Post Office branch in Newcastle, wrote: “If you truly believe in transparency and accountability, as I think you do, you may wish to take a closer look at the actions of the Post Office in their treatment of subpostmasters, whom, it would appear, are turning to criminality in increasing numbers.</p> <p>“Employees of [the Post Office] did not act in a way that retains the confidence of those with whom they have dealings. In particular, fiduciary obligations are ignored.”</p> <p>Clarance’s reference to it appearing that subpostmasters were “turning to criminality in increasing numbers” was in relation to the jump in convictions after the Horizon computer system was introduced in branches. Convictions of subpostmasters by the Post Office went from an average of around five a year before Horizon to an average of about 50 a year after the software was introduced.</p> <p>A member of the CPS correspondence unit responded to Clarance’s letter within a week. “The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for reviewing and, where appropriate, prosecuting most criminal cases in England and Wales following an investigation by police,” read the reply.</p> <p>“I note that your concerns relate to the actions of the Royal Mail Group Limited. As these matters fall within the remit of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, you should direct your concerns to them,” it continued.</p> <p>Computer Weekly attempted to contact Starmer though the Number 10 press office, but had received no comment before this article was published.&nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Impact of prosecutions on subpostmasters"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Impact of prosecutions on subpostmasters</h2> <p>What Clarance did not tell Starmer in his letter was that his partner, Burgess-Boyde, was at the time being prosecuted by the Post Office for an unexplained shortfall of over £30,000. The Post Office later dropped the case due to a lack of evidence. Burgess-Boyde’s case is one of many instances where a subpostmaster was prosecuted but not convicted, resulting in the loss of businesses and reputations, serious health issues and severe financial hardship.</p> <p>During the prosecution, Burgess-Boyde was told by her lawyer that she would probably be offered a deal to plead guilty to false accounting and would be more likely to avoid a custodial sentence if she accepted<i>. </i>This practice was used by Post Office investigators when they had no evidence. She refused, and the prosecution for theft was eventually dropped by the Post Office.</p> <p>Burgess-Boyde told Computer Weekly that the prosecution, which went on for two years, made her suicidal. “I couldn’t go out of the house, and we faced financial obliteration. I had nothing. I did not have a penny to my name, and I was not entitled to any benefits.”</p> <p>The Post Office carried out private prosecutions of subpostmasters, independent of the CPS, but a small number based on Post Office evidence were carried out by the CPS, three of which took place during Starmer’s tenure.<b> </b></p> <p>Clarance wrote to Starmer in April 2011, by which time the Post Office had already prosecuted hundreds of subpostmasters and their staff at an increased rate following the introduction of the Horizon system. In 2011, 48 subpostmasters were convicted following prosecutions by the Post Office, <a href="file:///C:/Users/FlindersK/Downloads/FOI2020%2000186%20FOI%20Request%20Response.pdf">with a further 78 subpostmasters convicted</a> up to 2015, when the Post Office ceased prosecutions. An unknown number of prosecutions did not lead to convictions.</p> <p>Burgess-Boyde said: “If you seriously think an acquittal makes a difference, it doesn’t. You don’t get locked up, but that is the only difference. You’re a prisoner of your own mind. I cannot put into words what it’s like.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Missed opportunities for intervention"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Missed opportunities for intervention</h2> <p>Clarance’s letter is another example of a missed opportunity for someone in power to step in.</p> <p>Referring to civil servants, Sir Alan Bates, the former subpostmaster who led the fight for justice, said: “They don’t want to know, until it becomes a real fire.”</p> <p>He added: “I knew for years that you had to get the judiciary involved. It’s just a matter of how you get there.”</p> <p>Although the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had been looking at Post Office prosecutions since 2015, it wasn’t until after a High Court group litigation order (GLO) in 2018/19 that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475773/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-to-review-Horizon-judgment-swiftly">things started moving at pace</a>.</p> <p>During the GLO, subpostmasters led by Bates <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475611/Subpostmasters-proved-right-on-IT-system-failures-as-calls-for-full-public-inquiry-mount">proved that the Horizon system they used in branches was to blame</a> for account shortfalls.</p> <p>Bates said Judge Peter Fraser, now Justice Fraser, who managed the GLO, “put the weight into the whole thing”.</p> <p>But it was still slow going, with the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493522/History-made-as-subpostmasters-wrongly-prosecuted-in-Horizon-IT-scandal-have-convictions-quashed">first six subpostmaster convictions overturned</a> in late 2020, followed by a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499723/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-criminal-convictions-overturned-in-Court-of-Appeal">larger group of 39 in April 2021</a>. Convictions continued to be overturned slowly, but it was the public’s reaction to the ITV drama, <em>Mr Bates vs the Post Office,</em> in January 2024, that forced the government to address the convictions. By May of that year, legislation had been introduced to overturn over 700 convictions en masse.</p> <p>A government spokesperson said: “We must never lose sight of the Horizon scandal’s human impact on postmasters and their families. The amount we’ve paid out has increased more than sixfold as part of our ongoing commitment to deliver justice to victims as swiftly as possible.”</p> <p>Starmer is not the only current major political party leader to have passed up an opportunity to at least have been more curious.</p> <p>In 2010, when the postal affairs minister, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, responded to a request for a meeting with Bates, who was at the time campaigning for justice, he wrote that he did not “believe a meeting would serve any useful purpose”. Davey did meet Bates, but was heavily criticised in January 2024 after ITV’s scandal dramatisation made the wider public aware of the plight of the subpostmasters.</p> <p>Computer Weekly&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">first exposed the scandal in 2009</a>, revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered as a result of the Horizon system.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Timeline: Computer Weekly articles about the scandal since 2009</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>May 2009:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">Bankruptcy, prosecution and disrupted livelihoods – postmasters tell their story</a>.</li> <li>September 2009:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280090846/Post-masters-form-action-group-after-accounts-shortfall">Post-masters form action group after accounts shortfall</a>.</li> <li>November 2009:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280091449/Post-Office-theft-case-deferred-over-IT-questions">Post Office theft case deferred over IT questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2010:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280092879/Royal-Mail-postpones-Horizon-roll-out-after-outages">A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages</a>.</li> <li>February 2011:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280095088/Post-Office-faces-legal-action-over-alleged-accounting-system-failures">Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures</a>.</li> <li>October 2011:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240105787/85-sub-postmasters-seek-legal-support-in-claims-against-Post-Office-computer-system">85 subpostmasters seek legal support in claims against Post Office computer system</a>.</li> <li>June 2012:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240158501/Post-Office-launches-external-review-of-system-at-centre-of-legal-disputes">Post Office launches external review of system at centre&nbsp;of legal disputes</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175402/Post-Office-admits-that-Horizon-system-needs-more-investigation">Post Office admits Horizon system needs more investigation</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175994/Post-Office-calls-for-amnesty-for-Horizon-evidence">Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240176122/Post-Office-wants-to-get-to-bottom-of-IT-system-allegations">Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations</a>.</li> <li>June 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186334/Investigation-into-Post-Office-accounting-system-to-drill-down-on-strongest-cases">Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases</a>.</li> <li>July 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240187566/Post-Office-Horizon-system-investigation-reveals-concerns">Post Office Horizon system investigation reveals concerns</a>.</li> <li>October 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240207934/End-in-sight-for-sub-postmaster-claims-against-Post-Offices-Horizon-accounting-system">End in sight for subpostmaster claims against Post Office’s Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>October 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240208118/Former-Lord-Justice-of-Appeal-Anthony-Hooper-joins-Post-Office-Horizon-investigation">Former Lord Justice of Appeal Hooper joins Post Office Horizon investigation</a>.</li> <li>November 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240209819/150-subpostmasters-make-claims-to-Horizon-accounting-system-investigation">150 subpostmasters file claims over “faulty” Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>September 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240230333/Fresh-questions-raised-over-Post-Office-IT-systems-role-in-fraud-cases">Fresh questions raised over Post Office IT system’s role in fraud cases</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236243/MPs-blast-Post-Office-over-IT-system-investigation-and-remove-backing">MPs blast Post Office over IT system investigation and remove backing</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236291/Why-MPs-lost-faith-in-the-Post-Offices-IT-investigation-but-vowed-to-fight-on">Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office’s IT investigation, but vowed to fight on</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236777/Debate-over-Post-Office-IT-system-to-be-held-in-Westminister">MPs to debate subpostmaster IT injustice claims</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236938/MP-accuses-Post-Office-of-acting-duplicitously-in-IT-investigation">MP accuses Post Office of acting ‘duplicitously’ in IT investigation</a>.</li> <li>January 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240238523/MPs-force-inquiry-into-Post-Office-subpostmaster-mediation-scheme">MPs force inquiry into Post Office&nbsp;subpostmaster mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>January 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239009/Post-Offices-faces-grilling-by-MPs-over-Horizon-accounting-system">Post Office faces grilling by MPs&nbsp;over Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>February 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239385/Post-Office-CIO-would-talk-to-any-subpostmaster-about-IT-problems-promises-CEO">Post Office CIO will&nbsp;talk to any subpostmaster&nbsp;about IT problems, promises CEO</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240242064/Post-Office-ends-IT-system-investigation-day-before-potentially-damning-report">Post Office ends working group for IT system investigation&nbsp;day before potentially damaging report</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500242929/MPs-seeks-reassurance-over-Post-Office-mediation-scheme">MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500243220/Retiring-MP-aims-to-uncover-truth-of-alleged-Post-Office-computer-system-problems">Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500244656/Post-Office-failed-to-investigate-account-shortfalls-before-legal-action-report-claims">Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls&nbsp;before legal action, report claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500245279/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-set-to-review-subpostmasters-claims-of-wrongful-prosecution">Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution</a>.</li> <li>June 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500249009/Post-Office-looking-to-replace-controversial-Horizon-system-says-MP">Post Office looking to replace controversial Horizon system with IBM, says MP</a>.</li> <li>July 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500249393/Campaigners-call-for-independent-inquiry-into-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-system-dispute">Campaigners call for independent inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT system dispute</a>.</li> <li>October 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500255862/James-Arbuthnot-takes-Post-Office-IT-fight-to-House-of-Lords">James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords</a>.</li> <li>November 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500256860/Communication-Workers-Union-warns-subpostmasters-of-flaw-in-Post-Office-Horizon-accounting-system">The union that represents Post Office subpostmasters has warned of a problem with the Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>November 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257572/Post-Office-IT-support-email-reveals-known-Horizon-flaw">Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw</a></li> <li>November 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257720/Group-litigation-against-Post-Office-being-prepared-in-Horizon-dispute">Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute</a>.</li> <li>February 2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500272635/Post-Office-faces-group-litigation-as-subpostmasters-fund-class-action">Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action</a>.</li> <li>June 2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450297820/Considerable-risk-if-Post-Office-replaced-Horizon-system-says-chairman">Post Office chairman Tim Parker says there would be “considerable risk” associated with changing its Horizon computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450403690/Group-litigation-against-Post-Office-in-Horizon-system-dispute-prepares-for-next-stage">The legal team hired by a group of subpostmasters will take their case to the next stage</a>.</li> <li>January 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411786/Game-on-for-group-litigation-against-Post-Office-after-watershed-decision">The group action against the Post Office that alleges subpostmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets green light from the High Court of Justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450415674/1000-sub-postmasters-apply-to-join-IT-related-group-litigation-against-Post-Office">1,000 subpostmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450417356/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-appoints-forensic-accountants-for-Post-Office-IT-system-cases">Investigation into claims of miscarriages of justice in relation to a Post Office accounting system has appointed a forensic accountant firm</a>.</li> <li>May 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450419861/Hundreds-of-sub-postmasters-have-applied-to-join-IT-related-legal-action-since-March">Hundreds of subpostmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March</a>.</li> <li>July 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450419861/Hundreds-of-sub-postmasters-have-applied-to-join-IT-related-legal-action-since-March">Post Office defence in computer system legal case due this week</a>.</li> <li>August 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450423858/Subpostmasters-allege-bullying-and-intimidation-by-Post-Office-over-Horizon-IT-system">Campaigners submit initial evidence in group litigation against Post Office over controversial Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>October 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450428525/Post-Office-computer-system-legal-case-reaches-important-procedural-juncture">Subpostmasters’ group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone</a>.</li> <li>November 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450429076/Court-dates-set-for-Post-Office-accounting-system-trials">An end is in sight for subpostmasters’ campaign against alleged wrongful prosecution, which they blame on a faulty computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430183/Post-Office-court-case-judge-issues-warning-to-legal-teams">High Court judge in subpostmasters versus Post Office case over an faulty system tells legal teams to cooperate</a>.</li> <li>January 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433741/Forensic-investigation-into-Post-Office-IT-system-at-centre-of-legal-case-nears-completion">Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion</a>.</li> <li>April 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439796/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-findings-in-Post-Office-computer-case-raise-further-enquiries">Criminal Cases Review Commission&nbsp; examination of Post office IT system has raised further questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252440879/Connectivity-problem-hits-thousands-of-Post-Office-branches">Post Office branches unable to connect to Horizon computer system for several hours after morning opening time</a>.</li> <li>October 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451492/Why-subpostmasters-and-Post-Office-are-battling-it-out-in-the-High-Court">After over a decade of controversy, next week marks the beginning of a court battle between subpostmasters and the Post Office</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452254/High-court-Post-Office-trial-puts-subpostmasters-contract-under-microscope">Case against Post Office in relation to allegedly faulty computer system begins in High Court</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452444/Post-Office-trial-throws-up-more-known-computer-problems">High Court case in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has revealed a known problem with a computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452694/Post-Office-executives-cross-examined-in-Horizon-IT-system-trial">A High Court trial, where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office for damages caused by an allegedly faulty IT system, ends second week</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452957/Post-Office-held-back-information-about-Horizon-IT-system-errors">Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453243/High-Court-trial-over-Horizon-computer-system-completes-witness-cross-examinations">The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage</a>.</li> <li>December 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453546/CCRC-may-hold-off-subpostmaster-decision-until-after-Post-Office-Horizon-trial">CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>December 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252454055/Complex-Post-Office-Horizon-case-set-to-continue-into-2020">Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020</a>.</li> <li>January 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252455126/Subpostmasters-suing-Post-Office-over-IT-failures-stunned-by-CEOs-honour">Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case</a>.</li> <li>January 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252455877/Thousands-of-known-errors-on-controversial-Post-Office-computer-system-to-be-revealed">Thousands of known errors on controversial Post Office computer system to be revealed</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252458999/Tech-under-spotlight-at-High-Court-in-second-subpostmasters-versus-Post-Office-trial">Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459274/Post-Office-considered-Horizon-IT-system-as-high-risk-court-told">Post Office considered Horizon IT system “high-risk”, court told</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459857/CCRC-watching-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-closely">CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459564/Subpostmasters-achieve-stunning-victory-against-Post-Office-in-Horizon-case">Judge rules that Post Office showed “oppressive behaviour” in response to claimants accused of accounting errors they blamed on Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459863/Post-Office-lacked-humanity-in-the-treatment-of-subpostmasters-says-peer">Post Office “lacked humanity” in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459670/Post-Office-director-cross-examination-confirms-lack-of-investigation-into-branch-IT-problems">A High Court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459996/Horizon-IT-system-trial-suspended-after-Post-Office-accuses-judge-of-bias">The Post Office legal team in the case brought by more than 500 subpostmasters has called for the judge to be recused after questioning his impartiality</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252460542/Post-Office-made-to-repay-public-money-it-allocated-to-fund-Horizon-litigation">A senior civil servant asked the Post Office to repay public money it had wrongly allocated to paying legal costs</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252460815/Post-Office-could-face-huge-costs-bill-for-first-Horizon-trial">Subpostmaster claimants’ legal team makes application for the Post Office to pay millions of pounds of costs associated with trial</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461096/Post-Office-to-appeal-judgment-from-first-Horizon-trial">Post Office to appeal judgment from first Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461348/Judge-in-Post-Office-trial-rejects-application-to-recuse-himself">The Post Office’s claim that the judge overseeing the case concerning its controversial Horizon IT system was biased has been dismissed</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461728/MP-questions-government-over-Post-Office-Horizon-case">MP questions government over Post Office Horizon case</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461829/Government-says-no-conflict-of-interest-in-Post-Office-trial-due-to-chairmans-dual-role">Government says no conflict of interest in trial despite Post Office chairman’s dual role</a>.</li> <li>May 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463196/Court-of-Appeal-rejects-a-Post-Office-request-in-Horizon-IT-case">The Court of Appeal has refused the Post Office’s application to appeal a major decision in the Horizon IT trial</a>.</li> <li>May 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463625/Post-Office-applies-to-appeal-damning-judgment-in-first-Horizon-trial">The Post Office has applied for permission to appeal judgments from the first trial in its IT-related legal battle with subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>May 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463938/Post-Office-told-to-pay-over-5m-of-its-opponents-costs-for-first-Horizon-trial">The judge in the Post Office Horizon trial has ordered the organisation to pay the legal costs, and refused to give permission to appeal a major judgment</a>.</li> <li>June 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252465193/Post-Office-asks-Court-of-Appeal-for-permission-to-appeal-judgment-in-first-Horizon-trial">Post Office asks Court of Appeal for permission to appeal judgment in first Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>July 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466111/Post-Office-back-office-error-leaves-subpostmaster-with-thousands-of-pounds-extra">Post Office back-office error leaves subpostmaster with thousands of pounds extra</a>.</li> <li>July 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466406/Post-Office-fixes-technical-problem-causing-accounting-errors-in-Horizon">Post Office fixes technical problem causing accounting errors in Horizon</a>.</li> <li>August 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252468199/Hundreds-of-Post-Office-branches-hit-by-new-Horizon-problem">Subpostmasters suffering slow running and frozen terminals while Post Office searches for a fix to issues apparently caused by a software update</a>.</li> <li>August 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252468689/Latest-Post-Office-Horizon-problems-caused-by-software-update">The Post Office has fixed the latest problems with its Horizon system, affecting hundreds of branches</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>October 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252473026/Post-Office-IT-trial-judgement-within-days">A High Court judgment for a trial that focused on the Post Office’s IT system at the centre of a multimillion-pound litigation will be announced early next month</a>.</li> <li>November 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474416/Court-of-Appeal-dismisses-Post-Office-application-to-appeal-damning-judgment">The Court of Appeal has rejected a Post Office application to appeal judgments made in its multimillion-pound battle with subpostmasters over IT system failures</a>.</li> <li>November 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474583/Peer-suggests-clear-out-of-Post-Office-board-after-Court-of-Appeal-confirms-major-defeat-in-court">Peer calls for clear-out of Post Office board after Court of Appeal confirms major court defeat</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475310/Post-Office-settles-legal-dispute-with-subpostmasters-ending-20-year-battle-for-lead-claimant">The Post Office has settled its long-running legal dispute with subpostmasters, and will pay £57.75m in damages</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475442/Subpostmasters-got-the-best-deal-possible-in-legal-battle-with-the-Post%20Office-says-lawyer">Subpostmasters ended their legal battle with the Post Office at the optimal time, according to the lawyer that managed the High Court action</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475611/Subpostmasters-proved-right-on-IT-system-failures-as-calls-for-full-public-inquiry-mount">Subpostmasters proved right on IT system failures as calls for full public inquiry mount</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475773/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-to-review-Horizon-judgment-swiftly">Criminal Courts Review Commission to review Horizon judgment “swiftly”</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475841/National-Federation-of-Subpostmasters-cries-foul-after-court-ruling">National Federation of Subpostmasters cries foul after court ruling on controversial computer system</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475989/Former-Post-Office-CEO-apologises-to-subpostmasters-over-Horizon-scandal">Former Post Office CEO apologises to subpostmasters over Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476160/Call-for-former-Post-Office-CEO-to-step-down-from-public-roles-after-IT-court-battle-lost">Call for former Post Office CEO to step down from public roles after IT court battle lost</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476403/Fujitsu-must-face-scrutiny-following-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-judgment">Fujitsu must face scrutiny following Post Office Horizon trial judgment</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476569/Subpostmaster-group-calls-for-government-to-pay-legal-costs-for-Horizon-trial">Subpostmaster group calls for government to pay legal costs for Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476622/Why-subpostmasters-are-calling-on-the-government-to-pay-Horizon-trial-costs">Why subpostmasters are calling on the government to pay Horizon trial costs</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476768/Government-distances-itself-from-Post-Office-decisions-in-Horizon-IT-litigation">Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy says it did not make decisions in the Post Office’s recent court battle</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477142/Government-should-not-be-allowed-to-dismiss-subpostmasters-claims-over-Horizon-IT-scandal">Government should not be allowed to dismiss subpostmasters’ claims over Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477368/Police-sent-information-about-potential-Fujitsu-staff-perjury-in-subpostmaster-prosecutions">Police sent information about potential Fujitsu staff perjury in subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477433/Subpostmaster-prosecutions-move-closer-to-appeal">Prosecutions are a significant step closer to being sent to the Court of Appeal as Criminal Courts Review Commission forms a group of commissioners to review them</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Alan-Bates-The-details-man-the-Post-Office-paid-the-price-for-ignoring">Alan Bates: The “details man” the Post Office paid the price for ignoring</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477786/Government-refuses-request-to-pay-legal-costs-for-subpostmasters-in-Post-Office-case">The government has refused to pay the huge legal costs subpostmasters incurred in their battle with the government-owned Post Office, which they won</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478402/Pressure-for-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-IT-system-scandal-begins-with-mountain-to-climb">Members of Parliament seeking a public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal face huge challenges, but pressure and time could force justice</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478549/Calls-for-inquiry-into-Post-Office-IT-scandal-increase-in-Parliament-with-cross-party-support">Calls for inquiry into Post Office IT scandal increase in Parliament, with cross-party support</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478694/Concerns-raised-over-former-Post-Office-CEOs-appointment-at-NHS-trust-under-review">Care Quality Commission to review concerns over Paula Vennells’ appointment after they were raised by a former NHS consultant psychiatrist</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479087/Government-admits-it-was-too-passive-managing-Post-Office-as-parliamentary-pressure-builds">Government admits it was too passive managing Post Office as parliamentary pressure builds</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479323/Government-claims-it-was-misled-by-Post-Office-over-IT-scandal">Minister says Post Office IT experts misled the government when it asked questions about subpostmasters’ concerns over Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479176/Boris-Johnson-commits-to-getting-to-the-bottom-of-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">Boris Johnson commits to “getting to the bottom of” Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479401/Boris-Johnsons-commitment-to-inquiry-into-Post-Office-scandal-in-doubt">Boris Johnson’s commitment to inquiry into Post Office scandal in doubt</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479549/MPs-call-on-PM-to-commit-to-full-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">MPs call on PM to commit to full public inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479650/Those-who-did-not-play-by-the-rules-in-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-should-face-prosecution">Those who did not play by the rules in Post Office Horizon scandal “should face prosecution”</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479794/MPs-told-to-hold-to-account-those-responsible-for-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">MPs told to hold to account those responsible for Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480083/Secret-Post-Office-deals-cause-fury-among-Horizon-IT-scandal-campaigners">The Post Office has sparked anger with secret settlements with subpostmasters outside the recent legal action against it</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480365/Labour%20MP%20Karl%20Turner%20tells%20Computer%20Weekly%20that%20the%20Post%20Office%20Horizon%20scandal%20is%20the%20most%20grotesque%20version%20of%20predatory%20capitalism%20he%20has%20ever%20seen">Labour MP Karl Turner tells Computer Weekly that the Post Office Horizon scandal is the most grotesque version of predatory capitalism he has ever seen</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480365/MP-warns-minister-not-to-parrot-civil-servants-lines-on-Post-Office-IT-scandal">MP Kevan Jones has warned a government minister not to repeat the mistakes of predecessors in relation to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480440/Coronavirus-CCRC-uses-Microsoft-Teams-to-consider-subpostmaster-appeals">Criminal Cases Review Commission to use Microsoft Teams to ensure review of subpostmaster prosecutions is held on time</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480463/Coronavirus-Post-Office-postpones-subpostmaster-compensation-scheme-amid-Covid-19-crisis">Post Office postpones subpostmaster compensation scheme amid Covid-19 crisis</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480571/Meeting-reviewing-subpostmaster-applications-to-appeal-criminal-prosecutions-moves-into-second-day">Meeting reviewing subpostmaster applications to appeal criminal prosecutions moves into second day</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480655/Subpostmaster-prosecutions-to-be-considered-by-Court-of-Appeal-for-miscarriages-of-justice">Subpostmaster prosecutions to be considered by Court of Appeal for miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480745/How-Subpostmasters-made-legal-history-with-biggest-referral-of-potential-miscarriages-of-justice">How subpostmasters made legal history with biggest referral of potential miscarriages of justice.</a></li> <li>April 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482260/Met-Police-assess-evidence-of-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trials">Met Police&nbsp;examines information about evidence&nbsp;given in court by Fujitsu staff on the Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482517/Subpostmasters-receive-their-inadequate-damages-over-Horizon-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters who had their lives ruined by the Post Office’s faulty IT system have&nbsp;received their damages after a High Court victory</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483344/Post-Office-executive-who-tried-to-mislead-judge-in-Horizon-trial-leaves-via-back-door">A senior Post Office executive at the centre of an IT scandal, who tried to mislead a High Court judge in relation to it, has&nbsp;left the organisation without fanfare&nbsp;despite many years of service</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483639/900-more-criminal-prosecutions-of-subpostmasters-could-be-unsafe-because-of-IT-failures">Post Office re-examines hundreds of prosecutions that could have resulted from faults in Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483733/Subpostmasters-crowdfund-for-justice-in-IT-scandal">A campaign group representing subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting by the Post Office is raising money to help clear the names of victims of the scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484026/Subpostmasters-to-force-scrutiny-of-governments-role-in-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters to force scrutiny of government’s role in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484100/CCRC-sends-47-subpostmaster-miscarriages-of-justice-for-appeal-asks-for-prosecution-powers-review">The Criminal Cases Review Commission sends 47 more subpostmaster cases to Court of Appeal and asks government to review private prosecution powers</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484163/Government-investigation-into-Horizon-scandal-bares-teeth">Select committee chair writes to former Post Office CEO demanding answers over her role in IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484483/Anger-as-government-launches-pathetic-and-pointless-review-of-Horizon-scandal">The government has been accused of launching a review that fails in getting to the bottom of one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484566/Subpostmasters-will-not-cooperate-with-government-review-into-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters will not cooperate with government review into IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484647/Blow-to-Government-review-of-Post-Office-scandal-as-key-forensic-accountants-refuse-to-support-it">The government’s proposed review of the Post Office IT scandal has received a further setback as forensic accountants join subpostmasters in refusing to back it</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484776/Select-committee-chair-demands-sharper-teeth-for-review-of-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Call for government review of Post Office Horizon scandal to have the power to force individuals to give evidence under oath</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484917/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-victims-keep-pressure-on-governments-doorstep">Subpostmasters seeking justice in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are regaining momentum in Parliament</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484963/Care-Quality-Commission-to-discuss-concerns-over-Paula-Vennells-NHS-role">Healthcare regulator will be discussing concerns about former NHS boss chairing an NHS trust at an upcoming meeting</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485110/Firm-that-investigated-controversial-Post-Office-IT-system-to-support-criminal-conviction-appeals">Second Sight is working with law firm in appeals by subpostmasters against criminal convictions in Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485190/Former-Post-Office-CEO-and-Fujitsu-play-the-blame-game-in-Horizon-IT-scandal">Post Office and Fujitsu blame each other for many of the failings in the Horizon IT scandal that wrecked lives</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485328/MPs-to-examine-fairness-of-private-prosecutions-in-light-of-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Parliamentary Justice Committee to hold short inquiry into the rules and regulations surrounding private organisations’ ability to initiate criminal proceedings</a>.</li> <li>July 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485826/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-days-to-raise-thousands-of-pounds-or-perpetrators-go-scot-free">Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal need to raise thousands of pounds in a week or those responsible for their suffering will avoid scrutiny</a>.</li> <li>July 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486099/Subpostmasters-hit-funding-target-to-prevent-government-burying-IT-scandal">The government is set to face scrutiny over its involvement in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in modern UK history</a>.</li> <li>September 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252488725/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-victims-face-long-fight-as-government-digs-heels-in">The government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses</a>.</li> <li>September 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489777/Subpostmasters-still-in-the-dark-about-live-Horizon-errors">Subpostmasters still not being told about all the known errors in the controversial Post Office branch accounting and retail system that they use</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489999/Justice-for-subpostmasters-as-wrongful-criminal-convictions-are-set-to-be-quashed">The Post Office has chosen not to contest 44 out of 47 appeals, meaning most are likely to have their names cleared, but others still face a Court of Appeal battle for justice</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490154/Government-deaf-to-loud-calls-for-statutory-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-scandal">MPs are demanding the government holds a full statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490276/Care-Quality-Commissions-enquiries-into-IT-scandal-CEO-continue">NHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details emerge</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490447/Government-ministers-plea-for-subpostmasters-to-take-part-in-review-of-IT-scandal-rejected">Government minister met with former subpostmaster online in an attempt to get victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal involved in government review</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490580/Post-Office-races-to-solve-IT-error-under-gaze-of-public-and-banks">The Post Office is focusing urgently on fixing an IT error suffered by a subpostmaster amid the ongoing IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490795/Labour-shares-subpostmaster-concerns-over-whitewash-Horizon-IT-inquiry">Labour politicians are calling for the government to give the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry the power to force witnesses to give evidence if they don’t cooperate</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490996/NHS-trust-takes-another-look-at-its-appointment-of-IT-scandal-CEO">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has asked for external review of its process when appointing controversial executive</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491520/Subpostmasters-complaint-about-government-begins-its-journey-to-Parliamentary-Ombudsman">Government faces scrutiny of its handling of the Post Office IT scandal that destroyed subpostmasters’ lives and livelihoods</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491681/Post-Office-Horizon-system-crashes-nationally">Post Office branches offline during busy business hours after suffering an IT error that the Post Office said related to IT from supplier Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491906/Lack-of-openness-on-Horizon-errors-remains-as-Fujitsu-refuses-to-explain-latest-outage">Fujitsu is refusing to explain what caused a national system outage in Post Office branches last week, despite the Post Office confirming the issue was the fault of the supplier</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492031/Police-open-criminal-investigation-into-potential-perjury-by-Fujitsu-staff-in-Post-Office-IT-trial">The Metropolitan Police opens criminal investigation into Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in trials of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted and even imprisoned for financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492118/Post-Office-explanation-of-IT-system-outage-so-vague-it-is-pointless">Post Office criticised over vagueness of its explanation of the cause of a UK-wide IT failure that saw subpostmasters unable to do business</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492186/Botched-software-update-to-blame-for-Horizon-crash">Post Office says planned firmware update caused the problem that left branches unable to do business for 90 minutes</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492350/Fujitsu-staff-under-investigation-for-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trial-named">Court documents reveal the names of the Fujitsu employees under investigation for potentially providing misleading information in criminal trials</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492495/Subpostmasters-want-300m-from-a-government-that-allowed-Post-Office-reign-of-terror">The government allowed the Post Office to ‘run amok’ and destroy lives, says complaint to Parliamentary Ombudsman</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492572/Post-Office-accused-of-lying-and-potentially-being-in-contempt-of-Parliament-in-IT-scandal">Campaigning politician demands access to documents that could prove that the Post Office lied</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492923/Government-covers-its-ears-as-complaint-by-victims-of-Post-Office-abuse-heads-to-ombudsman">Government denies responsibility for the abuse inflicted on subpostmasters by the Post Office over faulty IT system</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493199/Post-Office-IT-scandal-CEO-Paula-Vennells-jumps-NHS-ship-as-pressure-mounts">CEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation grows</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493522/History-made-as-subpostmasters-wrongly-prosecuted-in-Horizon-IT-scandal-have-convictions-quashed">History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493521/Appointment-of-disgraced-former-Post-Office-executive-at-Welsh-FA-questioned-by-MP">The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an&nbsp;MP</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493818/Post-Office-suffers-latest-court-defeat-in-Horizon-IT-scandal">Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation</a>.</li> <li>January 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252494402/NHS-trust-says-appointment-processes-robust-despite-criticism-of-role-for-Post-Office-scandal-CEO">NHS trust defends its director appointment process following an external review of its recruitment of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells</a>.</li> <li>January 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495079/IT-scandal-exposes-legal-rule-that-made-it-easy-for-Post-Office-to-prosecute-the-innocent">Lawyers call for changes to digital evidence rule that made it easier for the Post Office to ‘bamboozle courts’ and make subpostmasters pay a heavy price for its IT failings</a>.</li> <li>January 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495097/More-subpostmasters-prosecutions-sent-to-appeal-for-wrongful-conviction">The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred four more subpostmasters’ criminal convictions to appeal, as part of the biggest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history</a>.</li> <li>February 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496560/Fujitsu-bosses-knew-about-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-flaws-says-insider">A former senior developer who worked for Fujitsu on the Post Office IT system that led to subpostmasters being falsely accused of fraud, has claimed bosses knew of fundamental flaws before going live</a>.</li> <li>February 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496767/Subpostmaster-group-calls-for-prime-minister-to-pause-Horizon-whitewash-inquiry">Subpostmasters call for Boris Johnson to pause and reshape the government’s Horizon inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496823/Appointment-of-disgraced-former-Post-Office-director-triggers-vote-of-no-confidence-in-Welsh-FA-boss">Vote of no confidence in Football Association of Wales boss triggered by recruitment of former Post Office executive who tried to mislead a judge in IT trial</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497419/Government-to-change-unfair-private-prosecutions-used-to-prosecute-innocent-subpostmasters">Government agrees to change private prosecution rules that were abused by the Post Office in its pursuit of subpostmasters wrongly accused of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497511/Prime-Minister-yet-to-respond-to-serious-subpostmaster-concerns-over-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry">Subpostmaster victims who have spent millions bringing the Post Office IT scandal to light have received no reply to their concerns from Boris Johnson</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497573/Governments-refusal-of-freedom-of-information-request-about-Post-office-deeply-concerning">MP condemns department’s ‘bizarre’ rejection of freedom of information request linked to Post Office IT scandal</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497583/Welsh-FA-boss-linked-to-recruitment-of-controversial-former-Post-Office-executive-to-step-down">Football Association Wales boss steps down after losing confidence motion triggered by appointment of an executive involved in the Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497665/Potential-miscarriages-of-justice-of-Scottish-subpostmasters-move-to-full-review">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is reviewing five cases of potential miscarriage of justice in relation to subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498067/Subpostmasters-in-Court-of-Appeal-to-end-20-year-torment">Subpostmasters heading to Court of Appeal to clear their names in what is potentially the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498087/Government-to-bail-out-Post-Office-which-cant-afford-to-pay-compensation-to-subpostmasters">The Post Office does not have enough money to pay compensation to the subpostmasters it wrongfully prosecuted</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498141/Post-Office-IT-scandal-executive-forced-out-of-job-at-Football-Association-of-Wales">Angela van den Bogerd has left her role at the Football Association of Wales, following criticism of her part in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498245/Post-Office-staff-instructed-to-shred-documents-that-undermined-its-claims-Horizon-was-robust">Court of Appeal hearing reveals Post Office instructed employees to destroy documents that undermined an insistence that its Horizon computer system was robust</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498341/Post-Office-was-told-in-2013-that-Fujitsu-witness-was-unreliable-in-subpostmaster-prosecutions">The Post Office was warned that a former Fujitsu employee had misled courts when giving evidence on its behalf</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498358/Prime-Minister-says-people-should-be-held-to-account-for-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Boris Johnson agrees with MP that those responsible for the Post Office Horizon scandal should be brought to book</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498388/Ex-Post-Office-CEO-Paula-Vennells-walked-away-from-IT-scandal-with-over-400,000-in-pay-and-bonuses">Former Post Office chief was paid over £400,000 when she left despite the organisation being involved in what would become the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498409/Government-faces-judicial-review-into-plans-for-Post-Office-Horizon-inquiry">The UK government faces a potential judicial review over its Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry, after subpostmasters formally wrote to the government seeking one</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498901/Demands-for-changes-to-barmy-rules-on-digital-evidence-have-governments-ear">The government is listening to calls for changes in how digital evidence is considered in court, as Post Office IT scandal spells out current rule’s inadequacy</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498971/Post-Office-gives-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-another-year">The Post Office’s controversial contract with Fujitsu has been extended another year to help the organisation manage its exit</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499045/Post-Office-Horizon-contract-extension-is-part-of-project-to-bring-Fujitsu-work-in-house">The Post Office is to move work done by Fujitsu in-house when its outsourcing contract ends, and is already recruiting IT experts</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499238/End-of-the-road-for-Post-Office-IT-system-that-destroyed-lives">The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office’s denial of them, caused huge suffering</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499377/Only-Government-standing-in-the-way-of-fair-compensation-for-subpostmasters">The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499723/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-criminal-convictions-overturned-in-Court-of-Appeal">The Court of Appeal has overturned the criminal convictions of 39 subpostmasters who were blamed and punished for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499778/Post-Office-scandal-CEO-steps-down-from-roles-after-massive-miscarriage-of-justice-is-laid-bare">Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells has left roles in the church, Morrisons and Dunelm after postmasters’ convictions were overturned in the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499806/Another-38-subpostmasters-submit-appeals-against-convictions">The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is set to get bigger as more subpostmasters take their cases to the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500167/Post-Office-CEO-either-knew-what-was-going-on-in-Horizon-scandal-or-was-asleep-at-the-wheel">Post Office IT scandal CEO has no excuse for her inaction in preventing the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history, says Criminal Cases Review Commission chairperson</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500232/Post-Office-dishonesty-in-Horizon-scandal-is-reason-enough-for-statutory-public-inquiry">Subpostmasters, MPs and the public call for a full statutory judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, following another damning court judgment</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500395/Minister-promises-fair-and-speedy-compensation-for-555-subpostmasters-who-defeated-Post-Office">Government says it wants to ensure a fair pay-out for the 555 subpostmasters who defeated the Post Office in a legal battle</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500406/Post-Office-contacts-over-500-subpostmasters-potentially-wrongly-prosecuted-for-financial-crimes">The Post Office has contacted hundreds of people it might have wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500460/Miscarriages-of-justice-are-the-potent-tip-of-Post-Office-scandal">The miscarriages of justice involving subpostmasters are the most disturbing element of the Post Office Horizon scandal – but it goes much deeper</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500646/Fujitsu-bags-3bn-in-public-sector-contracts-while-software-errors-wreck-the-lives-of-subpostmasters">The supplier at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal has so far escaped the ramifications of its role in the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500762/More-former-subpostmasters-have-criminal-convictions-quashed">Another two former subpostmasters have had their convictions for financial crimes overturned, following a hearing in Southwark Crown Court</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501013/Post-Office-Horizon-inquiry-set-to-be-given-statutory-status-with-wider-powers">The government inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal is set to be made statutory with the power to compel witnesses and evidence</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501082/Nothing-off-the-table-in-statutory-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">The government confirmed that the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be given statutory status and wider scope</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501128/Subpostmaster-campaign-group-to-meet-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair">The Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance has agreed to meet the former judge heading up the inquiry into the Post Office scandal that ruined the lives of hundreds of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501399/Its-a-good-day-when-we-refer-a-case-CCRC-tells-MPs-during-review-of-Post-Office-prosecutions">Criminal Cases Review Commission will not allow pressure on its resources to prevent subpostmasters seeking a review of their criminal convictions</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501510/BCS-demands-reform-to-rules-on-computer-evidence-following-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-revelations">Professional IT body wants changes to how computer evidence is used in court in the wake of the Post Office case</a>.</li> <li>June 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501656/Post-Office-scandal-public-inquiry-finally-begins-after-chances-to-address-problems-were-missed">The Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry begins with subpostmaster campaign group waiting for full details before committing its support</a>.</li> <li>June 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502056/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</a>.</li> <li>June 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502738/Post-Office-pays-400-subpostmasters-compensation-for-losses-caused-by-computer-errors">The Post Office has so far compensated about 400 subpostmasters who suffered losses as a result of computer errors that they were wrongly blamed for</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503399/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</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503752/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</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503844/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</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252504363/Government-to-fund-interim-compensation-of-up-to-100000-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</a>.</li> <li>August 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505156/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</a>.</li> <li>August 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505410/Overturned-convictions-of-subpostmasters-mount-up-but-555-victims-no-closer-justice">The government has failed to provide fair compensation to the subpostmasters who exposed the full extent of the Horizon scandal to the world</a>.</li> <li>August 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506031/Subpostmasters-demand-more-clarity-on-Horizon-public-inquiry-before-committing-their-support">Subpostmasters demand more clarity on Horizon public inquiry before committing their support</a>.</li> <li>September 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506632/CCRC-refers-six-more-subpostmaster-convictions-for-appeal">Six more subpostmaster convictions referred for appeal in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>September 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506647/Government-Minister-holds-secret-meeting-with-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-victims">Government minister holds secret meeting with Post Office Horizon scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>October 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508099/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-inquiry-announces-first-public-hearing">The public inquiry into a scandal that saw subpostmasters imprisoned after being blamed for accounting shortfalls will hold its first public hearing early next month</a>.</li> <li>October 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508541/Post-Office-board-appalling-short-sighted-and-partisan-said-Minister-researching-Horizon-project">A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509066/Fujitsu-escaped-huge-lawsuit-because-Post-Office-behaved-so-badly-in-Horizon-scandal">The behaviour of Post Office senior management during the Horizon scandal was so egregious that the supplier of the faulty software has escaped a large financial penalty</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509113/Police-interview-former-Fujitsu-staff-for-second-time-in-potential-perjury-investigation">Former Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in subpostmaster trials have been questioned by police for a second time</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509150/Number-of-subpostmasters-appealing-convictions-reaches-137-at-one-legal-firm">Former subpostmasters convicted of crimes based on data from error-prone Post Office computer system continue to embark on appeals</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509242/Government-and-Post-Office-should-stop-discussing-Horizon-victim-compensation-and-pay-it">The first hearing in the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hears why victims should be paid compensation immediately</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509479/Convictions-of-eight-former-subpostmasters-in-Scotland-under-review">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is investigating eight potential miscarriages of justice linked with faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509618/Post-Office-agrees-to-share-privileged-legal-information-with-Horizon-scandal-inquiry">The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>November 2021&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509696/Six-more-former-subpostmasters-have-convictions-overturned">A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>November 2021&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509817/Subpostmasters-asked-to-remove-support-for-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">Subpostmasters asked to withdraw support for Post Office scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509860/More-wrongful-convictions-overturned-in-Post-Office-scandal">Seven more subpostmasters have been cleared after the Post Office charged them for crimes caused by its faulty Horizon software</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510062/Post-Office-supported-1999-law-change-that-eased-prosecutions-using-computer-evidence">The Post Office made clear its support for a change in UK law regarding computer evidence that was making prosecution ‘onerous’ – a change which later helped to wrongfully convict subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510083/Post-Office-Inquiry-clears-up-opaque-stance-on-subpostmaster-compensation">The chair of the Post Office scandal public inquiry has confirmed the compensation of a group of subpostmasters will be revisited</a>.</li> <li>December 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510928/Government-must-go-further-after-agreeing-to-pay-compensation-for-wrongly-convicted-subpostmasters">Government must go further after agreeing to pay compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>December 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511005/Pressure-on-government-to-pay-fair-compensation-to-subpostmasters-left-out-of-current-schemes">Pressure on government to pay fair compensation to subpostmasters left out of current schemes</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511716/MPs-call-for-fair-compensation-for-excluded-victims-of-Post-Office-scandal">Almost 100 MPs have backed a call for the government to reverse its decision to exclude 555 subpostmasters from fair compensation</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511844/Post-Office-cant-access-records-of-all-money-paid-to-it-by-victims-of-the-Horizon-scandal">A parliamentary select committee was told that the Post Office is unable to access information to accurately calculate compensation for some Horizon scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512010/Post-Office-received-1bn-taxpayer-subsidy-last-year-as-part-of-IT-scandal-compensation">The Post Office received subsidies worth over £1bn last year, including a £685m payment just last month, in a scheme labelled Post Office Historical Matters Compensation</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512095/Government-widens-subpostmaster-miscarriage-of-justice-compensation">Government widens subpostmaster miscarriage of justice compensation scheme in&nbsp;Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512243/Government-has-nothing-against-paying-555-subpostmasters-fair-compensation">Government officials are open to finding a way to properly compensate victims of the Horizon scandal without setting a dangerous legal precedent</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512410/Subpostmaster-campaign-group-to-meet-government-over-unfair-compensation-settlement">The subpostmaster campaign group responsible for exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal is to meet with the government to discuss fair compensation for their suffering</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512465/Demands-on-Fujitsu-to-contribute-to-1bn-Horizon-scandal-compensation-costs">Fujitsu cannot hide away as taxpayers pick up the bill for the Post Office scandal triggered by its IT system, say peers</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512882/Cack-handed-government-compensation-scheme-prolongs-suffering-of-Horizon-scandal-victims">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are being denied the millions of pounds they are owed as the government delays compensation resolution</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513159/Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-tell-their-stories-in-public">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are due to tell their devastating stories to the statutory inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513492/MPs-demand-urgent-compensation-for-Post-Office-scandal-victim-group">MPs are demanding urgent action by the government to provide full compensation to a group of 555 Post Office Horizon scandal victims who have so far been left out</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513544/The-British-public-are-waking-up-to-the-scandal-that-happened-under-their-noses">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been suffering in silence for many years, but the current public inquiry is giving them a voice, and people are listening</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513687/Horizon-inquiry-questioning-raises-hopes-of-fair-compensation-for-victims-so-far-left-out">Horizon inquiry questioning raises hopes of fair compensation for victims so far left out</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513934/Government-set-to-backtrack-on-untenable-position-on-subpostmaster-compensation">Government set to backtrack on untenable position on subpostmaster compensation</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514110/Post-Office-warned-of-software-flaw-in-2006-but-failed-to-alert-subpostmaster-network">The Post Office and Fujitsu failed to alert subpostmasters to a software error that caused them to be wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514320/Horizon-scandal-inquiry-hearing-sheds-light-on-Subpostmaster-federations-role-in-hushing-up-IT">Horizon inquiry hearing sheds light on subpostmaster federation’s role in hushing up IT problems</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514929/555-subpostmasters-to-get-fair-compensation-after-government-U-turn">555 subpostmasters to get fair compensation after government U-turn on its stance on High Court settlement</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515319/Compensation-goal-finally-in-sight-for-555-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Compensation goal finally in sight for 555 Post Office scandal victims, after 13 year campaign</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515504/Fujitsu-bags-430m-government-contracts-despite-rising-cost-of-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">Fujitsu bags £430m government contracts despite rising cost of Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516173/More-Scottish-subpostmaster-conviction-reviews-expected-as-part-of-Post-Office-scandal">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission expects more subpostmasters with potential wrongful convictions to come forward</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516273/Post-Office-scandal-victims-still-waiting-for-compensation-a-year-after-convictions-overturned">Former subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted and punished for crimes have not yet received full compensation over a year after their convictions were overturned</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516388/Police-question-former-Fujitsu-worker-again-in-Post-Office-scandal-perjury-investigation">A former Fujitsu worker has been questioned under caution for the third time&nbsp;as police investigate potential perjury in trials of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516635/Post-Office-scandal-CEO-could-be-stripped-of-CBE">Paula Vennells could be stripped of her CBE as the Honours Forfeiture Committee commits to reconsider its award in the light of the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516675/Judicial-intervention-inevitable-as-Post-Office-compensation-valuation-falls-short">Lawyer negotiating compensation for victims of Post Office scandal says the two sides are ‘poles apart’ on valuations</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252517922/Post-Office-scandal-victims-in-Scotland-to-tell-their-stories-raising-questions-of-law">Inquiry into Post Office scandal moves to Scotland, with differences in English and Scottish law raising further serious questions about subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252517997/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair-brings-forward-urgent-compensation-hearings">The chair of the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry has brought forward hearings about compensation as victims warn that at this rate “people will die” before they get anything</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518010/CCRC-to-contact-88-more-former-subpostmasters-with-potentially-wrongful-convictions">The Criminal Cases Review Commission is to contact 88 more potentially wrongfully convicted Post Office workers</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518282/Controversial-Post-Office-IT-system-to-be-replaced-by-2025">The Post Office Horizon IT system at the centre of a national scandal will be replaced by 2025, with a supplier expected to be named in August</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518299/Post-Office-scandal-victim-calls-for-governments-role-in-silencing-victims-to-be-investigated">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252520527/Government-has-no-plans-to-review-controversial-court-rules-on-computer-evidence">Government accused of ‘passing the buck’ and ‘not knowing what it is talking about’ after stating it has no plans to review court rules on computer evidence</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252520682/The-barristers-that-broke-their-backs-to-break-the-Post-Offices-shield-of-lies">Computer Weekly spoke to the barristers at Henderson Chambers that fought the Post Office in the High Court to expose the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521309/More-wrongful-convictions-quashed-in-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Two more Post Office Horizon scandal victims have had their wrongful convictions overturned</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521718/Minister-says-compensation-offer-to-555-subpostmasters-close">The 555 subpostmasters who exposed the depth of the Post Office Horizon scandal could finally be fairly compensated</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521791/Post-Office-IT-investigator-to-be-released-from-confidentiality-obligations-for-inquiry">Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522193/Independent-scrutiny-brought-into-compensation-negotiations-for-wrongly-prosecuted-subpostmasters">Lawyers negotiating the compensation valuations for former subpostmasters who suffered wrongful convictions have brought in independent&nbsp;judicial scrutiny&nbsp;to break an impasse</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522141/Subpostmaster-campaigning-forces-government-to-set-up-compensation-scheme-and-make-interim-payments">Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts</a>.</li> <li>July 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523126/Six-more-subpostmaster-convictions-overturned">More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523143/Post-Office-attacked-subpostmasters-who-questioned-Horizon-say-victims">When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal</a>.</li> <li>September 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252524481/Police-interview-Horizon-scandal-victim-in-investigation-into-potential-perjury-by-Fujitsu-staff">The Met Police have interviewed a former subpostmaster as part of an investigation into potential perjury by former Fujitsu staff</a>.</li> <li>September 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525291/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair-intervenes-in-slow-compensation-progress">Chair of statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has aired his disappointment over the slow progress in making interim payments to victims</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525926/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-restarts-with-call-for-a-pause-amid-disclosure-controversy?_ga=2.192509992.363987533.1665478652-286388731.1664962548&amp;_gl=1*4vu0dy*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NTc0MDc3NC4zOC4xLjE2NjU3NDU4NDkuMC4wLjA.">The public inquiry into the Post Office scandal has begun phase two with a request for adjournment amid allegations that the Post Office is failing to disclose relevant documents</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526045/Those-responsible-for-subpostmaster-suffering-in-Horizon-scandal-must-face-public-inquiry">Victims demand that the perpetrators of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal face the public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526102/Fujitsu-to-finally-face-up-to-blame-for-its-part-in-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">Fujitsu’s part in causing the extreme suffering of subpostmasters will be made clear as the IT supplier begins giving evidence at a statutory inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526209/Subpostmaster-federation-failed-its-members-when-they-needed-it-most">A dereliction of duty saw subpostmaster federation ignore its members when IT problems hit and allowed the Post Office destroy their lives</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526537/New-minister-asked-to-pause-Fujitsu-government-contracts">Politicians are keeping up the pressure to block government contracts being awarded to Fujitsu because of its role in the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526542/Reported-Horizon-errors-should-have-been-show-stopper-public-inquiry-told">Problems reported with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system before its roll-out should have been regarded as a “show-stopper.”</a></li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526586/Horizon-system-EPOSS-code-writers-lacked-basic-programming-skills-public-inquiry-hears">Horizon system code writers lacked basic programming skills, according to the task force set up to investigate reported problems with the controversial software</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526661/Post-Office-warned-of-Horizon-software-induced-tragedy-in-1999">T</a><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526661/Post-Office-warned-of-Horizon-software-induced-tragedy-in-1999">rials of the Horizon computer system in Post Office branches in 1999 led to a warning from subpostmasters that software problems meant “a tragedy was not far away”</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526828/Game-of-hardball-in-Horizon-negotiations-left-subpostmasters-exposed-to-tragedy?_ga=2.132243406.1953818817.1667299299-286388731.1664962548&amp;_gl=1*4o99gw*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NzQ4NTg3OS4xMTIuMS4xNjY3NDg1OTg4LjAuMC4w">Game of ‘hardball’ in Horizon negotiations left subpostmasters exposed to tragedy</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526883/Confirmation-bias-led-Post-Office-to-prosecute-subpostmasters-without-investigation-inquiry-told">Confirmation bias led Post Office to prosecute subpostmasters without investigation, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527040/Six-subpostmaster-convictions-referred-for-appeal-in-Scotland">SCCRC has referred six cases of potential wrongful convictions of subpostmasters to the High Court of Justiciary</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527085/Fujitsu-expert-witness-in-subpostmaster-trial-manoeuvred-into-role-public-inquiry-told">Fujitsu expert witness in subpostmaster trial ‘manoeuvred’ into role, public inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527307/Post-Office-changed-view-of-Horizon-problems-before-roll-out-because-of-a-sunk-cost-fallacy">Post Office changed view of Horizon problems before roll-out, because of a ‘sunk cost fallacy’</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527341/Team-working-on-controversial-Post-Office-Horizon-EPOSS-software-was-the-joke-of-the-building">Team working on controversial Post Office Horizon EPOSS software was the ‘joke of the building’</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527436/Post-Office-scandal-inquirys-expert-IT-witness-troubled-by-his-findings">The Post Office IT scandal inquiry’s appointed expert IT witness was “troubled” by the lack of integrity of data from the Horizon system that was used to send people to prison</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Fujitsu-put-pressure-on-UK-government-to-sign-off-troubled-Horizon-project-public-inquiry-hears">Telegram from British Embassy in Tokyo to UK government reveals pressure on ministers to sign off controversial contract</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527837/Subpostmaster-federation-deliberately-kept-public-in-dark-over-computer-problems-secret">Subpostmaster federation deliberately kept public in dark over computer problems</a>.</li> <li>December 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527952/Post-Office-boosted-its-coffers-as-Horizon-system-threw-up-unexplained-shortfalls-inquiry-told">Post Office boosted its ‘coffers’ as Horizon system threw up unexplained shortfalls, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>December 2022:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528046/Post-Office-scandal-cock-up-or-cook-up">Post Office scandal – “cock-up or cook-up”?</a></li> <li>December 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528356/Criminal-Cases-Review-Commission-calls-on-more-convicted-subpostmasters-to-come-forward">Criminal Cases Review Commission calls on more convicted subpostmasters to come forward</a>.</li> <li>January 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528935/Former-subpostmaster-Alan-Bates-turns-down-OBE-offer">Former subpostmaster Alan Bates, who ‘pulled up trees and moved mountains’, turns down OBE offer</a>.</li> <li>January 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252529287/Advisory-board-goal-for-Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-be-returned-to-rightful-financial-position?amp=1">Advisory board goal for Post Office scandal victims to be returned to rightful financial position</a>.</li> <li>January 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365529814/Former-Fujitsu-staff-under-police-investigation-to-face-Post-Office-IT-scandal-inquiry">Former Fujitsu staff under police investigation to face Post Office IT scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365531937/Post-Offices-most-senior-executives-hushed-up-Horizon-errors-public-inquiry-told">Post Office’s most senior executives hushed up Horizon errors, public inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>March 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532018/Post-Office-ditched-plan-to-replace-Fujitsu-with-IBM-in-2015-due-to-cost-and-project-concerns">Post Office attempted to replace controversial Horizon system 10 years ago, but was put off by project’s scale and cost</a>.</li> <li>March 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532063/IT-worker-evidence-reveals-a-toxic-Post-Office-IT-helpdesk-that-discriminated-against-subpostmasters">IT worker tells public inquiry that the Post Office Horizon helpdesk was toxic, rudderless and racist</a>.</li> <li>March 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532477/Subpostmaster-demands-names-of-Post-Office-executives-who-crushed-him-to-suffocate-truth">Subpostmaster demands names of Post Office executives who crushed him to suffocate truth</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365534956/CCRC-says-door-open-for-more-reviews-of-subpostmaster-convictions">CCRC says ‘door open’ for more reviews of subpostmaster convictions</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535112/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-after-technical-challenges-moving-to-cloud">The Post Office has extended a contract with Fujitsu after being unable to resolve technical issues related to migrating its IT to the cloud</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535585/Post-Office-paid-IBM-millions-when-it-ended-proposed-contract-to-replace-Horizon">Post Office paid IBM millions when it ended proposed contract to replace Horizon</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535585/Post-Office-paid-IBM-millions-when-it-ended-proposed-contract-to-replace-Horizon">The Post Office ended a proposed contract with IBM to replace its controversial Horizon system after work had already started</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366535953/More-Post-Office-software-related-convictions-take-total-to-86">More Post Office software-related convictions overturned takes total to 86</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537376/Fujitsu-staff-had-unrestricted-and-unauditable-remote-access-to-Post-Office-branch-systems">Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537341/Post-Office-lawyer-bragged-how-team-destroyed-attack-on-the-Horizon-system-and-put-woman-in-prison">Post Office lawyer bragged how team ‘destroyed attack on the Horizon system’ and put woman in prison</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537461/Post-Office-executive-produced-one-sided-report-giving-Horizon-system-a-false-bill-of-heath">Post Office executive told to report false bill of health on controversial software</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366538153/Campaigning-former-subpostmaster-fears-compensation-for-scandal-victims-will-be-delayed-to-2025">Campaigning former subpostmaster fears compensation for scandal victims will be delayed to 2025</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366538096/Post-Office-scandal-cover-up-a-dark-chapter-in-government-corporate-and-legal-history">Post Office scandal – cover-up a ‘dark chapter’ in government, corporate and legal history</a>.</li> <li>June 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366542414/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</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366543482/Public-inquiry-hears-how-Post-Office-security-withheld-evidence-from-people-it-suspected-of-theft">Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366543715/Former-Fujitsu-IT-chief-evidence-postponed-after-late-Post-Office-disclosure">Former Fujitsu IT chief evidence postponed after late Post Office disclosure</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544234/Post-Office-inquiry-must-examine-rule-on-IT-evidence-if-miscarriages-of-justice-are-to-be-avoided">Post Office inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled it to prosecute innocent people</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544394/Peer-calls-for-every-Post-Office-prosecution-to-be-reviewed">Peer calls for every Post Office prosecution to be reviewed</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544317/Horizon-inquiry-adjourned-as-Post-Office-disclosure-failures-threaten-to-derail-proceedings">Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544506/Horizon-inquiry-chief-threatens-Post-Office-with-criminal-sanctions-over-disclosure-failures">Horizon inquiry chief threatens Post Office with ‘criminal sanctions’ over disclosure failures</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544874/Subpostmaster-compensation-deadline-will-be-missed-warns-public-inquiry-chair">Subpostmaster compensation deadline will be missed, warns public inquiry chair</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366545596/CCRC-refers-two-more-subpostmaster-conviction-for-appeal">CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366546032/Post-Office-tried-to-convince-independent-IT-witness-that-he-was-wrong-about-Horizon">Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon</a>.</li> <li>August 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366548772/MP-calls-for-review-of-computer-evidence-rule-which-meant-subpostmasters-were-wrongly-convicted">MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted</a>.</li> <li>August 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366549452/Six-subpostmaster-appeals-to-be-heard-in-Scottish-court">Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552411/Post-Office-employee-changed-story-for-witness-statement-used-to-destroy-subpostmaster">Post Office employee changed story for witness statement used to destroy subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553492/Post-Office-had-no-interest-in-subpostmaster-welfare-when-taking-legal-action-says-Fujitsu-memo">Post Office had no interest in subpostmaster welfare when taking legal action, says Fujitsu memo</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552360/Government-offers-600000-to-subpostmasters-with-overturned-convictions">Government offers £600,000 to subpostmasters with overturned convictions</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553454/Five-more-subpostmasters-have-IT-system-related-convictions-overturned">Five more subpostmasters have IT system-related convictions overturned</a></li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553642/Government-breached-privacy-of-Horizon-victims-with-compensation-offer-says-lawyer">Government ‘breached privacy’ of Horizon victims with compensation offer</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553756/First-subpostmaster-Horizon-conviction-overturned-in-Scotland">First subpostmaster Horizon conviction overturned in Scotland</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366554152/Amnesia-hides-names-of-individuals-behind-Post-Offices-head-on-a-spike-strategy">Amnesia hides names of individuals behind Post Office’s ‘head on a spike’ strategy</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555336/Angry-lawyer-warned-against-Post-Office-computer-investigation-in-2010-email">‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555682/Former-Post-Office-executive-admits-he-wouldnt-sign-unfair-contract-he-pushed-on-subpostmasters">Former Post Office executive admits he wouldn’t sign unfair contract he pushed on subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366556296/Post-Office-auditors-presumed-subpostmasters-were-on-the-fiddle-or-in-a-muddle">Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366556653/Taxpayers-to-fund-a-further-150m-for-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Bill for the scandal over £1bn, as campaign leader considers private prosecutions of Post Office executives</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558553/Post-Office-disclosure-failures-delay-Horizon-scandal-inquiry-again">Post Office disclosure failures delay Horizon scandal inquiry again</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558733/Former-Post-Office-manager-has-no-memory-of-preparing-witness-statement-in-legal-dispute">Former Post Office manager has no memory of preparing witness statement in legal dispute</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366559812/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-postpones-more-key-witness-hearings">Post Office scandal inquiry postpones more key witness hearings</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366560655/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-again">Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended again</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561353/CCRC-refers-two-posthumous-subpostmaster-appeals-to-Crown-Court">CCRC refers posthumous appeals against convictions to Crown Court for first time</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561493/Paulla-Vennells-email-fuelled-Post-Office-Horizon-cult-inquiry-told">Paula Vennells’ email fuelled Post Office Horizon cult, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561572/Slow-government-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-compensation-forces-new-legislation">Slow government response to Post Office scandal compensation forces new legislation</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561574/Post-Office-lawyer-with-his-fingerprints-are-all-over-IT-scandal-spreads-blame">Post Office lawyer with his fingerprints all over IT scandal spreads blame</a></li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562072/Undisclosed-document-could-reveal-pressure-on-Fujitsu-expert-witness-in-Post-Office-prosecution">Undisclosed document could reveal pressure on Fujitsu expert witness in Post Office prosecution</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562217/Money-at-heart-of-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-blame">Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562653/Former-Post-Office-investigator-called-subpostmaster-campaigners-crooks">Former Post Office investigator called subpostmaster campaigners ‘crooks’</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563257/Current-Post-Office-executive-in-denial-of-Horizon-cover-up">Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563400/Government-advised-to-overturn-all-Post-Office-scandal-convictions">Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563893/Government-reveals-its-own-slow-progress-in-compensating-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366564035/No-hiding-place-for-those-responsible-for-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">‘No hiding place’ for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366564173/Post-Office-gets-government-handout-as-Horizon-replacement-costs-increase-significantly">Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565512/Metropolitan-Police-launches-second-criminal-investigation-in-Post-Office-scandal">Metropolitan Police launches second criminal investigation in Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565613/Post-Office-scandal-furore-is-moment-to-change-digital-evidence-rules">The current rules around digital evidence are partly to blame for the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565715/Fujitsu-gets-stay-of-execution-as-MPs-support-exoneration-of-wrongfully-convicted-subpostmasters">Fujitsu gets stay of execution as MPs support exoneration of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565752/Hero-subpostmaster-accuses-government-of-diversion-tactics-through-weaselly-statistics">‘Hero’ subpostmaster accuses government of diversion tactics through ‘weaselly’ statistics</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565720/How-Fujitsu-became-a-central-part-of-the-Post-Office-scandal">How Fujitsu became a central part of the Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565784/Hundreds-of-subpostmasters-to-have-convictions-quashed-in-blanket-exoneration">The government has chosen to introduce legislation that will enable it to exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters as a group</a></li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="file:///C:/Users/kflinders/Desktop/Working%20on/How%20legal%20disclosure%20failures%20disrupted%20the%20Post%20Office%20Horizon%20inquiry">How legal disclosure failures disrupted the Post Office Horizon inquiry</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566438/Fujitsu-morally-obliged-to-contribute-to-subpostmaster-financial-redress-amid-insane-delays">Fujitsu ‘morally obliged’ to contribute to subpostmaster financial redress amid ‘insane’ delays</a></li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566755/More-than-900-subpostmaster-convictions-wouldnt-have-happened-without-Post-Office-backed-law-change">More than 900 subpostmaster convictions wouldn’t have happened without Post Office-backed law change</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566772/Anger-sparked-by-TV-drama-forces-Fujitsu-to-put-public-sector-contract-bidding-on-hold">Anger sparked by TV drama forces Fujitsu to put public sector contract bidding on hold</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566859/Fujitsu-boss-describes-Post-Office-behaviour-as-shameful%20and%20appalling">Fujitsu boss describes Post Office behaviour as ‘shameful and appalling’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566896/Fujitsu-boss-admits-to-missed-opportunities-to-prevent-miscarriages-of-justice">Fujitsu boss admits to missed opportunities to prevent miscarriages of justice</a>&nbsp;</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566896/Fujitsu-boss-admits-to-missed-opportunities-to-prevent-miscarriages-of-justice">Concerns of an expert witness in subpostmaster trials were ignored by Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567032/Urgent-question-asks-which-ministers-knew-of-Post-Offices-shocking-plan-to-remove-judge">Urgent question asks which ministers knew of Post Office’s shocking plan to remove judge</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567093/Fujitsu-agrees-to-support-former-subpostmasters-families-beyond-financial-redress">Fujitsu agrees to support former subpostmasters’ families beyond financial redress</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567433/Committee-chair-asks-minister-to-back-Mr-Bates-clause-in-Post-Office-compensation-legislation">Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567874/Expert-IT-witness-outsmarted-an-aggressive-Post-Office-to-get-to-truth-after-inspection-madness">Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568092/MP-demands-answers-from-government-minister-over-second-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">MP demands answers from government minister over second faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568333/Pre-Horizon-users-contacting-lawyers-as-more-Post-Office-IT-horror-stories-emerge">Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568552/Government-dragging-it-out-by-refusing-to-share-knowledge-of-Post-Office-trial-delaying-tactic">Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568812/People-are-now-listening-Post-Office-inquiry-told-as-latest-phase-ends">‘People are now listening’:&nbsp;Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568954/Post-Office-scandal-phase-fours-rogues-gallery">Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569712/More-than-1000-subpostmasters-could-have-used-second-faulty-Post-Office-system">More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry-Two-years-of-shocking-revelations">Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Two years of shocking revelations</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569873/Post-Office-CEO-refused-to-meet-government-minister-without-her-lawyer-after-2015-Horizon-report">Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570054/Post-Office-IT-insider-and-the-software-decision-that-lit-the-Horizon-scandal">Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570413/Controversial-Post-Office-Capture-system-was-developed-in-house">Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571076/Law-to-clear-hundreds-of-wrongfully-convicted-subpostmasters-expected-In-July?_gl=1*d95qqy*_ga*Nzg3MzQ4Njc1LjE3MDc4MTY3Njg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTcwODg4MzMxMC41Mi4xLjE3MDg4ODM5NjAuMC4wLjA.">Law to clear hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters expected in July</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570712/Unisys-investigating-potential-involvement-in-controversial-Post-Office-system">Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571135/King-Charles-strips-disgraced-Post-Office-CEO-of-her-CBE">King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571354/Post-Office-scandal-roundup-fourth-estate-in-full-throttle">Post Office scandal roundup: Fourth Estate in full throttle</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571394/Government-wont-rush-to-include-Post-Office-Capture-convictions-in-overturning-legislation">Government won’t rush to include Post Office Capture convictions in overturning legislation</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571363/Government-should-face-legal-deadlines-on-paying-Post-Office-victims">Government should face legal deadlines on paying Post Office victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571692/Pathetic-Post-Office-spat-detracts-attention-and-fuels-disdain-for-authority">‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571653/Post-Office-CEOs-Capture-investigation-claims-questioned">Post Office CEO’s claim to be ‘working hard’ on Capture investigation in doubt</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571913/MPs-demand-Fujitsu-be-nailed-down-on-financial-promise-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims">MPs demand Fujitsu be ‘nailed down’ on financial promise to Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571992/Post-Office-staff-conspired-to-pervert-the-course-of-justice-says-KC">KC names Post Office staff he believes conspired to pervert the course of justice</a></li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572232/Perverting-course-of-justice-and-contempt-of-Parliament-a-week-in-post-drama-Post-Office-scandal">Perverting course of justice and contempt of Parliament: a week in post-drama Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572277/Post-Office-prosecutions-during-Horizon-go-live-phase-are-frightening">Post Office prosecutions during Horizon go-live phase are ‘frightening’</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572513/Brutal-decisions-required-to-sort-out-Post-Office-mess-says-select-committee-chair">‘Brutal’ decisions required to sort out Post Office mess, says select committee chair</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572633/MPs-call-for-Post-Office-exclusion-from-compensation-schemes-as-trust-hits-rock-bottom">MPs call for Post Office exclusion from compensation schemes, as trust hits rock bottom</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572692/Fujitsu-should-pay-half-of-Post-Office-scandal-costs-says-MP">Fujitsu should pay half of Post Office scandal costs, says select committee chair</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573252/Current-subpostmaster-account-shortfalls-reveal-extent-of-Post-Offices-pre-2019-neglect">Current subpostmaster account shortfalls reveal extent of Post Office’s pre-2019 neglect</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573392/Unprecedented-bill-to-exonerate-hundreds-of-wrongly-convicted-Post-office-workers-arrives">Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573533/Children-of-Post-Office-victims-form-group-to-hold-Fujitsu-boss-to-his-word">Children of Post Office victims to hold Fujitsu boss to his word</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573602/Controversial-Post-Office-Capture-software-was-completely-rewritten-in-1994">Controversial Post Office Capture software was completely rewritten in 1994</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366574833/Post-Office-scandal-fallout-for-Fujitsu-could-open-UK-public-sector-to-Indian-giants">Post Office scandal fallout for Fujitsu could open UK public sector to Indian giants</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575033/Post-Office-Capture-users-campaign-gathers-pace">Post Office Capture users’ campaign for justice gathers pace</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575372/Sums-of-money-Post-Office-stole-from-subpostmasters-may-never-be-known">Sums of money Post Office ‘stole’ from subpostmasters may never be known</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575495/Leaked-comms-reveal-Fujitsu-eyeing-huge-UK-government-bounty-despite-Post-Office-scandal-promise">Leaked comms reveal Fujitsu eyeing huge UK government bounty</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575754/Remote-access-is-the-Post-Offices-known-unknown">Remote access is the Post Office’s known unknown</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366577734/Fujitsu-staff-instructed-how-to-bid-for-government-contracts-during-self-imposed-ban">Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579492/Fujitsu-should-stop-bending-rules-stop-bidding-and-pay-up-says-MP">Fujitsu should stop bending rules, stop bidding and pay up, says MP</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579713/Environment-Agency-dumps-Fujitsu-in-sign-of-Post-Office-scandal-taking-its-toll">Environment Agency dumps Fujitsu as Post Office scandal takes its toll</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579994/MPs-will-grill-Cabinet-Office-over-Fujitsu-contract-bidding-pause">MPs will grill Cabinet Office over Fujitsu contract bidding pause</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580055/Some-former-Post-Office-staff-should-be-jailed-over-scandal-says-government-minister">Some former Post Office staff should be jailed over scandal, says government minister</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580033/Further-extension-to-controversial-Post-Office-contract-with-Fujitsu-inevitable">Further extension to controversial Post Office contract with Fujitsu inevitable</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580240/Civil-servants-more-to-blame-for-Post-Office-cover-up-than-ministers-says-Alan-Bates">Civil servants more to blame for Post Office cover-up than ministers, says Alan Bates</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580376/Subpostmasters-stealing-from-branches-didnt-make-sense-former-judge-tells-inquiry">Subpostmasters stealing from branches ‘didn’t make sense,’ former judge tells inquiry</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580532/Fujitsu-public-sector-contracts-dry-up-in-Post-Office-scandal-aftermath">Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580442/Former-Post-Office-executives-neglect-prolonged-Horizon-reliability-myth">Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580563/Post-Office-boss-said-subpostmasters-had-hands-in-till-and-blamed-technology-for-missing-cash">Post Office boss said subpostmasters had hands in till and blamed technology</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580983/Alan%20Bates%20and%20JFSA%20won%E2%80%99t%20back%20down%20in%20fight%20with%20government%20and%20Post%20Office">Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580983/Post-Office-boss-signed-off-hush-money-to-cover-up-smoking-gun">Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581297/IT-expert-who-helped-expose-Post-Office-scandal-offers-to-investigate-second-controversial-system">IT expert who helped expose Post Office scandal offers to investigate second controversial system</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581519/Unisys-reveals-no-link-to-development-of-controversial-Post-Office-software">Unisys reveals no link to development of controversial Post Office software</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581672/Post-Office-lawyer-was-a-jack-of-all-trades-but-failed-his-own">Post Office lawyer was a jack of all trades, but failed his own</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581777/Fujitsu-UK-to-cut-UK-jobs-as-Post-Office-scandal-fallout-hits-sales">Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581895/Expert-investigating-Capture-system-refuses-to-meet-untrustworthy-Post-Office">Expert investigating Capture system refuses to meet ‘untrustworthy’ Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581954/Post-Office-boss-used-husbands-descriptions-in-Orwellian-ploy-to-downplay-Horizon-problems">Post Office boss used husband’s descriptions in ‘Orwellian’&nbsp;ploy to downplay Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582013/Lords-debate-amendment-to-law-on-use-of-computer-evidence-in-light-of-Post-Office-scandal">Lords debate amendment to law on use of computer evidence in light of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582214/More-evidence-emerges-that-Post-Office-executive-misled-High-Court-judge">More evidence emerges that Post Office executive misled High Court judge</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582332/Post-Office-lied-to-subpostmasters-when-forced-to-meet-them-says-former-federation-representative">Post Office ‘lied’ to subpostmasters when forced to meet them, says former federation representative</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582452/Post-Office-scheme-was-a-charade-that-never-intended-for-large-compensation-pay-outs">Post Office scheme was a ‘charade’ that never intended for large compensation pay-outs</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582732/Post-Office-misjudged-campaigner-it-labelled-a-bluffer">Post Office misjudged campaigner it labelled a ‘bluffer’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583159/Post-Office-investigators-saw-subpostmasters-as-enemies-and-thats-what-they-became">Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583452/Post-Office-legal-boss-withheld-details-from-statutory-body-reviewing-miscarriages-of-justice">Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583303/Police-told-in-2016-that-Post-Office-prosecutor-withheld-evidence-of-Horizon-errors-from-court">Police told in 2016 that Post Office prosecutor withheld evidence of Horizon errors from court</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583912/Fujitsus-Post-Office-Horizon-admission-was-bombshell-amid-religious-panic-over-reliability">Fujitsu Post Office system admission was ‘bombshell’ to barrister</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know">Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366584740/Scotlands-Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-be-exonerated-en-masse">Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585307/Comms-director-at-centre-of-cover-up-never-thought-Post-Office-were-the-baddies">Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366584810/Post-Office-IT-boss-failed-to-raise-concern-over-false-Horizon-statements">Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585694/Post-Office-considered-asking-Computer-Weekly-to-review-Horizon-IT-system">Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585733/Post-Office-CEO-Paula-Vennells-didnt-believe-there-were-miscarriages-of-justice-inquiry-told">Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585779/The-fall-from-grace-of-ex-priest-and-Post-Office-boss-Paula-Vennells">The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585812/Post-Office-directors-went-crawling-back-to-Fujitsu-when-IBM-project-got-complex">Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585863/You-knew-former-ally-accused-Paula-Vennells-of-knowing-about-Horizon-problems">‘You knew’:&nbsp;former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586015/Third-police-probe-into-Post-Office-scandal-under-consideration">Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586256/Government-was-aware-of-Post-Office-strategy-to-fight-subpostmasters">Government knew of Post Office plan to remove judge</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586242/Paula-Vennells-boasted-about-removing-Horizon-risk-reference-in-Royal-Mail-flotation-prospectus">Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586358/Over-700-wrongful-subpostmaster-convictions-overturned-by-new-legislation">Over 700 subpostmasters exonerated by new legislation</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586398/Post-Office-scandal-Met-Police-investigation-set-to-go-national">Met Police investigation set to go national</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586399/Government-appoints-investigators-to-analyse-Post-Office-Capture-software-used-before-Horizon">Government appoints investigators to analyse Post Office Capture software used before Horizon</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586814/Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-project-labelled-unachievable-as-taxpayer-bill-reaches-1bn">Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled ‘unachievable’ as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587174/Fujitsu-set-for-further-180m-deal-as-Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-delayed">Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587652/Post-Office-bosses-misled-subpostmasters-day-before-IT-project-problems-exposed">Post Office bosses misled subpostmasters a day before IT project problems were exposed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587793/Subpostmasters-consider-legal-action-against-government-in-pursuit-of-financial-redress">Subpostmasters may take legal action against government in pursuit of financial redress</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587816/Post-Office-chair-was-aware-of-Horizon-concerns-from-day-one">Post Office chair was aware of Horizon concerns from day one but failed to act</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587837/Mystery-Post-Office-software-developer-revealed-in-1995-Horizon-project-document">Mystery Post Office software developer revealed in 1995 Horizon project document</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587935/Fujitsu-had-Post-Office-over-a-barrel-inquiry-told">Fujitsu had Post Office ‘over a barrel’, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588592/Post-Office-Capture-software-training-deficit-echoes-systemic-Horizon-problems">Post Office Capture software training deficit echoes systemic Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588662/IT-witness-hidden-away-from-Post-Office-court-battle-supported-it-from-shadows">IT witness was hidden away from Post Office court battle, but supported it from shadows</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588932/Post-Office-scandal-victims-in-Scotland-have-convictions-quashed">Post Office scandal victims in Scotland have convictions quashed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588822/Once-ridiculed-Post-Office-scandal-campaigner-Alan-Bates-receives-knighthood">Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589578/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-had-tense-relationship-but-were-joined-at-hip-when-protecting-their-brands">Post Office and Fujitsu had tense relationship, but were joined at hip when protecting their brands</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589422/Sir-Alan-Bates-hits-out-at-Post-Office-incompetence-after-data-breach">Sir Alan Bates hits out at Post Office ‘incompetence’ after data breach</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589716/Metropolitan-Police-set-to-investigate-one-of-its-own-staff-in-Post-Office-probe">Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589563/Post-Office-expert-IT-witness-Gareth-Jenkins-resigns-BCS-membership">Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589775/Numbers-prove-former-subpostmaster-federation-bosss-ignorance-over-Post-Office-scandal">Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366591596/Ignorance-of-legal-niceties-from-Post-Office-expert-IT-witness-saw-innocent-people-jailed">Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366590300/Experts-shocked-by-extraordinary-claim-made-by-Post-Office-IT-expert-witness">Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592093/Former-Fujitsu-engineer-says-Post-Office-trapped-him-into-giving-incomplete-evidence">Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592443/Former-Post-Office-chair-regrets-keeping-critical-Horizon-report-secret">Former Post Office chair ‘regrets’&nbsp;keeping critical Horizon report secret</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592775/Sir-Alan-Bates-welcomes-MPs-elevation-to-House-of-Lords">Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592917/Government-left-monitoring-of-Post-Office-to-luck">Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593212/Civil-servant-was-lone-voice-on-Post-Office-board-to-query-legal-plan-that-blew-taxpayers-cash">Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers’ cash</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593732/Civil-servant-said-subpostmasters-threat-of-legal-action-was-sabre-rattling">Civil servant said subpostmasters’ threat of legal action was ‘sabre-rattling’</a></li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593992/Fujitsu-analyst-gave-witness-statements-when-more-qualified-colleagues-refused">Fujitsu analyst gave witness statements when more qualified colleagues refused</a></li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596078/Government-trusted-abuser-over-the-abused-on-Post-Office-scandal">Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596372/Ed-Davey-and-Jo-Swinson-handled-by-civil-servants-in-Post-Office-cover-up-says-Sir-Alan-Bates">Ed Davey and Jo Swinson ‘handled’ by civil servants in Post Office cover-up, says Sir Alan Bates</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596397/Former-minster-felt-she-was-fighting-department-over-Post-Office-controversy">Former minister felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596559/Post-Office-acted-the-victim-and-civil-servants-abandoned-their-principles-says-former-minister">Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366598430/Vince-Cable-says-the-Post-Office-lied-to-the-government-over-Horizon-issues">Vince Cable says the Post Office ‘lied’ to the government over Horizon issues</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366599254/Government-commits-at-least-540m-to-financial-redress-for-wrongfully-convicted-Post-Office-staff">Government commits at least £540m to financial redress for wrongfully convicted Post Office staff</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366599673/Post-Office-scandal-Phases-5-and-6-had-islands-of-conscientiousness-in-great-depths-of-neglect">Post Office scandal: Phases 5 and 6 had islands of conscientiousness in great depths of neglect</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366603062/Post-Office-brings-in-new-IT-chief-as-it-awaits-funding-for-Horizon-replacement">Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366605718/Post-Office-systems-crash-hits-collapsing-Horizon-system">Post Office systems crash hits ‘collapsing’&nbsp;Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366608479/Post-Office-apologises-for-IT-problem-text-alert-that-was-never-sent">Post Office apologises for IT problem text alert that was never sent</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609561/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-malevolence-and-incompetence-means-huge-final-taxpayers-bill">Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence means huge taxpayers’ bill</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609960/Post-Office-scandal-victims-given-route-to-appeal-unfair-financial-settlements">Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610126/Fujitsu-cuts-annual-staff-pay-rise-as-Post-Office-scandal-bites">Fujitsu UK staff won’t receive annual pay rise as Post Office scandal bites</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609946/Under-pressure-Post-Office-botches-hardware-procurement-in-project-to-replace-error-prone-system">Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610515/Government-receives-report-on-second-controversial-Post-Office-IT-system">Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610815/Fujitsu-loses-50m-in-sales-after-Post-Office-scandal-furore">Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611132/Post-Office-chief-executive-Nick-Read-quits">Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611257/Post-Office-scandal-victim-becomes-first-to-receive-600000-under-new-redress-scheme">Post Office scandal victim becomes first to receive £600,000 under new redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611555/Post-Office-system-still-causing-unexplained-Horizon-shortfalls-for-half-of-subpostmasters">Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611383/Fujitsu-addresses-financial-challenge-doubts-over-commitment-to-righting-Post-Office-wrongs">Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611619/Post-Office-IT-departments-focus-on-chasing-a-discount-meant-botched-procurement">Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611835/Post-Office-IT-procurement-mess-saw-35m-spent-on-air-conditioner-says-board-member">Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612032/Fujitsu-accused-of-paying-lip-service-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Fujitsu accused of ‘paying lip service’ to Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612054/Subpostmasters-living-years-with-disputed-but-unresolved-debts-to-the-Post-Office-inquiry-told">Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611858/More-parallels-between-Post-Office-Capture-and-Horizon-scandal-revealed">More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealed</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612292/Investigation-finds-reasonable-likelihood-Post-Office-Capture-software-caused-accounting-losses">Investigation finds ‘reasonable likelihood’ Post Office Capture software caused accounting losses</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612692/Post-Office-spending-80000-a-week-on-engineers-who-cant-work-as-IT-project-burns-cash">Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612637/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-from-blood-brothers-to-bad-blood">Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612718/Late-evidence-in-Post-Office-Capture-investigation-could-not-be-reviewed">Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewed</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612738/Post-Office-recruiting-tech-savvy-board-member-amid-unravelling-IT-disaster">Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disaster</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612666/Post-Office-senior-executive-suspended-over-allegations-of-destroying-evidence">Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612955/Whistleblowers-call-out-ongoing-cover-up-by-Post-Office-CEO-in-explosive-letter">Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letter</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612789/Post-Office-boss-Nick-Read-Inadequate-greedy-and-self-interested-whistleblowers-tell-inquiry">Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612938/Can-the-Post-Office-project-to-replace-Horizon-be-rescued">Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?</a></li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612944/Post-Office-IT-transformation-project-was-set-up-to-fail-chairman-tells-inquiry">Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613118/Under-fire-Nick-Read-was-unprepared-for-Post-Office-challenge">Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613372/Post-Office-dragging-its-feet-getting-rid-of-tainted-staff-despite-government-green-light">Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613500/Post-Office-believes-it-took-36m-from-subpostmasters-with-unexplained-losses">Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613496/Post-Office-set-to-axe-in-house-development-for-NBIT-software">Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613852/Former-police-officer-heading-Post-Office-operations-dd-nothing-to-help-innocent-subpostmasters">Former police officer heading Post Office operations did nothing to help innocent subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>October 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613894/Sir-Alan-Bates-tells-prime-minister-to-guarantee-Post-Office-scandal-victim-redress-by-March-2025">Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister to guarantee Post Office scandal victim redress by March 2025</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614033/Met-Police-investigating-senior-Post-Office-worker-over-evidence-destruction-allegation">Met Police investigating senior Post Office worker over evidence destruction allegation</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614193/Late-evidence-review-doesnt-change-Post-office-Capture-system-report">Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system report</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613941/Post-Office-worker-who-allegedly-told-staff-to-destroy-evidence-could-return-as-police-investigate">Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return to work</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613750/Former-Post-Office-IT-boss-alleged-to-have-misrepresented-alternative-to-in-house-build">Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614104/Change-to-rules-on-computer-evidence-will-be-an-outcome-of-Post-Office-scandal">Change to rules on computer evidence will be an ‘outcome’ of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614435/Federation-requests-government-investigation-into-third-Post-Office-branch-system">Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614572/Warning-shots-fired-as-former-subpostmasters-have-useful-meeting-with-Post-Office-CEO">Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614227/Government-urged-to-overturn-all-convictions-based-on-Post-Office-Capture">Government ‘urged’ to overturn all convictions based on Post Office Capture</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614717/Who-is-the-subject-of-the-Post-Offices-Project-Tiger-investigation">Who is the subject of the Post Office’s Project Tiger investigation?</a></li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614808/No-simple-replacement-to-digital-evidence-rules-says-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-judge">No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judge</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614811/Fujitsu-boss-to-face-tough-reappearance-at-Post-Office-inquiry-following-inaction-and-sidestepping">Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614725/Post-Office-scandal-affected-relationships-of-two-thirds-of-victims">Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614908/Governments-600000-offer-to-Horizon-scandal-victims-was-political">Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was ‘political’</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615136/Botched-Post-Office-website-upgrade-caused-serious-data-breach">Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615163/Post-Office-was-reluctant-to-cut-costs-despite-143-central-staff-earning-more-than-100k">Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615244/Post-Office-appointing-third-party-reviewer-of-current-Horizon-system">Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615285/Post-Office-wrongly-used-public-funds-to-pay-for-legal-battle">Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615381/Government-announces-Green-Paper-on-future-of-scandal-ridden-Post-Office">Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615494/Post-Office-scandal-not-caused-by-software-errors-says-combative-Fujitsu-boss">Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615655/Post-Office-requested-four-year-Horizon-extension-as-Fujitsu-boss-arrived-at-public-inquiry">Post Office requested four-year Horizon extension, as Fujitsu boss arrived at public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615973/Post-Office-to-decide-on-Horizon-before-April-Fujitsu-board-considers-final-contract-extension">Post Office to decide on Horizon before April, Fujitsu board considers final contract extension</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615957/Post-Office-IT-boss-calls-for-subpostmasters-to-judge-him-on-his-actions">Post Office IT boss calls for subpostmasters to judge him on his actions</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615956/Post-Office-scandal-Inquirys-final-phase-exposes-dysfunction-past-and-present">Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615867/Post-Office-is-paying-lawyers-too-much-admits-minister">Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616054/Subpostmasters-hit-by-Post-Office-scandal-plan-to-meet-over-nuclear-option">Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over ‘nuclear option’</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616132/Post-Office-project-taking-control-of-Horizon-data-from-Fujitsu-as-part-of-messy-split">Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616292/Fujitsu-snubbed-on-private-sector-deal-with-Centrica-due-to-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry-Two-years-of-shocking-revelations">Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616319/Government-looking-into-third-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616259/Convictions-of-Post-Office-Capture-system-users-to-be-reviewed-by-statutory-body">Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616303/Post-Office-scandal-How-much-deeper-and-wider-can-it-get">Post Office scandal: How much deeper and wider can it get?</a></li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616357/Post-Office-scandal-redress-echoes-Windrush-compensation-problems">Post Office scandal redress echoes Windrush compensation problems</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616230/Post-Office-Capture-users-invited-to-pivotal-meeting-with-government">Post Office Capture users invited to pivotal meeting with government</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616467/Fujitsus-charity-boss-made-redundant-while-Post-Office-scandal-victims-await-support">Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616872/Post-Office-Fujitsu-contract-extended-by-a-year-as-decision-time-looms">Post Office Fujitsu contract extended by a year as decision time looms</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616977/Post-Office-senior-leadership-warned-of-IT-project-data-safeguarding-risk">Post Office senior leadership warned of IT project data safeguarding risk</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616881/Controversial-Horizon-system-to-remain-in-Post-Office-branches-as-part-of-tech-fusion-says-source">Controversial Horizon system to remain in Post Office branches as part of tech ‘fusion’, says source</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617072/Police-not-ruling-any-person-or-crime-out-of-Post-Office-scandal-investigation">Police not ruling any person or crime out of Post Office scandal investigation</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617123/Post-Office-weaponised-IT-system-in-most-extensive-and-prolonged-miscarriage">Post Office ‘weaponised’ IT system in most ‘extensive and prolonged’ miscarriage</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617280/Government-promises-redress-and-justice-to-Post-Office-Capture-system-users">Government promises redress and justice to Post Office Capture system users</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617366/Post-Office-creates-CTO-role-to-support-extensive-and-complex-plans">Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617210/Post-Office-IT-department-fired-and-rehired-friends-at-exorbitant-rates-says-former-HR-chief">Post Office IT department fired and rehired ‘friends’ at ‘exorbitant’ rates, says former HR chief</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617418/Post-Office-scandal-campaigners-awarded-OBEs-in-New-Year-Honours-List">Post Office scandal campaigners awarded OBEs in New Year Honours List</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617566/Sir-Alan-Bates-has-serious-concerns-over-Post-Office-scandal-compensation-budget">Sir Alan Bates has ‘serious concerns’ over Post Office scandal compensation budget</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617586/Post-Office-staff-list-14-scandal-stained-individuals-who-should-have-honours-stripped">Post Office staff list 14 scandal-stained individuals who should have honours stripped</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617800/Former-subpostmasters-invited-to-take-part-in-Post-Office-Capture-compensation-scheme-development">Former subpostmasters invited to take part in Post Office Capture compensation scheme development</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617852/Post-Office-scandal-stained-Fujitsu-orders-staff-to-cut-costs-amid-widening-UK-losses">Post Office scandal-stained Fujitsu orders staff to cut costs amid widening UK losses</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618072/Subpostmasters-wont-get-financial-redress-until-mid-2027-at-current-rate-of-progress">Subpostmasters won’t get financial redress until mid-2027 at current rate of progress</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618206/Government-calls-for-expert-views-on-computer-evidence-to-learn-lesson-from-Post-Office-scandal">Government calls for expert views on computer evidence to learn lesson from Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618322/Review-of-legal-rule-on-computer-evidence-long-overdue-say-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Review of legal rule on computer evidence long overdue, say Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618678/Government-failed-to-provide-accurate-cost-of-Post-Office-scandal-compensation">Government failed to provide accurate cost of Post Office scandal compensation</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619235/CCRC-reviewing-17-Post-Office-convictions-with-potential-Capture-software-involvement">CCRC reviewing 17 Post Office convictions with potential Capture software involvement</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619651/Positive-steps-in-redress-for-Post-Office-Capture-victims">’Positive steps’ in redress for Post Office Capture victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619440/Fujitsus-600m-plus-prize-with-His-Majestys-cash-cow-in-2025">Fujitsu’s £600m-plus prize with His Majesty’s ‘cash cow’ in 2025</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619680/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-cough-up-300m-interim-payment-towards-Post-Office-scandal-bill">Peer demands Fujitsu cough up £300m interim payment towards Post Office scandal bill</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619806/Post-Office-makes-first-official-apology-to-Capture-users">Post Office makes first official apology to Capture users</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619960/Metropolitan-Police-concern-puts-brakes-on-Post-Office-Horizon-data-migration">Metropolitan Police concern puts brakes on Post Office Horizon data migration</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620536/Government-announcement-on-Fujitsu-talks-add-vague-words-and-no-interim-payment">Government announcement on Fujitsu talks add ‘vague words’ and no interim payment</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620384/Post-Office-scandal-data-leak-interim-compensation-offers-made">Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620854/Minister-asks-for-evidence-of-Post-Office-ECCO-system-problems">Minister asks for evidence of Post Office ECCO+ system problems</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620988/Former-subpostmaster-to-sue-Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-for-judgment-obtained-by-fraud">Former subpostmaster to sue Post Office and Fujitsu for judgment ‘obtained by fraud’</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620910/Government-considering-redress-scheme-for-families-of-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621213/MPs-demand-government-reconsider-response-to-Post-Office-compensation-report">MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621280/Kroll-reviewing-Post-Office-Horizons-current-integrity-and-discrepancy-identification?_gl=1*2lgjm8*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTc0MzAwMjQ2Ny4xMy4xLjE3NDMwMDYxMzMuMC4wLjA.">Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621762/Experts%20question%20court%E2%80%99s%20rejection%20of%20former%20Post%20Office%20manager%E2%80%99s%20Horizon%20appeal">Experts question court’s rejection of former Post Office manager’s Horizon appeal</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621786/Scottish-support-group-for-Post-Office-scandal-victims-launched">Scottish support group for Post Office scandal victims launched</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621800/Post-Office-Capture-and-ECCO-users-asked-to-make-contact-with-Scottish-statutory-body">Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622017/Post-Office-cant-find-evidence-for-over-1000-Horizon-scandal-redress-claimants">Post Office can’t find evidence for over 1,000 Horizon scandal redress claimants</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622179/Post-Office-gets-extra-136m-towards-tech-transformation-as-clock-ticks-on-Horizon?_gl=1*pgbh5m*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTc0NDM2MTEwNy43MS4xLjE3NDQzNjU0NzkuMC4wLjA.">Post Office gets extra £136m towards tech transformation as clock ticks on Horizon</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622421/More-than-100-Horizon-victims-are-challenging-Post-Office-offers-on-complex-claims">More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623124/Fujitsu-UK-staff-will-get-bonus-despite-Post-Office-scandal-fallout">Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623342/Progress-made-on-governments-Post-Office-Capture-redress-but-concerns-remain">Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623751/Evidence-reveals-Post-Office-scandal-victims-short-changed-in-compensation-payouts">Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="http://preview.pg.techtarget.com:8080/techtarget-ecm/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=41368aed229c6910VgnVCM1000003f80a50aRCRD&amp;vgnextchannel=006c165cad300310VgnVCM1000000d01c80aRCRD&amp;vgnextfmt=default&amp;appInstanceName=default&amp;_dc=1747403318234&amp;vgnextrefresh=1">Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623902/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-to-publish-first-findings-this-summer">Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624021/Post-Office-performs-costly-30-year-U-turn-on-Horizon">Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624005/Botched-Post-Office-IT-projects-continue-to-drain-public-purse">Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624141/Fujitsu-raked-in-80m-from-HMRC-in-March-alone-despite-Post-Office-scandal">Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624967/Post-Office-slammed-after-deleting-social-media-comments-on-IT-scandal">Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625541/Compensation-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims-reaches-1bn-milestone">Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625793/HMRC-paid-Fujitsu-315m-last-year-but-Post-Office-scandal-suppliers-UK-business-faces-gradual-de">HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626068/Government-announces-details-of-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme">Government announces details of Post Office Capture redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626318/Report-on-integrity-of-the-current-Post-Office-Horizon-system-due-in-Autumn">Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626532/Wrongly-convicted-subpostmasters-may-have-to-wait-another-year-for-redress">MPs say the government has not done enough to contact all those who qualify for Post Office scandal compensation schemes</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626756/Seven-main-suspects-under-police-investigation-in-national-Post-Office-probe">Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626737/Fujitsus-grip-on-HMRC-loosening-but-bags-of-taxpayer-cash-still-to-be-made">Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627174/Post-Office-inquiry-chair-cannot-rule-out-scandal-caused-13-suicides">Post Office inquiry chair ‘cannot rule out’ scandal caused 13 suicides</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627634/Former-Post-Office-staff-in-Horizon-replacement-bid-team">Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627641/Home-Office-dumps-Fujitsu-from-IT-services-contract">Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627820/Fujitsu-outage-crashes-Post-Office-Horizon-system">Fujitsu outage crashes Post Office Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627933/Peer-warns-IT-suppliers-against-partnering-Fujitsu-in-government-contracts">Peer warns suppliers against partnering Fujitsu in contracts</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628045/Post-Office-will-not-compensate-subpostmasters-for-IT-outage">Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629119/Fujitsu-orders-staff-to-retain-Post-Office-related-documentation-as-it-braces-for-legal-action">Fujitsu tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629672/Metropolitan-Police-contract-with-Fujitsu-is-potential-conflict-of-interest-amid-Post-Office-probe">Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629917/Subpostmaster-federation-accepted-money-from-Fujitsu-in-run-up-to-High-Court-Post-Office-trial">Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629933/Police-investigation-into-Post-Office-scandal-to-cost-more-than-50m">Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630000/Home-Office-Fujitsu-contract-is-de-facto-conflict-of-interest-in-Post-Office-police-probe">Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630253/Fujitsus-roots-in-government-go-too-deep">Post Office scandal supplier’s roots in government go too deep</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630262/Depression-anxiety-PTSD-and-suicidal-thoughts-Post-Office-victims-speak-out">Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal thoughts: Post Office victims speak out</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630443/Fujitsu-braced-for-double-digit-decline-triggered-by-foolish-display-of-legal-machismo">Internally, Fujitsu UK is braced for major revenue decline as Post Office scandal takes its toll</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630772/Post-Office-Horizon-accounts-are-still-a-mess-and-replacement-system-is-years-away">Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away</a></li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631595/Post-Office-Capture-appeals-slowed-by-poor-records">Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632434/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-pay-700m-in-interim-as-it-prepares-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">Peer demands Fujitsu pay £700m in interim as it prepares response to Post Office scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632424/Fujitsu-boss-said-Post-Office-inquiry-report-wasnt-that-bad-despite-link-to-suicides">Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632706/Shameless-Fujitsu-boss-confident-firm-will-be-back-in-good-books-in-18-months">Shameless Fujitsu boss confident firm will be back in ‘good books’ in 18 months</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632837/CCRC-formally-sends-Post-Office-Capture-referral-to-Court-of-Appeal">CCRC formally sends Post Office Capture referral to Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633555/Government-awards-Post-Office-2m-contract-to-search-for-its-own-Capture-records">Government awards Post Office £2m contract to search for its own Capture records</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633678/Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme-went-down-like-lead-balloon-and-is-discriminatory">Post Office Capture redress scheme ‘went down like lead balloon’ and is ‘discriminatory’</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633625/Peer-angry-as-sales-figures-suggest-Fujitsu-has-weathered-Post-Office-scandal-storm">Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633589/Investigator-warns-Post-Office-inquiry-about-Horizon-defect-at-large-for-years">Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634214/Unearthed-report-reveals-source-of-Post-Offices-tenuous-Capture-sales-pitch">Unearthed report reveals source of Post Office’s tenuous Capture sales pitch</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634300/Post-Office-extends-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-in-41m-deal">Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634434/Post-Office-contract-with-Fujitsu-has-option-to-extend-into-2028">Post Office contract with Fujitsu has option to extend into 2028</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634551/Fujitsu-milks-110m-from-HMRC-in-six-months-with-hardly-a-public-stir">Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634756/Subpostmaster-was-told-no-jury-would-believe-Post-Office-had-dodgy-computer">Research says wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635237/CCRC-refers-case-based-on-third-faulty-Post-Office-system">CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635600/Former-Post-Office-legal-boss-wont-escape-police-reach">Former Post Office legal boss won’t escape police reach</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635602/Post-Office-scandal-could-widen-to-thousands-more-branches-after-third-system-appeal">Post Office scandal could widen to thousands more branches after third system appeal</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635620/Post-Office-finally-investigates-Horizon-defect-but-investigator-slams-comms-strategy">Subpostmaster and investigator met the Post Office over Horizon defect raised six years earlier</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635582/Post-Office-avoids-1m-fine-over-botched-website-upgrade-data-breach">Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635668/Fujitsu-police-contract-complicates-Post-Office-investigation">Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636272/Fujitsu-underestimated-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">Fujitsu underestimated Post Office scandal backlash</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636563/Post-Office-six-years-late-to-warn-subpostmasters-about-Horizon-defect?_gl=1*49p5gt*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3Njc2MDc5NjMkbzU2JGcxJHQxNzY3NjA4MDU1JGozNCRsMCRoMA..">Post Office six years late to warn subpostmasters about Horizon defect</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636802/Fujitsu-boss-has-been-a-Post-Office-scandal-bystander-for-over-a-decade">Fujitsu boss has been a Post Office scandal bystander for over a decade</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636770/Former-Fujitsu-IT-support-team-were-legalised-hackers">Fujitsu Post Office IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636911/CCRC-says-multiple-Post-Office-software-systems-potentially-implicated-in-miscarriages-of-justice?_gl=1*fusf1s*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NjgyOTcxNTUkbzg2JGcxJHQxNzY4Mjk4OTE4JGo0NyRsMCRoMA..">CCRC says multiple Post Office software systems potentially implicated in miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637292/Post-Office-scandals-oldest-victim-calls-for-total-ban-on-Fujitsu">Post Office scandal’s oldest victim calls for total ban on Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637471/DWP-review-of-Post-Office-worker-prosecutions-yet-to-start-months-after-announcement">The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but it has yet to appoint a reviewer</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637646/Peer-demands-independent-investigation-into-DWPs-prosecution-of-subpostmasters">Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637835/Fujitsu-boss-falls-on-his-sword-before-settling-with-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638192/Sir-Alan-Bates-slams-nonsense-reported-about-his-financial-redress-settlement">Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement</a>.</li> <li>January 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638232/History-repeats-itself-in-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme-with-low-ball-offers-made">History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made</a>.</li> <li>February 2026&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638847/Minister-responds-to-criticism-of-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme">Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638999/Fujitsu-will-be-out-by-summer-2027-says-Post-Office-CTO">Fujitsu will be out by next summer, says Post Office CTO</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639018/Peer-disappointed-that-DWP-review-of-subpostmaster-prosecutions-is-still-months-away">Peer ‘disappointed’ that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639155/UK-government-risks-perpetuating-Post-Office-injustice-through-response-to-Capture-appeals">UK government risks ‘perpetuating’ Post Office injustice through response to Capture appeals</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639049/Eradicating-Fujitsu-and-Horizon-from-the-Post-Office-step-by-step">Eradicating Fujitsu and Horizon from the Post Office, step by step</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639272/Minister-wants-logical-conclusion-to-review-of-digital-evidence-in-light-of-Post-office-scandal">Minister wants ‘logical conclusion’ to review of digital evidence in light of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638929/Email-from-1999-reveals-Post-Office-ECCO-system-crash-problems">Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems</a>.</li> <li>February 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639388/Government-commits-483m-to-Post-Office-for-IT-transformation">UK government commits £483m to Post Office for IT transformation</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639757/Scandal-victim-gets-leave-to-appeal-decision-to-split-case-against-Post-Office-and-Fujitsu">Scandal victim gets leave to appeal decision to split case against Post Office and Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639859/IBM-takes-a-second-shot-at-Post-Office-contract-to-replace-Horizon">IBM takes a second shot at Post Office contract to replace Horizon</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639931/MP-report-calls-for-legislation-to-overturn-Post-Office-Capture-convictions?_gl=1*nijjqa*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NzM5MTk2MTMkbzI5MyRnMSR0MTc3MzkyMDk0MSRqMiRsMCRoMA..">MP report calls for legislation to overturn Post Office Capture convictions</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640326/Government-announces-redress-scheme-for-families-of-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government announces redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640615/DWP-finally-seeks-reviewer-of-its-subpostmaster-prosecutions?_gl=1*rbhnnc*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NzQ1MTkwMTkkbzMxNiRnMSR0MTc3NDUyMjMyNCRqNjAkbDAkaDA.">DWP finally seeks reviewer of its subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640853/Post-Office-still-cant-find-evidence-for-1400-scandal-redress-claimants-while-people-die-waiting">Post Office still can’t find evidence for 1,400 scandal redress claimants, while people die waiting</a>.</li> <li>March 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Second%20Post%20Office%20Capture%20System%20Conviction%20Referred%20to%20Court%20of%20Appeal.%20Steve%20Marston%E2%80%99s%20reaction%20this%20morning%20:%22It%20feels%20like%20a%20massive%20weight%20has%20been%20lifted.%20Obviously%20this%20is%20a%20massive%20step%20forward,%20but%20there's%20still%20a%20hell%20of%20a%20long%20way%20to%20go%20yet.%22%20https:/www.computerweekly.com/news/366640609/Second-Post-Office-Capture-conviction-referred-to-appeal-court">Second Post Office Capture conviction referred to appeal court</a>.</li> <li>April 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641092/Post-Office-scandal-supplier-Fujitsu-to-cut-nearly-10-of-UK-workforce">Post Office scandal supplier Fujitsu to cut nearly 10% of UK workforce</a>.</li> <li>April 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641017/Fujitsu-injects-another-80m-into-UK-arm-amid-Post-Office-Scandal-fallout">IT services provider’s UK arm has received a further £80m from parent company headquarters in Japan</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> A Horizon scandal victim wrote to Keir Starmer in 2011, when he was director of public prosecutions for the CPS, alerting him to the Post Office’s controversial prosecution practices https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Justice-law-court-davidfranklin-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641051/Keir-Starmer-was-warned-about-Post-Office-prosecution-practices-as-director-of-public-prosecutions Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:22:00 GMT <p>Immense concentration continues apace in the cloud industry, with hyperscalers expected to comprise 67% of global <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">datacentre capacity</a> by 2031, or 14 times the capacity they had in 2018. Back then, enterprise datacentres accounted for 56% of all datacentre capacity.</p> <p>That’s according to figures from US-headquartered research organisation Synergy Research Group, which says <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639995/Enormous-AI-growth-zone-datacentre-gets-planning-approval">artificial intelligence (AI) is driving huge and accelerated growth</a>, with hyperscaler capacity expected to double in the next three years.</p> <p>By the fourth quarter of 2025, Synergy found that hyperscaler-operated datacentres accounted for 1,360 of total sites and 48% of worldwide capacity. Datacentres built by hyperscalers form the bulk of that capacity – 60% of it – with the remaining capacity leased.&nbsp;</p> <p>Non-hyperscale colocation capacity accounts for 20% of current totals, while enterprise datacentres account for 32%.&nbsp;</p> <figure class="main-article-image half-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyDCshareQ42025-800px-h.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyDCshareQ42025-800px-h_half_column_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyDCshareQ42025-800px-h_half_column_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyDCshareQ42025-800px-h.jpg 1280w" alt="Bar chart showing share of datacentre capacity" data-credit="Synergy Research Group" height="217" width="279"> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> <i class="icon" data-icon="w"></i> </div> </figure> <p>Synergy expects hyperscaler <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640935/Data-dive-Government-2030-datacentre-capacity-targets-look-shaky">datacentre capacity</a> to comprise 67% of all capacity in 2031. The share of colocation is expected to drop, although it is still increasing at double-digit rates.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Enterprises’ on-premise datacentre capacity is expected to drop to 19% of the total by 2031, at a rate of about 2% per year, although even here that decline is not so rapid, largely due to the deployment of AI hardware.&nbsp;</p> <p>Synergy’s data is based on several quarterly tracking research services in hyperscale, colocation and enterprise datacentres, and based on datacentre footprint and operations of the world’s major cloud colocation firms, plus tracking the datacentre hardware market.</p> <p>John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group, said AI is driving the world’s datacentre market towards increased concentration in favour of the hyperscalers.</p> <p>“Cloud and consumer-oriented digital services have been driving changes in datacentre deployment patterns for many years now, but over the last three years, AI technology has accelerated those changes,” he said.&nbsp;</p> <p>“We are seeing a different mix of datacentre usage across the regions, but overall, the world is racing towards a situation where hyperscale operators are responsible for the bulk of global datacentre capacity. There are almost 800 hyperscale datacentres in our known future pipeline, enabling hyperscale capacity to double in just three years,” Dinsdale added.</p> <p>By the third quarter of 2025, worldwide spend on cloud services had reached $107bn, up from $68bn two years before that, in 2023.&nbsp;</p> <figure class="main-article-image half-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyMarketShareQ32025-800px-h.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyMarketShareQ32025-800px-h_half_column_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyMarketShareQ32025-800px-h_half_column_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyMarketShareQ32025-800px-h.jpg 1280w" alt="Graph shows cloud provider market share" data-credit="Synergy Research Group" height="185" width="280"> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> <i class="icon" data-icon="w"></i> </div> </figure> <p>Among the big three, Amazon’s market share has been in a state of gradual decline since 2022. In the third quarter of 2025, it had a 29% market share, down from just under 34% in the third quarter of 2022.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, the third-quarter 2025 market share for Microsoft was 20%, and 13% for Google Cloud. Both of these are seeing increases in market share, with Microsoft up from 13% in the fourth quarter of 2020.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, so-called <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Weighing-up-the-enterprise-risks-of-neocloud-providers">neocloud providers</a> – those that specialise in AI datacentre capacity – have a market share of 2.5%.</p> <p>Dinsdale said: “Beyond the three market giants, a wide mix of smaller players is competing for traction, but the reality is that third-placed Google remains nearly four times the size of fourth-placed Alibaba, underscoring the widening gulf between the market leaders and the rest of the field.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about datacentre capacity</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640935/Data-dive-Government-2030-datacentre-capacity-targets-look-shaky">Data dive – government 2030 datacentre capacity targets look shaky</a>: We look at UK datacentre capacity – current and projected – and find DSIT’s 2030 target for 6GW of AI-capable capacity is currently out of reach, unless operators get a move on.&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638951/Power-supply-issues-flagged-as-major-growth-inhibitor-of-European-datacentre-market">Power supply issues flagged as major growth inhibitor of European datacentre market</a>: The latest report into trends across the European datacentre market shines a light on how power supply issues are affecting growth.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Driven by artificial intelligence deployments, hyperscaler datacentres are expected to comprise more than two-thirds of all capacity by 2031. Meanwhile, on-premise datacentre capacity will shrink to 20%, down from 56% in 2018 https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/LeMagIT/hero_article/Fotolia_108959769_datacenter_cooling.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641050/Hyperscaler-datacentres-set-to-dominate-by-2031 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:27:00 GMT <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a big impact on IT education, training, professional certification and the types of jobs IT people will be doing as the technology becomes embedded in IT operations. While AI has been positioned as a co-worker, there is likely to be less work for IT people to do as <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/definition/AIOps">AI takes on more and more</a> of their job role. Although AI will also create new job opportunities, those individuals without the relevant AI skillset, may find it far harder finding matching their existing skills to the new roles.&nbsp;</p> <p>Matt Stava, CEO and chairman of Spinnaker Support urges IT professionals to “retool” their skillset. In this podcast interview with Computer Weekly, Stava speaks about why it is important for IT pros to&nbsp; adapt their expertise to align with new and emerging areas of IT as AI starts to take over the roles that were previously the domain of people who had honed their work skills understanding the ins and outs of industry-standard technology.&nbsp;</p> <p>He says: “I think the number one thing people should be thinking about and really focused on is retooling.” Stava urges IT professionals to make sure that they are using AI to the fullest extent that they possibly can. “Making yourself indispensable with AI tools is critical,” he says.&nbsp;</p> <p>Along with the need for IT professionals to infuse AI skills, Stava says large language models (LLMs) are quickly becoming embedded in education.&nbsp;</p> <p>He says: “My advice to college graduates is to use as many tools as you can and become proficient at using them.” He believes that there will be demand in the jobs market for people with the knowledge and expertise to use such tools.&nbsp;</p> <p>Stava says industry certifications around AI are starting to appear, offering personal development for IT professionals. But he feels that older industry certifications that used to be ubiquitous are less relevant today. As an example, he says: “The need for a <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/Cisco-Certified-Entry-Networking-Technician-CCENT">Cisco certified expert</a> is getting less and less right now.” For Stava, the hot skills are in areas like agentic AI, vibe coding, and understanding the role of AI in business processes.&nbsp;</p> <p>While Stava’s advice to IT professionals is to make sure they are adept at using AI tools, one of the big risks in personal development is becoming an expert in a skill that is not yet in demand. &nbsp;The alternative is to look at IT systems that are no longer in fashion. Rather like the Cobol programmer, who is almost guaranteed a job for life, Stava says legacy or technical debt in enterprise IT is likely to be relevant for 30 or 40 years.&nbsp;</p> <p>Given that Spinnaker Support’s business is based on helping enterprises continue <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615211/Gartner-Symposium-How-Specsavers-saved-on-Oracle-costs">running older enterprise resource planning systems</a> from the likes of Oracle and SAP, Stava is keen to emphasise the long-term job opportunities for people with skills in these products.&nbsp;</p> <p>In his experience, enterprises do not move rapidly away from these products. “The need for an SAP or an Oracle completely homogenised ERP system is not going away very soon at all,” he says. Instead, he believes that businesses will build new functionality on top of these old IT systems. &nbsp;“Our large enterprise clients are not thinking about ripping out SAP and replacing it with AI,” he says.</p> Artificial intelligence is changing the way IT professionals work. We speak to Matt Stava, CEO of Spinnaker Support', about reskilling https://www.computerweekly.com/podcast/AI-skills-for-IT-pros-A-Computer-Weekly-Downtime-Upload-podcast Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:55:00 GMT <p>The UK’s <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/apt28-exploit-routers-to-enable-dns-hijacking-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Cyber Security Centre</a> (NCSC) and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/04/07/soho-router-compromise-leads-to-dns-hijacking-and-adversary-in-the-middle-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Microsoft</a> have exposed an extensive <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/tutorial/How-to-optimize-DNS-for-reliable-business-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Domain Name System</a> (DNS) hijacking campaign against vulnerable consumer and small and home office (Soho) broadband routers conducted by the Russian cyber intelligence services.</p> <p>Orchestrated by APT28 or Forest Blizzard – <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627547/NCSC-exposes-Fancy-Bears-Authentic-Antics-malware-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more widely known as Fancy Bear</a> – the operations saw the threat actor alter the settings of compromised devices to reroute internet traffic through malicious servers they held.</p> <p>In this way, Fancy Bear was able to steal data such as login credentials, passwords and access tokens from personal web and email services belonging to their victims in a so-called adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attack.</p> <p>The NCSC said the campaign was likely opportunistic, with Fancy Bear having cast a wide net to ensnare as many victims as possible. By targeting <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523313/DrayTek-patches-SOHO-router-bug-that-left-thousands-exposed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insecure home and small office equipment</a>, Fancy Bear took advantage of less closely monitored or managed assets to pivot into larger enterprise environments or targets of interest to Russian intelligence.</p> <p>Indeed, Microsoft said it had identified over 200 organisations and 5,000 consumer devices impacted since the campaign began in August 2025.</p> <p>“This activity demonstrates how exploited vulnerabilities in widely used network devices can be leveraged by sophisticated hostile actors,” said NCSC operations director Paul Chichester.</p> <p>“We strongly encourage organisations and network defenders to familiarise themselves with the techniques described in the advisory and to follow the mitigation advice. The NCSC will continue to expose Russian malicious cyber activity and provide practical guidance to help protect UK networks.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Routers on trial"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Routers on trial</h2> <p>The exposure of Fancy Bear’s latest campaign comes amid a fierce debate on the other side of the Atlantic following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) implementation of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640628/US-government-bans-imported-routers-raising-tough-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tight restrictions on routers built outside the US</a> – which in effect means virtually every commercially available router.</p> <p>The US’s decision was framed on the basis that such hardware poses an unacceptable risk to the country’s national security and that of its citizens and residents.</p> <p>However, it has been criticised on the basis that while it eases fears over the potential for other governments – such as China – to interfere with networking hardware produced in their factories, it does not address the fact that security vulnerabilities such as those exploited by Fancy Bear will still exist regardless of where they were manufactured.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Banning-routers-wont-fix-whats-already-broken" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing in Computer Weekly</a>, Forescout vice-president of security intelligence Rik Ferguson said routers present highly attractive footholds for attackers because they sit at the network edge, generally face the public internet, and are easily overlooked once deployed.</p> <p>“Many of the weaknesses we see come from familiar, measurable issues like outdated software components, slow patching cycles, weak credentials, exposed management interfaces and long lifespans that extend well beyond vendor support,” he said.</p> <p>“In firmware analysis, we regularly see common components that are years behind current versions, carrying known vulnerabilities that attackers can and do exploit.”</p> <p>Ferguson advised security teams to treat routers and similar network infrastructure as part of the active attack surface, which in practice means keeping accurate inventories, prioritising their lifecycle management, and enforcing firmware updates and patching.</p> <p>To prevent attackers like Fancy Bear from scoring easy wins, security teams should also look to disable any internet-exposed management interfaces, enforce unique credentials and apply network segmentation measures so that one compromised router does not necessarily enable wider access.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about network security</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Threat actors are using increasingly sophisticated tools to make their attacks more costly. It’s time for organisations to craft <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/How-are-network-management-and-security-converging" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a comprehensive security management strategy</a>.</li> <li>5G has better security than 4G, including stronger encryption, privacy and authentication. But enterprises need to know the challenges of <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/tip/5G-security-Everything-you-should-know-for-a-secure-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5G’s complex, virtualised architecture</a>.</li> <li>What does 2026 have in store for network security? Omdia analyst John Grady shares his top five predictions <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/opinion/NetworkSecurity-predictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for the upcoming year</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> The UK’s NCSC and Microsoft have shared details of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting vulnerable network routers, orchestrated by Russian state actor Fancy Bear https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/bear-wild-threat-Lubos-Chlubny-adove.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641403/Russian-cyber-spies-targeting-consumer-Soho-routers Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:55:00 GMT <p>There is a familiar story that plays out every time another news report emerges of children being seriously harmed online. Parents are told to “take control”. Schools are asked to “do more”. Tech companies promise another round of tweaks. But this framing misses the real issue. The harm children experience on social media is not a failure of parenting or education. It is the outcome of commercial systems designed to maximise engagement at all costs.</p> <p>If the tech sector genuinely prioritised child safety, we would not be facing the scale of harm that now confronts children and young people. What is happening online is not accidental, or the result of a few bad actors. It is the consequence of algorithmic recommender systems deliberately engineered to keep users scrolling. Systems optimised for profit do not suddenly behave differently because the user is a child.</p> <p>This was laid bare by the findings of the <a href="https://bigtechlittlevictims.org/"><i>Big tech’s little victims</i></a> algorithm experiment. The project, led by the National Education Union, created four fictional profiles of British 13-year-olds across TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram to see what content children are served when they sign up for the first time. The results were shocking, but sadly not surprising to teachers. Within minutes, children were shown harmful and inappropriate content, including guns, self-harm, sexualised material and misogynistic narratives.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Harmful material in three minutes"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Harmful material in three minutes</h2> <p>Most alarming, the experiment found that for every minute spent scrolling, children were shown a piece of concerning content. Harmful material appeared within just three minutes of logging on – and in some cases it was the very first thing served.</p> <p>This matters because teachers are not debating the online harm of children in theory - they are already dealing with its consequences. In classrooms, we see the impact of children being exposed to violent content, self-harm and suicide material, sexualised imagery, and extreme narratives pushed at scale.</p> <p>One visible example is the rise of online misogyny - girls being targeted or harassed, and female staff facing open hostility. What starts on a feed becomes offline behaviour and, once embedded, becomes far harder for schools to unpick. As Louis Theroux’s recent documentary <i>The manosphere</i> has brought into sharp focus, the scaling of misogynistic content, for example, is not incidental - it is by design.</p> <p>So what needs to happen?</p> <p>First, we need honesty about the limits of half measures. The government has launched a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639654/UK-government-consults-on-social-media-ban-for-under-16s">national consultation on children’s digital wellbeing</a>. Ministers have also announced a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/children-and-parents-to-pilot-social-media-bans-time-limits-and-curfews-at-home-as-government-tests-next-steps-to-give-uk-kids-their-childhood-back">six-week pilot</a> involving 300 teenagers, in which families will trial different forms of social media restriction at home – including disabling social media apps entirely, imposing one-hour daily limits, or enforcing overnight curfews – with a control group continuing as normal, to assess the impact on children’s sleep, wellbeing and school life.</p> <p>This approach fundamentally misunderstands how social media platforms actually work. A partial ban that still leaves some children on social media is not a meaningful test of safety. Harmful content does not stay neatly contained on one screen. If even one child in a friendship group remains on a platform, others will still be exposed through shared videos, images and messages. When algorithms can push extreme material within minutes of account creation, tinkering with time limits or overnight blocks will not keep children safe.</p> <p>Secondly, tech companies must take accountability now, not later. If platforms know a user is a child – or cannot be sure they are not – the duty of care must be to prevent foreseeable harm by design, not to apologise after it happens.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Why social media for under 16s should be banned"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Why social media for under 16s should be banned</h2> <p>This failure is why we are calling for a <a href="https://informaplc-my.sharepoint.com/personal/bill_goodwin_informa_com/Documents/Documents/Computer%20Weekly%20Files/2026%20Documents/2026%20Opinions/The%20UK’s%20proposed%20social%20media%20ban%20explained">ban on social media access for under-16s</a>. Of course, raising the age of access is not a silver bullet. It must be paired with guaranteed space in the curriculum for high quality digital literacy, so young people develop the skills to navigate online life safely and critically.</p> <p>The tech sector has had repeated warnings, mounting evidence and countless opportunities to act - and it has failed to do so. That is why government action now matters. Raising the age of social media access to 16 is the only meaningful step that would reduce harm at scale – and every day of inaction leaves more children exposed to avoidable harm.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more on proposals for a UK social media ban</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="The%20UK’s%20proposed%20social%20media%20ban%20explained">The UK’s proposed social media ban explained</a> -The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem if they ignore the structural power of big tech</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639654/UK-government-consults-on-social-media-ban-for-under-16s">UK government consults on social media ban for under-16s</a>.<b> </b>A UK government consultation launched today asks whether under-16s should be banned from social media, and age restrictions introduced for VPNs and chatbot</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639244/Governments-urged-to-step-up-enforcement-of-big-tech-amid-rush-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s">Governments urged to step up enforcement of big tech amid rush to ban social media for under-16s</a> - The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights says that European governments should consider better enforcement against big tech companies before banning children from social media</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p></p> </section> The general secretary of the UK's largest teachers’ union explains why social media should be banned for under-sixteens https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/child-kid-teen-phone-JackF-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Tech-cant-wait-for-regulation-to-protect-children-online Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:38:00 GMT <p>Discussions around the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-energy-efficiency-and-green-IT">sustainability of public cloud</a> platforms have become increasingly prominent in recent years.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hyperscale providers now publish a growing volume of data, dashboards and metrics designed to demonstrate the environmental efficiency of their infrastructure.&nbsp;</p> <p>But, for enterprise IT leaders tasked with making informed decisions, distinguishing between meaningful insight and marketing narrative remains a persistent challenge.</p> <p>At a surface level, cloud platforms present a compelling sustainability proposition. The ability to consolidate workloads into highly optimised, large-scale data centres offers clear advantages in energy efficiency compared to fragmented on-premise environments. Hyperscalers also benefit from access to renewable energy at scale, alongside the engineering expertise required to continually improve <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-Data-Bill-Considering-datacentres-hunger-for-power">power usage effectiveness (PUE)</a> across their estates.</p> <p>The difficulty arises when organisations attempt to translate these high-level efficiencies into a clear understanding of their own environmental impact.</p> <p>In many cases, the data made available by cloud providers is not directly comparable. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Getting-started-with-measuring-AIs-carbon-footprint">Methodologies differ, reporting boundaries vary</a> and the level of granularity provided is often insufficient for organisations that want to align cloud usage with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/ERP-firms-target-carbon-reporting-role">their own carbon reporting frameworks</a>. As a result, enterprise IT leaders are frequently left relying on indicative estimates rather than verifiable, auditable data.</p> <p>This lack of transparency creates a disconnect between perceived and actual sustainability outcomes.</p> <p>One of the most overlooked aspects of this conversation is that cloud adoption does not eliminate the physical lifecycle of technology – it redistributes it. Servers, storage platforms and network equipment still have to be manufactured, deployed, maintained, refreshed and retired. The environmental impact associated with these stages does not disappear simply because infrastructure is consumed “as-a-service”.</p> <p>For many organisations, the sustainability conversation becomes disproportionately focused on operational efficiency within the data centre while the upstream and downstream impacts of technology are given far less attention.</p> <p>In reality, the full lifecycle of digital infrastructure must be considered.</p> <p>This includes not only how efficiently systems operate in production, but how hardware is sourced, how frequently it is refreshed, how securely it is decommissioned and whether it is reused, redeployed or prematurely discarded. These factors can have a significant bearing on an organisation’s overall environmental footprint, yet they are rarely visible within standard cloud sustainability reporting.</p> <p>Enterprise strategies therefore need to evolve beyond accepting provider-level claims at face value.</p> <p>Organisations should look to adopt a more holistic approach, combining the data made available by cloud providers with their own internal governance, asset tracking and lifecycle management processes. This may include:</p> <ul class="default-list"> <li> <p>Establishing clearer visibility over hardware refresh cycles and associated emissions&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p>Integrating lifecycle considerations into cloud migration planning&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p>Working with partners who can provide auditable reporting across decommissioning and reuse activities&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p>Ensuring sustainability metrics are aligned to recognised standards rather than provider-specific methodologies.&nbsp;</p> </li> </ul> <p>By doing so, enterprises can move from a position of passive consumption to active accountability.</p> <p>At the same time, there is a clear role for industry standards in improving consistency and comparability. Without a more unified approach to carbon reporting across cloud platforms, organisations will continue to face challenges in benchmarking providers and making informed decisions. Greater alignment around reporting frameworks, boundaries and measurement methodologies would provide much-needed clarity for enterprise users.</p> <p>However, it is unlikely this will be resolved solely through standardisation.</p> <p>Enterprise IT leaders also have a role to play in demanding greater transparency. This means asking more detailed questions of providers, challenging assumptions and ensuring sustainability claims can be substantiated with meaningful data. As sustainability becomes increasingly embedded within procurement and governance processes, the ability to evidence environmental impact will carry greater weight in supplier selection.</p> <p>There is also a growing skills dimension to consider.</p> <p>Managing sustainability within modern IT environments is no longer limited to facilities or energy management teams. It increasingly requires a blend of expertise across infrastructure engineering, data security, asset lifecycle management and environmental reporting. Organisations need individuals who understand not only how systems operate, but how decisions made at each stage of the lifecycle influence risk and environmental impact.</p> <p>This shift is creating new opportunities, but also new responsibilities.</p> <p>As digital infrastructure continues to scale, the industry must recognise that sustainability is not confined to where workloads run, but how technology is managed from deployment through to end-of-life. The ability to engineer these transition points securely, responsibly and with full accountability will become an increasingly important differentiator.</p> <p>Ultimately, the challenge for enterprise IT leaders is not simply to choose the “greenest” cloud provider, but to ensure that sustainability is embedded across the entire lifecycle of their technology estate.</p> <p>Without that broader perspective, there is a risk that organisations optimise for what is visible, while overlooking the impacts that sit just outside the scope of the cloud narrative.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about cloud sustainability</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Navigating-the-opaque-fog-of-public-cloud-carbon-footprints">Navigating the opaque fog of public cloud carbon footprints</a>. Cloud providers make it impossible to really assess carbon footprint. Differing definitions mask the true impact, especially in emissions from hardware production.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-you-need-to-know-before-emissions-regulators-come-knocking">What you need to know before emissions regulators come knocking</a>. Carbon emissions reporting is becoming mandatory. But accounting is not the same as reducing, especially given the smoke and mirrors in some carbon footprint reporting.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p></p> <p></p> It's difficult to get a handle on sustainability metrics, not least because of supplier efforts to obfuscate them. But building in a true and bigger picture can become a differentiator https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/IT-sustainability-think-tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Sustainability-accounting-can-be-difficult-but-can-also-differentiate Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:26:00 GMT <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-energy-efficiency-and-green-IT">IT infrastructure-related carbon emissions</a> reporting is slowly becoming a global regulatory requirement.&nbsp;</p> <p>The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have incorporated climate-related financial disclosure requirements, including obligations to inventory and report Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.&nbsp;</p> <p>Individual countries – including Australia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union and the State of California (United States) – have enacted these standards into law, although some countries have delayed or minimised Scope 3 reporting.&nbsp;</p> <p>Emissions reporting is subject to strict accounting and audit requirements, with fines and reputational risk for those firms whose reporting does not comply with the applicable standards.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>For many companies, emissions associated with IT infrastructure operations account for a significant part, or even most, of their total emissions inventory. With operations typically spread across owned, colocation, and cloud datacentres, capturing a complete <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Why-IT-leaders-need-to-consider-AIs-energy-footprint">energy use</a> and emissions inventory depends on the data available from cloud and colocation service providers.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Cloud emissions data"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Cloud emissions data&nbsp;</h2> <p>Cloud service providers have significantly improved their emissions dashboards over the past several years. They allocate Scope 1, location- and market-based Scope 2, and limited Scope 3 emissions related to their public cloud operations (<em>see Table 1</em>). Emissions estimates, with some exceptions, are based on metered resource or energy use and location-specific or regional emissions standards. The data provided should be sufficient to meet customer and regulatory emissions reporting obligations.</p> <figure class="main-article-image full-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Uptime-Institute-Scope123-800px-f.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Uptime-Institute-Scope123-800px-f_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Uptime-Institute-Scope123-800px-f_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Uptime-Institute-Scope123-800px-f.jpg 1280w" alt="Table showing emissions by cloud provider" data-credit="Uptime Institute" height="314" width="559"> <figcaption> <i class="icon pictures" data-icon="z"></i>Table 1 </figcaption> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> <i class="icon" data-icon="w"></i> </div> </figure> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Scope 1 emissions"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Scope 1 emissions</h2> <p>Oracle is the only cloud provider that does not report Scope 1 emissions. Most Scope 1 emissions result from the operation of standby generators. They are typically less than 1% of a datacentre's Scope 1 and Scope 2 operating emissions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Where a datacentre is supplied by <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639248/First-HPE-datacentre-modules-set-to-land-at-Derbyshire-AI-site">behind-the-meter generation</a> or is required to provide grid support for several hundred hours or more each year (for example, as mandated in Ireland and Texas), Scope 1 direct emissions will become a larger percentage of the reported emissions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Scope 1 emissions are more difficult to offset. Offsets derived from direct CO² capture through biological, chemical, and/or mechanical means are required. Environmental attribute credits (EACs) cannot be used. Where a facility depends on a captive fossil-fuel generation plant for power, achieving net-zero emissions will become more difficult and expensive.&nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Scope 2 emissions"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Scope 2 emissions</h2> <p>Operators provide location- and market-based emissions for their public cloud offerings. Each provider uses a slightly different calculation method for energy and resource use and associated emissions factors. Still, each reporting system provides a reasonable approximation of emissions associated with a customer’s operations.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h4>Location-based emissions</h4> <p>AWS, Google, and Microsoft estimate emissions based on energy use for computing resources and regional emissions factors aggregated from measured or grid-level location-specific emissions. AWS data is limited to specific public cloud offerings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Oracle and IBM base emissions estimates on measured customer energy use and regional emissions factors, with Oracle applying a spend-based allocation method for services without energy measurements. IBM Cloud only provides location-based emissions data.</p> <p>Emissions estimates for cloud services such as Office 365 and Oracle software-as-a-service offerings are typically based on service usage levels combined with regional emissions factors. These estimates have greater uncertainty than those for cloud infrastructure usage.&nbsp;</p> <h4>Market-based emissions</h4> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Navigating-the-opaque-fog-of-public-cloud-carbon-footprints">Market-based emissions reporting is a black box</a>, often reporting an emissions value of zero because many hyperscalers claim they match all their electricity consumption with carbon-free generation.&nbsp;</p> <p>However, they do not provide details on the number of EACs applied and associated emissions avoided, which makes it impossible to validate calculations. In many cases, cloud service customers cannot get a reasonable assurance audit of their market-based cloud emissions because the auditor cannot review the EAC details associated with the cloud providers emission data.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>As a result, some operators apply EACs to their cloud service emissions to achieve their net-zero goals. The double application wastes EACs and financial resources because emissions are offset twice.&nbsp;</p> <h4>Cloud operations in a colocation datacentre</h4> <p>All five cloud operators use a mix of owned and wholesale and retail colocation facilities to deliver public cloud services. Emissions calculations for the many colocation facilities are less transparent and more uncertain than for owned facilities. Because cloud providers often do not directly control these datacentre operations, nor energy procurement, emissions calculations may be based on regional emission factors and energy-use models.&nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Scope 3 emissions"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Scope 3 emissions</h2> <p>Cloud providers allocate a limited number of Scope 3 categories to their customers. These emissions have little inherent value, as they are typically small and not material to the inventory. None of the providers allocate their full Scope 3 inventory, because public cloud operations are just one of many business line services within supply chains. Much overall Scope 3 inventory is irrelevant to public cloud services.</p> <p>AWS, Google, and Microsoft report ‘Other Energy-Related Emissions’ associated with energy losses in transmission and distribution systems. These emissions are typically 1% to 8% of a given region’s emissions.</p> <p>AWS allocates the embedded carbon in equipment and building systems. These emissions are one-time, highly uncertain emissions over which customers have little or no control. It is meaningless for customers to account for these emissions.&nbsp;</p> <h4>IT operations in colocation facilities</h4> <p>IT operators face similar emissions accounting challenges in colocation datacentres. Most colocation operators are well behind cloud service providers, with few offering an online calculator or data portal to estimate energy use and associated GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions.&nbsp;</p> <p>While reliable information on contract terms and conditions is limited, conversations with colocation operators indicate few currently have contract terms for a regulatory-mandated data exchange with tenants covering GHG emissions and other regulatory mandated data.&nbsp;</p> <h4>Location-based emissions</h4> <p>Most operators have access to data on their IT electricity use and the facility PUE under the terms of the contract. They also know the location of the colocation datacentre. This knowledge enables them to apply utility, energy supplier, or regional emission factors to their energy use to calculate location-based emissions.&nbsp;</p> <h4>Market-based emissions</h4> <p>Getting a usable market-based emissions estimate is more difficult and mirrors the problems with information supplied by the cloud providers. While many colocation providers will attest they match carbon-free EACs to all their electricity consumption, they do not provide the number of EACs, their avoided emissions value, and a reasonable assurance certification of the market-based claim that their tenants can use to audit and certify their GHG emissions inventory.&nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The role of IT efficiency in emissions reporting"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The role of IT efficiency in emissions reporting</h2> <p>While accurate emissions accounting is important, the primary purpose of a GHG management programme should be to reduce energy use and associated emissions from IT operations. Uptime Institute survey data reveals that more than 50% of IT operators do not prioritise IT efficiency in their cloud and colocation-based IT operations. This suggests more can be done.&nbsp;</p> <p>Discussions with IT operators and consultants who offer cloud and IT optimisation services indicate that many operators can reduce their energy use and associated GHG emissions by up to 40%. These reductions can be achieved through steps such as right-sizing IT assets, including proper balancing of CPU and memory capacity, and using virtualisation and workload management and placement software.</p> <p>Operators should invest in improving energy efficiency in their IT infrastructure before investing in EACs and offsets to reduce their GHG emissions inventory.&nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Next steps"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Next steps&nbsp;</h2> <p>Emissions reporting by cloud service and colocation providers has improved markedly over the past five years. Several steps remain to improve these processes further.&nbsp;</p> <p>The industry needs to develop a standard method for allocating Scope 2 and Scope 3 operational emissions to operators and tenants in colocation facilities. Currently, 3 or 4 allocation methods are in use, reducing the usability and accuracy of data across IT and colocation operators.&nbsp;</p> <p>Standard contract language should be developed to manage the exchange of data between public cloud and colocation service providers and their customers. This language should include standard methods to calculate and report energy use and emissions factors.&nbsp;</p> <p>Cloud and colocation service providers should publish the emissions factors they use by facility and region, the quantity of carbon-free energy consumed by a given facility or within a region, and the number of EACS and avoided emissions used in market-based calculations.&nbsp;</p> <p>IT operators should focus on minimising IT energy use to reduce emissions before embarking on a detailed accounting exercise. They should prioritise investments in real emission reductions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about cloud sustainability</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Navigating-the-opaque-fog-of-public-cloud-carbon-footprints">Navigating the opaque fog of public cloud carbon footprints</a>: Cloud providers make it impossible to really assess carbon footprint. Differing definitions mask the true impact, especially in emissions from hardware production.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Why-IT-leaders-need-to-consider-AIs-energy-footprint">Why IT leaders need to consider AI’s energy footprint</a>: With the availability of generative artificial intelligence, energy usage in datacentres has been rising, which presents a major environmental problem.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Carbon emissions reporting is becoming mandatory. But accounting is not the same as reducing, especially given the smoke and mirrors in some carbon footprint reporting https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/IT-sustainability-think-tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-you-need-to-know-before-emissions-regulators-come-knocking Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:06:00 GMT <p>For the better part of a decade the move to public cloud was sold as the ultimate environmental win.&nbsp;</p> <p>The logic was simple. Hyperscalers operate at a level of efficiency no individual company could hope to match. But as we move deeper into 2026, that "green" polish is starting to wear thin.&nbsp;</p> <p>For IT leaders, the challenge has shifted from migrating workloads to justifying the physical and<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-energy-efficiency-and-green-IT"> environmental cost of those workloads</a> in a world that is increasingly sceptical of corporate hand-waving.</p> <p>The reality on the ground today is that while Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and Google all claim to be leading the charge <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/An-action-plan-for-net-zero-compatible-with-budget-contraints">toward a "net-zero" future</a>, they are effectively marking their own homework. Each provider uses a different set of metrics, a different definition of "renewable," and a different level of transparency. This isn't just a technical headache; it’s a massive barrier for any enterprise trying to report its own carbon footprint with any degree of honesty.</p> <h3>The problem with "market-based" math</h3> <p>The biggest hurdle in telling fact from fiction is the use of "market-based" reporting versus "location-based" reality. Most cloud sustainability dashboards rely on the former. This allows a provider to claim <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640935/Data-dive-Government-2030-datacentre-capacity-targets-look-shaky">a data centre is "100% renewable"</a> because they bought wind power credits from a project three states away, even if the servers in question are currently being powered by a local grid burning coal.</p> <p>Google has pushed back against this with its "24/7 Carbon-Free Energy" (CFE) approach that aims to match every hour of demand with local, clean supply. Microsoft’s recent "Community-First" pivot, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-The-digital-diet-and-the-growing-cost-of-AI-energy-use">discussed earlier this year</a>, suggests they are willing to pay a premium to fix the local grids they inhabit. AWS, meanwhile, has traditionally relied heavily on massive, unbundled Renewable Energy Credits (RECs).</p> <p>For an IT leader this makes drawing direct comparisons impossible. If you move a workload from Azure to AWS, did you actually reduce the carbon impact on the atmosphere, or did you just move from one accounting method to another? Without a standardised "Digital Nutrition Label" for compute, you’re essentially guessing.</p> <h3>The missing 40%&nbsp;</h3> <p>If the power from the wall is the obvious part of the equation, the hardware itself is the hidden ghost in the machine. As the AI boom demands more specialised, energy-intensive chips like the latest H100s and B200s, the embodied carbon – the emissions from mining, manufacturing, and shipping the servers – has skyrocketed.</p> <p>Recent insights from the iMasons Climate Accord, published in January 2026, indicate that embodied carbon may now account for around 40% to 50% of a data centre’s total lifetime emissions as energy grids continue to decarbonise. Yet very few cloud providers give customers a granular look at this data in their standard dashboards. If your sustainability report only tracks the electricity used to run a server but ignores the massive environmental cost of building and replacing that hardware every few years, you’re only telling a fraction of the story.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about cloud sustainability</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634715/Datacentre-energy-demands-set-to-soar-by-2030-as-AI-growth-accelerates-predicts-Gartner">Datacentre energy demands set to soar by 2030 as AI growth accelerates, predicts Gartner</a>. IT market watcher Gartner has shared its projections about how the energy consumption habits of datacentres are set to change as AI takes off.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Why-IT-leaders-need-to-consider-AIs-energy-footprint">Why IT leaders need to consider AI’s energy footprint</a>. With the availability of generative artificial intelligence, energy usage in datacentres has been rising, which presents a major environmental problem.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> <h3>Moving from trust to verification</h3> <p>So, where does this leave the enterprise IT department? In 2026, the strategy has to shift from passive consumption to active auditing. You can’t just trust the "green" badge on the provider’s portal anymore.</p> <p>First, IT leaders need to start demanding location-based, hourly data. If a provider can't tell you the carbon intensity of the specific grid your data is sitting on, at the specific time your code is running, they aren't being transparent.&nbsp;</p> <p>Second, we have to look at Model Efficiency. The push for generative AI has led to a "bigger is better" mentality, but we’re seeing a significant move toward "Model Distillation." Running a trillion-parameter model to summarise a basic internal document is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. By using "Small Language Models" (SLMs) that are tuned for specific tasks, IT teams can cut their energy consumption by 90% without losing performance.</p> <h3>The role of the IT leader as steward</h3> <p>The lack of transparency from the "Big Three" has created a vacuum that IT leaders have to fill. It’s no longer enough to be a technologist; you have to be a supply-chain auditor.</p> <p>We need to push for industry-wide standards, like the ISO/IEC 30134-2:2026 metrics – updated just this past January – to be mandatory and public. But until that happens, the burden of proof sits with the enterprise.</p> <p>The public cloud isn't a magic, weightless utility. It’s a massive, resource-hungry physical industry. Microsoft’s call for tech firms to "pay their own way" for grid upgrades is a sign that the industry knows the bill is coming due. For IT leaders, the goal for 2026 is to make sure that bill is accurate, transparent, and – most importantly – earned through actual carbon reduction, not just clever accounting.</p> <p></p> <p></p> Cloud providers make it impossible to really assess carbon footprint. Differing definitions mask the true impact, especially in emissions from hardware production https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/IT-sustainability-think-tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Navigating-the-opaque-fog-of-public-cloud-carbon-footprints Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:04:00 GMT <p>Abu Dhabi has taken a step towards global artificial intelligence (AI) with Falcon Perception, a<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635316/Sea-Lion-powering-AI-tools-for-migrant-workers-local-businesses"> multimodal model</a> that enables machines to efficiently see, read and interpret the physical world.</p> <p>Developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of the emirate’s Advanced Technology Research Council, Falcon Perception expands the UAE’s AI ecosystem by combining vision and language capabilities.&nbsp;</p> <p>​As global AI competition intensifies, the UAE hopes to position itself among nations capable of advanced multimodal systems at scale, making Falcon Perception central to this ambition. With approximately 600 million parameters, Falcon Perception is notably more compact than many prominent multimodal models, which often use several billion parameters.</p> <p>“Our goal with Falcon Perception was to challenge the prevailing assumption that vision systems must rely on complex multi-stage architectures. By demonstrating that a single dense transformer can handle perception tasks efficiently, we are opening the door to a new generation of scalable multimodal systems,” said Hakim Hacid, chief researcher at TII’s Artificial Intelligence and Digital Research Centre.</p> <p>This efficiency-performance balance demonstrates a broader AI trend: rather than increasing parameter counts or requiring extensive compute resources, researchers emphasise model design optimisation, such as efficient transformer variants, to achieve strong results even on resource-constrained hardware.</p> <p>Multimodal AI is widely seen as the next frontier of artificial intelligence. While<a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/LLM-build-vs-buy-A-decision-framework-for-LLM-adoption"> large language models</a> (LLMs) have dominated recent advances, the ability for machines to interpret and interact with the physical world is becoming critical as AI expands into robotics, manufacturing and intelligent infrastructure.</p> <p>Falcon Perception employs a unified transformer-based architecture, enabling end-to-end integration of visual and linguistic features at the model input level. Unlike traditional pipelines that join separately trained computer vision and NLP modules, Falcon Perception processes and reasons across modalities directly in its shared network, reducing inference latency and deployment complexity.</p> <p>Consequently, the system interprets complex, multi-object visual scenes using natural language prompts. Users can instruct the model to identify, count or segment specific objects in an image, and Falcon Perception returns bounding boxes, segmentation masks or text outputs, even in crowded, intricate environments.</p> <p>Such capabilities have clear implications for industry. In manufacturing, the model could enable automated inspection and defect detection. In robotics, it enables machines to follow natural-language instructions in dynamic environments. In enterprise settings, it can streamline large-scale document processing and visual data labelling.</p> <p>For TII, the launch represents not only a technical milestone but also a step in a broader national strategy. Since beginning its AI agenda, the UAE has prioritised building sovereign capabilities, ensuring domestic development, responsible governance and alignment with long-term economic goals for critical technologies.</p> <p>“Falcon Perception reflects TII’s commitment to advancing AI capabilities that are both cutting-edge and practical. By rethinking how vision and language models are built, we are enabling more efficient multimodal systems that can be deployed across real-world industries while strengthening sovereign AI capabilities,” said Najwa Aaraj, CEO of TII.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634549/UAE-to-launch-first-space-to-ground-quantum-communication-network">TII’s work spans AI safety</a>, evaluation and deployment frameworks, and large-scale research programmes. A flagship outcome of this effort is Falcon, the UAE’s homegrown LLM, first launched by TII in 2023. Falcon quickly gained international attention for its performance and for being released as an open source model, reflecting Abu Dhabi’s belief that <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/AI-governance-can-make-or-break-data-monetization">openness and governance can coexist</a>.</p> <p>Falcon is not positioned merely as a technical achievement, but as part of a broader national AI development system. By combining scientific research with agile decision-making at a government level, Abu Dhabi aims to accelerate adoption while maintaining oversight and trust.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the Middle East</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634346/Abu-Dhabi-accelerates-autonomous-mobility-push-with-29-commercial-partnerships">Abu Dhabi accelerates autonomous mobility push with 29 commercial partnerships.</a> The emirate is building one of the world’s most advanced regulatory and testing ecosystems for AI-driven mobility, from high-speed racing labs to city-wide delivery pilots.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633541/Interview-Inside-Abu-Dhabis-fast-track-formula-for-deep-tech-startups">Interview: Inside Abu Dhabi’s fast-track formula for deep-tech startups.</a> With its integrated model for research, innovation, and commercialisation, VentureOne’s CEO says the incubator is helping turn the UAE’s bold tech ambitions into globally competitive companies.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <ul class="default-list"></ul> Technology Innovation Institute’s compact multimodal model rivals global heavyweights while signalling a shift towards efficient, real-world AI deployment https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/AI-artificial-intelligence-button-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641182/UAE-unveils-Falcon-Perception-in-push-for-AI-independence Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:02:00 GMT <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Identity-and-access-management-products" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI-driven identity solutions</a> are often presented as the grown-up answer to modern access control: smarter verification, less friction, better security, happier users. In principle, yes. In practice, they also drag a fairly hefty suitcase of compliance, privacy and ethical questions in behind them.</p> <p>The first issue is compliance. Identity is not a side topic in enterprise environments. It sits right in the middle of security, governance, risk and accountability. Once AI is involved in deciding who gets access, who is challenged, who is flagged as suspicious, or who is denied entry altogether, that stops being just a technical control and quickly becomes a governance matter. Many of these solutions rely on large volumes of personal data, sometimes including biometrics, behavioural analysis, device data, location information and patterns of use. That means organisations need to be crystal clear on lawful basis, necessity, proportionality, retention and oversight. In other words, they need to know not just that the tool can do something, but that they should be doing it at all. Like knowing that an iPhone is a tool, not the conversation.</p> <p>Privacy is where things get a bit soupy. AI identity systems are usually marketed on the basis that they can take more signals into account and make better decisions as a result. That sounds great, and sometimes it is. But it also means more collection, more processing and more potential intrusion. The line between intelligent authentication and overreach can get thin very quickly. Data gathered to confirm identity can easily become data used to monitor behaviour, profile staff, track habits or support broader surveillance if the guardrails are poor. That is where trust starts to wobble. Enterprises need privacy by design, proper impact assessments, transparent notices and disciplined boundaries around how identity data is used. Just because a system can infer more does not mean it should. It’s a potential minefield that should be navigated mindfully and with integrity.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank on AI and identity</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Mike Gillespie, Advent IM: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-impact-of-AI-driven-ID-solutions-on-enterprise-environments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI-driven identity must exist in a robust compliance framework</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>That brings us to is the ethical question, which is where the machine gets a little too smug for its own good. AI models are not neutral simply because they are mathematical. If an identity tool has been trained on incomplete or biased data, it may perform unevenly across different groups. That can lead to higher false rejections, repeated challenges for legitimate users, or decisions that disproportionately affect certain individuals. In a business setting, that is not just inconvenient. It can be unfair, exclusionary and potentially discriminatory. Organisations cannot simply deploy these systems and hope the algorithm behaves itself. That’s magical thinking.</p> <p>Explainability matters too. If someone is denied access, locked out of a process or flagged as high risk, there must be a way to explain that decision in plain language and to challenge it if necessary. Black box identity decisions are a poor fit for any organisation trying to claim strong governance. Human review, escalation routes and clear accountability all need to be part of the design.</p> <p>The real implication is that AI-driven identity should never be treated as a shiny bolt-on security upgrade. It is part of a much bigger picture involving data protection, user trust, accountability and control. Used well, it can strengthen resilience and reduce fraud. Used badly, it can create exactly the kind of opaque, over-engineered risk that good governance is supposed to prevent. The smart approach is not to resist the technology, but to govern it properly from the outset. Because in identity, as in most things, clever without controlled is just chaos in a smarter outfit.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about AI regulation</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>As AI rules evolve, compliance grows more complex. CIO Jonas Hansson encourages IT leaders to assess data risk and track vendor sub-processors&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/feature/How-axis-communications-navigates-global-ai-regulation">to stay compliant.</a></li> <li>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants to know how to regulate AI technologies in the NHS&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636693/MHRA-seeks-views-on-healthcare-AI-regulation">while keeping patients safe</a>.</li> <li>With AI, it's better to be proactive, not reactive. This tracker compiles the major AI legislation, laws and frameworks&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/Global-AI-legislation-and-regulation-tracker">across the US, Europe, Asia and beyond</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, learn how AI-driven IAM projects must account for important questions around data protection, user trust, accountability and control. https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Security-Think-Tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Identity-and-AI-Questions-of-data-security-trust-and-control Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:15:00 GMT <p>The boilerplate has it that German software powerhouse <a href="https://www.sap.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAP</a> supports mission-critical workloads for thousands of customers all over the world, and as one of the biggest customers of the big three hyperscalers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure – probably runs the largest private cloud in the world.</p> <p>However large its business may be aside, under the surface, the complexities that SAP experiences in securing the confidential enterprise data of thousands of its clients while dealing with an ever-more dangerous threat landscape and the ever-changing data security compliance and sovereignty requirement environment are undeniable.</p> <p>This surely makes former chess champion and candidate master Roland Costea, now SAP chief information security officer (CISO) for enterprise cloud services, one of the world’s busiest cyber professionals.</p> <p>“The main challenge for us when it comes to security is we need to have the right visibility end-to-end [and] we need to act with speed into all the layers of identity, detect, protect, respond and recovery,” Costea tells Computer Weekly.</p> <p>If it sounds like a tall order, it is. The price of analysing such vast datasets, which regularly exceed 150TB per month, via Splunk, was becoming too much to bear, says Costea, not just in terms of time, but in terms of network capacity and financial cost as well. To make matters worse, it wasn’t even analysing half of its data.</p> <p>The problem this created for SAP and its customers is obvious: it simply wasn’t possible to find all the relevant security signals. Important things were probably being missed, and that’s far from ideal. Take vulnerability management, which Costea says has been a problem “since forever”. Traditionally, he would scan the environment for a new vulnerability, research whether an exploit was available, and patch it if possible.</p> <p>“But every exploit has preconditions,” he says, “and SAP is so complex that the preconditions for an exploit may be a list of 10 or 12 things that I want to know in real time. I want to know … am I vulnerable to this, and why, and to be able to inject and search for what kind of preconditions I have there and how they are configured, and to know, based on the state the application has today, that I am or am not vulnerable.</p> <p>“I can’t do that with the vulnerability management tool, I can’t do that with an <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/SIEM-vs-SOAR-vs-XDR-Evaluate-the-differences" target="_blank" rel="noopener">XDR</a> [extended detection and response], I can’t do that with any tool on the market,” adds Costea.</p> <p>New, advanced approaches to security data analytics were clearly needed, and in a bid to ease some of its burdens – SAP has now teamed up with <a href="https://www.uptycs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Uptycs</a>, a Boston innovator in AI-powered hybrid cloud security, to implement its <a href="https://www.uptycs.com/juno-ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juno AI</a> analyst platform.</p> <p>“Uptycs is in the business of cloud infrastructure security,” says company founder and CEO Ganesh Pai. “What that means is, when large enterprises and operators such as SAP deploy massive infrastructure in one of the large hyperscalers, we provide the technology which gets integrated with their hyperscale providers and the workloads they run.</p> <p>“We provide security observability, which manifests as a series of security controls or a <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/CNAPP-vs-CSPM-Comparing-cloud-security-tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cloud-native application protection platform</a> [CNAPP], a suite of tooling which empowers organisations to do both proactive and reactive security controls, most of which fall in the bucket of governance, regulation and compliance, or that of threat operations, detection and response, incident response, and the like.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="D’you know Juno?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>D’you know Juno?</h2> <p>Juno itself joins AI agents and human cyber analysts together in a team where the humans are left free to concentrate on advanced threat hunting and deeper attack path analysis while the AI handles the grunt work.</p> <p>According to Pai, Juno was originally built as a threat-hunting tool for both cloud-native and on-premise environments, but, working alongside the likes of SAP, it is now delivering more value as a strategic agentic consultant that goes beyond standard threat detection.</p> <p>“Why this is important is that, as you can imagine, there is a lot of AI which is available out there today, but we harness telemetry and we make it available in a way such that in addition to what we collect, we’re able to integrate with the [customer] data lake to provide an interface which inspires user confidence,” he says.</p> <p>“This is key because when they start asking ad hoc questions across the spectrum of security controls that are needed, the answers which come back inspire confidence by showing the elements of trust but verify.”</p> <p>In essence, while many threat-hunting agents will happily yell “fire”, they won’t say why (and like a too-sensitive fire alarm, they will often be responding to burnt toast). Juno differs, says Pai, because its outputs are verifiable – a human can check its output against the same signals, and it cites its sources and produces its receipts.</p> <p>“That’s where the value proposition of what we built comes into play,” he tells Computer Weekly. “We built an agent tech framework which marries the rest of the components to create workflows. And hence it’s not a typical agent; it has got autonomous abilities to go and do a series of steps which a human would have otherwise hours, or, in some cases, weeks, and it’s able to collapse that into order.”</p> <p>Pai, who coined the term “the Wikipedia of cyber” with help from his public relations team, claims Juno is already capable of producing “McKinsey-level” strategic risk reports in minutes.</p> <p>“The industry is tired of security slop and AI that guesses,” he says. “This partnership demonstrates how we can safely combine human and AI capabilities, moving from reactive security to strategic transformation.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Juno in practice"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Juno in practice</h2> <p>So, how is SAP using Juno? Costea explains: “We have smaller lakes in every subscription based on hyperscalers, but we also have what we call a big data lake based in Databricks today that represents the core for us.</p> <p>“What we are building with Uptycs is, practically, more like an in-house in private cloud mechanism to have real-time activity and real-time searches and real-time insights based on all the possible data sets and telemetry we have stored in Databricks, because it’s much cheaper than sending it to Splunk, and we can get to a level of granularity that we could never go to with Splunk,” he says.</p> <p>“What we are looking for all the time is what I like to call the low and slow operational activities that could become a suspicious attempt.”</p> <p>For example, a user with valid cloud identity session has accessed the AWS instance and assumed what appears to be a normal deployment role in a standard continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, but is then using the system manager in AWS to access a small set of different instances and conduct additional actions in the bucket: maybe they enhance their permissions in some way, or exfiltrate a small snapshot to another account. It could be nothing.</p> <p>“It’s literally normal – nothing fancy or extensive,” says Costea. “What you will see with normal toolsets, say you have an XDR on the endpoint, you will maybe see a shell, but for an admin, if it’s nothing malicious, it’s normal.</p> <p>“If you are not granularly looking and correlating the right context, the right action, the right timing, and all that, it’s hard to get to the point where you can say it’s actually suspicious.</p> <p>“What you can do with Uptycs and Juno by searching in the big pool of data is you can say, show me some evidence of, let’s say, an identity session provenance, or a role assumption, or a permission change, and then show me some specific commands that were made,” he says. “Then you can search all the datasets and find the trails and everything that happened that, in the end, could say that from an operational perspective, that’s not normal activity for us – there’s something weird happening.”</p> <p>It’s these details, says Costea, that matter the most for SAP, because ultimately, it enables his defenders to spot discrepancies and oddities before they blow up into something much noisier – in the worst-case scenario, ransomware.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="New toys"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>New toys</h2> <p>For Costea, the value SAP is realising from Juno is apparent when he thinks about how his team is responding to it. He compares them – not unkindly – to kids showing off a new toy to their parent.</p> <p>“It’s that kind of feeling like they got a new toy, and they are so excited about it, and they are trying to exploit it to the level that they can do more things,” he says.</p> <p>“They’re discovering things that they were not able to see before or they thought did not exist.”</p> <p>Again, much of what Juno is surfacing is not, in the moment, malicious or necessarily even suspicious, says Costea, but rather an indication that people are doing things that they shouldn’t be doing or shouldn’t be able to.</p> <p>This kind of data, previously inaccessible, is incredibly valuable to the security team because if a random administrator at SAP was able to perform a dangerous action, an attacker already inside the organisation’s network certainly could. This knowledge enables them to work potential attack scenarios that may not have been obvious before.</p> <p>“Security in today’s cloud-centric world demands tools that not only detect threats, but elevate strategic decision-making,” he says.</p> <p>“Our partnership with Uptycs reflects a shared commitment to verifiable, intelligent cyber security solutions that empower teams to stay ahead of risk while transforming how enterprise security operates.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about AI for security professionals</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Agentic AI is touted as a helpful tool for managing tasks, and cyber criminals are already taking advantage. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Are-AI-agents-a-blessing-or-a-curse-for-cyber-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Should information security teams look to AI agents to keep up? </a></li> <li>Cyber security companies have jumped on the AI bandwagon. We look at where artificial intelligence is a useful add-on <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Making-sense-of-AIs-role-in-cyber-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and where it poses potential risks</a>.</li> <li>At RSA in San Francisco, NCSC chief exec Richard Horne says security professionals have an opportunity and a responsibility to get in front of the security issues <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640680/Cyber-pros-must-grasp-the-vibe-coding-nettle-says-NCSC-chief" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised by the popularity of ‘vibe coding’</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> SAP runs enormous cloud environments for some of the world’s most heavily-regulated organisations, and in the hyperscale era, data security and compliance were becoming big challenges. It turned to cutting-edge agentic tools from Uptycs to cut through the noise https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/LeMagIT/hero_article/Hero-Danger-by-InfiniteFlow-Adobe-10.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641057/How-Wikipedia-of-cyber-helps-SAP-make-sense-of-threat-data Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:15:00 GMT 60 editor@computerweekly.com