One year on from the CrowdStrike outage: What have we learned?
It has been a year since the widespread CrowdStrike outage sent ripples across global IT infrastructure and business operations. The incident, caused by a faulty…
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Interview: Alexandra Willis, director of digital media and audience development, The Premier League
The Premier League is all about exciting experiences on the pitch. For Alexandra Willis, director of digital media and audience development at the organisation that…
Netherlands calls for European shift to post-tracking internet as privacy laws fail
The Netherlands is pushing for a radical rethink of how the internet operates, arguing that Europe should abandon surveillance-based advertising in favour of contextual advertising…
The role of customer data platforms
A customer relationship management (CRM) system and a customer data platform (CDP) may initially appear to serve similar functions. However, while they certainly share some…
NCSC exposes Fancy Bear’s Authentic Antics malware attacks
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a formal notice attributing a series of hostile cyber attacks using a variety of malware dubbed…
DWP accused of shielding AI deployments from public scrutiny
Civil rights groups have highlighted a “worrying lack of transparency” in how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is embedding artificial intelligence (AI) in…
CISPE criticised over securing preferential cloud pricing on Microsoft products for members
A European trade body is facing criticism for striking a deal with Microsoft that allows its members to host and resell the software giant’s cloud…
Is history repeating itself with the government’s push to open public sector cloud deals to SMEs?
The UK government is on a mission to loosen the grip that legacy IT suppliers have on public sector IT budgets, amid concerns about how…
Peer warns IT suppliers against partnering with Fujitsu in government contracts
Peer James Arbuthnot warned suppliers to “think twice” before partnering with Fujitsu on government contracts, to avoid being “tarred by the Fujitsu brush”. Fujitsu’s central…
Charities struggle to find the skills to adopt AI
The number of charities using artificial intelligence (AI) tools has increased over the past year, but many believe they lack the appropriate skills for the…
Thousands of women in tech leave their roles each year
A lack of opportunity for progression is a main reason why women are leaving the technology sector, according to the Lovelace report. Research by Oliver…
UK government plans to ramp up sovereign computer capacity
With the Bristol Isambard-AI supercomputer now live, the UK government has unveiled a roadmap to delivering 420 Exaflops of compute power by 2030. The £1bn…