NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
In its 55-page report, the public sector spending watchdog said the government stands to save significant amounts of time and money by improving how it…
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Diversity in tech 2024: Collaboration is vital for DEI progress
The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the IT landscape, but with an ongoing diversity crisis in the tech sector, it remains to be…
DDN seeks AI leadership as it bags $300m investment
DDN, which made its name in high-performance computing (HPC), has gained investment of $300m from US fund Blackstone, which it says will be used to…
L’Oréal: Making AI worth it
Cosmetics and beauty company L’Oréal has expanded its long-term partnership with IBM to uncover new insights in cosmetic formulation data through generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)…
Bank of England and New York counterpart exchange puts technology cooperation into 3D
Financial services regulators in the UK and New York are to share staff through a secondment programme that kicks off next month. The New York…
Davos 2025: Digital supply chains at risk as world faces two years of turbulence
The risk of conflict, growing protectionism, tariffs and trade wars, and growing regulation threaten to disrupt the supply chains of companies, including access to datacentres…
Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities
Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a bang on the second Tuesday of January, dropping a massive Patch Tuesday update containing fixes for 159 vulnerabilities –…
Government, Nesta and ODI issue £600k smart data challenge to technologists
The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works and the Open Data Institute have issued a Smart Data Challenge with a total prize fund of…
Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment
Cyber security, whether singly or in tandem with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), dominates enterprise IT investment plans in 2025, according to Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy…
Larger businesses spend, spend, spend on AI
One in three companies across all markets are planning to spend $25m or more on artificial intelligence (AI) in 2025, a study from Boston Consulting…
Users protest, flee TikTok as clock ticks on US ban
With the 19 January 2025 ban on TikTok just days away, American social media users and businesses are facing up to the fact that the…
UK’s female fintech leaders hit harder by investment collapse
The women behind fintechs still face discrimination when seeking investment, despite the issue being an industry talking point for years, according to figures from a…