Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
The Post Office is bringing in a new technology leader as it awaits additional government funding for its troubled programme to replace the controversial Horizon…
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Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial-recognition technologies in policing is contributing to a “worrying rowback” in the civil and political rights of people…
IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings
High Speed Two (HS2), the public body responsible for developing the UK’s high-speed rail network, has confirmed it paid HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) a…
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
The United States’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has debuted three new encryption algorithms that it claims will help safeguard critical data from…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can balance innovation with sustainability
Cloud computing underpins countless applications, services, and company initiatives. However, the environmental footprint of these activities has started to come under scrutiny. Today’s IT leaders…
Labour’s first cyber priority must be the NHS
Of the five missions outlined by Keir Starmer’s government in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, one stands out above all others in the…
Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31
In this podcast, we look at storage features expected in Kubernetes 1.31 with Sergey Pronin, group products manager at Percona, which develops open source products…
Cyber criminal kingpin ‘J.P. Morgan’ appears in US court
One of the world’s most notorious Russian-speaking cyber criminals, who went by the handle “J.P. Morgan”, among others, has appeared in court in the United…
Designed to deceive – reviewing the Post Office scandal inquiry
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Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads
Oracle’s recently announced Exadata Database Service on Exascale (ExaDB-XS) aims to improve performance for database workloads and reduce costs. The architecture in Exascale, which is Oracle’s…
Forrester: Rethink your software asset management practices
Software asset management (SAM) has evolved from simple back-office record-keeping to more complex licence and contract management that integrates innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence…
Scottish universities lead digital twin hub for transport
Heriot-Watt University and the University of Glasgow are supporting a £46m initiative researching the use of digital twins to decarbonise the UK’s transport systems. Funded…