Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals
Post Office chairman Nigel Railton has told an influential group of peers and academics that the Post Office’s controversial decision to contest Capture appeals is…
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Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite chairman support for overturning en masse
The Post Office is contesting a wrongful conviction appeal by a former subpostmaster who experienced problems with its Capture system in the 1990s. This is…
CMA launches investigation into Microsoft business software
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally launched its investigation into Microsoft’s business software to look at whether the provider of office productivity and…
Gov.uk chatbot makes government services faster to access
A flagship project that promises to revolutionise the way the public interacts with UK government services is now available. It can only be accessed via…
Why AI is forcing enterprises to rethink observability
Only 5% of companies are successfully generating value from artificial intelligence (AI), according to Boston Consulting Group, despite IT spending on the technology rising sharply.…
Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal
Accenture is bidding to take over the controversial system at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal. Computer Weekly has learned that the outsourcing…
How to build a cloud carbon data supply chain
For many IT leaders, the move to public cloud has already happened. For others, it is accelerating fast. The case is familiar, and focuses on…
Interview: Luke Gebb, head of global innovation, American Express
Luke Gebb, head of global innovation at American Express, agrees that the pace of technology-led change has intensified exponentially during his more than two decades…
Computer Misuse Act reform to move forward in National Security Bill
The long-awaited reform of Britain’s outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 – which has hamstrung the work of Britain’s cyber security professionals and researchers for…
Why human capital data is pulling AI back inside the firewall
For the better part of two decades, the direction of travel in enterprise technology has been clear: everything moves to the cloud. The rationale was…
Data dive: Power grid data shows birth of AI in UK datacentres
Electricity grid “land grabs” to ensure capacity ahead of graphics processing unit (GPU) shipments. Additions to capacity as ever-larger datacentres switch on. And the arrival,…
Interview: Hitachi Vantara takes long view on business and sustainability
Sustainability and strategy don’t always seem like natural bedfellows in a profit-driven world, but Simon Ninan, global head of strategy at Hitachi Vantara, wants to…