Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told
IBM came within a whisker of taking over from Fujitsu as the Post Office’s core system provider, until complexity forced an “anxious” Post Office into…
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The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells left the organisation with a huge payout and a CBE, but has fallen from grace following the unravelling of…
IT strategy: Supporting a distributed workforce
Prior to 2019, many corporate IT departments had evolved a fairly efficient end-user computing strategy, which kept PCs functioning and updated to support the enterprise…
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
Failures in the technology market are prompting discussions in government over whether the UK will ultimately need to legislate to force IT suppliers to secure…
Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety
An interim artificial intelligence (AI) safety report has highlighted the lack of universal agreement among AI experts on a range of topics, including both the…
Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told
During her time as Post Office CEO, Paula Vennells never stopped believing there were no miscarriages of justice, despite one of the biggest scandals in…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping CIOs and IT directors navigate the green IT landscape
In the contemporary landscape of corporate responsibility, environmental sustainability has become a vital concern. With enterprises facing increasing regulatory pressure to record and mitigate their…
Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system
The Post Office’s most senior IT executive was given the task of researching whether Computer Weekly could carry out a review of an investigation into…
Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements
A former Post Office IT boss had the opportunity to stop it misleading the public over software errors but went along with false public statements…
Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules
Several business leaders have put their names as signatories in an open letter to the prime minister, which warns the government against meddling with the…
US authorities crack BreachForums for a second time
An international law enforcement operation led by the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assistance from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and…
GCHQ to protect politicians and election candidate’s from cyber-attacks
Political candidates, election officials and others at high risk of being targeted online are being offered protection against phishing and malware attacks in the run-up…