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Pentagon To Reconsider Parts Of JEDI Cloud Contract Award

More bad news for Microsoft, as it is reported the Pentagon is requesting permission to reconsider parts of its decision to award JEDI contract to Azure

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Steps Down, Arvind Krishna To Take Over

Long serving CEO and chairman of Big Blue, Ginni Rometty, is to retire on 6 April, and will be replaced by cloud boss Arvind Krishna

TSB Owner Sabadell Signs IBM Deal After Botched Migration

Spain’s Banco Sabadell sign $1 billion deal with IBM for it to manage the bank’s IT and cloud systems for the next ten years

Foxconn Investigates Amazon Echo Factory

Chinese factory that makes Amazon Echo speakers and Kindle readers probed for workforce violations

Tech Quiz: Tech At The Movies

With Blade Runner 2049 out, we decided it was time to test your movie knowledge!

ICO Rules Google DeepMind And Royal Free NHS Trust Data Sharing Deal Was Illegal

Patients were not informed by Royal Free that their data was being shared with DeepMind

House Of Fraser Enters £15m IT Management Deal With Capgemini

Capgemini will look to simplify House of Fraser’s IT ecosystem

Barclays New London Fintech Site Is ‘Europe’s Largest’

Barclays gives boost to London’s fintech community post-Brexit as it seeks to work with startups on future of banking

Nvidia Joins Forces With Bosch To Bring Drive PX Xavier Tech To Driverless Cars

Nvidia will supply the tech, while Bosch provides the sensor electronics for autonomous vehicles

NCSC To Train Private-Sector Security Staff

The centre allow the government to draw on private-sector expertise and vice-versa.

Cross Channel: Cyber Security Pitfalls And Barracuda Hunting Cloud Partners

Find out what’s been going on in the world of the channel in our weekly round up

Ben Ainslie Racing Hopes IoT Can Help Win Britain’s First America’s Cup

Land Rover BAR takes the IoT out to sea with the help of Dell EMC to gain a competitive edge in the America’s Cup

Fujitsu Joins The Disruption Party With Digital Transformation Strategy

ANALYSIS: The system integrator might be behind the times but its range of technology may mean it is unique placed in the business of digital transformation

Fujitsu: UK Government Is ‘More Realistic’ With Its IT Supplier Ambitions

Fujitsu Forum: Big firms working with startups allows government IT to be better delivered

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IoT Partnerships ‘Needed’ To Drive Tech Evolution

Microsoft, IBM and SAP champion the creation of cross-industry Internet of Things ecosystems

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Government ‘Can Change’ Despite GDS Turmoil And Long-Term IT Contracts With Megavendors

UK Cloud CEO says there is evidence of a culture shift in Whitehall as smaller vendors wouldn’t have got a look in five years ago. And, Brexit could accelerate it

IoT Maturity: Dell EMC, GE And World Economic Forum Tout Next Steps For Evolution

ANALYSIS: Big organisations discuss what’s next for the Internet of Things

Government ‘Could Save’ £2bn By 2020 If It Sorts Out Its Digital Strategy

Institute for Government slams Whitehall for digital transformation failures and lack of leadership

Cross Channel: Tax Dodging Consultants And Red Hat Reselling Expanded

Distribution deals and acquisitions were the flavour of the week in the channel world

Cross Channel: Avast & AVG Become One And Falling Fortunes For Capita

All the latest news from the world of the channel, including Avast’s purchase of AVG

Cross Channel: How Brexit Will Impact The Channel

A week is a long time in politics, and a long time in the channel too. Find out how Brexit has been impacting the industry in our roundup from ChannelBiz

Google Staff Data Is Exposed After Email Mishap

Outsourcing privacy slip as third party vendor reveals personal data belonging to Google employees

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Majority Of Local Councils Now ‘Share Services’

Tight budgets sees almost all local councils in the UK sharing services including IT and other services

Government E-borders Spend Slammed By Auditors

Troubled e-borders scheme has so far wasted £830 million of tax payers money, National Audit Office warns

How Will Crowdsourcing Change The World?

Crowdsourcing has become commonplace in the IT sector, but James Gardner, SVP at innovation management software firm, Mindjet, wonders just how far can it take business and society as a whole