Public Sector

BBC Website, iPlayer Outage Blamed On DDoS Attack

BBC blames “technical issue” for outages, but insiders point to a distributed denial of service attack

8 years ago

Majority Of Local Councils Now ‘Share Services’

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

8 years ago

Motorola Solutions Acquires Airwave For £817m

British firm's acquisition welcomed by trade union as Motorola spends close to a £1bn for Airwave

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

What Does The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement Mean For UK Tech?

NEWS ANALYSIS; Budget cuts, digital investment, broadband - how will the Chancellor's plans impact the UK technology industry?

8 years ago

GDS Gets £450m Funding As Government Earmarks £1.8bn For Digital Transformation

Spending Review and Autumn Statement: Troubled GDS is given vote of confidence as Chancellor also makes digital pledges for tax,…

8 years ago

MoD Has £38.5m Of IPv4 Addresses As Government IPv6 Apathy Continues

FoI requests show government is as bad as private sector in IPv6 adoption

9 years ago

NHS England Digital Boss Tim Kelsey Resigns

Move to the sun. Digital boss at NHS England is standing down and heading down under

9 years ago

School Computer Investment ‘Isn’t Helping Pupils’

Heavy investment in schoolroom IT is not helping pupils, OECD think tank report claims

9 years ago

NHS Reveals Plans To Go ‘Paperless’ By 2020

Plans to stop the NHS being reliant on old technology get dusted off in drive for efficiency and cost savings

9 years ago

Islington And Camden Councils Merging IT To Save “Precious” Cash

Consolidated ICT service looks to reduce annual spend to £21m, down from £25m

9 years ago

UK Public Sector Is Falling For The Public Cloud

Majority of public sector organisations use public cloud services, even if not officially signed off by IT department

9 years ago

Ukrainian City Turns To E-Governance To Improve Lives Of Citizens

Amid conflict in Ukraine, Lviv teams up with Microsoft to help businesses, tourism and make a better place to live…

9 years ago

Microsoft Sees Minecraft As Learning Tool For Schools

Microsoft is to launch Minecraft portal for teachers to share ideas about how game can be used to teach maths,…

9 years ago

BBC Toys With Mind Control Headset For iPlayer

Beam me up Scotty! Headset that reads brainwaves being developed to control BBC iPlayer platform

9 years ago

UK Government Ends Extended Support For Windows XP

Government opts not to renew extended support agreement for Windows XP, as migration continues

9 years ago

Microsoft Making OneNote More Elementary for Teachers

School's (nearly) out for summer, but Microsoft is already gearing up for the new class year with updates to its…

9 years ago

SNP Manifesto Pledges Support For Innovation And Privacy

SNP wants research institutions and the private sector to collaborate and commercialise innovations but won't back any 'Snooper's Charter'

9 years ago

Digital Scotland To Bring Fibre to 145,000 More Properties

BDUK-funded Digital Scotland announces next phase of superfast broadband rollout

9 years ago

Plaid Cymru Wants 30Mbps Broadband And Powerful Local Ofcom

Plaid Cymru outlines support for better communications, Welsh language online services and more powers from Westminster

9 years ago

Pro-Privacy Lib Dem Manifesto Details Digital Bill Of Rights And Green Economy

Lib Dems say they would protect privacy of UK citizens, hold a complete review of state surveillance and promote green…

9 years ago

Technology Takes Backseat In UKIP General Election Manifesto

UKIP reveals few tech policies but immigration and energy pledges would impact IT industry

9 years ago

Conservatives Vow To Make UK The ‘Technology Centre Of Europe’ With Election Win

Tories say technology will create jobs, aid regional development and overhaul public services, but suggest more surveillance powers will be…

9 years ago

Only Two Percent Of UK Big Businesses Have Insurance Against Cyber-Attacks

Government report says the UK should aim to be a global centre for cyber security insurance

9 years ago

The Rise Of Mega Cities And Data’s Work – Did The Budget Get It Right?

Sean Jackson, CMO at EXASOL, an analytic database management software company, believes the UK Government is finally getting something spot…

9 years ago

‘Nearly Half’ Of Public Sectors Bodies Have Suffered A Data Breach

Staff often just too busy to cope with new government guidelines, Iron Mountain report claims

9 years ago

UK Is ‘Sixth Best Digital Nation’ In The EU

European Commission report places Denmark top, and praises UK on availability of cheap, fast broadband

9 years ago