public sector

BBC: £100m BT Network Deal Will Save Money And Aid Broadcast Innovation

BBC CTO Matthew Postgate says more efficient, flexible network will facilitate development of 4K and VR broadcasts

8 years ago

HSBC Cyber Attack: How Safe Is Online Banking?

HSBC says it has successfully defended a distributed denial of service (DDos) attack, but should customers be worried?

8 years ago

TechUK Wants ‘Truly Digital’ Mayor Of London To Promote Capital Tech

Mayor of London should promote tech industry innovation, investment and employment according to TechUK manifesto

8 years ago

NHS Cyber Security ‘Far Weaker Than Thought’

Remote and mobile working practices putting the NHS at great risk, Sophos survey finds

8 years ago

Major Government IT Projects In Peril, Warns NAO

Stark warning. One third of major government ICT projects are likely to fail according to National Audit Office

8 years ago

How To Prepare Your Organisation For EU Data Protection Reform

Mark Edge, UK MD, Brainloop, explains how businesses can prepare themselves for the full implementation of GDPR

8 years ago

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

NHS Uses Tinder To Find Young Organ Donors

Dating app Tinder teams up with NHS to encourage young people to donate organs

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

Poor Cyber Security Training At NHS Places Data At Risk

Freedom of information requests reveals shocking state of cyber security awareness within the NHS

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 Should CFOs Ask Their IT Department For This Christmas?

Christmas is a time for giving, so perhaps IT teams will give their CFOs a bit of extra help this…

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

BDUK Scotland To Connect Another 20,000 To Superfast Broadband

Digital Scotland reveals the next 40 areas to get superfast broadband

9 years ago

Microsoft Azure Fires Shots At AWS With Taser Customer Win

TASER will integrate Evidence.com and Axon camera systems with Microsoft Azure cloud platform and Windows 10 devices

9 years ago

Government Hints 10Mbps Will Be New Minimum Broadband Speed

Digital Economy Minister tells broadband parliamentary debate that it wont be held to a 'piddling' 5Mbps European target

9 years ago

Many NHS Health Apps Leak Data, Study Finds

Many NHS-accredited health apps have poor privacy standards and don't secure customer data, study finds

9 years ago

EU US Data Sharing Deal Is ‘Invalid’, Says ECJ’s Advocate General

Potential world of hurt for Facebook and others after AG says data sharing deal with US is invalid

9 years ago

Openreach Promises Partners It Will Improve Service Levels

Openreach pledges to improve repair and installation records but warns any change in regulation will harm investment

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

Government Extends ‘Cost Saving’ Oracle Licensing Deal

Government extends licensing deal with Oracle for another three years, now covers NHS

9 years ago

UK Professionals Demand More Technology

But workers fear tech-enabled connectivity could wreck their work/life balance

9 years ago

The New Cyberattacks Threatening Public Sector Companies

Targeted attacks on public utilities and governments are intensifying, Trend Micro report finds

9 years ago

GDS Appoints New Head Amid Further Departures

GDS COO Stephen Foreshew-Cain is promoted as three others join former head Mike Bracken in resigning

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

Local Government IT Security Is A Bloody Mess, Research Finds

Are budget cuts to blame? Majority of local government organisations say their security is not robust enough to deal with…

9 years ago

Public Sector Lags Behind Business In Device And App Use

O2 and YouGov report suggest businesses are saving significantly more because of technology than public sector

9 years ago

Budget 2015: UK Tech Industry Mostly Unimpressed

NEWS ANALYSIS: Tech firms lament lack of technology policy and support for startups, but sense opportunity in public sector cuts

9 years ago

Chancellor George Osborne Delivers Tech-Free 2015 Summer Budget

Despite pre-election vows to make the UK the “technology centre of Europe”, government serves up virtually nothing for British tech…

9 years ago