Public Sector

London And Bristol Named UK’s Top Smart Cities

London and Bristol named as leaders in Huawei report, with Birmingham, Glasgow and others declared 'contenders' with successful digital projects

9 years ago

What Does Sadiq Khan’s Mayor Of London Victory Mean For Tech?

INDUSTRY VIEW: London technology figures and firms say what they hope to see from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: London Technology

London votes for a new mayor today, but what do you know about the capital's technology sector?

9 years ago

U.S. Army CIO: We’re In The Market For New IT Solutions

Army IT teams are bogged down with legacy hardware and software that comprise about 80 percent of all their global…

9 years ago

UK Driverless Car Trials To Begin Next Year

Pre-Budget statement confirms most “fundamental change” to British transport in decades

9 years ago

Google’s Europe Boss Fails To Answer MPs Over Salary

Google tax avoidance controversy continues after UK boss tells MPs he does not to know his salary

9 years ago

NHS Gets Government Support To Go Paperless By 2020

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlines £4.2bn of funding to help transform the NHS

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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?

9 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,…

9 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,…

10 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

10 years ago

UK Government Ends Extended Support For Windows XP

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

10 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…

10 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'

10 years ago

Digital Scotland To Bring Fibre to 145,000 More Properties

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

10 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

10 years ago