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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
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
Quiz Of The Week: London Technology
London votes for a new mayor today, but what do you know about the capital's technology sector?
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 systems
UK Driverless Car Trials To Begin Next Year
Pre-Budget statement confirms most “fundamental change” to British transport in decades
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
NHS Gets Government Support To Go Paperless By 2020
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlines £4.2bn of funding to help transform the NHS
Agile Methods 2016: Agile Programme & Project Management |Finance Sector | Public Sector
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
BBC Website, iPlayer Outage Blamed On DDoS Attack
BBC blames “technical issue” for outages, but insiders point to a distributed denial of service attack
Majority Of Local Councils Now ‘Share Services’
Tight budgets sees almost all local councils in the UK sharing services including IT and other services
Motorola Solutions Acquires Airwave For £817m
British firm's acquisition welcomed by trade union as Motorola spends close to a £1bn for Airwave
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
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?
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, health and security
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
NHS England Digital Boss Tim Kelsey Resigns
Move to the sun. Digital boss at NHS England is standing down and heading down under
School Computer Investment ‘Isn’t Helping Pupils’
Heavy investment in schoolroom IT is not helping pupils, OECD think tank report claims
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
Islington And Camden Councils Merging IT To Save “Precious” Cash
Consolidated ICT service looks to reduce annual spend to £21m, down from £25m
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
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 with e-governance portal and the cloud
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, design, history and other subjects and skills
BBC Toys With Mind Control Headset For iPlayer
Beam me up Scotty! Headset that reads brainwaves being developed to control BBC iPlayer platform
Government And IBM Pledge £313m For Big Data Research
British government and Big Blue funnel £300m into big data and cognitive computing research
UK Government Ends Extended Support For Windows XP
Government opts not to renew extended support agreement for Windows XP, as migration continues
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 OneNote data-sharing cloud platform
General Election 2015: Party-By-Party Guide To Technology Policy
What technology polices would each party introduce and how would the tech industry be affected after the next election?
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'