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Post Office dishonesty in Horizon scandal is reason enough for statutory public inquiry Subpostmasters, MPs and the public call for a full statutory judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, following another damning court judgment Share this item with your network: By Published: 05 May 2021 9:10 The years of dishonesty that enabled the Post Office to cover up the real cause of accounting shortfalls that saw innocent subpostmasters convicted of crimes, make the need fo...

SAP CTO Juergen Mueller offers a glimpse into the company’s thinking around delivering business applications as microservices, among other areas and updates in its technology strategy.

Government digital chiefs outline plans for CDDO and GDS Paul Willmott, Joanna Davinson and Tom Read talk about establishing a digital, data and technology sub-board, plans to hire a chief technology officer and a chief data officer, and a five-year plan for the Government Digital Service Share this item with your network: By Published: 04 May 2021 14:29 Paul Willmott, chairman of the government’s Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), is in the process of creating a digital, data and ...

New standard to simplify IoT device onboarding The Fido Alliance’s device onboarding protocol will automate the process of connecting IoT devices to device management platforms while improving security Share this item with your network: By Published: 03 May 2021 6:27 The Fido Alliance has developed a new open standard that will make it easier to connect internet-of-things (IoT) devices to cloud-based and on-premise device management platforms. Called the Fido Device Onboard (FDO) protoc...

Computer Weekly - 4 May 2021: How KFC put digital on the menu Computer Weekly - 4 May 2021: How KFC put digital on the menu In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how fast-food chain KFC scaled and diversified its digital channels to survive the pandemic. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at technologies to improve office productivity for home workers. And we assess the growing problem of electronic waste and how to tackle it. Read the issue now. Vendor: Download this Ezine! This e...

MPs accuse government of unduly interfering in information commissioner appointment Cross-party group of MPs says government is influencing the appointment of a new information commissioner by explicitly seeking a candidate who will support its policy agenda, rather than regulate independently Share this item with your network: By Published: 30 Apr 2021 14:49 The government is attempting to unduly influence the appointment of the UK’s new information commissioner and should restart the ...

A Computer Weekly Buyers Guide to Hyperautomation and Bots A Computer Weekly Buyers Guide to Hyperautomation and Bots A Computer Weekly Buyers Guide to Hyperautomation and Bots The advantages of bots are only multiplying for businesses across the globe. In this 15-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how robotic process automation is evolving, the benefits it brings for coders and the ways artificial intelligence can enhance customer service. Vendor: Download this eGuide!...

Simon Bolton named as NHS Digital interim CEO Following the announcement of Sarah Wilkinson’s departure as CEO of NHS Digital, the organisation has appointed NHS Test and Trace CIO Simon Bolton as interim CEO Share this item with your network: By Published: 30 Apr 2021 9:36 NHS Digital has appointed Simon Bolton as interim CEO while it hunts for a permanent replacement following CEO Sarah Wilkinson’s imminent departure. Bolton, who is currently CIO at NHS Test and Trace, will take on t...

Government extends Gov.uk Verify for a further two years The government’s Gov.uk Verify identity platform will continue to run until April 2023 while a new identity service is developed Share this item with your network: By Published: 28 Apr 2021 9:30 The government has decided to extend its flagship identity platform Gov.uk Verify for another two years, according to the Cabinet Office. This comes after Cabinet Office Parliamentary secretary Julia Lopez said in March 2021 that “all par...

The RaaS developers thumbed their noses at police, saying “We find 0 day before you.” The Babuk gang of threat actors claims to have stolen more than 250 gigabytes of data from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on Monday, including police reports, internal memos, and arrested people’s mug shots and personal details.  According to Vice, the attackers published the claim and the data on the official Babuk site. They also criticized the MPD’s security, and taunted t...