public sector
Don't count Barclays Eagle Labs out just yet![The Barclays logo on a smartphone in front of a digital board with company share prices](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Don't count Barclays Eagle Labs out just yet
Tech Nation has a great track record, but Eagle Labs has the experience, the financial clout, and a clear-cut vision that will deliver positive result…
29 Mar 2023
Online Safety Bill: Why is Ofcom being thrown under the bus?![Secretary of state for DCMS, Michelle Donelan, giving a speech at a podium whilst at the Conservative Party Conference 2022](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Online Safety Bill: Why is Ofcom being thrown under the bus?
The UK government has handed Ofcom an impossible mission, with the thinly spread regulator being set up to fail
24 Mar 2023
HMRC lost nearly 50% more devices in 2022![The website of the UK's HMRC](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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HMRC lost nearly 50% more devices in 2022
The number of devices lost between September 2021 and 2022 rose by 45%
17 Mar 2023
Meet the charity shaping Australia and New Zealand's data breach response![Members of staff at IDCARE at work](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Meet the charity shaping Australia and New Zealand's data breach response
IDCARE is recruiting a reserve army to turbocharge the fightback against cyber crime not just in the region, but in the interests of victims all over …
15 Mar 2023
Arm listing in the US shows the UK's tech strategy is in shambles![Chancellor Rishi Sunak walking in front of Number 10](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Arm listing in the US shows the UK's tech strategy is in shambles
Why was Arm even sold to a Japanese investment fund in the first place?
3 Mar 2023
UK startups dread Tech Nation loss as end of the road nears![The UK map lit up in a blue light that's digitised](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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UK startups dread Tech Nation loss as end of the road nears
Tech Nation’s tireless championing of the UK tech industry has left founders in the lurch as Barclays Eagle Labs steps in to take the reigns
3 Mar 2023
Open source leaders call for permanent government funding package![A close up of multi-coloured lines of code on a computer screen](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Open source leaders call for permanent government funding package
Funding open source projects with taxpayers’ money is “inevitable” and should be treated like maintaining the electrical grid
8 Feb 2023
Labour plans overhaul of 'anti-innovation' UK tech regulation![Chi Onwurah speaking at State of Open Con 2023](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour plans overhaul of 'anti-innovation' UK tech regulation
Labour's shadow innovation minister blasts successive governments' "wholly inadequate" and "wrong-headed" approach to regulation
7 Feb 2023
What's powering Britain’s fibre broadband boom?![Stylised image of full-fibre cables running through the UK countryside](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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What's powering Britain’s fibre broadband boom?
Expansion in full-fibre infrastructure and many new providers are making it stupidly cheap to get ultrafast internet connections in all corners of the…
3 Feb 2023
DCMS: Eagle Labs 'offers better value for money’ than Tech Nation![The Barclays logo on a smartphone in front of a digital board with company share prices](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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DCMS: Eagle Labs 'offers better value for money’ than Tech Nation
The decision to award a £12 million grant to Barclays Eagle Labs has sparked widespread industry concern, with Tech Nation fighting for its future
24 Jan 2023
UK Silicon Valley plans are ‘antiquated and misguided’![Aerial view of Silicon Valley in daylight](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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UK Silicon Valley plans are ‘antiquated and misguided’
The government risks missing out on the next phase of innovation entirely by going full throttle on long-held ambitions to turn the UK into the next S…
17 Jan 2023
English public sector IT spending soars while small cohort of vendors dominate market![A view of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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English public sector IT spending soars while small cohort of vendors dominate market
Spending has more than doubled since 2018 while a comparatively small group of providers collect 89% of the contracts on offer
16 Jan 2023
Fixing STEM's gender bias with more classroom intervention![Two businesswomen working on a computer](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Fixing STEM's gender bias with more classroom intervention
Experts suggest the government must step in to break generational barriers and ramp up promising schemes
16 Jan 2023
The IT Pro Podcast: How upskilling is driving staff retention![The IT Pro Podcast logo with the episode title 'How upskilling is driving staff retention'](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The IT Pro Podcast: How upskilling is driving staff retention
Investing in workforce training improves talent and is seen by employees as a vote of confidence
13 Jan 2023
Podcast transcript: How upskilling is driving staff retention![The IT Pro Podcast logo with the episode title 'How upskilling is driving staff retention'](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Podcast transcript: How upskilling is driving staff retention
Read the full transcript for this episode of the IT Pro Podcast
13 Jan 2023
“Botched government procurement” leads to £24 million Atos settlement![An image of the Houses of Parliament by the Thames on a sunny day](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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“Botched government procurement” leads to £24 million Atos settlement
Labour has accused the Conservative government of using taxpayers’ money to pay for their own mistakes
10 Jan 2023
Australian gov renews IBM contract for quantum computing, AI![Chris Fechner, DTA CEO, and Nicholas Flood, Managing Director of IBM Australia shaking hands after signing the agreement](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Australian gov renews IBM contract for quantum computing, AI
The new five-year deal is worth $725 million and succeeds the digital transformation agency's previous contract which exceeded $2 billion in spending
9 Jan 2023
Japan just isn't taking digital transformation seriously enough![A digital matrix overlaid on the Japan flag](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Japan just isn't taking digital transformation seriously enough
It’s a bad sign when the digital minister chuckles about the prominence of floppy disks at an overseas tech conference
14 Dec 2022
NHS IT issues costing doctors more than 13 million hours annually![An NHS nurse wearing a face mask using a computer in a hospital corridor](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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NHS IT issues costing doctors more than 13 million hours annually
Doctors warn that ageing IT infrastructure is impacting patient care and clinical outcomes
12 Dec 2022
Hiring from overseas to fill specialist tech roles![The UK in red and the EU in blue as seen in a digitised map](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Hiring from overseas to fill specialist tech roles
For businesses looking to plug the tech skills shortage, hiring from overseas can feel bureaucratic and downright baffling
10 Dec 2022
Tech giants to share $9 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract![Ariel view of the Pentagon](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Tech giants to share $9 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract
The JWCC is the successor to the ill-fated Jedi contract awarded to Microsoft in 2018
8 Dec 2022
Defra's legacy software problem 'threatens' UK gov cyber security until 2030![Thérèse Coffey, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, walking with a red binder under her arm](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Defra's legacy software problem 'threatens' UK gov cyber security until 2030
The department spends over two-thirds of its digital budget on maintaining the risky applications, with no plan in place for a fix within the decade
6 Dec 2022