£500,000 to improve diversity in cyber security
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced new funding to support diversity in cyber security. At least £500,000 is to be shared between four projects in a bid...
Ireland hosts blockathon for public services
Blockathon Ireland is a blockchain hackathon hosted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in association with The Department of Finance. It aims to identify and analyse potential real-life use-cases...
Cyprus follows Malta to Unit4 ERP
Unit4 has announced that the Republic of Cyprus has selected Unit4 Business World platform to replace its ERP solution. The project is led by Grant Thornton Cyprus and GCC Computers Ltd. It...
SugarCRM supports the carers
SugarCRM has announced that Uniting Vic.Tas has successfully implemented SugarCRM across the organisation. The project was part of a major consolidation project that saw the bringing together of 24 Uniting Care...
EU launches open source bug bounty
The European Union (EU) has announced it is to support several open source bug bounty programmes. It is doing so in order to protect the open source software that the EU...
Cisco to train 120,000 cyber police
Cisco is partnering with UK police forces to help train 120,000 officers in cyber security. The training will be delivered by the Cisco Networking Academy. It is all part of a deal to...
FBI to enhances Peoplesoft with Pega Applications
Pega has sold a subscription contract that will replace several back office systems at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Business Process Management Unit (BPMU). Pega is deploying several solutions including human resources,...
SIMBA Chain wins DoD blockchain supply chain contract
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) will use SIMBA Chain, a blockchain platform to shore up its logistics and supply chain capabilities. SIMBA Chain is a cloud-based Blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. This government...
Vietnam releases draft of draconian cybersecurity decree
Vietnam has released its latest draft decree on cybersecurity. It is intended to provide the government with control over all email and social media in the country. It requires companies such...
UK budget delivers tech tax and another broadband promise
Philip Hammond, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has delivered his latest budget. Among the various measures and announcements, there are several that impact the tech industry. These range from a £1...
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The Data Literacy Project has just expanded its course library after data analytics vendor Qlik made 18 of its courses available. The project was...
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Business in the Community (BITC) is claiming that small businesses are the key to preventing data breaches in the future. It's relatively easy to...
NAO calls UK Government Cyber Security Programme a farce
In 2016, the government announced it was to invest £1.9 billion in a National Cyber Security Strategy. The announcement came with a lot of...
CertiK to audit smart contracts on LTO Network
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EQT completes aquisition of SUSE from Micro Focus
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Change and keep column settings in Explorer 10
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Blockchain motivates UN when related to its SDGs
The United Nations (UN) has held an event within the Economic and Social Council Chamber to discuss the opportunities provided by AI and blockchain...
Wolfram Blockchain Labs to integrate ARK ecosystem
Wolfram Blockchain Labs (Wolfram) has announced, at SXSW, an integration between its DLT hosting architecture and the ARK Ecosystem. The effect of this collaboration...
Ivanti launches new Cloud platform
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CloudBees launches the Continuous Delivery Foundation
Enterprise DevOps vendor, CloudBees, has announced the Continuous Delivery Foundation. It will operate under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation. Its aim is to...
Global far-right uses Twitter to push for Brexit
The UK has been wrestling with Brexit for three years now. It has been a divisive debate within and without parliament. It is a...
Ternio and Distributed Ledger form DLT Ventures JV for media, banking and telecom
DLT Ventures is the newly formed joint venture (JV) between Ternio and Distributed Ledger. Its objective is to develop and deploy applications for major...
Organisations routinely delayed reporting data breaches pre GDPR
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OVH announced Managed Kubernetes Service
Cloud provider OVH has announced its Kubernetes Managed Services offering has gone live. The service has been available through a private beta since October...
