Could a cyber-attack trigger NATO response?
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO has warned that NATO will defend itself against cyberattacks. The warning comes in a piece written by Stoltenberg and published in Prospect Magazine. In that...
Horsham District Council digitises HR
TechnologyOne has announced that Horsham District Council has completed the first phase of the roll out of its HR software. The solution now forms part of an integrated solution alongside the...
Facebook gets derisory $5 billion fine
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted to fine Facebook US$5 billion. News of the fine came from the Wall Street Journal who cites sources inside the FTC. This is...
Amazon Alexa to dispense NHS advice
NHS England has signed a deal with Amazon to provide health information via its Alexa voice assistant. The deal is aimed at two groups. The first is those patients who need...
Local Council modernises with people centric ERP:
As part of Guildford Borough Councils Ignite Future Model it has selected Unit4’s people centric cloud ERP platform to replace its legacy solution. Unit4 Business World will replace ABS eFinancials (now Advanced...
University of Edinburgh to move to Oracle Cloud
The University of Edinburgh will implement Oracle ERP Cloud and Oracle HCM Cloud for its core finance and human resource (HR) systems. The announcement comes as part of the University Service excellence program....
Council drops Oracle for iTrent
MHR has announced that Warwickshire County Council (WCC) has replaced its core ERP solution that delivers payroll and HR to iTrent. For 15 years WCC used Oracle E-Business Suite version 12.1.3....
Topolytics wins $100,000 for WasteMap data platform
Topolytics has won first prize in the Google Cloud and SAP Circular Economy 2030 Contest for its WasteMap data analytics platform. The company beat 250 companies from 50 countries to win...
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 fanfare and claims about where the money...
UK set out 10 principles to regulate the Digital World
The UK House of Lords Communications Committee has laid out a framework to regulate digital services. Published today, Regulating in a Digital World outlines 10 principles to shape and frame regulation...