TechnologyOne lights up Blackpool Council operations
Blackpool Council has continued its digital transformation with the award of the contract to replace its Financial Management solution. Blackpool Council awarded TechnologyOne a ten-year contract with a possible five-year extension....
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....
Report recommends level-playing field for digital and traditional journalism
The Review into the future of the UK news industry has delivered its final report. The report looks at the role of online platform in the markets for news and advertising....
Austal USA suffers ransomware attack
Austal USA has become the latest victim of the newly emerged Hunters International cybercrime gang. News of the attack first broke on the dark web site of Hunters International. The company...
NHS Procurement collaborative selects ELCOM to drive savings
ELCOM Systems has announced that an NHS procurement collaborative has adopted its spend management platform to achieve savings of an estimated £15 million. The Humber & North Yorkshire Procurement Collaborative is...
NCSC seeks UK’s most cyber-savvy girls
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced details of 2018's CyberFirst Girls Competition.
CyberFirst Girls targets 12 to 13 year old girls in Year 8 (England and Wales), S2 (Scotland) and...
University of Aberdeen expands Unit4 footprint
Unit4 has announced their Student Management solution was selected by the University of Aberdeen to replace their existing systems. The University already uses Unit4 Business World Finance that replaced ABS E5...
Is Healthcare the fastest growing tech market?
Tällt Ventures has launched the Healthtech Disruption Report 2016 (registration required) looking at the start-ups in the healthcare market. It claims to have identified over 1 million start-up companies worldwide involved in...
US Govt uses bitcoins to buy back secrets
Last week Russia-backed hacking collective ShadowBrokers announced it had hacked private US security contractor Equation Group. Equation Group is believed to be a contractor for the US National Security Agency and responsible...
European Commission’s Digital Services Act a ‘watershed moment’ for internet regulation
The European Commission has agreed to a new Digital Services Act with the European Parliament and EU Member States. The Digital Services Act (DSA) was proposed by the Commission in December...