Liberty to challenge Snoopers’ Charter in the High Court
The High Court has granted Liberty, the privacy advocate, leave to challenge the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA). The Act, colloquially known as the Snoopers' Charter allows the UK government to conduct...
Infor teaches to success in France
Infor has announced that it has partnered the University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD). The announcement is part of the wider Infor Education Alliance Program (EAP). This program now has initiatives...
EU aims Blockchain4eu at non-fintech and SMEs
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs (DG GROW) have launched a project under unlovely and gimmicky title of: “#Blockchain4EU: Blockchain for Industrial...
Blockchain Research Institute snags governments
The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) has extended its public sector support. The syndicated research program, of over 40 projects on the strategic implications of blockchain, has snagged the Government of Canada,...
SAP transforms police force
SAP has announced it has completed the implementation of SAP Investigation Management for Public Sector to transform the Slovak National Police Force. The solution was implemented for the Ministry of the...
BlackLine for UK Government
BlackLine has announced the availability of its software on G-Cloud 9. The successful application will mean that over 36,000 public sector organisations are able to purchase the financial automation software from...
“Loneliness in older adults has been described as ‘your world dying before you do'”
The IBM Institute of Business Value (IBV) has published a fascinating report:: "Loneliness and the aging population - how businesses and governments can address a looming crisis". It is recommended reading, irrespective...
Blockchain continues to earn Fed and BoE interest
The significance of blockchains is gaining greater central bank attention. Consider the following recent quotations from Mark Carney (Governor of the Bank of England), Janet Yellen (Chair of the Board of...
New dawn for Salesforce with IL4 for DoD
The US Defence Information Systems Agency and DoD have granted Salesforce Government Cloud a provisional authorisation at Impact Level 4 (IL4). This means that Salesforce can be used for controlled unclassified...
How should Infor spend the Koch $2 billion
Infor has announced the completion of the $2 billion investment from Koch Equity Development LLC . In a short press release the company said the finance would help to “accelerate innovation,...