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...
ITU sets strong goals for broadband rollout
At the Ultra Broadband Forum (UBBF) 2016, Houlin Zhao, Co-Vice Chair of the Broadband Commission and ITU Secretary-General, delivered an interesting update on connectivity. He then set out some of the...
The impact of being open in Government
The Cloud Foundry Summit Europe is looking at the potential for open source inside organisations. One of the keynote speakers is Liam Maxwell, National Technology Adviser, UK Government. He focused on...
Cyber defence or more wishful thinking
The head of the National Cyber Security Centre has given his first major speech ahead of the NCSC launch in October. Ciaran Martin set out the goals for his department at...
GovWin IQ get Market Alerts but no AI – yet
Deltek has announced the latest version of GovWin IQ. The market intelligence solution targets both government contractors and employees. It provides information around government contracts helping individuals and organisations through the...
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...
Zero-day attack hits Irish Police
The Garda Síochána (Irish Police) has admitted its internal systems were hit by a cyberattack last week. The cyberattack used a zero-day attack, a previously unknown vulnerability. Garda officials said that the attack...
Virginia Premier solve EDI headache
Virginia Premier Health Plan (Virginia Premier) has chosen to deploy the Infor Cloverleaf integration suite to solve a problem faced by many healthcare providers. The medical industry has used EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)...
Is Disaster recovery becoming a commodity?
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has chosen CenturyLink Inc to provide its disaster recovery services for the next year. The contract is for a single year but...
SFG infects European energy firm
A new malware campaign targeting European energy companies has been identified by SentinelOne. The details are in a blog by Joseph Landry and Udi Shamir entitled SFG: Furtim's Derivative.
It has described...