Are COVID-19 immunity passports a risk to human rights?
COVID-19 immunity passports are seen as a way to get people back to work and travelling. The problem is that the phrase is misleading. An immunity passport relies on the principle...
20TB a day down the tube
Transport for London (TFL) has announced that more than 20TB of data per day is now being consumed by users of London Underground.
The figure may not seem large compared to the...
Getting tighter control of MP Expenses
IPSA (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) will deploy the Unit4 Business World On suite of applications. The regulatory body is deploying the finance, expenses , HR and Payroll ERP on the Microsoft...
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...
Businesses not doing enough in cyber war
According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey carried out on behalf of the UK Government almost 70% of UK businesses suffered virus, spyware or malware attacks in 2015. Concluding that that...
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...
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....
Deltek makes first acquisition of 2024 with ProPricer the target
Deltek has announced that it has acquired ProPricer, a pricing software solution for agencies and contractors working with government agencies. The acquisition extends the Deltek product portfolio. This also brings new...
Burendo scores multimillion pound deal with UKHSA
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has awarded Burendo, the product delivery and technology firm, a new contract. The contract makes Burendo the UKHSA’s trusted DevOps partner and is worth...