Vodafone and Onecom announce IoT partnership
Onecom and Vodafone have signed a five-year deal aimed at expanding the choice of IoT services available to UK businesses.
The two companies will jointly "develop, launch and manage" a range of tools going forward. Onecom, a unified communications platform, will deploy Vodafone’s global IoT managed connectivity, platform and services, so businesses can use connected solutions within their organizations.
Box offers cloud services to London Metropolitan Police
London's law enforcement forces are about to get a significant storage upgrade thanks to a new partnership with Box.
The online storage giant has announced that it will now be working with the London Metropolitan Police to provide 50,000 staff with better cloud provision.
HPE offloads software division to Micro Focus
HPE has finalized the sale of its software division, bringing to an end one of the company's most traumatic periods.
The technology giant has confirmed the spin off of its software business in a deal with British firm Micro Focus which is valued at around $8.8 billion.
London gets its first chief digital officer
London is getting its first ever Chief Digital Officer, the Mayor's office has announced today.
Theo Blackwell, a former cabinet member at Camden Council, will take responsibility for helping London continue to be the technology powerhouse it has become over the past few years.
UK execs don't know GDPR's consequences
With the clock still ticking down to the May 2018 GDPR deadline, new research has once again revealed a worrying lack of awareness among many executives.
A study by Alfresco and AIIM found that one in five (21 percent) of senior executives said that they had little or no idea about the effect GDPR would have on their business.
UK will comply with EU data laws after Brexit
The UK government has confirmed that it plans to comply with existing European laws on data handling and sharing, even after Brexit.
A paper published by the GOV.UK government website said that the EU needs to recognize how the UK is looking for an early agreement in finalizing its plans.
Amazon adds Top Up payment service in UK
Amazon is looking to make it easier than ever for UK shoppers to buy goods on the site using their mobile devices.
The company has this week launched Top Up, a new service that lets users deposit money into their Amazon account simply by scanning a barcode with their phone.
Semi-autonomous truck convoys will hit UK highways by the end of 2018
Small groups of semi-autonomous trucks will be tested on major highways in the UK by the end of 2018.
According to the UK government, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has been awarded a contract to test vehicle convoys. These convoys, consisting of up to three trucks, will be traveling in formation, with the leading truck controlling breaking and acceleration.
UK businesses lack necessary security skills and awareness
British firms are putting themselves at risk of being hit by major cyber-attacks such as the WannaCry ransomware due to a lack of proper security skills and awareness, a new government report has warned.
Over two thirds (68 percent) of board members at FTSE 350 businesses have not been trained to deal with major cyber security attacks, according to the latest government cyber health check report, revealed today.
Barclays lets businesses view banking data in real-time
Small businesses struggling to keep track of all their data as they grow have been given a helping hand thanks to a new tool from Barclays.
Designed for SMEs experiencing a surge in growth, SmartBusiness Dashboard offers a place for companies to view all real-time banking data and information about their business in one place.
Mobile payments rapidly growing in popularity
The UK is continuing to embrace mobile and contactless payments, with the total spend using such services booming in the first half of 2017, new research has revealed.
The latest payment figures from Worldpay, the UK's largest credit and debit card payment processor. It found that the amount of money spent using mobile payments topped £370 million in the first six months of 2017.
Mobile and contactless payments growing in popularity in UK
The UK is continuing to embrace mobile and contactless payments as the impact of cash continues to decline, new figures have revealed.
British consumers and businesses are increasingly shunning physical money in favor of card and online payments, according to the UK Cash and Cash Machines 2017 report from watchdog UK Finance.
How to reduce public sector IT spend
In 2015, UK cancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, set out the government’s spending plans by asking public sector workers to make significant savings in a bid to reduce the deficit by 2020. Osborne stated that budgets would need to be reduced by one-fifth at the very minimum. There were also predictions that one hundred thousand public sector jobs would be shed.
With this announcement came the realization that IT departments within public sector bodies such as local councils, police forces and central government are most likely to be hit the hardest as the pressure to do more with less intensifies.
UK outsourcing market spend reaches £5.2 billion in 2017
The UK outsourcing market has enjoyed some of its strongest performance for several years, according to new figures released today.
The latest Arvato UK Outsourcing Index, revealed that the first six months of 2017 has been the most successful since 2012, with £5.2 billion worth of outsourcing deals in this time.
Most IT departments in UK under pressure to reduce costs
IT departments across the UK will soon face major budget cutbacks over the next five years as companies try to get a handle on increased costs, new research has claimed.
A shocking 92 percent of IT departments are under pressure to reduce expenditure, according to a poll of over 900 IT leaders by Fuze.
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