November 5, 2026
The UK government has committed to resolving the fallout from a controversial, retroactive UK tax policy that has left thousands of IT contractors living under the shadow of life-changing tax bills since it came into force in April 2019. In its recently announced Autumn Budget 2024, the government confirmed the policy (known as the
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Storage has long been the monolith of datacentre components. Deployed in forklift upgrades on multi-year refresh cycles, shiny new arrays have not taken long to lose their sheen and become complex to manage and laggardly in performance. Meanwhile, the cloud has emerged and made pay-as-you-go a norm that perpetually retains the sheen of newness
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The Post Office is in the process of appointing a third party to review its controversial Horizon computer system amid continued unexplained losses in branches. During the latest hearing in the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, Lorna Gratton, the civil servant who sits as a non-executive director of the Post Office on behalf
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The Post Office wrongly spent millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to fund its High Court legal battle with subpostmasters over the devastation caused by errors in its Horizon system. It broke the rules when taxpayer money from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), intended for branch network maintenance and organisational
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READ MOREWhat Materials Are Preferred by a Flex PCB Manufacturer? In the world of printed circuit boards (PCBs), flexibility is a crucial factor that distinguishes flexible PCBs from traditional rigid PCBs. The materials chosen by a flex PCB manufacturer play a vital role in determining the performance, durability, and flexibility of the final product. These materials
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Former minister tells public inquiry that convincing the Post Office CEO to cut central costs was like “drawing teeth”, despite many executives and managers earning more than £100,000. In his evidence to the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, Kevin Hollinrake, who was the minister in charge of the Post Office until July’s general election,
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Cyber attacks, phishing, and ransomware incidents are predominantly user-facilitated threats; their success is reliant on a human interaction. Relying solely on the next generation of technology to solve this issue is misguided; we cannot address a human problem with technology alone. Security must shift to a more people-centric approach, as it is ultimately the
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A human error during a website upgrade caused the serious Post Office data breach earlier this year, which exposed personal details of hundreds of former subpostmasters, the public inquiry has been told. In June, a document containing the names and addresses of victims of the Post Office scandal was accidentally published on the Post
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The Post Office was not consulted on the government’s decision to offer £600,000 to wrongly convicted subpostmasters – a move described by the company’s head of financial redress as a “political” decision. During the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearing, Simon Recaldin – in charge of overseeing the compensation schemes run by the
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Employment agencies and end-hirers will be responsible for ensuring umbrella company employees pay the correct amount of employment taxes from April 2026, the government has confirmed. The change is being introduced as part of a government clampdown on tax avoidance by umbrella companies, announced during the Autumn Budget 2024, and is expected to generate £895m
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Much has been speculated since the Labour Party first published its manifesto with groundbreaking legal changes pledged but without detail as to what this would mean for employers. So, what does the Bill say, how do we prepare for it and when? Perhaps the most striking of the reforms is that unfair dismissal will become
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The IT contracting market looks set for a shake-up following the Autumn Budget 2024, with the UK government announcing changes that could potentially increase the supply and demand for outside IR35 engagements. The changes include an announced 1.2 percentage point increase in Employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs) to 15%. Furthermore, the per-employee threshold at
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Almost two-thirds of people hit by the Post Office Horizon scandal have had their personal relationships affected by it, according to the findings of a survey. The survey figures, revealed in a Post Office scandal Public Inquiry paper, also revealed how the adult children of former subpostmasters experienced bullying, financial issues and mental health
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Fujitsu’s European boss will face tough questions during his upcoming appearance at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry after Fujitsu’s inaction and hollowness have been exposed. Paul Patterson made promises to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal and financial commitments to the government 10 months ago. These promises have led to little in
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The managing judge of the High Court battle that opened up the Post Office Horizon scandal has warned that while current rules on digital evidence need to change, they should not simply revert to their predecessor. The Post Office’s use of flawed computer evidence to prosecute hundreds of subpostmasters who were unable to challenge
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Organisations are constantly looking to identify different use cases to integrate AI into their business processes and accelerate the adoption of generative AI technologies. Companies are also finding ways to build innovative AI solutions to meet this demand. As a result, the usage of cloud infrastructure and, thereby, the global cloud computing footprint continues
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Ireland’s Department of Social Protection has contracted Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide the IT and business services that underpin its new retirement pension scheme. The 15-year contract will see Ireland’s My Future Fund use TCS’s BaNCS digital platform to automatically enrol 800,000 people in Ireland to the retirement savings scheme. It comes after
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The UK has launched a shared security guidance package – dubbed Secure Innovation – to support emerging technology companies and startups when it comes to protecting themselves from cyber threats, including targeted intrusions from hostile nation states. The campaign continues a joint initiative targeting the tech sector as a whole, which was set up
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Cloud sprawl is the uncontrolled proliferation of an organization’s cloud instances, services or providers. It typically occurs when an organization lacks visibility into or control over its cloud computing resources. Cloud sprawl affects all types of cloud services but is especially common in software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) models. In SaaS, easy access to deployment
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IR35 status remains an enduring concern for IT contractors when considering their next role, but less so for off-payroll workers in other industries, research from accounting consultancy Sapphire Contracting suggests. The company polled 2,300 contractors for its Contractor census 2024 research to gauge their thoughts on the state of the contracting market, and to
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The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board has written to the secretary of state for justice urging the government to legislate to overturn convictions of subpostmasters based on the error-prone Capture system. The influential group, which includes peers James Arbuthnot and Kevan Jones who both campaigned for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal for many
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The Post Office’s boss has met with former subpostmasters about the future, and was warned the business could not move forward without action on financial redress and clearing out staff members involved in the scandal. Former Post Office branch owners and members of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA) Jo Hamilton and Mark Kelly described
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The National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) has written to the minister in charge of the Post Office requesting a review of problems experienced by users of a branch system known as Ecco+. The system, used in Crown branches in the 1990s to automate accounting, was described by one former senior Post Office executive as “chronically
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The Post Office’s head of investigations told public inquiry that, as a result of the Post Office scandal, court rules on computer evidence could go back to not presuming a system worked properly. Giving evidence in a recent hearing at the statutory public inquiry examining the scandal, John Bartlett, director of assurance and complex investigations
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The Post Office is investigating allegations that staff working on the New Branch IT (NBIT) project, including the transformation chief, misrepresented alternatives to building Horizon’s in-house replacement. The current in-house NBIT software development project now looks set to be dumped and replaced by an off-the-shelf alternative. An internal Post Office Ad Hoc board report, made public
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A suspended Post Office manager was allowed to return to work while the Metropolitan Police investigate allegations that they instructed staff to destroy evidence that could have been of interest to the ongoing public inquiry. A document made public by the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon Scandal reveals more details of an internal investigation into
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Sir Alan Bates has told prime minister Keir Starmer that if government is not capable of completing financial redress for victims of the Post Office scandal by March next year, it should appoint an independent organisation to do the job, or face court action. In a circular to members of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance
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The Metropolitan Police has taken over the investigation into allegations that a Post Office worker advised staff to destroy or conceal evidence of potential interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry, according to the latest witness. Previously, the Met Police and the Post Office would not comment on whether the investigation had become a
READ MOREflexible printed circuit manufactured The manufacturing of flexible printed circuits (FPCs) involves a series of intricate processes that transform flexible materials into functional electrical interconnects. The journey begins with the selection of an appropriate substrate material, typically polyimide or polyester, chosen for its excellent dielectric properties, thermal stability, and mechanical flexibility. The choice of substrate
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A former Post Office chief operating officer (COO) did nothing to intervene in wrongful prosecutions when it became obvious to him that the firm’s prosecution practices were unfair. Mike Young, COO at the Post Office from 2008 to 2012, said he had concerns over the burden being on subpostmasters to provide evidence of their innocence
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has gone live with its Parallelstore managed parallel file storage service, which is aimed at intensive input/output (I/O) for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and is based on the open source – but developed by Intel – Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) architecture. Intel originally intended DAOS to be supported by its
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The “writing is on the wall” for the Post Office’s plan to build its New Branch IT (NBIT) system in-house, as it considers dumping it in favour of an off-the-shelf electronic point of sale (EPOS) alternative. Running over budget and behind schedule, the NBIT project, which set out to replace the system at the centre
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Microsoft’s Azure platform is a significant player in the cloud storage market. According to Microsoft figures, by the start of 2024, Azure storage clocked up more than 100 exabytes of data reads and writes a month, which translated to more than a quadrillion monthly transactions. This reflects global growth in cloud storage, but also Azure’s
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Data is critical to businesses of all sizes, and the idea of being able to store it anywhere and access it everywhere is immensely appealing. This is the promise of global file systems (GFS), which aim to break the link between physical storage and the application and user by aggregating on-premise and cloud data into
READ MOREPCB manufacturing affect environmental sustainability Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are essential components in nearly all electronic devices, from smartphones to complex industrial machinery. While PCBs enable modern technology to function efficiently, their manufacturing processes raise significant environmental sustainability concerns. This issue encompasses various aspects, including resource consumption, waste generation, chemical use, and the long-term impacts
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In today’s digital landscape, the traditional security perimeter has dissolved, making identity the new frontline of defence. As organisations increasingly adopt cloud services and remote work models, managing and securing identities has become paramount. Effective identity and access management (IAM) practices are essential for IT departments to safeguard against cyber-attacks, phishing attempts, and ransomware threats.
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The Post Office has “dragged its feet” in getting rid of staff with connections to the Horizon scandal, despite a former government minster’s call for robust action on the individuals, the public inquiry has heard. The former minister, Kevin Hollinrake, told the Post Office to deal with the staff in question “robustly”, even if it
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There can be few – if any – initiatives more important to the future of the Post Office than the replacement of the controversial Horizon IT system at the heart of the scandal that led to the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice. And yet recent revelations at the public inquiry into the scandal show
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Numerous IT service providers and consulting businesses have ramped up their artificial intelligence (AI) practices in recent weeks in a bid to drive demand for enterprise AI. The latest announcement is Accenture’s expansion of its partnership with Nvidia, resulting in the formation of the Accenture Nvidia Business Group, through which it plans to help enterprises
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The UK’s new government has teased further details of its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, confirming that it will contain a clause that mandates centralised incident reporting, including in the event cyber attacks that involve ransomware. Keir Starmer’s incoming administration first brought forward the possibility of a mandatory reporting law in the King’s Speech
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The Post Office’s once-in-a-generation project to replace the controversial Horizon system was “set up to fail” and needs to be reset, its chairman has told the public inquiry. Nigel Railton told the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry that in 2021, when the New Branch IT (NBIT) project was embryonic, two decisions were made that were
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The Post office is currently looking for a non-executive board member with a technology background as it deals with ongoing challenges with its IT project to replace the controversial Horizon system. A major project to replace Fujitsu’s Horizon system, known as the New Branch IT (NBIT) project, is currently over budget and behind schedule, with
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The Post Office is investigating allegations that a senior executive instructed staff to destroy or conceal documents that could be of interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry. The sixth witness statement of company secretary Rachel Scarrabelotti includes detail of the whistleblowing matter being dealt with by the Post Office. She wrote that the
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The relationship between the Post Office and its main IT supplier has been strained to the limit in recent years, according to evidence from a senior Post Office IT executive to the statutory public inquiry. Phase seven of the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry, which is looking at current practices at the Post Office and
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is in the midst of an investigation into the cloud infrastructure services market, after communications regulator Ofcom uncovered evidence of anti-competitive behaviour in the sector. The investigation is also looking into whether technical barriers and the charging of data egress fees make it harder for customers to switch providers.
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An analysis by specialist forensic investigators has concluded there is a “reasonable likelihood” that the Post Office’s Capture software used by hundreds of subpostmasters in the 1990s caused accounting shortfalls for which the users were blamed and, in some cases, prosecuted. It is estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 subpostmasters used Capture between its introduction
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A change in Post Office behaviour after it introduced software to computerise branch accounts in 1993 mirrors an increase in prosecutions six years later, when the controversial Horizon system was introduced. Lives were destroyed as the Post Office blamed subpostmasters for unexplained accounting shortfalls that only existed on the error-prone Horizon accounting system used in
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A campaign group set up by the children of subpostmasters who had their lives ruined by the Post Office scandal are still waiting for Fujitsu to meet promises it made nine months ago. The group feels it’s become a “box-ticking exercise” for the Japanese IT giant as it attempts to restore its reputation amid the
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Subpostmasters are operating with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office hanging over them as they continue to experience unexplained account shortfalls, subpostmaster federation boss told public inquiry. During the latest hearing in the seventh and last phase of the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) CEO Callum Greenhow
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Over half of today’s subpostmasters are experiencing unexplained accounting shortfalls on the controversial Horizon IT system used in branches. Over the past two decades, hundreds of subpostmasters have been wrongly convicted of crimes based on evidence from the flawed system – and problems persist. A major survey commissioned by the Post Office scandal public inquiry
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Metro Bank has contracted Infosys to support its digital business transformation and use of automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and data technologies in a deal that will also help it meet cost-cutting targets. According to reports, the bank is planning to cut 300 staff, including those working in its IT department. This follows an announcement of
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In recent years, human ingenuity and scientific know-how has developed advanced drugs promising relief and even recovery to millions of people worldwide diagnosed and living with previously incurable forms of cancer. Historically, identifying the active ingredient for candidate drugs is not an easy process. Drug discovery often drew on old knowledge of traditional folk medicine
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Salesforce and Nvidia have committed to a new partnership that will see Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform – including accelerated computing capability and AI software – brought to bear alongside the Salesforce platform and its new Agentforce AI agent service, developing more advanced AI capabilities for organisations with autonomous agent and interactive avatars, among other
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A group of 10 cyber security startups hailing from the UK, India, Singapore and the US have been named as the first cohort of companies selected for the recently launched CyberBoost Catalyse programme, a collaboration between London-based Plexal and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The group represents a diverse mix of seed to Series-B
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Fujitsu has told its UK staff there will be no UK-wide pay rise this year as it prioritising a limited budget, fuelling anger among a workforce with low morale. The announcement comes after a disastrous eight months since the wider public became aware of the IT supplier’s role in the Post Office Horizon scandal. Staff
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Oracle top brass led out their annual CloudWorld conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on 10 September with a focus on the multicloud future but also a customer-centric love-in, as CEO Safra Catz took to the stage to laud the partnerships Oracle has built over its near-50 year lifespan to date. With a number of major
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Over 2,000 victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal can now appeal the financial redress they have received if they believe it to be inadequate, through a new independent process. The government announced that any of the 2,228 former Post Office branch workers who have already settled through the Horizon Shortfalls Scheme (HSS), can appeal
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As founder Larry Ellison made final tweaks to his keynote speech at Oracle’s annual CloudWorld fest in Las Vegas, the venerable software supplier teased several key developments to expand upon in the coming days, amid predictably strong quarterly numbers. Leading the pack out of the gate is the launch of a new partnership with Amazon
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Cloud repatriation – sometimes called “reverse migration” – is something any organisation that uses cloud storage should consider. It’s the process of moving workloads and data back from public cloud infrastructure to on-premise hardware. This could be to a business-owned datacentre, colocation or other shared facilities. Organisations might choose to repatriate because of application performance,
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Financial services company BBVA has received approval from the UK regulator for a takeover of Spanish rival Sabadell, which would see it take control of the UK’s TSB Bank and pose interesting questions over its future IT strategy. TSB customers were migrated from the systems of Lloyds Bank, which hosted them, to a UK-specific version
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UK businesses and public sector organisations will have easier and lower-cost access to IT skills, products and services from Ukraine as the UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) begins. The digital trade deal came into force on 1 September 2024, with the UK’s Department of Business and Trade describing the digital-only agreement as one of the
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AWS Outposts is a fully managed service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables users to set up a hybrid cloud by extending AWS infrastructure, services, application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools to any data center, colocation space or on-premises facility. Typical hybrid cloud platforms require users to operate multiple IT environments — both on-premises
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Fashion retailer Primark has agreed a five-year extension to its contract with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as the retailer embarks on expansion plans, driven in part by IT. TCS was first contracted by Primark in 2016, with the latest deal set to extend the relationship until at least 2029. The agreement covers 17 countries in
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Cambridge Enterprise has saved tens of thousands of pounds and freed up administrators to do more productive work after switching from traditional tape-based backup to software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud-to-cloud backup from Keepit. Cambridge Enterprise is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Cambridge. It’s a non-profit organisation that helps the university’s research make the transition
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Post Office branches across the country could not conduct business at opening time today after a major outage in the controversial Horizon IT system. Thousands of branches were unable to trade at the busiest time of the day. The Post Office downplayed the issue – a spokesman told Computer Weekly: “The issue impacted some branches
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The current wave of digital transformation, accelerated by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges. As AI continues to advance, it demands increasingly sophisticated datacentres and high-performance computing capabilities, raising critical concerns about its environmental impact. For CIOs and IT leaders, the imperative is clear: driving innovation must
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The Post Office has apologised once again to subpostmasters after it was confirmed that a text message intended to warn branch managers of a problem preventing access to the Horizon IT system was never sent. As reported by Computer Weekly earlier this week, about 3,000 Post Office branch counters were unable do business when they
READ MOREFlexible Printed Circuit Manufacturers Reduce Production Costs There are many ways for flexible printed circuit manufacturers to reduce production costs, but not all of them will have the same impact. One important factor is the number of unique components used, as this will have an immediate effect on the overall cost of a PCB. It
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AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) is an open source framework that helps developers create and deploy serverless applications for the AWS cloud. By providing a template specification and a command-line interface (CLI) tool, AWS SAM simplifies and improves the process of defining and building serverless applications. Benefits of AWS SAM AWS SAM helps to
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AWS Glue is a cloud-based and serverless data integration service that helps users to prepare data for analysis through automated extract, transform and load (ETL) processes. This managed service offers a simple and cost-effective way for categorizing and managing big data in the enterprise and using it for various applications, like machine learning (ML), application
READ MOREpcb circuit board assembly Printed circuit board assembly is one of the most important processes in electronic design. It’s what brings a blank PCB together with components and resistors, so that it does what the designer intended it to do. It isn’t just a matter of arranging parts; it also involves testing and inspection. Ultimately,
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An AWS landing zone is a scalable, secure Amazon Web Services environment that enables AWS users and organizations to launch and deploy workloads and applications in the AWS cloud. The goal of a landing zone is to provide AWS users with a starting point for application or workload deployment. It also provides a useful baseline
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The Post Office has revealed a disconnect between branch systems and a Fujitsu datacentre is what left subpostmasters unable to authenticate and log onto their systems yesterday morning. A backup datacentre was used to redirect traffic and restore branch operations by around 9.30am. As reported by Computer Weekly, about 3,000 Post Office branch counters were
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AWS Lambda is an event-driven cloud computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows developers to run code without having to provision, administer, or manage compute resources. This service is one well-known example of serverless architecture as well as a popular cloud computing concept called function as a service (FaaS). Benefits of AWS Lambda
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AWS Migration Hub is a service from Amazon Web Services that enables AWS users to simplify migration to the AWS public cloud. Its purpose is to simplify discovery, assessment, planning and execution to streamline organizations’ end-to-end migrations and modernization journeys. AWS Migration Hub supports and integrates with native migration tools, such as AWS Server Migration
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In 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the first public cloud provider, offered publicly available services such as Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Services (Amazon S3). Four years later, in 2010, Microsoft launched Microsoft Azure (which was initially called Azure). Lastly, in 2011, Google introduced Google Cloud Platform (GCP), a set of cloud computing
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Microsoft Azure Files — sometimes known as Microsoft Azure File Service — is a simple, secure, serverless, fully managed and cloud-based file sharing service for enterprise users. Through Azure files, users can access the file shares via the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) protocols, as well as the Azure Files
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Hardware as a service (HaaS) is a procurement model that’s similar to leasing or licensing. Hardware that belongs to a managed service provider (MSP) is installed at a customer’s site and a service level agreement (SLA) defines the responsibilities of both parties. Sometimes HaaS clients pay a monthly fee for using the hardware; sometimes its
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The Post Office is bringing in a new technology leader as it awaits additional government funding for its troubled programme to replace the controversial Horizon IT system at the heart of the scandal that saw hundreds of innocent subpostmasters prosecuted for phantom accounting losses. The organisation’s chief transformation officer, Chris Brocklesby, is leaving on 6
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Cloud computing underpins countless applications, services, and company initiatives. However, the environmental footprint of these activities has started to come under scrutiny. Today’s IT leaders find themselves at a crossroads. On one hand they must embrace innovation – which includes using AI, machine learning, and big data analytics – to propel their organisations forward. And
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun looking at whether it should investigate Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. The CMA is already looking at Anthropic’s partnership with Google owner Alphabet, as well as Microsoft’s partnership with Inflection. In October 2023, Alphabet invested $2bn in OpenAI rival
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The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves is being urged to review the anecdotal jump in public sector spending caused by the roll-out of the April 2017 IR35 reforms, as she sets about closing the £22bn gap in the public’s finances left by the previous government. Reeves revealed details of the “projected overspend” the previous government’s
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Ministers, civil servants, Post Office executives, Fujitsu bosses and lawyers were among the big names to be shamed in the latest epic phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Some two years in, the statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has so far heard oral evidence from 267 individuals, received written
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A further 11 companies have received funding through the government-backed ChipStart incubator, which is being delivered by Silicon Catalyst. The initiative was launched in October 2023, providing funding and support for 12 semiconductor startups to help them bring new products to market. The second round of startup companies to receive support includes HeronIC, which is
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Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. IaaS is one of the three main categories of cloud computing services, alongside software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). In the IaaS model, the cloud provider manages IT infrastructures, such as
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It quickly became clear the problem was not an issue with Microsoft’s Azure service, as it first appeared, but an issue with a single software provider – named CrowdStrike – who released a faulty update to their software, which was then distributed rapidly around the world via the Azure global networks. As reported by Computer
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The ending of tax breaks and elevated energy efficiency fears are driving change in the operating landscape for Norway’s datacentre industry. More companies are shifting development strategies and investments to focus on more energy-efficient facilities amid concerns that parliamentary elections in 2025 could deliver a government open to taxing those energy-intensive industries. Polling shows a
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The Police Digital Service (PDS) has lost another director in the form of ex-Accenture UK policing and justice lead Allan Fairley, who has left the organisation on “conflict of interest” grounds, Computer Weekly has learned. Fairley joined the PDS board as a non-executive director on 6 June 2024, but – as confirmed by a
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Imagine if, 20 or even 30 years ago, companies could have realistically adopted cloud-based ERP. Packaged, server-based ERP software might never have been a thing, and small organizations might have had access to the same tools as their large competitors. It’s 2024, and enterprises looking to adopt another rapidly growing technology, blockchain, have that option.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into whether Alphabet’s partnership with Anthropic is anti-competitive. There appears to be an arms race going on in the tech sector for artificial intelligence (AI) talent and capabilities, which is leading the UK regulator to consider whether partnerships between major tech firms and AI startups are healthy
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The majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a botched rapid response update were back up and running prior to the weekend of 27 and 28 July, as efforts to remediate the 19 July incident that caused more than eight million Windows machines to crash continue. Writing on LinkedIn on 26 July, CrowdStrike CEO George
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Former government minister Vince Cable said the Post Office lied to the government to prevent the truth about the mistreatment of subpostmasters becoming known by ministers. During the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearings, the former Liberal Democrats Leader also described the Post Office as “authoritarian” in their dealings with subpostmasters, while fellow former Conservative minister
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In the evolving IT landscape, cloud deployments have become deeply entrenched in business operations, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges. The widespread adoption of cloud technologies has created a complex and dynamic environment, often spanning multiple providers and geographical regions, each with its own laws, regulations, and standards. From fragmented environments to access control
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In the 18 months since the launch of ChatGPT introduced the concept of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to the world, most business have played with the technology, many have trialled real-world applications, but so far few have gone all-in on using GenAI across their organisations. However, that is set to change as more of the
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The Post Office always acted like the victim of “incompetent” or “criminal” subpostmasters when it faced pressure in relation to problems experienced by users of its error-prone Horizon system, the public inquiry has been told. Former government minister Margot James also said getting to the truth was hampered because civil servants had “gone rogue” in
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Hybrid multicloud storage is intended to create the best of all worlds. By mixing on-premise technology with multiple public cloud resources, enterprises hope to optimise the attributes of each with regard to pricing, capacity, performance, features, security and resilience. The challenge is to create a coherent storage architecture out of multiple technologies rather than a
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The government department responsible for the Post Office “lost objectivity” as it managed enquiries from MPs about allegations made against the Horizon computer system, according to a former business minister. During the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearing, Conservative peer Lucy Neville-Rolfe was questioned about her time as a minister when she oversaw the
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Former coalition government ministers were “handled” by civil servants who “covered their own backs” while evidence of a scandal at the Post Office emerged, according to campaigning former subpostmaster Sir Alan Bates. At the latest Post Office Scandal public inquiry hearing last week, current Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and former leader Jo Swinson were
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Derby City Council aims to save almost £12.5m a year in costs by rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools to its staff. The council, which covers the East Midlands city of some 264,000 people, has identified 261 tasks where officials believe AI can make improvements. Within that, the council is focusing on 54 areas where
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On Friday 19 July 2024, the UK awoke to news of a fast-spreading IT outage, seemingly global in its nature, affecting hundreds – if not thousands – of organisations. The disruption began in the early hours of Friday morning in Australia, before spreading quickly across Asia, Europe and the Americas, with the travel industry among
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The government trusted the views of the Post Office over allegations by subpostmasters that they were being mistreated over unexplained branch losses, and ignored what the subpostmasters and their supporters were saying, the public inquiry into the scandal has been told. When, on behalf of constituents, MPs asked the government department responsible for the Post
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Lead-to-revenue management (L2RM) is a set of sales and marketing methods focusing on generating revenue throughout the customer life cycle. More prominent in business-to-business (B2B) marketing and sales, L2RM starts in the lead generation phase and extends through each stage in the buyer’s journey to evaluate how much money customers in each stage bring in.
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East London innovation and startup hub Plexal has partnered with the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore, the Asian state’s equivalent body to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the National University of Singapore (NUS) to create a cross-border cyber security innovation programme. Dubbed CyberBoost, Plexal and its collaborators hope the initiative will
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The year-on-year (YoY) growth of cloud storage and computing suggests an unstoppable trend of customers that have moved away from owning and running their own datacentres, compute, storage and networking hardware. But although the cloud continues to grow – accounting for as much as 50% of the world’s IT infrastructure – the trend no longer
READ MORE如何下载Telegram Telegram 已成为移动设备上最受欢迎的消息应用程序之一，全球用户超过 5 亿。不幸的是，由于该应用程序太受欢迎，而且据报道，一些人权律师使用该应用程序，他们被视为对中国共产党的威胁，因此该应用程序在中国被屏蔽。幸运的是，有一个简单的解决方法。您需要做的就是连接到位于中国境外的 VPN 服务器，该服务器将加密您的流量，使中国当局无法阅读您的消息。在中国使用 VPN 就像选择经过预先审查的提供商一样简单，这些提供商的使命是绕过中国严格的防火墙，例如 SwitchVPN。 导致 Telegram 在中国被屏蔽的主要问题是其端到端加密，这可以防止中国当局拦截和阅读您的对话。它还以其秘密聊天功能而闻名，该功能允许您发送和接收在一定时间后消失的消息，从而提供另一层隐私和安全。 电报中文版 由于这些功能，Telegram 被许多人权律师和其他举报人使用，他们经常受到中国政府的监视。再加上亚太地区服务器发生的分布式拒绝服务攻击（有人怀疑是中国政府支持的），促使该消息应用程序在中国受到审查。 如何下载Telegram中文版？ 然而，尽管在中国被屏蔽，Telegram 仍然被其他国家寻求安全私密通信方式的用户广泛使用。除了常见的消息功能外，Telegram 还提供视频通话、文件共享（每个用户最多 2 GB）、群聊、强大的照片和视频编辑工具、开放贴纸和表情符号平台等。 在中国访问 Telegram 的最佳方式是连接到位于国外的 VPN 服务器。这将加密您的连接并隐藏您的 IP 地址，使中国官员无法阅读您的通信。好的 VPN 会拥有庞大的服务器网络，这样你就能找到快速可靠的连接，并且还有一个终止开关，可以在 VPN 断开连接或受到攻击时切断你的互联网连接。 虽然苹果迅速将 Telegram 从中国的应用商店中移除，但创始人 Pavel Durov 表示，此举并未显著影响该国的下载量。相反，他批评了苹果的“围墙花园”应用政策，并表示这家 iPhone 制造商搬起石头砸自己的脚。这对苹果来说是一个重大打击，因为它已经在努力跟上中国市场的竞争。值得庆幸的是，在中国仍有很多方法可以连接到互联网，包括 VPN。只需确保选择在中国运行良好的服务，例如 SwitchVPN，并且有退款保证，这样你就可以在承诺之前无风险地测试它。
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Chocolate maker Tony’s Chocolonely has deployed cloud-to-cloud backup from Own in a move that has seen it become fully protected in its Salesforce.com environment. Previously, it regularly lost customer data without knowing it, and also ran up against storage space limitations that halted work. The Netherlands-based company employs 300 people in offices across Europe and
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The idea behind ITER started with Gorbachev and Reagan in the 1980s, during the height of the cold war. The two leaders agreed to join forces to develop nuclear fusion, clean energy technology that could one day power the world. The project was launched one year later when the European Union, Japan, the Soviet Union
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The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body stands accused of selling its members down the river, after agreeing a $22m deal to withdraw its long-standing anti-trust complaint against Microsoft. The pair have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that commits Microsoft to making an enhanced version of its Azure Stack HCI offering
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The civil servant on the Post Office board during subpostmasters’ High Court litigation battle has said he was alone in having concerns about the organisation’s court strategy, which saw it blow over £100m of taxpayers’ money. In 2018/19, hundreds of subpostmasters took the Post Office to court in a multimillion-pound group litigation and successfully sued
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This summer’s men’s European Football Championship in Germany has been a showcase for how digital technology can transform the consumption of sporting events, but the unseen services and teams supporting logistics are the unsung heroes. While broadcasters wow consumers with Euros coverage, the digital tech running event logistics will be classed a success if nobody
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The government left it to “luck” to monitor the Post Office management, which meant it missed opportunities to prevent the Horizon scandal and the suffering it caused, the public inquiry has been told. As an arms-length body, 100% owned by the government, the Post Office was free to run its business as it chose, with
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For enterprises that want to extend their storage strategy, the public cloud is a place to start that can bring quick wins. After all, cloud technology is quick to deploy, needs little to no capital outlay, and can grow quickly with the business to store more data, especially unstructured data. Analyst Gartner predicts that enterprises
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For Lyndsay Weir, the key to success with data analytics is getting to the “so what?”, beyond the charts and spreadsheets. “You need to understand what business question is and you need to get to the action. I say this to my teams, but whenever they produce anything, a report, a tool, a dashboard, my
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Recently knighted Alan Bates has welcomed the elevation of former MP Kevan Jones – a long-time supporter of the former subpostmaster’s campaign for justice – to the House of Lords. The Upper House now has two of the loudest voices supporting subpostmasters over the past two decades, as Jones joins James Arbuthnot on the red benches.
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Technology sector trade body TechUK has recognised four pioneering industry leaders for their work in using digital innovation to effect social, cultural or economic improvements in the UK. In its second annual President’s Awards, the organisation chose winners who it says are “going above and beyond” to use technology for good. The winners in each
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Finland’s cyber defence and technology sectors are primed to benefit from a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) membership dividend following a decision by the alliance to locate accelerator research and development (R&D) facilities and test centres in the country. Amid tensions with Russia, Finland formally joined Nato in April 2023, ahead of Nordic neighbour Sweden,
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A former Post Office investigator who deleted information from an expert IT witness statement during the wrongful prosecution of a subpostmaster faces being investigated by his current employer, the Metropolitan Police, as part of its Post Office scandal probe. Last week, the Post Office scandal public inquiry was shown evidence for the second time that
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A former senior Fujitsu engineer claims he was “trapped” into giving misleading evidence by the Post Office during the prosecution of subpostmasters accused of theft and fraud. He told the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearing that what happened in cases where subpostmasters were wrongly convicted, based on the evidence he gave as an
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An investment company has had its second attempt at securing planning permission for a datacentre development on a patch of Green Belt Land in Iver, Buckinghamshire, denied by local authority planning officials. Greystoke Land applied for outline planning permission to Buckinghamshire Council in March 2024 for its plans to build a datacentre of up to 72,000m2
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Telefónica and Nokia have signed agreement to boost adoption of 5G SA network APIs in Spain and Germany. Through their agreement, Telefónica will use Nokia’s Network Exposure Function (NEF) for various purposes that enable developers to access the operator’s 5G network capabilities, such as precise device location, enhanced notifications based on connectivity status, and edge discovery.
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What follows is based on our combined experience of around 52 years of legal advice to the IT and outsourcing industries, and how we’ve seen outsourcing relationships and agreements develop to accommodate waves of new IT infrastructure, technologies, systems, applications and business processes. We look broadly at the key areas of focus for customers within
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A former Fujitsu IT expert’s ignorance of the rules that expert witnesses to courts must adhere to meant subpostmasters were wrongly convicted of financial crimes and jailed, the Post Office public inquiry has heard. Gareth Jenkins began acting as an expert IT witness to courts for the Post Office in the early 2000s, when the
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Microsoft broke European Union (EU) antitrust rules by bundling in its cloud-based communications and collaboration software Teams when users purchased its online productivity suite, Office 365. That is the preliminary view of the European Commission’s (EC) ongoing investigation into the distribution strategy of Microsoft Teams, which began in July 2023 in response to two separate
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The former National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) boss has downplayed the volume of prosecutions of subpostmasters after the Horizon system was introduced, but the numbers say otherwise. During his appearance at the Post Office scandal public inquiry, George Thomson, NFSP general secretary from 2007 to 2018, was in denial over the Post Office Horizon scandal,
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The IT expert at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal has resigned as a member of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, after he was informed the professional association could investigate his part in the widest miscarriage of justice in history. Gareth Jenkins, who was chief architect at Fujitsu and acted as an
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Pure Storage makes a big deal of its subscription models of purchasing for storage hardware. It believes it can offer an advantage over the competition because, as a relatively new company, its hardware products are more easily upgradeable. We caught up with Pure’s product manager for its Evergreen consumption purchasing models, Santiago Navonne, at the
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In this first part of a two-part article, we look at some of the current and future trends and implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for outsourcing, based on our experience as specialist technology and outsourcing lawyers. We’re predicting here how AI will impact “traditional” forms of IT outsourcing (ITO) and the management and transformation of
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Independent forensic accountants contracted to investigate controversial Post Office Horizon system in 2012 describe Post Office cover-ups, threats, obstruction and the “worst corporate behaviour” seen in their long careers. During the latest Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, investigators Second Sight revealed the lengths the Post Office went to in its efforts to prevent knowledge
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Cloud security strikes fear into the heart of CISOs and risk practitioners alike. For years there were alarmist warnings “the cloud is just someone else’s computer”, “once it’s in the cloud it’s no longer yours”, “you don’t know where your data is” etc. While some of these do hold some truth, the reality is that
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In just a few weeks, the Olympic flame will reach Paris, and some 10,500 athletes from 206 countries, 20,000 journalists and more than 15 million tourists will flood the French capital. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will employ AI technology to make sports more inclusive, competitive and engaging in the upcoming Games. This innovative approach, championed
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Former subpostmasters and Post Office branch staff who were wrongfully convicted of crimes based on flawed computer evidence in Scotland have had their convictions quashed. Emergency legislation to exonerate wrongfully convicted Post Office workers has completed its journey through Scottish Parliament and each will now receive initial compensation of £600,000, with the ability to claim
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As organisations store and process data in the cloud, there are increasing concerns from administrators, data owners and CISOs’ around the possibility of misconfiguration or mishaps that lead to sensitive data being leaked – particularly to public cloud services that fall outside of the intended geographic region. In 2019, Gartner predicted that by 2025, 90%
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By Published: 12 Jun 2024 The public cloud is a cloud computing model that enables resources such as applications, data storage, and virtual machines to be accessed remotely and on demand. While largely a benefit, it also leaves organisations open to public cloud security risks, particularly when they allow users to access on-demand services from
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The French agency for the management of radioactive waste (Andra) has cut power and cooling costs by a fifth in an upgrade that has seen HPE 3PAR arrays replaced by Pure Storage FlashArray flash storage hardware purchased over 10 years with non-disruptive controller upgrades. Among the issues with the existing 3PAR deployment were a lack
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Subpostmasters used pre-Horizon Capture software without any training from the Post Office, a failing that mirrors one of the causes of the Post Office Horizon scandal. Despite a Post Office document from 1995 outlining the training users received, former subpostmasters, who encountered serious problems with Capture, have come forward revealing they had no training. One
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Threat prevention, detection and incident response specialist Bitdefender is to make its managed detection and response (MDR) service free to NHS organisations across South London that are currently dealing with the fall-out from a suspected Qilin ransomware attack on pathology lab services partner Synnovis. The cyber attack, which came to light earlier this week, forced
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The Post Office’s most senior executives misled subpostmasters over progress on its IT project to replace the controversial Horizon system a day before Computer Weekly revealed the project required £1bn funding and had been labelled “unachievable” by government auditors. The Post Office’s claims that it has been working closely with the people who run its
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The cloud recently became more complicated and more important than ever; but I’ll leave the best bit to the end. One of the main security concerns with using the cloud, although I accept that there are several, are misconfigurations. These lead to data breaches or, in the case of hacktivism, misconfigurations allow for denial-of-service attacks.
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Fujitsu is set to receive a further £180m in taxpayers’ cash to extend its contract to run the controversial Post Office Horizon IT system for a further five years. As revealed by Computer Weekly yesterday (30 May), the project to replace Horizon has hit major problems, and the Post Office has requested £1bn of extra
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Cloud computing and cloud networking are related but distinct ideas. While cloud computing concerns how applications run, cloud networking covers how connectivity to and among applications is managed and delivered. Cloud computing Cloud computing shifts enterprise workload hosting from traditional in-house or colocated data centers to a cloud service provider’s (CSP’s) data center. The enterprise
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The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is setting up a national investigation into the Post Office scandal, although it could take at least two years before any individuals will be charged. The force first started looking into the actions of Post Office and Fujitsu staff in January 2020, following the 2019 High Court case that
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When Michael Dell stepped onto the keynote stage at Dell Technologies World 2024 and said that the past 40 years of the organisation’s history were essentially the “pregame” for the world of artificial intelligence (AI), the people who helped him build the company from its humble beginnings into a global technology powerhouse could perhaps be
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The government is bringing in specialist investigators to examine whether a Post Office software application in use during the 1990s – before the controversial Horizon system was introduced – may have also caused subpostmasters to have been wrongly prosecuted. The Capture system was a PC-based application developed by the Post Office and uploaded onto a
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The legislation required to quash the convictions of wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters has been passed by Parliament as part of the “wash up” of pending laws following the announcement of the UK general election on 4 July. Once the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill receives Royal Assent, it will allow branch managers convicted of theft,
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Former CEO Paula Vennells removed a reference to the Post Office Horizon system in the IT risk section of a Royal Mail prospectus, as it was being floated on the stock market, and later bragged about doing so. During the flotation of the Royal Mail in 2013, a prospectus was drawn up for potential investors. There was
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A third police investigation into potential crimes committed by individuals in the Post Office scandal could be launched as the Metropolitan Police Service is “looking at” a potential probe. In January, subpostmaster campaigner Alan Bates said if the police don’t investigate, he and fellow campaigners will raise the funds needed to pursue private prosecutions. When
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Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells left the organisation with a huge payout and a CBE, but has fallen from grace following the unravelling of a cover-up on her watch. She has since become a household name after ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office Horizon scandal. Vennells joined the Post Office in 2007 and was
READ MOREPCB Design and Assembly Can Be Used in Automotive The PCB assembly process involves placing and soldering electronic components on a circuit board to create a fully functional device. It is a time-consuming process, which must be completed to the highest quality standards. This is especially important for safety systems, where one mistake can lead
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IBM came within a whisker of taking over from Fujitsu as the Post Office’s core system provider, until complexity forced an “anxious” Post Office into a u-turn, the public inquiry has heard. During the latest Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry hearing, it emerged that although IBM had started work on the £100m project to replace
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BT Group has revised its timetable for moving all customers off the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) from the end of 2025 to 2027. The new deadline follows the introduction of a series of improvements to the programme to better protect vulnerable customers and those with additional needs, including telecare users. BT said its revised
READ MOREcircuit board assembly companies Miniaturization has revolutionized the electronics industry, and its impact on circuit board assembly companies cannot be overstated. As technology advances, the demand for smaller, lighter, and more powerful electronic devices continues to grow. This trend towards miniaturization presents both challenges and opportunities for circuit board assembly companies, influencing various aspects of
READ MORESMT Assembly Smt assembly is one of the most popular ways to assemble printed circuit boards. It’s a process that is highly automated and less susceptible to human error. However, it still requires a high level of skill and understanding of the design specifications for the project in order to produce an end product that
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The Post Office’s most senior IT executive was given the task of researching whether Computer Weekly could carry out a review of an investigation into the controversial Horizon system. At the time in 2012, the Post Office and its retail and accounting system were coming under scrutiny following Computer Weekly’s 2009 expose of problems affecting
READ MORESolder Mask in PCB Assembly and Manufacturing When constructing a printed circuit board (PCB), solder mask is a necessary and critical step. It insulates the copper traces, prevents unintended electrical connections (called short circuits), and protects the circuit from environmental factors during fabrication and assembly. In the past, solder mask was applied through a screen-printing
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A former Post Office IT boss had the opportunity to stop it misleading the public over software errors but went along with false public statements that were in conflict with her professional opinion. During the latest Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hearing, former Post Office chief information officer (CIO) Lesley Sewell revealed she also
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What are AWS Reserved Instances? AWS Reserved Instances (RIs) refer to compute capacity that can be reserved on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) to take advantage of discounted pricing. Rather than a physical instance, an RI is a billing discount that can be applied to all types
READ MOREcomprehensive support beyond Flexible circuit board Offering comprehensive support beyond flexible circuit boards is essential for providing customers with a seamless experience and ensuring the success of their projects. While flexible circuits are a critical component in many electronic applications, they are often part of larger systems that require additional support and services to bring
READ MOREfuture prospects for circuit board assembly technologies The future of circuit board assembly technologies holds great promise, driven by ongoing advancements in materials science, manufacturing processes, and design methodologies. As electronic devices continue to evolve in complexity, performance, and miniaturization, the demand for innovative assembly technologies that offer higher reliability, efficiency, and flexibility is poised
READ MOREPrinted Circuit Board (PCB) Be Folded Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are intricate devices that carry electrical currents across multiple layers. These structures are often subject to harsh environments, including moisture, dust and heat. As a result, it’s critical to consider how these environments may affect the performance of a PCB design during the planning phase.
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What is an Amazon EC2 instance? An Amazon EC2 instance is a virtual server in Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) scalable compute platform for running applications on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Amazon EC2 provides various types of instances of different sizes, with each comprising different configurations of central processing unit (CPU), memory, storage
READ MORElimitations to the size of Pcba printed circuit boards Printed circuit boards (PCBs) provide the mechanical foundation for mounting electronic components, allowing them to function as intended. PCBs are made of insulating materials such as fiberglass or composite epoxy with conductors on one or both sides, most commonly copper. The PCB is then coated with
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Post Office lawyers misled a barrister acting for them in subpostmaster prosecution cases, the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry has heard. Simon Clarke, previously a barrister at Cartwright King, said he believes he was misled by the Post Office’s lawyers during his work with the organisation. Discussing the case of Seema Misra, who was
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The Welsh government is today opening a national security operations centre (SOC) to offer local authorities and fire and rescue services across Wales access to enterprise-grade security services, including threat monitoring and incident response, backed by threat intel from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Dubbed CymruSOC, the centre – which is located in Merthyr
READ MOREImplementing Back Drill on PCBs PCB back drilling is an important process to eliminate via stubs that don’t serve any signal transmission functions. It helps reduce issues with signal distortion, crosstalk and EMI (electromagnetic interference) that can occur due to unutilized via stubs in high-speed signals. This technique is commonly used in PCBs that carry
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Surrey Police were informed in 2016 that a Post Office lawyer had committed a “potential crime” by failing to disclose relevant evidence to the defence team of a subpostmistress being prosecuted for theft. The lawyer in question was Jarnail Singh, the Post Office’s former head of criminal law, who appeared at the Post Office Horizon
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Paris-based Cloudreso.com has saved 30% on cloud object storage costs by deploying Cubbit’s DS3 distributed object storage. Cloudreso.com is a managed service provider (MSP) that distributes value-added data protection and security solutions. It provides turnkey services across all French-speaking countries, with a big focus on the sovereignty of data. Its customers are often providers themselves,
READ MORETemperature Limitations of Electrical Boards In the world of electrical devices, there are many different types of products. One of the most integral parts of all of these products is a printed circuit board, or PCB. These components are the brains behind all of these electrical devices and they have to be designed with the
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What is XaaS (anything as a service)? XaaS is a collective term that refers to the delivery of anything as a service. It encompasses the many products, tools and technologies that vendors deliver to users as a service over a network — typically the internet — as an alternative to providing them locally or on-site
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65TB per hour, from anywhere on earth to anywhere else, no matter the quality of the connection between them. That’s the transfer speed achieved by the shared storage solution from Arcitecta, which operates across cloud storage and on-site locations. Like Hammerspace, Nasuni, Panzura and Ctera, Arcitecta’s Mediaflux solution enables file shares across multiple sites internationally,
READ MOREHow Does Reflow Soldering Contribute to Microwave PCB A well-developed PCB is the backbone of any electronic devices and reflow soldering plays a critical role in its assembly. It is an essential process that requires a thorough understanding of the reflow oven, processes, components, and solder paste to ensure successful outcomes. It is important to
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Labelled a “bluffer” and an agitator, a former subpostmaster was proved right when he alerted Post Office boss Paula Vennells to a major software bug and warned that inaction would eventually see her face a judicial review. The Post Office underestimated an ultimatum sent by Tim McCormack, who was described as a “bluffer” by a
READ MOREflex pcb design The advancement of technology in automotive applications is making it possible for cars to be equipped with sensors, control units, and other electronics that are essential to their function and performance. As a result, these electronics need to be durable and reliable enough to withstand movement, vibration, extreme temperatures, and other environmental
READ MORERisk of Delamination in Rigid Flex PCBs Rigid flex PCBs are unique hybrid solutions that merge the best attributes of rigid and flexible circuit boards, delivering an ideal solution for complex electronic applications. They can be utilized in a variety of ways, from foldable wearable devices to aerospace systems and even as conformal heating elements
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Post Office executive Angela van den Bogerd was part of the subterfuge adopted by the company to hide problems with its IT system, which included misleading the courts, the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry has been told. The latest hearing revealed more evidence that Van den Bogerd misled High Court judge Peter Fraser in
READ MOREFlex PCB Supplier Flex PCBs are a flexible version of the rigid printed circuit board, and they have become an integral part of today’s electronic products. They are used in various devices like wristwatches, lockets, spy microphones, and smart cameras. They are also used in electronic gadgets like mobile phones, computer keyboards, and CD/DVD drives.
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Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) consultancy Crater Labs has saved around CAN$1.5m (£885,000) in researcher time after it replaced difficult-to-configure direct-attached storage with shared capacity in a FlashBlade array from Pure Storage. The move saw it virtually eliminate the need for its researchers to spend time configuring storage infrastructure for AI training runs on customer projects.
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In January of this year I was prompted by Microsoft’s admission of a successful attack by Russia-backed hacking group Midnight Blizzard, (also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear) to create a list of five questions to ask your IT and security leads. This article is no substitute for reading the report, and I recommend anyone
READ MOREMsap PCBs The use of blind vias is crucial in high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs. They allow connections to be made between inner layers without requiring drilling through the outer layer. They can also improve signal integrity by reducing signal reflections and impedance mismatches. In addition, they can reduce the overall footprint of a circuit board.
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Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells asked her husband for advice on how to refer to Horizon bugs in an attempt to downplay the anticipated findings of an independent review of the software, the public inquiry has heard. Vennells, Post Office CEO from 2012 to 2019, emailed colleagues suggesting, on the advice of her husband,
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When it comes to data storage, public cloud is now firmly mainstream. According to a recent survey, close to a third of organisations plan to deploy cloud storage. CIOs and IT directors listed cloud as their highest investment priority after cyber security and risk management. Cloud storage has long been an attractive option for organisations
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Fujitsu is cutting about 100 jobs in the UK as the fallout from its central role in the Post Office scandal hits its sales pipeline. The IT supplier has put nearly 70 members of staff at risk of redundancy and about 30 are leaving. Sales, pre-sales and logistics jobs are affected. According to a source,
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Post Office internal lawyer, Rodric Williams, turned his attention to all manner of Post Office challenges while failing to meet the code of conduct of his chosen profession. During the latest Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hearing, a KC representing Horizon scandal victims said Williams was at the centre of the “web” and “part
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Unisys said it has completed an internal review of its involvement in the creation and distribution of the Post Office Capture system and has found no evidence that it developed the software. So far, the Post Office and Unisys have revealed little about the software, but the government is to appoint an IT expert to
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Members of the House of Lords are pressing for changes to legislation that will give the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) new powers to require banks to monitor the accounts of every person who receives benefit payments, including the state pension. The government claims financial surveillance powers in the Data Protection and Digital Information
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Senior executives in any corporate boardroom like to talk about winning. Winning deals, winning market share, winning customers. It’s the sort of language any IT leader needs to be comfortable using, if they’re to make an impact on the organisation. But for Attiq Qureshi, chief digital information officer at Manchester United Football Club, boardroom discussions
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What is database as a service (DBaaS)? Database as a service (DBaaS) is a cloud computing managed service offering that provides access to a database without requiring the setup of physical hardware, the installation of software or the need to configure the database. Most database administration and maintenance tasks are handled by the service provider,
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The Post Office’s managing director at the time Horizon system problems became public told a senior colleague that he suspected subpostmasters accused of theft were trying to blame the IT for their own actions. Alan Cook, who was managing director of the Post Office when Computer Weekly exposed the scandal in 2009, was giving evidence
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) promises a step change in the automation fundamental to IT, with applications ranging from simple chatbots to almost unthinkable levels of complexity, content generation and control. Storage forms a key part of AI, to supply data for training and store the potentially huge volumes of data generated, or
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The source code for the decision engine underpinning HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) much-maligned Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has been erroneously deleted from public view during efforts to decommission the platform hosting it. The tool, released ahead of the April 2017 public sector roll-out of the IR35 reforms, is designed for use
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