Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. January 2023 CW EMEA: Protecting the privacy of schoolchildren Share this item with your network: In this month’s CW EMEA, we look at how schools in Germany have stopped using Microsoft Office 365 over lack of clarity over how data is collected, shared and used. We […]

Consumer expectations have always been sky-high, but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed retailers to the limit as the whole of the UK was forced online. But for online retailer Very Group, parent company to online fashion and lifestyle site Very.co.uk and online catalogue Littlewoods, many of the challenges faced were to do with remote working […]

Business resilience is essential in the face of disruptions such as the global pandemic, changing regulations or geopolitical realignments. The resilience of a business can be improved (or hindered) by software. Software agility, therefore, becomes a central challenge for applications and software engineering leaders. But they soon discover that neither business nor IT can […]

Concerned experts are asking what plans the government has to meet its obligations to review Britain’s extensive surveillance laws. The Home Office is legally required to review the operation of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), widely known as the snoopers charter after five and half years. But information security and legal experts say […]

SailGP, a sailing racing league founded by Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison and champion sailor Russell Coutts, has picked Oracle NetSuite to expand its activities. SailGP is in its third season and features nine national teams competing in identical F50 foiling catamarans. Ellison is well known as a sailing enthusiast. He famously skipped […]

A government-commissioned review has called for the creation of a research and development (R&D) roadmap by autumn 2023 to ensure the UK has the technology it needs to deliver on its 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal. The 340-page Mission zero: Independent review of net zero report calls on the government to create an […]

The Cabinet Office has launched a public consultation on inter-departmental data sharing in support of the UK government’s digital identity plans to make verification easier online. The Government Digital Service (GDS), part of the Cabinet Office, is currently working with other departments to build a single sign-on and identity checking system for all public […]

Thousands of Google contract workers responsible for training and testing the tech giant’s search algorithms have secured their first-ever pay increase, via a union campaign. Previously paid as little as $10 an hour, the workers at RaterLabs – an artificial intelligence (AI) training supplier whose only known client is Google – will now be […]

The infamous LockBit ransomware cartel is suspected of being behind an ongoing cyber security incident at the UK’s Royal Mail, which has crippled IT systems and left the postal service unable to dispatch letters and parcels overseas. Leaked copies of the ransomware note appear to identify the prolific Russia-based gang as the culprits. As […]

Companies are deprioritising sustainability programmes in the face of the present economic crisis, according to research from among 2,088 IT professionals in the UK, US, Canada, Germany and France, carried out by Regina Corso Consulting on behalf of Software AG in October 2022 – 411 of which were from the UK. The research indicated […]