The idea behind DevOps is that it brings together development and IT operations – the Dev and the Ops – to make it easier to create and deploy software. Platform engineering builds on this with a team made up of product managers and engineers, creating and maintaining the shared infrastructure needed by developers.Tech analyst Gartner…
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The Open Data Institute (ODI) is calling on UK political parties to adopt a number of manifesto commitments around data, digital and technology issues ahead of the upcoming general election. Launched at a cross-party event in the House of Commons on 21 March 2024, the ODI’s “policy manifesto” sets out what it believes is needed…
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Nationwide building society is recovering from an IT outage that caused significant difficulties for customers over a period of several hours, with account holders reporting problems making purchases and sending and receiving payments, including making mortgage payments and receiving salaries. The organisation, which on Thursday 21 March confirmed it had reached a formal agreement to…
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Unisys has launched an investigation into its role in the distribution of the Post Office’s Capture accounting software, which is now being linked to the potential wrongful prosecutions and suffering of subpostmasters. Since the airing of ITV’s drama about the long-running Post Office Horizon scandal, former subpostmasters have come forward who had suffered similar problems…
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The Co-operative Group (Co-op) is adopting a cloud-first model as part of a plan to reduce its carbon footprint, with the migration of IT from datacentres to the cloud. Working with Indian outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the diversified group said the project would also provide a platform for future growth. The Co-op Group,…
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Stairlift and lift manufacturer Stannah Group said it has made a “significant investment” in a cloud-based enterprise software roll-out to modernise its IT systems and prepare for the company’s future growth. Stannah is one of the UK’s leading engineering companies, and remains an independent, family-owned and run business that has sold over 700,000 stairlifts worldwide.…
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The government expects a law to overturn Post Office Horizon scandal-related criminal convictions in July, but said it “will not set a precedent”. Fears were raised about the planned legislation amid questions about the relationship between Parliament and the judiciary. In January, after the dramatisation of the Post Office scandal caused public anger, the government…
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If you’ve ever wondered how a really old flagship graphics card might perform with contemporary PC games, well, wonder no longer – we now have an answer to that poser.The GPU in question is the original Nvidia GTX Titan, launched in 2013, and retested 11 years down the line by PC Games Hardware (a German…
Top executives are always on the lookout for leadership best practice. Craig Donald, CIO at The Football Association (The FA), doesn’t have to go far to find inspiration. Just down the corridor at Wembley Stadium are Sarina Wiegman and Gareth Southgate, head coaches of the England women’s and men’s senior football teams. Donald – somewhat…
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A tweak to how the IR35 tax avoidance legislation works means that from 6 April 2024, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) can no longer be accused of over-collecting tax from non-IR35 compliant public and private sector organisations. The change means that when HMRC calculates how much tax is owed by a public or private sector…
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