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CCS holding firm on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements for prospective Lot 4 suppliers

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The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is refusing to extend its decision to revise down the amount of insurance cover required by prospective G-Cloud 14 suppliers to all four of the framework’s Lots, despite pleas from suppliers to do so. The government’s procurement arm is coming under growing pressure from prospective G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 suppliers…

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ASML Delivers First 2nm-Generation Low-NA EUV Tool, the Twinscan NXE:3800E

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Our avid readers tend to look at microelectronics made using leading edge process technologies, which in case of Intel means usage of High-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography a couple of years down the road. But the vast majority of chips that we are going to use in the next couple of years will be made…

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US sues Apple, alleging smartphone monopoly

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The US Department of Justice (DoJ), alongside 16 individual states and the District of Columbia, has launched an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of “broad-based, exclusionary conduct” that makes it harder for users to switch phones, undermines developers’ ability to innovate and imposes “extraordinary” costs on the mobile ecosystem. Filed in the US District Court for…

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The evolution of DevOps: Why platform engineering is gaining momentum

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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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Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto

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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 falls victim to IT outage

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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 investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system

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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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Co-op signs TCS deal for cloud-first push

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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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Stannah looks to enterprise cloud software to lift IT systems

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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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Law to clear hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters expected in July

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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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