Microsoft and CrowdStrike have defended themselves against a series of accusations by Delta, saying the US airline, which was particularly badly hit during the 19 July software outage, rejected their offers of help and had only itself to blame for cancelling thousands of flights, including some scheduled to deliver American athletes to the Paris Olympics.…
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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…
Marc Francis spent the past few years of his life governed by a broken route planner. Time after time, the driver who until recently delivered for Parcelforce would be asked to go on harder and harder routes or given unfeasible routes on his shifts. And when the system broke, failed to bring up an address…
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Software supplier Advanced Computer Software Group faces a potential fine of £6.09m for an alleged failure to implement appropriate cyber security measures to protect the sensitive personal data of 82,946 people, which was stolen by the LockBit ransomware gang following an attack on its systems in August 2022. The cyber attack on Advanced caused extensive…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 6 August 2024 Migrating to S/4Hana – how the Co-op made its move Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, as SAP users prepare for the deadline to move off the ECC platform, we find out how the Co-op is migrating to…
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Overspending awaits the unwary when managing heterogeneous IT environments incorporating on-premise software, cloud apps and software as a service (SaaS), even as software asset management (SAM) continues to adapt, evolving beyond mere inventory audits. According to Kumaravel Ramakrishnan, IT service management (ITSM) marketing director at ManageEngine, which develops various IT management offerings, SAM remains 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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Software company Pegasystems has persuaded a court to throw out a decision by a jury to award rival Appian $2bn in damages following a legal battle over allegations that Pegasystems stole Appian’s trade secrets. The Court of Appeals of Virginia overturned the damages award against Pega – described as the largest damages verdict in Virginia’s…
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The CyberUp Campaign, a group calling for urgent reform to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990, has launched a fresh consultation inviting security professionals and researchers to take part in a wide-ranging survey seeking views on the 34-year-old law’s impact on their work. CyberUp argues that the CMA is risibly out of date – it…
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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 Weekly,…
