The private sector's failure to adapt to the demands of social media poses a threat to the bottom line and creates a risk of reputational damage, according to data released by KPMG. A survey of more than 1,000 business executives revealed ...
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An NHS trust is to challenge a monetary penalty notice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)in a case that could set an important precedent. The NHS trust is to be the first public sector organisation to challenge the UK ...
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Government spy agency GCHQ has unveiled a cyber incident response scheme that is intended to help public-sector organisations that form part of the UK's critical national infrastructure in dealing with cyber attacks. The pilot scheme, ...
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Enterprise cloud computing firm Salesforce.com has joined the UK government's G-Cloud framework, the cross-departmental initiative focused on introducing cloud computing across the public sector. It means government organisations can now ...
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There are concerns about data protection compliance in the public sector, while private organisations are leading the way. That's according to series of reports by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The findings have been ...
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The government has pumped 8m euros of new investment into funds and improvements that aim to help public bodies release data so that companies can develop commercial opportunities for that data. The investment will further enhance the ...
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There is no question the Public Services Network(PSN)has been gaining momentum over the past 12 months.The"network of networks"to enable local services to save cash by using shared infrastructure and having better access to applications has ...
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Security and data privacy are still the top concerns for UK businesses adopting cloud-based services,research shows. Security(82%)and privacy(69%)top concerns when it comes to migrating to the cloud for the third year in a row,according ...
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A comprehensive annual survey of £14bn worth of UK IT services contacts has revealed a continued appetite to outsource, new reasons for doing so and different ways of doing it. In its sixth year, KPMG's annual UK IT Service Provider ...
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The number of first-time users of cloud computing services in the UK has increased by 27%from last year,according to research from the Cloud Industry Forum(CIF). But the CIF survey showed that,while the rate of adoption has ...
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Data security breaches across private-and public-sector organisations in the UK have risen by an average of 1,000 per cent over the past five years,according to figures obtained from the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO). According ...
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The Public Accounts Committee(PAC)has criticised public-sector organisations that dump raw data into the public domain insufficiently formatted to enable people and companies to analyse and make use of it. Further reading Open Data ...
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