Government of the United Kingdom

UK govt Matrix has unenviable task of consolidating several different ERP systems

Software to support 46,000 users as group part of £900m program to simplify central government back end

Government Tech Week26 Jan 2023 | 16

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Brit MPs pour cold water on hydrogen as mass replacement for fossil fuels

But gas likely to find a 'big niche' in rail, aviation, shipping, and industry

Science20 Dec 2022 | 151

French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system

After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier

Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1

World's governments to keep spending to erase technical debt

Never mind the corporate sector slowdown, taxpayers' wallets open for business

On-Prem12 Dec 2022 | 4

Italy, Japan, UK to jointly launch sixth-gen fighter jet by 2035

Warplane project may include AI in the cockpit, and comes as tensions rise with China and Russia

Security09 Dec 2022 | 94

Inadequate IT partly to blame for NHS doctors losing 13.5 million working hours

Anyone who's ever been in the system will be very familiar with British medical professionals' complaints

On-Prem09 Dec 2022 | 115

Victims of IT scandal in UK postal service will get fresh compensation

Move follows award swallowed up by legal fees

Legal07 Dec 2022 | 76

Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry

Report concludes government needs to implement a chips strategy now – like the rest of the world

Systems30 Nov 2022 | 102

UK bans Chinese CCTV cameras on 'sensitive' government sites

Updated Agencies told to rip 'em off core networks and replace 'em whenever and wherever possible

Security25 Nov 2022 | 81

Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research

EU still fixated with Britain keeping its word on trading arrangement

Science22 Nov 2022 | 184

Twitter refugees seek asylum in an unusual place: The Matt Hancock app

Move over, Mastodon – bungling UK politician's platform finds thousands of new users amid Elon Musk chaos

Bootnotes17 Nov 2022 | 32

UK forces Chinese-owned company to offload Newport Wafer Fab

Owner 'shocked' to find itself in Dutch over national security concerns, promises to appeal

Systems17 Nov 2022 | 16

Sizewell C nuclear plant up for review as UK faces financial black hole

'Every major project' on the table, says government as Autumn Statement looms

Science07 Nov 2022 | 201

UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down

Databases04 Nov 2022 | 99

Government by Gmail catches up with UK minister... who is reappointed anyway

Home Secretary 'nominally in charge' of nation's security apologizes for breach of tech protocols

Security01 Nov 2022 | 156

UK facing electricity supply woes after nuclear power stations shut, MPs told

Larger and smaller reactors carry risks, island nation failed to keep pace with nuclear fleet closure

Science01 Nov 2022 | 254

UK.gov finds billions in cash for big data contracts

Project two years in the making aims to improve public services... or what's left of them

Databases26 Oct 2022 | 20

Government IT provider UKCloud goes into liquidation

Erstwhile national cloud hero drowns in unpaid debts

Off-Prem26 Oct 2022 | 39

New measurement alert: Liz Truss inspires new Register standard

Reg Standards Bureau We didn't have a time unit. That... is... a... disgrace

Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 158

Liz Truss ousted as UK prime minister, outlived by online lettuce

What connects a decaying salad vegetable with something called 'the 1922 Committee'? Enter the wonderful and frightening world of British politics

Bootnotes20 Oct 2022 | 372

It's official: UK telcos legally obligated to remove Huawei kit

Immediate ban on new installations in 5G networks, all contravening gear must be gone by end of 2027

Networks13 Oct 2022 | 86

UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services

First chunk of mega-frameworks go to market

Applications11 Oct 2022 | 5

Brexit dividend? 'Newly independent' UK will be world's 'data hub', claims digital minister

Updated Amid inevitable talk of 'red tape' cutting at ruling party conference, data protection experts are concerned

Science06 Oct 2022 | 126

UK politico proposes site for prototype nuclear fusion plant

British minister famed for love of imperial measures picks a spot in center of industrial decline

Science05 Oct 2022 | 229

Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization

Anyone remember SoftBank's pledge to double headcount in Britain?

Personal Tech05 Oct 2022 | 10

UK.gov's decision on Newport Wafer Fab ownership delayed for third time

Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy yet to rule on sale of Brit biz to Chinese-owned Nexperia

Systems04 Oct 2022 | 20

Bye bye BoJo: Liz Truss named new UK prime minister

Can tech hold its own among an overflowing in-tray?

On-Prem05 Sep 2022 | 254

UK govt says contractors should challenge IR35 status via self-assessment

What could possibly go wrong?

On-Prem02 Sep 2022 | 38

UK government lines up billions to refresh legacy tech in 600-system tax dept

Let's hope DALAS procurement is a tad more sensible than its soap opera namesake

Systems16 Aug 2022 | 19

Browsers could face two regimes in Europe as UK law set to diverge from EU

British government wants to boost innovation but lawyers warn of risk to adequacy ruling

Legal25 Jul 2022 | 128

UK blocks China from licensing Manchester Uni's robot vision tech

National Security and Investment Act used to prevent export felt to have nasty defense implications

AI + ML22 Jul 2022 | 12

Hundreds of millions up for grabs as UK taxman set to stick with SAP ECC6.0

Updated Support for finance system ends in 2027, leaving questions for HMRC

Databases19 Jul 2022 | 3

SoftBank reportedly moves London IPO out of Arm's reach

Tory turmoil turns off tycoon's Tokyo tech titan theoretically temporarily

On-Prem19 Jul 2022 | 22

Tories spar over UK's delayed Online Safety Bill

Perfect political pantomime

Personal Tech15 Jul 2022 | 141

UK government extends review of BT stake owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

Altice bigwig now telco's largest shareholder but denies it's a takeover attempt

Networks13 Jul 2022 | 9

Accenture bags IT services contract for UK tax collector

Updated Award timing reveals further slippage in HMRC's mega procurement plan

On-Prem13 Jul 2022 | 7

UK's Ministry of Defence awards Boxxe multimillion Microsoft license deal

Contract seeks 'support with the renewal and running of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement'

Software12 Jul 2022 | 7

Tech professionals pour cold water on UK crypto hub plans

Government proposals unlikely to outlast the new Chancellor anyway

Software08 Jul 2022 | 36

Boris Johnson set to step down with tech legacy in tatters

Brexit and COVID era has seen a litany of failures and half-baked ideas

Offbeat07 Jul 2022 | 272

WCL bags UK government framework for 'everything ICT'

£800m contract focused on education sector will see subcontractors managed by consultant

On-Prem07 Jul 2022 | 4

Tech world may face huge fines if it doesn't scrub CSAM from encrypted chats

'It is possible to implement end-to-end crypto in a way that preserves privacy,' claims UK Home Sec

Security07 Jul 2022 | 114

British Army Twitter and YouTube feeds hijacked by crypto-promos

If you can't defend against crypto bros…

Security04 Jul 2022 | 61

UK govt promises to sink billions into electronic health records for England

NHS App role expanded following perceived COVID-era success

PaaS + IaaS30 Jun 2022 | 62

£11.5b in 10 years: UK's government cloud services unit G-Cloud

Updated 50% of public sector tech budgets in the cloud by 2015? Well that didn't happen!

SaaS23 Jun 2022 | 5

Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail

Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution

Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43

'Red-rated' legacy IT gets refresh in UK as US battles theirs with bills

Strategy says 50 of the most frequently used digital services will be upgraded at the same time

On-Prem10 Jun 2022 | 34

UK police to spend tens of millions on legacy comms network kit

More evidence of where that half-a-billion-a-year cost of Emergency Services Network delay is going

Networks09 Jun 2022 | 25

UK Home Office awards Oracle a deal extension worth tens of millions

Fellow travelers in the Whitehall shared services journey await their SaaS move

SaaS07 Jun 2022 | 5

Capita to see wave of UK government contracts come to an end by 2025

Technology firms rank second in UK list of strategic public-sector suppliers

On-Prem31 May 2022 | 11

UK government seeks views on cloud, datacenter security

Consultation asks for contributions from industry to better understand digital threats

On-Prem30 May 2022 | 5

UK government reviewing stake in BT owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

First use of National Security and Investment Act powers as Altice owner looks poised to increase stake further

Networks26 May 2022 | 17

UK government having hard time complying with its own IR35 tax rules

This shouldn't come as much of a surprise if you've been reading the headlines at all

On-Prem26 May 2022 | 29

Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way

Show us that benefits outweigh the cost, BCS challenges government

Legal17 May 2022 | 84

Lawyers say changes to UK data law will make life harder for international businesses

Concerns raised over government drive to implement distinct post-Brexit policy

Legal16 May 2022 | 70

Motorola benefits from delays in the UK's emergency services network, says govt

Providing both old Airwave system and its replacement boosted supplier's profits, says British Home Office

Networks10 May 2022 | 8

IBM secures DWP contract worth up to £2.1m for 6 months of cloud services

UK government department extends 11-year relationship following legacy application challenges

Edge + IoT03 May 2022 | 8

India inks tech pact with EU – only the US has the same deal

Meanwhile, UK and India finally explain Cyber Security Partnership agreed to in May 2021

Cyber-crime26 Apr 2022 | 8

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Government of the United Kingdom

UK govt Matrix has unenviable task of consolidating several different ERP systems

Techies ask PM to 'prepare UK chip strategy as a matter of urgency'

Brit civil service claims there's enough money for mammoth ERP refresh project

Government tech spending in England more than doubles in five years

Atos will be paid $29m over $1b UK Met Office supercomputer dispute

Management of UK govt's £158b property estate held back by failed IT project

BROADER TOPICS

NARROWER TOPICS

NARROWER TOPICS

Brit MPs pour cold water on hydrogen as mass replacement for fossil fuels

French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system

World's governments to keep spending to erase technical debt

Italy, Japan, UK to jointly launch sixth-gen fighter jet by 2035

Inadequate IT partly to blame for NHS doctors losing 13.5 million working hours

Victims of IT scandal in UK postal service will get fresh compensation

Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry

UK bans Chinese CCTV cameras on 'sensitive' government sites

Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research

Twitter refugees seek asylum in an unusual place: The Matt Hancock app

UK forces Chinese-owned company to offload Newport Wafer Fab

Sizewell C nuclear plant up for review as UK faces financial black hole

UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

Government by Gmail catches up with UK minister... who is reappointed anyway

UK facing electricity supply woes after nuclear power stations shut, MPs told

UK.gov finds billions in cash for big data contracts

Government IT provider UKCloud goes into liquidation

New measurement alert: Liz Truss inspires new Register standard

Liz Truss ousted as UK prime minister, outlived by online lettuce

It's official: UK telcos legally obligated to remove Huawei kit

UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services

Brexit dividend? 'Newly independent' UK will be world's 'data hub', claims digital minister

UK politico proposes site for prototype nuclear fusion plant

Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization

UK.gov's decision on Newport Wafer Fab ownership delayed for third time

Bye bye BoJo: Liz Truss named new UK prime minister

UK govt says contractors should challenge IR35 status via self-assessment

UK government lines up billions to refresh legacy tech in 600-system tax dept

Browsers could face two regimes in Europe as UK law set to diverge from EU

UK blocks China from licensing Manchester Uni's robot vision tech

Hundreds of millions up for grabs as UK taxman set to stick with SAP ECC6.0

SoftBank reportedly moves London IPO out of Arm's reach

Tories spar over UK's delayed Online Safety Bill

UK government extends review of BT stake owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

Accenture bags IT services contract for UK tax collector

UK's Ministry of Defence awards Boxxe multimillion Microsoft license deal

Tech professionals pour cold water on UK crypto hub plans

Boris Johnson set to step down with tech legacy in tatters

WCL bags UK government framework for 'everything ICT'

Tech world may face huge fines if it doesn't scrub CSAM from encrypted chats

British Army Twitter and YouTube feeds hijacked by crypto-promos

UK govt promises to sink billions into electronic health records for England

£11.5b in 10 years: UK's government cloud services unit G-Cloud

Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail

'Red-rated' legacy IT gets refresh in UK as US battles theirs with bills

UK police to spend tens of millions on legacy comms network kit

UK Home Office awards Oracle a deal extension worth tens of millions

Capita to see wave of UK government contracts come to an end by 2025

UK government seeks views on cloud, datacenter security

UK government reviewing stake in BT owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

UK government having hard time complying with its own IR35 tax rules

Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way

Lawyers say changes to UK data law will make life harder for international businesses

Motorola benefits from delays in the UK's emergency services network, says govt

IBM secures DWP contract worth up to £2.1m for 6 months of cloud services

India inks tech pact with EU – only the US has the same deal

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