NAO to investigate government rural broadband programme
The National Audit Office (NAO) is to investigate the government's rural broadband programme, after the procurement arrangements were criticised for providing BT with a cash cow.
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Schools encouraged to enter cyber security challenge
From September, thousands of UK pupils can take part in a pilot tournament to represent their school in developing and cracking online codes to win a top prize worth £1,000.
UK Labour Party deploys new ERP system to control costs
The Labour Party in the UK is implementing a new ERP system from Microsoft to help get its finances in order.
Web companies summoned by government over illegal images and 'hate' content
Culture secretary Maria Miller has summoned Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, ISPs and other internet companies to a meeting on 17 June to discuss ways in tackling widely available child abuse images, and online political and religious "extremist" material.
West Midlands councils sign £8.9m rural broadband deal
An £8.9 million rural broadband contract has been signed by public authorities to make sure homes and businesses can get faster fibre-based services across the West Midlands.
Most mobile workers use their own gadgets to do their work
The majority of mobile workers now use their own devices to do their work, according to research.
UK Building Society improves security with data ownership system
Nottingham Building Society has made a move to make its critical and sensitive data more secure.
Vodafone pledges Capex hike as it delays 4G service
Vodafone has admitted it won't launch its 4G mobile data service "until the end of the summer".
EE offers 4G mobile coverage in another 12 UK towns
Mobile operator EE has announced its 4G data service is now available in a further 12 towns across the UK, taking the total to 74 towns and cities since the launch of the service last year.
US well ahead of Europe in next generation mobile services, says GSMA
The next generation European mobile market is lagging well behind the US, according to the GSMA industry body, which represents the operators and handset manufacturers.
BT plans major customer email migration from Yahoo!
BT is switching millions of its customers' email accounts to a new outsourced BT Mail service, and will be hoping to avoid the debacle faced by Sky customers when an email migration there went wrong earlier this year.
Insolvency Service awards Thales PSN network security deal
The Insolvency Service has awarded Thales UK a five-year contract to secure its wide area network, through the government's Public Services Network (PSN) procurement framework.
TalkTalk sees falling sales and profits for the year
TalkTalk has posted both falling revenues and profits for the full year, although maintains it is on course for steady business growth.
West Sussex council awards BT £12.5m rural broadband deal
West Sussex County Council is the latest authority to award BT a rural fibre broadband deal, this one being worth £12.5 million to the supplier.
Sheffield Hallam University improves SSO and application delivery
Sheffield Hallam University is saving up to £20,000 a year and eliminating "tens of hours of downtime every month" with an improved single sign-on system and application delivery controller.