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Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use AI to catch wealthy tax dodgers

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In her Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said government departments will reduce their administrative budgets by 15% by the end of the decade, adding that the savings on back-office functions will total at least £2.2bn per year by 2030. Artificial intelligence (AI) has a strong presence in the Chancellor’s statement, with the government confirming the…

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An action plan for net zero compatible with budget constraints

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When it comes to IT sustainability, the present economic uncertainty and political swings from diametrically opposite policies regarding climate change present a significant challenge to IT leaders. They require a technology roadmap to navigate these turbulent times robust enough to adapt to economic and political volatility. Sujata Kukreja, general counsel and chief compliance officer at…

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MoD set to develop £50m data analytics platform with Kainos

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) aims to develop its Defence Data Analytics Platform (DDAP) over the next three years, with IT services firm Kainos, in a contract worth £50m. Kainos will provide support for users across the MoD, including the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and other MoD support organisations, to change over…

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Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment

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Cyber security, whether singly or in tandem with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), dominates enterprise IT investment plans in 2025, according to Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group’s annual spending intentions research. The research, based on responses from 1,351 IT and business professionals worldwide, found that cyber security outpaces all other categories of initiative, with a dramatic…

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From front to back: tech vice-president Dan Lake on Notonthehighstreet.com’s tech strategy

8 minutes of reading / AI, API, data analytics, data science, e-commerce, Google, microservices, Tech / By

The big news from online marketplace Notonthehighstreet.com (NOTHS) in the build-up to peak trading is its new partnership with delivery platform Deliveroo, announced in September. NOTHS is one of the early wave of non-food-specific retail businesses partnering with Deliveroo to add speedy fulfilment options to their offering. Screwfix led the charge in 2023, and others…

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Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2024

18 minutes of reading / AI, blockchain, Computer, data analytics, digital transformation, fintech, Fujitsu, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, open source, Salesforce, Siemens, software engineering, Sony, Square, Tech, Technology / By

Sheridan Ash, founder and co-CEO of Tech She Can, has become the 13th person to be named Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech. Launched in 2012, the Computer Weekly list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech started as a list of 25, expanding to 50 in 2015, and now seeing…

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Is diversity even more under threat in tech?

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Poor levels of diversity have long been an issue in the technology sector, especially around gender – but the situation could become even worse at a critical time. The industry needs to renew its focus on raising levels of diversity and inclusion as a matter of urgency, something made all the more important given the…

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Google Cloud Summit: Unifying data, data residency and agent-driven AI

6 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Cloud, data analytics, Google, Google Cloud, hybrid cloud, Intel, machine learning, Microsoft, multicloud, Tech / By

Google Cloud continues to gain traction as businesses roll out artificial intelligence (AI). Its data management and analytics tools are also receiving significant improvements. And Google is improving connections between its AI tools and the rest of its technology stack.  Google Cloud’s president of EMEA, Tara Brady, told attendees at the London edition of the…

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ERP firms target carbon reporting role

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The major enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers have all embarked on a strategy to provide functionality in their product suites to help their customers monitor and manage the environmental impact of their operations. This is being driven by new regulations on climate change and organisations acknowledging that reducing their carbon footprint has business benefits. At…

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China dominates AI and advanced analytics research

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The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) latest technology tracker paints a bleak picture of the artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics strengths of Western countries compared with China. Among the metrics the tracker published is a graph showing research papers published between 2019 and 2023, which it used to rank national research performance in advanced…

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