Partners have welcomed news that Microsoft is overhauling its partner business, in a move it claims will make it easier for its channel to do business with the firm. The reorganisation will see Microsoft combine its Enterprise Product Group (EPG) with its SMS&P (Small and Mid-market Solutions and Partners) group. The announcement was first published…
A quarter of schools are offering new computing science GCSE and A-Level courses, research suggests The changes to British computing education are failing to encourage more students into studying the subject - particularly those most in need of such encouragement. British schools have shifted computing classes from ITC - such as learning how to use…
SMEs on the hook for £52bn, while large organisations could be forced to pay up £70bn UK companies and organisations could face huge fines when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes law. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI-SSC) warned that fines as high as £122bn could have been levied against UK organisations…
Facebook and Google have challenged the authority of the European Commission and the jurisdiction limits of EU countries this week in an interesting step which would seem to bring giant US tech megacorps into conflict with the bureaucratic of the European Union machinery. Facebook may not prevent its users from using fake names, a German…
Frustrated Cabinet Office to probe Atos deals The government has committed to review £500m worth of contracts with controversial outsourcing company Atos, following a major IT failure. Click here to read the full story…
GCHQ is losing the cyber security war, according to director of cyber security at CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group) Alex Dewedney, who admitted that, despite a £1bn spend over the past five years, “the bottom line is it hasn’t worked”. Click here to read the full story…
