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Understanding of ‘black box’ IT systems will reduce Post Office scandal-like risk

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Another Post Office scandal could be avoided if leaders in public bodies understand the “black box” IT systems that run their organisations and encourage a “speak up” culture, according to a Parliamentary report. In its latest report, Recognising and responding to early warning signs in public sector bodies, the Committee on Standards in Public Life…

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Major strike by Fujitsu staff at ‘cash cow’ HMRC

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Fujitsu staff supporting IT services contracts at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will strike for 22 days in protest after in-house colleagues in similar roles received significantly higher pay rises. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union at the scandal-stained supplier will down tools at HMRC on 21 March and not return until…

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Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland

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Fujitsu has been forced to escalate problems with a key IT system used by Airtricity in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) to avoid potentially impacting the energy company’s customers, Computer Weekly has learned. Fears over the billing application developed for SSE Airtricity RoI by Fujitsu have raised alarms in Fujitsu’s leadership. According to a source,…

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Post Office scandal-stained Fujitsu orders staff to cut costs amid widening UK losses

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Fujitsu has informed staff of cost-cutting measures it has put in place as it faces challenges amid its much-publicised involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal. Prior to the festive period, UK staff were sent a memo instructing staff on aggressive cuts to spending on travel, recruitment, social and external organisations. The impact of the…

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Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans

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The Post Office has created a new role to bolster its tech leadership team amid an ongoing project to replace the Horizon system supplied by Fujitsu. This comes at a time when the organisation faces tough decisions over the move away from the controversial IT system used in all Post Office branches. Subpostmasters were blamed…

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Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2024

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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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