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Government “must avoid a ban on ransomware payments” say insurers

"If a ban is considered the Government should be ready to step in..."

Edward Targett February 01, 2023

Opinion: GCHQ's Director should not be playing guest editor on the BBC

Now was not the time...

Edward Targett January 03, 2023

Apollo to Blackrock, Citi to Deutsche: Whales weigh in on the outlook for tech in 2023

Apollo to Blackrock, Citi to Deutsche: Whales weigh in on the outlook for tech in 2023

Whether you work with technology as a CIO or developer, at a software provider, in government, defence, pharmaceuticals, or at a bank, we are all swimming in the waters of the same global macroeconomic environment; the conditions of local tributaries may vary, but the outlook for tech in 2023 will...

The Stack December 31, 2022

One single HMG department is running 600+ unsupported apps

One single HMG department is running 600+ unsupported apps

Defra legacy IT issues mean department is running some 2,000 applications, 30% of them unsupported. The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is running 600+ applications that are end of life (EOL), or no longer supported with software updates by their suppliers; a severe potential...

The Stack December 06, 2022

UK to expand NIS Regulations, bring MSPs, data centres in scope

UK to expand NIS Regulations, bring MSPs, data centres in scope

It's going to cost suppliers too under proposed new cost recovery rules...

The Stack November 30, 2022

Neither inferno, nor price hikes quell OVHcloud, as EU sovereignty focus drives business

Analysts expecting European cloud provider OVHcloud to haemorrhage customers in the wake of a devastating 2021 data centre fire or recent price hikes look away: The company reported a net revenue retention rate of 114% for its fiscal 2022 and has now clinched a €200 million credit facility from the...

The Stack November 25, 2022