Government launches public consultation on smart data

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ISSUE DATE: 02 October 2018 TOP STORIES Government launches public consultation on smart data Smart data review aimed at encouraging new data services to help customers of utilities and banks. READ MORE → Police Scotland sets out 10-year digital plan Scottish Police Authority has approved Police Scotland’s 10-year digital transformation plan, which aims to bring the country’s police forces into the 21st century and requires £244m in capital funding and £54m in reform funding. READ MORE → UK will unilaterally tax web giants, says Hammond Chancellor threatens to go it alone on tax reform for digital services businesses if an international agreement cannot be reached. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Launch of NHS app marks a new era The NHS has begun piloting its coveted app, but how exactly will it work, and what does it mean for patients accessing the health service?  READ MORE → New cloud storage services for Microsoft Azure at Ignite 2018 Microsoft launches Data Box hardware appliances for cloud ingestion, Avere vFXT cloud NAS, Ultra SSD storage based on NVMe flash and Azure Premium file storage. READ MORE → UK firms’ password security score ‘average’ While businesses are making strides in strengthening password security, there is more work to be done, with the UK password score lagging behind the frontrunners, a survey shows. READ MORE → Two autonomous vehicle projects funded in government contest The National Infrastructure Commission’s Roads for the Future contest has awarded a £50,000 prize fund to two projects exploring how to make the UK’s roads ready for connected and autonomous vehicles. READ MORE →

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