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  • 18 Feb 2022 3:14 PM | Anonymous

    Ukrainian authorities are investigating a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that targeted the country’s Ministry of Defence, as well as a number of financial institutions, in a series of incidents on the afternoon of Tuesday 15 February.

    The attacks rendered the Ministry of Defence’s website inoperable for a time, forcing it to resort to communicating via social media, and compromised access to consumer internet banking services at PrivatBank and OschadBank. Mirohost, a provider of hosting services, also seems to have been a target.

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  • 15 Feb 2022 3:59 PM | Anonymous

    Webhelp are pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Murray to the new role of Chief Client Officer for the UK Region.

    Helen has been with Webhelp since 2012, and brings with her extensive experience from leading in-house and client-side customer service operations from her time as Chief Customer Solutions Officer. Most recently, she led Webhelp’s business development function and the delivery of client differentiation through enhanced customer experience.

    David Turner, Chief Executive Officer, comments:

    “I am delighted that Helen Murray has been appointed to the role of Chief Client Officer and in doing so, joins the UK Regional Board.  Helen has played a significant part over the last 10 years in the growth of our business as Chief Client Solutions Officer and is ideally placed to further develop client partnerships that add real value to our clients and their customers.”

    Before joining Webhelp 10 years ago, Helen was Director of Consulting at Verint Systems for five years, and prior to that was Director of Customer Service and Director of Outsourced Contact Centres for BT Global Services.

    Helen is passionate about ensuring Webhelp supports clients in doing everything possible to intelligently listen to customers, and delivering solutions they need first time. As Chief Client Officer, Helen will be responsible for further strengthening client relationships, ensuring Webhelp continues to live up to their award winning reputation for putting the client at the heart of their business. 

    Sharing her thoughts on her new role, Helen said:

     “I’m thrilled to take on the position of Chief Client Officer. My 10-year relationship with Webhelp and extensive experience in Client Solutions will be beneficial to further developing existing client partnerships and creating new ones, whilst delivering outstanding experiences for their customers through new thinking and solutions.”


  • 15 Feb 2022 11:17 AM | Anonymous

    In response to the Chancellor’s announcement during COP26 mandating all UK-listed businesses and financial institutions to publish net zero plans by 2023, EY has launched a new sustainability service offering – EY Carbon. Backed by a £100m investment, the initiative includes the target of adding a further 1,300 personnel to the firm's current team of 250 sustainability specialists over the next three years. The unit is focused on both advising clients as they prepare their net zero plans ahead of independent scrutiny and verification and supporting the development of longer-term sustainability strategies.

    Read the full article here on TechMarketView


  • 15 Feb 2022 11:01 AM | Anonymous

    Capgemini UK delivered a strong set of FY21 numbers. Constant currency yoy top line growth of 18.3% – the vast majority of which was organic - lifted revenue for the twelve months ended 31st December here to €2.13bn. Already the Group’s most profitable territory, the UK business further increased its operating margin to 18% for the period (FY20: 15.5%), some 510 bps higher than the Group average of 12.9%.

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  • 15 Feb 2022 10:22 AM | Anonymous

    The government is suing accountancy firm KPMG for £1.3bn over its audit of construction giant Carillion, which collapsed into administration in 2018.

    Read the full article here on BBC News

  • 11 Feb 2022 4:31 PM | Anonymous

    Deloitte is set to acquire Northern Ireland-HQ’d data and digital applications specialist Etain. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

    Read the full article here on TechMarketView.com

  • 11 Feb 2022 4:27 PM | Anonymous

    Many of the world's biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations.

    Google, Amazon, Ikea, Apple and Nestle are among those failing to change quickly enough, the study alleges.

    Read the full article here on BBC Technology News

  • 11 Feb 2022 4:19 PM | Anonymous

    DXC Technology’s 2022 sales conference was set in virtual reality (VR). The EMEA-wide event brought together around 1,000 members of DXC’s leadership and business development communities from across three continents, for a two-day programme of insights, collaboration, motivation and strategy.

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  • 11 Feb 2022 4:16 PM | Anonymous

    Global consultancy firm KPMG is making good on its pledge to employ more people from working class backgrounds by 2030 with cloud-focused youth tech talent push.

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  • 11 Feb 2022 4:15 PM | Anonymous

    Combined capabilities from global technology services provider and cloud computing platform to enable an AI-powered, end-to-end workflow management and service automation platform.

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