Atos has announced a global partnership with Johnson Controls, a “global leader for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings”.  The aim is to help private and public sector customers accelerate their journey to Net Zero by providing a set of end-to-end advisory services, digital, and other decarbonisation capabilities.

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The UK is creating almost $1bn “unicorn” technology business a week after influx of £13.5bn venture capital (VC) funding in the first six months of the year, setting the tech sector up for another record year of investment in 2021. Read the full article here on ComputerWeekly.com 

Researchers from the University of Cambridge say a combination of statistical techniques and radar data makes it possible to forecast whether a drone intends to enter restricted airspace.

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The technology giant made passwordless accounts available for business users of its products in March.

It said "nearly 100% of our employees" were already using the new, more secure system for their corporate accounts.

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London’s 115,000 Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles are Set to Benefit from a New Cloud-based Smart Mobility System Powered by Tata Consultancy Services’ DigiGOV™ Framework

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to design, implement and operate a new smart mobility system that will reimagine the administration of taxi and private hire vehicles in London.

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Ascensos has announced its expansion into South Africa with the opening of a new operation in Cape Town.

The leading customer service outsourcing firm, which is headquartered in Motherwell, employs over 3,000 colleagues and has expanded internationally since its 2013 launch, with its network of offices now spanning the Isle of Wight, Bucharest and Istanbul, as well as several bases in Scotland.

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An offer is by no means certain but the news that AIM listed RPA provider Blue Prism is in talks with PE’s TPG Capital and Vista Equity Partners drove a surge of excitement that at one point sent Blue Prism’s shares up by more than 30%. 

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a meaty $2bn/10-year contract with the National Security Agency (NSA) to deliver HPC (High Performance Computing) as-a-service via its GreenLake platform.

The NSA is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defence.

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Waterland Private Equity has sold its stake in ATOS Group to Intermediate Capital Group. During Waterland's holding period, ATOS more than tripled its turnover and developed its network in Germany through its buy-and-build strategy.

When the pandemic freed employees from having to report to the office, some saw an opportunity to double their salary on the sly. Why be good at one job, they thought, when they could be mediocre at two?

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