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Uber is valued at close to $51bn after the latest round of funding, which reportedly includes a Microsoft investment of $100m

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signs two IT contracts costing more than £1bn, which it hopes will save money over the next 10 years

GDS director Mike Bracken is leaving government, and his unexpected departure will inevitably raise questions about the future of GDS

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) reveals more details of its plan to move tax systems into the cloud on its digital blog

US reseller CDW has increased the stake it holds in Kelway taking over the business completely

Outsourcing activity in Europe recovers after a lull in the lead up to the UK general election, with more contracts than ever before

The Alan Turing Institute, named after the Second World War Bletchley Park cryptanalyst, is getting down to work with the announcement of its first new director and a raft of partnerships

Accountancy software firm Sage has released new cloud-based software, highlighting the gap between the use of cloud and on-premise in the workplace and declaring a move away from traditional ERP

After a year of legal wranglings, a UK tribunal has ruled that Indian IT service provider TCS did not discriminate against a UK man seeking employment with it

HMRC’s Aspire outsourcing contract will be replaced by slowly bringing staff in-house to give the department more control over IT

An analyst debates the merits of cloud-assembled workflows; and a new security feature gets a thumbs-up.

Mobile operator EE forced to recall a batch of power packs after user suffers burns from an exploding unit