Get the latest tech news

Post Office Creates CTO Role To Support 'Extensive and Complex' Plans


The UK Post Office has appointed Paul Anastassi as interim CTO amid efforts to replace its controversial Horizon IT system, which led to hundreds of wrongful convictions of subpostmasters due to software errors since 1999. The appointment, the news of which an anonymous reader shared, comes as the...

The UK Post Office has appointed Paul Anastassi as interim CTO amid efforts to replace its controversial Horizon IT system, which led to hundreds of wrongful convictions of subpostmasters due to software errors since 1999.The appointment, the news of which an anonymous reader shared, comes as the Post Office grapples with its $1.25 billion over-budget New Branch IT project, which was recently paused after being deemed "unachievable" in a government report. The organization is reportedly considering purchasing the Horizon system from Fujitsu while combining it with in-house and commercial software solutions.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Slashdot

Read more on:

Photo of plans

plans

Photo of post office

post office

Photo of cto role

cto role

Related news:

News photo

Nissan and Honda officially announce plans to merge

News photo

Dead Space 4 plans shot down by EA earlier this year

News photo

UK ICO not happy with Google's plans to allow device fingerprinting