High-profile cyber attacks – and particularly those that affect large processors – continue to underscore the ongoing threat that supply chain vulnerabilities pose to UK and international business and are a further reminder that organisations need to properly assess supply chain security. Last year, the MOVEit cyber security attack compromised...

Allgeier SE and US-headquartered Ciber, Inc. combine their activities in the German market for SAP Consulting Services and SAP Managed Services. To this end, Allgeier Enterprise Services AG acquires Ciber´s German companies, namely Ciber AG and Ciber Managed Services GmbH. In addition, French Ciber France SAS, and major parts of...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures GmbH on its investment in London-based start-up what3words. Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures GmbH plans to use the what3words tracking system to increase the quality and efficiency of their worldwide trade in goods. A location based solution that specializes...

The data collected, shared and derived from smart buildings as well as the manner in which infrastructure itself is linked is becoming increasingly important to the success of smart buildings and smart cities and also a source of potential revenue. However, these developments raise potential issues relating to data privacy...

According to all attendant circumstances, the outsourcing of IT services may be understood as the transfer of a business or part of it as a going concern, with the guarantees provided by article 44 of the Statute of Workers Rights, in relation to any employees affected by these services being...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), an idea first conceived in the 1950s and a reliable sci-fi staple in the backlots of Hollywood studios ever since, is now a one of the hottest topics in Silicon Valley. Whilst notoriously difficult and nebulous to define as a concept, AI is fast finding its way...

Current Issues General Data Protection Regulation: After many years of debate, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has finally been agreed and passed, and the date has been set for its implementation: 25 May 2018. While the impact of Brexit is currently uncertain, it is highly likely that the...