Public sector IT too rigid, says Capgemini CTO

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IT industry needs to undo 15 years of locked-down thinking

Public sector IT chiefs are still not as flexible as the most innovative private sector CIOs, according to Capgemini CTO Karl Deacon, who was speaking at the last Computing IT Leaders event. At ...

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