Harrow in the furnace: How one London IT leader delivered change in lockdown

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Chris Middleton speaks to Ben Goward, ICT Director of Harrow Council, about the challenges of supporting a big organisation in lockdown – from a standing start

IT leaders have had a tough lockdown, with teams having to enable, support, manage, secure, and troubleshoot remote working at an unprecedented scale. The buck has stopped with them. The challen...

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