Public Sector
Thank Zuck it's Friday #9 - Home Office 'super database', the software reseller claiming £270m from Microsoft and social media data breaches
This week on the IT news podcast the team discusses the Home Office's 'super database' on race, health and biometrics, the British software reseller bringing at £170m claim against Microsoft and the recent data breaches involving both Facebook and LinkedIn....
Getting a head start securing the careers of tomorrow
Universities and colleges must adapt their courses to take account of rapid change in the markets, driven by both technology and global events
NHS approves 19 suppliers for £1bn of ICT hardware and services
Approved vendors can pitch for ICT hardware and services contracts under the Link 3 Framework to support the NHS and the wider public sector organisations
Thank Zuck it's Friday #5 - Budget, Vaccine passports and Browser tracking
The Computing team discuss the week's top technology news, including Rishi Sunak's latest budget, the argument around vaccine passports, and Google's intention to stop selling ads based on tracked browser history
Examples of AI as a force for social good
Nesta in Scotland showcases a number of projects in which humans and AI work as a team
Interview: Asda CIO Anna Barsby on rolling out 7,000 laptops to disadvantaged schoolchildren
Scheme to distribute Dell devices to shools in most need begins this month
How AI is helping the fight against COVID-19
Experts from around the world discuss the benefits artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are bringing to the battle to beat the pandemic, and the ways in which we should help the technology be more effective
Deskflix: Innovating under pressure in the public sector
Join us to hear from highly skilled, innovative and motivated individuals from the public sector on how they are learning from the challenges of 2020
Peter Cochrane: Where are the generalists we need today?
We need more generalists with a broad multi-disciplinary education and experience, but education is heading in the opposite direction
Lessons learned rolling out cloud-based ERP at Southampton City Council
Members of the IT team share their experiences
Coronavirus cases massively under-reported due to basic IT error
Public Health England appears to be managing the daily case numbers on an Excel spreadsheet, and has misunderstood the software's limitations
Making the UK Ship Registry watertight for the digital era
Catapult CX built a digital vessel registration and management solution to ensure the UK Ship Registry was shipshape and ready for the future
Saving lives with IT
Jonathan Ritchie, CIO of Mastercall Healthcare, explains how Bluetooth-connected devices can be used to remotely triage patients, potentially saving the NHS time and money, and saving lives
Bill Gates: We'll have a COVID-19 vaccine by early 2022
The Microsoft co-founder reinforces the need for innovation to navigate a path out of the crisis, and berates world governments stating that only the US has put sufficient funding towards a vaccine
Ignore the naysayers: online teaching works, and it works well
Students take easily to technology and are turning in better quality work, says Professor Peter Cochrane
Google employees to work from home until at least July 2021 amid Covid-19 pandemic
Initially, the company directed staff to work from home until April, before extending it to July and then the end of 2020. Now it's summer next year
Cambridge graduates: How a council IT leader is moving workers to a collaborative future
Chris Middleton speaks to Alan Shields at Cambridgeshire County Council to find out how a shared service has created shared innovation during the pandemic
Harrow in the furnace: How one London IT leader delivered change in lockdown
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
Okta: Beware of hidden costs
Remember the IT iceberg, says cloud identity and access management vendor, with 15 per cent of many products being the purchase cost and 85 per cent of cost being hidden, below the water line
Five ways that automated inventory discovery makes for a more efficient and secure IT estate
'We need to know what we don't know, understand what we have, and we need to validate what we think we have' says Ivanti's Dave Shepherd
18 months later: post-pandemic planning in the public and private sectors
From more working from home to office closures and new technologies, coronavirus has changed everything, but IT leaders are confident they'll get through
Deskflix Season 5: Public Sector
Join us on Tuesday 14th July to discuss cybersecurity, staff retention, managing IT budgets and more in the public sector
How data is helping NGOs deploy aid in Lebanon's struggling refugee camps
Reine Hanna, Information Management Project Manager, Medair, explains her organisations new data-enabled approach to humanitarian crises
Coronavirus contact tracing system crashes on its first day in operation
NHS workers said they were unable to log into the new website
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