Public Sector
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
UK contact tracing app: will it be effective?
Emma Wright, Partner at technology and digital specialist law firm Kemp Little, discusses the various thorny issues around the NHSX contact tracing app, including its effectiveness, the privacy issues surrounding the technology, and possible discriminatory...
Make passwords at least 13 characters long and protect email with a strong passphrase, police advise
With Covid-19 related fraud through the roof it's time to review password policy, says South East Regional Organised Crime Unit
NHS rejects Apple-Google API in favour of centralised contact tracing system
Unlike Germany, Switzerland and Estonia, the UK has opted for a server-managed system for tracking Covid-19 infections
NHS to use Apple-Google API for upcoming Covid-19 contact tracing app
The app will warn users who come in close contact with someone suspected of being infected with the virus
Covid-19: the race to create privacy-focused contact tracing tools
As authorities seek technological solutions to the pandemic, experts fear the consequences for civil liberties
Google starts publishing smartphone location data to test coronavirus lockdown strategy
Google's Community Mobility Reports cover anonymised data from 131 countries
Hack from Home 'virtual hackathon' aims to kickstart privacy-enhanced apps to alleviate the COVID-19 crisis
Hackathon this weekend is supported by NHSX, Samsung and a number of global universities
Do we really want Palantir embedded in the NHS?
Beware bad policy made in haste because of coronavirus, say campaigners
Removing the risk of AI bias in the public sector
What practical steps can be taken to drive ethical, unbiased AI use in the public sector?
Implementing BI and data sharing across Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
'It's a story of a story of collaboration and support rather than one of diktat' says head of BI Graham Beales
How Caerphilly Council is improving customer experience despite a shrinking budget and workforce
Caerphilly Council's Richard Edmunds explains how he aims to save £40m over four years while improving services using robotic process automation
NHS Trust launches Robotic Process Automation Centre of Excellence
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust CFO Sandra Easton said that RPA at the Trust could provide a blueprint for a broader NHS rollout
