Public Sector
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
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
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