Liam Maxwell: Open standards and focus on inter-operability has opened the way to 'government as a platform'
Maxwell expects continuity of IT even if there is a change of government after the general election in 2015
"Government as a platform" will become the dominant approach to public-sector IT over the next few years - regardless of who wins the election next year, according to Liam Maxwell, chief technology officer...
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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....
