local councils

Local councils are failing to adopt open standards, report

Public Sector

Local councils are failing to adopt open standards, report

Local authorities still don't use common components or open source despite - or perhaps because of - increased strictures

clock 02 February 2022 • 2 min read
Southend Borough Council is taking lessons from the private sector

Government

Southend Borough Council is taking lessons from the private sector

The pandemic accelerated change at most organisations, but Southend Council was already used to moving fast

clock 07 October 2021 • 5 min read

Strategy

Invite challenge, but don't be afraid to challenge back, says Rachel Ruston of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Women are as capable of IT success as anyone, and supporting each other is key

clock 19 March 2021 • 4 min read

Strategy

How St Albans Council transformed citizen services with a front-to-back-end digital platform

Caroline Croft, Digital and ICT Manager at St Albans City & District Council, provides an insight into the organisation's end-to-end IT transformation

clock 03 October 2019 • 4 min read

Security

Majority of local authorities are still running on Windows 7, shows research

Councils are relying on legacy systems

clock 23 January 2018 • 2 min read

Business Software

Local authorities facing huge bills following Oracle audits

Local authorities are struggling to keep up with rising costs on Oracle software, claims TmaxSoft

clock 29 November 2017 • 3 min read

Security

Twenty-five per cent of local authorities affected by ransomware

Only one council admits to paying the ransom with the rest claiming they simply restored from backups

clock 26 September 2017 • 2 min read