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By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks
David Trossell
It’s that time of year again – Halloween – when the ghosts and witches are expected to come out to cause havoc. When it comes to phishing attacks, it’s a game of trick rather than of treat. Check Point writes in its blog, ‘Halloween
Continue reading Why The Public Sector Needs to Keep Cyber-Ghouls Away
Following a highly successful 2024 event that brought together SIAM professionals, thought leaders, and industry experts from around the world, the Scopism Service North Conference is back. Remaining in Manchester, the event takes place on Monday, 3rd November, and promises to be even bigger and better in 2025.
Reflecting on 2024
The 2024 Service
Continue reading The SIAM Event of the Year is Back – Service North Returns for 2025
By Claire Foreman, Director, Greater Manchester Institute of Technology
Claire Foreman
When the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT) prepared to welcome its first cohort of students in September 2023, one critical question framed our thinking: what is truly distinctive about being an Institute of Technology (IoT) student?
Across the UK, Institutes of Technology
Continue reading Delivering a Distinctive, Employer-Led Student Experience at Greater Manchester Institute of Technology
By Owen Hodge, Product Manager at Headforwards
Owen Hodge
As the impact of recent Government and economic decisions have put local councils under more pressure than ever before, councils are turning to digital technology to build efficiencies that can improve their financial position to be able to maximise provision for their communities.
In fact,
Continue reading How a Single View of the Citizen can boost resident experience and the bottom line
Latency, packet loss and poor bandwidth utilisation often disrupt network performance. With network infrastructure refreshes occurring on average every 5 years, the answer is usually to buy more bandwidth and to kick out the old to bring in the new by investing in the latest technology. However, this doesn’t always quite mitigate these issues,
Continue reading Make 2025 Be The WAN You Want: Fast Like Lightning
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal has published its latest statistics for the period from July to September 2024.
These relate to appeals that challenge local authority decisions about the level of support to be provided to children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) via an education, health and care plan (EHCP).
Continue reading SEND Tribunal statistics – legal comment
By Elli Kiely, Design & Innovation Director, HJK Construction
Open any newspaper in the UK, and it will mention the housing crisis in the UK. The actual extent of the crisis is hotly debated, but there is one thing everyone agrees on – there is undoubtedly a serious problem with the supply and demand
Continue reading The stock of housing for local authority & housing association
James Johns, Head of Corporate Affairs, UK, Workday
Nations across the globe are feeling a squeeze on skills. One recent McKinsey study found that nine in ten executives or managers are having trouble hiring people with the talent they need – or that they expect to have that problem in the next five years.
Continue reading How the UK can nurture a skills-based workforce
Clinisys WinPath go-lives at Northern Health and Social Care Trust and the cervical cytology screening service complete phase three of the CoreLIMS programme to transform pathology services across the country
The transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has achieved another milestone, with the completion of phase three of the CoreLIMS programme to deploy
Continue reading Northern Ireland’s laboratory services reach another IT milestone
Key positions taken by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) on housing enforcement and licensing have been backed in a new report from the Renters’ Reform Coalition.
The coalition, which comprises 21 organisations and includes major housing and homelessness charities as well as CIEH, is an important voice in debates on reform of
Continue reading Key CIEH positions on housing enforcement and licensing backed by Renters’ Reform Coalition
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
The new government has new objectives and expectations, with an emphasis on positive change and efficiencies, which is important during a period when public expenditure is under pressure like never before.
Now is the time for the public sector to take the lead in driving
Continue reading Time for the public sector to take the lead in driving efficiencies and change
By Lesley Moore, Director, Field Services, Workday
Implementing new HR and finance systems in the public sector can be daunting.
Lesley Moore
Traditionally, these systems have been riddled with challenges, including extensive customisation, long testing phases, poor reliability and difficulty applying software and a lack of updates. Not only did that mean public sector
Continue reading Successfully implementing HR and finance systems in the public sector
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Lincolnshire County Council (LLC) needed to improve and expedite its operational and financial highways management processes, from initial defect reporting through to completion confirmation of the final repair. Over five years, the council saved more than £1.5m after using Confirm to replace old office systems. The council also saved more than £3m of
Continue reading Lincolnshire County Council streamlines both long and short-term highways maintenance with Confirm enquiry forms
By Jan de Graaf (Signify), Francesco Martini (Inventronics) and Carsten Moellers (Green Gems)
Zhaga enables luminaire manufacturers to design serviceable indoor luminaires with replaceable components that prolong their useful life, contributing to a circular economy.
In the pursuit of sustainability, the lighting industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the imperative to embrace
Continue reading Serviceable Indoor Luminaires for a Circular Future
The Highland Marketing advisory board discussed social care and technology a year into the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years on, there has been progress and set-backs, leaving plenty of questions for an incoming government.
The Highland Marketing advisory board last discussed adult social care in April 2021; a year into the Covid-19 crisis that had
Continue reading Social care and technology: where are we now?
By Claire Agutter
Government Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has called for an urgent rethink of council strategy.
Seen by some of the public sector as a provoking statement, Hunt delivered a bleak explanation of local government and how they manage their resources and funds. Hunt proposes that significant spending cuts should be made on consultants
Continue reading Government call for a radical shift in Council Strategy
By Krishna Sai, Senior Vice President of Engineering, SolarWinds
In the ever-evolving landscape of public sector IT, complexity has emerged as a formidable challenge.
Well-intentioned technology investments like cloud services, meant to modernize government operations, are inadvertently creating labyrinthine IT ecosystems that are difficult to manage and secure. This complicated environment isn’t just an
Continue reading Self-Driving Ops: A Reality for UK Government Agencies?
We now know that the shift to hybrid is a fixed part of the world of work today. It’s a fundamental shift in the working landscape. But, for IT professionals, some critical aspects of navigating the cloud shift exist.
Gerry Flanagan
With remote and hybrid working, there can be some significant challenges to overcome,
Continue reading Embracing the hybrid landscape
New research of 18 to 25 year-olds has revealed the public sector to be one of the most appealing industries to build a long-term career.
When asked to rank 10 of the most common industries to work in, young people placed the public sector in fourth place, ahead of industries like legal and tech.
Continue reading Public sector voted one of the most popular careers by young people
By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks
In 2023, generative AI became steadfastly part of the lexicon. The applications for the technology are potentially vast, but this was also overshadowed by concerns about the impact that artificial intelligence may have on society. Elon Musk, an investor in AI, was among the people calling
Continue reading WAN Trends 2024: The Need for AI and WAN Acceleration Remains in the Public Sector
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