|
|
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
Local authorities across the country are struggling to fully embrace the use of software to improve efficiency, streamline operations and optimise decision-making. Historically, new software has been introduced to a process or system that has been used for decades. Bolt on approaches can work but in recent years, across the public sector, there have
Continue reading Reinventing Local Authorities To Leverage Transformative Ability Of Software
By TechnologyOne UK executive vice president, Leo Hanna
Leo Hanna
Local government is facing a perfect storm. Funding pressures and demographic challenges are getting worse, councils are having to pursue modernisation amid economic volatility, and they are still recovering from the disruption caused by Covid-19. For some, this has been an accelerant to digital
Continue reading Navigating the digital frontier for local government
Procurement experts Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Building Improvements Framework worth up to £346 million over a four-year period.
Following a competitive tender process, a total of 70 specialist firms – 74% being SMEs, have secured a place on the framework which has been developed to support public sector
Continue reading Fusion21 names suppliers appointed to £346 million Building Improvements Framework
SolarWinds Vice President, Government Affairs Chip Daniels
In early December 2020, nation-state threat actors exploited SolarWinds software in an unprecedented cyberattack – an event known today simply as SUNBURST.
It shone a light on the concerning new reality for the software industry – that previously unforeseeable attacks were becoming increasingly sophisticated, striking at
Continue reading The Importance of Public-Private Partnerships for Cybersecurity
Autumn 2023 Cover story – by Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa
Barley Laing
The public sector has long been considered a soft target by fraudsters. This is backed up by data from the Cabinet Office which highlights that fraud and error in public spending are estimated to cost taxpayers up to £51.8
Continue reading How to know your citizens (KYC) and prevent fraud
Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
Trust underpins the foundations of modern and legitimate democracies. From civil safety and national security to upholding the rule of law, trust is vital if we’re to function as a society.
Get it right, and public trust can
Continue reading The importance of trust in delivering public services
Nigel Dews
Restore Records Management has been awarded a £5.857m contract by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to transfer approximately 375,000 boxes of records into off-site storage and provide retrieval services.
The three-year contract, worth c£1.9m a year, will see records moved away from DWP’S on-site location at Heywood Stores, near
Continue reading Restore Records Management earns £5.8m contract with Department for Work and Pensions
Bright Initiative has joined the UK Government-backed Data Skills Taskforce to help tackle the UK’s data skills challenges Initiative also set to begin work with members of the UK Parliament on an inquiry investigating issues around governance and ethics in data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) New collaborations complement ongoing support for UK Government officials
Continue reading Bright Initiative: Global data for good Initiative expands support for the UK’s National Data Strategy with new partnerships
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
For years, it has been broadly accepted that the profile of open-source software as ‘higher risk’ goes against the principles of public sector technology procurement. Being free, not reputedly as safe, and via smaller vendors than the big players, has blinkered this industry to finding solutions which could
Continue reading Open-Source Database Revolution in the Public Sector
Thousands of roles available in the ‘hidden’ employability industry as the sector prepares for the busiest time in its history
Employability Day on 30 April 2021, was the UK’s largest celebration for organisations supporting often disadvantaged people to gain, sustain and progress in work. Led by the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), it’s an annual
Continue reading TIME TO DO WHAT THE EMPLOYABILITY INDUSTRY DOES BEST: RECRUIT
Unremitting financial pressures, ongoing staff reductions and the unforgiving need to deliver new political initiatives against tight budgets are leading local, regional and national government managers across the UK to turn to outsourced private sector business transformation experts for the delivery of organisational change and new services.
A leading supplier of this kind of high-level
Continue reading Under Pressure Public Sector Managers Turn to Private Sector Boardroom Expertise
The Government’s latest refresh of its National Infrastructure Plan has been welcomed by MCA Think Tank Director, Paul Connolly. However, Connolly expressed some disappointment at the lack of ambition in some of the recommendations.
“The Government’s focus on infrastructure after decades of neglect is very welcome. Yet since publishing its Plan for the first time
Continue reading National Infrastructure Plan Response – Management Consultancies Association welcomes the plan but laments “Missed Opportunities”
But what if something as simple as the inability to access your own office space strikes at your technology and means of communication? Where will this leave your staff and those who truly depend on you?
Solid communications are at the heart of the public sector, which not only goes out of its way
Continue reading The Public Sector – Avoiding emergencies to help the community
UK council works with managed file transfer consultants Pro2col to deploy MFT technology and provide a secure shared services network for local government and emergency services
London, UK – 19 November, 2013 – Cambridgeshire County Council has invested in and deployed MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT) technology from Ipswitch File Transfer to secure the
Continue reading Cambridgeshire County Council adopts Ipswitch File Transfer’s MOVEit to manage fast, secure, simple, audited data transfers for 4,000+ key workers
|
NEED AN UP TO DATE DATABASE? 
|
Recent Comments