Build it and they will come? Not quite
Channel shift in local government has come a long way in the last five years, but there's a long way to go. According to SOCITM, around two-thirds of all customer contact with councils and local...
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The CES factor – will what we've seen be in the classroom in 2013?
You may have heard that Google Chairman Eric Schmidt says there are only four technology companies that matter to people: Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. None are exhibiting at CES. There’s no sign...
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Digital skills to support government's savings drive
The recently published Government Digital Strategy has shown that digital is a central part of the way government does its business, further highlighted by the Digital Efficiency Report. And it’s clear...
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IT is changing – tech support needs to keep up
On a daily basis, new technologies are emerging amidst a nexus of converging forces – social, mobile and cloud. Although these forces are innovative and disruptive on their own, together they are...
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Mind the Digital Gap – it’s wider than you think!
A growing gulf between what we are expected to do and what we are capable of doing at the digital interface is creating an ever widening gap between the digital ‘haves’ and the digital ‘have-nots’,...
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HS2: How seeking alternative investments would benefit us more
Why are we spending 20 years building the HS2 rail link to get someone somewhere slightly faster when there are areas of the country still without access to the internet? Martin Banks explores...
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Public sector transformation: It's about much more than just technology
Public sector organisations in the UK are under immense pressure so there is an immediate need for transformation in the way the sector operates. This will be achieved not simply through spending cuts...
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The need for IT consolidation in the UK public sector
The double (possibly triple) dip recession has had a profound impact on the public sector. Historically, the last time the economic situation reached such a nadir was in the 1970s, when a hike in oil...
View ArticleKeeping a finger on the pulse of digital transformation in the public sector
We hear a great deal about Digital Transformation but how is the sector doing – are public services taking full advantage of digital technologies? To separate fact from assumption, Capgemini Consulting...
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Innovation inclusion: The way forward for the public sector
Anyone that works in or with the public sector understands the pressure to improve efficiencies and services with ever-decreasing resources. It must therefore must be as inclusive as possible when it...
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Govt policy-makers should level the playing field for Cloud services
Cloud services policies are being developed and iterated in all jurisdictions, says Ovum's Steve Hodgkinson. Having reviewed a number of draft policies in recent months, we believe policy-makers need...
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App wrapping: Unlocking the potential of BYOD?
With the Information Commissioner’s Office saying recently that 47% of UK adults already use a personal device for work and Gartner predicting that by 2016 50% of all apps will be hybrid across...
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Open Source 'preference' mandate: overcoming government impasse in the public...
The Open Source industry have been waiting the best part of ten years for the UK Government to mandate a ‘preference’ for Open Source Software (OSS) over proprietary or closed-source alternatives. I...
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The UK's security architectures - has much changed since the 90s?
Across the public sector, security architectures are still being deployed which are not much changed from those of the 90s - yet are expected to protect information from the latest and emerging...
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What’s holding back Open Source innovation in government?
Much has been written about the use of Open Source in government over the last few years. Yet, despite a strong directive from Francis Maude, and the Cabinet Office, many central government workers in...
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