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Why public sector organisations should move to Cloud Computing to avoid legacy IT challenges

Legacy IT systems are still a key operation for public sector organisations, these systems are now outdated, expensive to maintain and vulnerable to security breaches.

G-Cloud: A cloud computing services framework for the UK public sector

Kevin Todd, Commercial Agreement Lead - G-Cloud, CCS, provides insight into G-Cloud, a cloud computing services framework for use by the UK public sector.

Cloud technology: Helping employees to work smarter

Steve Thorn, Executive Director at Civica, explores how the cloud is helping public sector employees to work smarter.

Putting the user at the heart of cloud-first strategies

Kate Warboys, Head of Marketing at Arcus Global, discusses why she believes that when local authorities take steps to migrate their services to the cloud, the experience of the end-user should be at the heart of every decision.

UK police force: The case for cloud

Kevin Johnson, Key Account Manager – UK Central Government, Police Forces and Defence at SoftwareONE, discusses the fragmented nature of the UK’s police, and how this creates a challenge when it comes to using the same technology platforms and processes.

Building an advanced computing ecosystem for 21st-century research and education

Here, four experts from the National Science Foundation reveal their thoughts about building an advanced computing ecosystem for 21st-century research and education.

Top five areas of focus for CISOs when it comes to the cloud and cybersecurity

Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) have a key role to play in safeguarding the data increasingly stored in the cloud and mitigating cybersecurity threats, while also ensuring compliance with IT regulations, standards, and policies.

4 Keys Steps to Cloud: From assessment to transformation

Here, UKCloud explains how businesses can take advantage of Data Centre Modernisation, whilst still focusing on their core business and avoiding key pitfalls of digital transformation.

Opportunity in chaos: How businesses can prepare for Brexit Britain

Alan Laing talks about Yellowhammer implications on tech companies and how businesses could prepare for Brexit Britain.

Procurement: Making bench contracts work

David Mann, Managing Director, dxw digital shares his expert thoughts on making bench contracts work, including the UK Government’s G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) frameworks.

Why the public sector needs SD-WAN to solve today’s network challenges

Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds, explains why SD-WAN is relevant for the public sector, and bringing an understanding of the barriers to adoption may encourage other organisations in the sector to follow suite.

YPO launches data centre and cloud framework

YPO has announced the launch of its Data Centres, Maintenance Cloud Hosting and Security framework for the public sector.

The hidden foundations of the digital world: How datacentres stay cool

Here, Daikin investigate what happens to all the heat produced by the "cloud", aka the datacentres that keep the online world turning.

How can the cloud build more innovative public services?

Here, Harold de Neef from Civica describes the 'Uberisation' of services, aka how innovative public services can be implemented by the cloud.

Mastering cloud: The public sector’s gateway to AI

Chris Bartlett, Business Unit Director Public Sector at SoftwareONE discusses how mastering cloud will be the first critical step in the UK public sector’s widespread adoption of AI.

Which cyber security trends should organisations adopt in 2019?

With cyber crime on a meteoric rise, organisations in 2019 have to pay extra attention to cyber security trends such as increased cloud security, vulnerable Internet of Things networks, and phishing practices.

Data-enabled informative decision making in the public sector

Here, Shaun Collings details why leveraging relevant data, enhancing citizen trust and transforming data structures are key to data-enabled informative decision making.

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