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Category Archives: Government IT
Productivity, responsiveness and lighter weight
I rather like this, from Gartner’s Mark McDonald: While the future will require IT to deliver enterprise specific strategies and initiatives there are a few considerations to keep mind: Productivity is different than efficiency and those differences matter It is … Continue reading
Jos Creese new Socitm President
Hampshire County Council’s Head of IT Jos Creese is the President of Socitm for the next 12 months, and if this quote is anything to go by, he seems an ideal man for the job: IT professionals must carve out a … Continue reading
Dom Campbell on agile procurement
Great work by Dom Campbell on procurement, and I really love the title: Its Time People Started Getting Fired For Buying IBM from the WeMedia site. Embedded below, if you can’t see it, here’s a link. WeThink – IBM – … Continue reading
Posted in Government IT
Tagged dom campbell, futuregov, ibm, ict, it, procurement, wethink
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Cloud computing during a catastrophe
It often amuses people when they learn I was once a Risk Manager at a County Council. I have no idea why. One of my roles at the time was to look after business continuity arrangements – in other words, … Continue reading
Posted in Government IT, cloud
Tagged business continuity, cloud, cloud computing, gcloud, government, local government, localgov
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Meeting with Microsoft
I had a very interesting hour today, chatting with James Brown and Dave Coplin at Microsoft. James works with the public sector all over the world, while Dave concentrates his effort on the UK. Dave also came along to last … Continue reading
Posted in Government 2.0, Government IT
Tagged culture, enterprise, enterprise 2.0, ict, it, microsoft, technology
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