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Does Government need a transformed technology stack for its brave new digital world?

Bill McCluggage — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:03:17 GMT

Whether you like the term ‘digital native’ or not, it still amazes me how intuitive and convenient life in our constantly growing and evolving digital universe has become. My son recently astounded me by showing me how he had linked...

A Cyber Christmas Carol - with apologies to Charles Dickens

Bill McCluggage — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:20:27 GMT

It was Christmas Eve and the miserly and embittered Ebenezer Scrooge made his way home through the darkening gloom of a city landscape. He had just locked up the office having wrung the last few hours of work out of...

Big data -an untapped opportunity for UK Government

Bill McCluggage — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:23:33 GMT

"Big data is going to be the next big thing". This is not just industry commentary but the view expressed by Jos Creese, CIO of Hampshire County Council, during his keynote address at the SOCITM 2012 annual conference in Birmingham...

James Bond, cybersecurity and sloth

Bill McCluggage — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:43:36 GMT

As the season changes we naturally look towards the onset of winter and for those of us lucky enough to have open fireplaces, the opportunity for cosy nights relaxing in front of a log fire. We could even be forgiven...

Carpe Diem - could it benefit Government IT?

Bill McLuggage — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:48:16 GMT

One of my favourite actors is Robin Williams and over the summer I watched 'Dead Poets Society' in which he played John Keating, an English teacher at an aristocratic college in Vermont in the late 1950s. Early on in the...

G-Cloud - What's holding back the public sector?

Bill McLuggage — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:37:53 GMT

If you’ve been following the progress of the Government’s G-Cloud initiative you’ll probably have picked up that as a keen supporter I’m concerned that if the public sector is to benefit from the new economics of IT and move towards...