The best defence is smart technology
By Tony Boyle, BT Strategy Director, GC&H The presentation I gave at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA) TRICIS 2014 event highlighted how rapidly evolving...
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By Chris Lindsay, Head of Marketing, Global Government & Health. The technology we use every day has changed our expectations of the experience we get with the services around us. The public sector...
View ArticleMaking the most of your people
Whatever industry or sector you’re in, your people are the key to success. So, with 85 per cent of total operating costs spent on staff, how could the independent watchdog for social care in Scotland...
View ArticleA diagnosis for the digital doctor
By Bob Quin, Senior Marketing Manager, Propositions, products, frameworks, BT Global Services. The word ‘Skype’ is so synonymous with video and voice calls that we use it as a verb. In the world of...
View ArticleTransforming public sector services: The challenges of redefining collaboration
By Chris Lindsay, Head of Marketing, Global Government & Health. Technology is often seen as the door to a better future, and as we come to the end of our blog series on transforming public...
View ArticleWhy the public sector needs to be more mobile
By Richard Phillips, Head of Mobility Solutions in Global Government and Health. There’s a challenge keeping those in charge awake at night — the public sector needs to continue to deliver improved...
View ArticleHow do you find a spare half million?
Being faced with the need to save half a million pounds in accommodation costs is a daunting prospect; when you’re dealing with nearly 100 locations it becomes more complicated still — where do you...
View ArticleHarnessing the power of Big Data with the Office for National Statistics
By Julie Tankard, VP Government & Police Sector, BT Global Services. Bring the power of data to the people When you hear the term Big Data, what do you think? Before Big Data was even ‘a thing’,...
View ArticleIs your sensitive data destruction secure enough?
By Paul Jackson, Security Consultant, BT Security. It’s common knowledge that everyone who works for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has to sign the Official Secrets Act. However, you might not realise...
View ArticleFive reasons the public sector needs better IT partnerships
The dust has finally settled in Westminster. The recent election delivered a result that few predicted. Government moves swiftly on, however, working to improve services against a backdrop of further...
View ArticleWhy the public sector should go mobile
Imagine how much time a highway maintenance worker would save if they could update information instantly and send it straight back to head office. Or how much easier a care worker’s job would be if...
View ArticleDriving better care in the NHS with mobile technology
The NHS arguably faces its most difficult challenge since its creation. As well as improving its standard of care, it has to look after a growing number of patients while funding remains tight....
View ArticleHospital IT shows how to join the new with the old.
The decision to replace an old hospital with a completely new build is a choice that is years in the making. The NHS needs to know that it’s getting the best value possible for the citizens it serves....
View ArticleHow the NHS is using tech to transform healthcare.
The NHS in England is committed to making sure that all patient and care records are digitised by 2020. Here’s why that’s great news for all of us. What’s good for the NHS is good for everyone. Imagine...
View ArticleTechnology set to remedy the NHS
By Paul Llewellyn, Subject Matter Expert and Clinical Lead, Connected Solutions. The NHS is in my DNA. My mother was a nurse for 40 years, nine of her sisters were nurses, my brother is a paramedic and...
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