Local authorities in England face at least a dozen distinct barriers to fully harnessing the power of digital service-delivery, according to research presented at Socitm’s spring conference....
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Socitm conference: public sector IT can learn lessons from gaming industry
Advances in the video game industry that have built customer-engagement and provided a rich source of data for developers can be emulated by councils, Socitm’s spring conference has heard....
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Councils team up to adopt children’s safety app
Social services in 10 councils have signed up to use a new tablet app designed to help vulnerable children....
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West Yorkshire Police looks to Leeds Beckett University to tackle online crime
West Yorkshire Police has teamed up with digital crime specialist at Leeds Beckett University to develop new ways of fighting cybercrime....
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Interview: Warwickshire county council’s Tonino Ciuffini on the flexibility of cloud
Warwickshire county council’s head of information assets tells Gill Hitchcock that cloud technologies offer local authorities a range of benefits provided they do their groundwork...
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Mid Sussex implements Arcus transformation project
Mid Sussex District Council has successfully implemented an Arcus Global solution to implement Salesforce as a Platform for Government to replace its legacy applications....
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Smart cities: the next stage
Smart cities are already starting to become a reality, but the the next challenge is to make the leap to a big open market based on interoperable solutions and common […]...
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Google faces Android probe by European Union
The European Commission has accused Google of using its Android mobile operating system to abuse its dominant position....
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