IBM has become the latest company to boost its cloud data centre offering in the UK, announcing plans to add four new cloud data centres, bringing its total in the […]...
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Google’s DeepMind and NHS restart data-sharing deal with greater transparency
The healthcare arm of Google’s artificial intelligence company DeepMind has published the details of its latest data-sharing agreement with the NHS as it relaunches work to develop a patient-monitoring app....
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Scottish government seeks digital service standards assessors
The Scottish government plans to launch its assessment process for digital services in early 2017 and is looking for volunteers to act as assessors....
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Scottish social care providers must not wait for the limitations of analogue telecare to appear before adopting digital
With current approaches to Scotland’s social services labelled unsustainable, and health care similarly under pressure, Tom Morton of Communicare247 urges providers to realise the potential for digital technology now....
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LocalGov Digital moots co-operative model with £1 membership fee
The network for digital staff in councils across the UK has announced plans to become a more formal organisation with a co-operative membership model and more clarity on its aims....
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Ordnance Survey to develop ‘digital twin’ of UK for national rollout of 5G
The government has commissioned the Ordnance Survey to create a smart map that will determine the best locations for the radio antennae needed to establish a 5G network in the […]...
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Digital health technologies could be ‘double-edged sword’ for NHS
Digital technology in primary care is “one of the brightest hopes” for patients and staff, but its impact on the NHS is still unclear, a report has said....
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Trump appears to have no position on digital – but are the tech tides against him?
The digital revolution in US states and cities is not likely to grind to a halt following Trump’s election, but your take on his win will depend on how you […]...
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DWP’s Mayank Prakash named CIO of the year – as department rumoured to be reviewing projects
The director general of digital technology at the Department for Work and Pensions has been named CIO of the year in the UK IT Industry Awards, while the department denies […]...
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Police chiefs and crime commissioners pledge digital policing reforms
Policing Vision 2025 sets out plans to boost staff skills, share digital evidence and improve recording and analysis of online crime....
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