All posts tagged "Cloud"

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  Digital units: from the hard push to the helping hand

  On their launch, many central digital functions used strong-arm tactics to push departments into line. But at the Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from around the world signalled a change

  • Posted March 18, 2020
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  Case study: driving culture change at the Crown Commercial Service

  “Our vision is to put finance at the heart of decision making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score”, head of the UK government finance function, Mike Driver, said

  • Posted January 23, 2020
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  Statistics Canada to adopt “hybrid” cloud strategy

  Statistics Canada is to migrate its data to the cloud. The agency believes working with private sector cloud specialists will bring numerous benefits, such as affordable access to new technologies,

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  UK finance authorities beef up data strategies

  The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Bank of England (BoE) have announced plans to transform their data and analytics capabilities, with the setting up of dedicated data science units

  • Posted January 16, 2020
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  Transformation journey: from digitally challenged to digitally savvy

  As anyone in government knows, implementing a digital transformation strategy can be fraught with difficulty, especially when there are legacy systems to contend with. Tourism NI – the body responsible

  • Posted January 10, 2020
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  Shared Services Canada allocated $200m to enhance IT infrastructure

  The Government of Canada has earmarked C$197m (US$150m) to support the migration of 12 legacy data centres to more modern facilities, and for activities to support the “establishment and adoption

  • Posted December 12, 2019
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  South Korea commits US$4bn to bolster tech sectors

  The South Korean government will spend S$4.7 trillion (US$3.9bn) of its 2020 budget on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), in a bid to boost R&D, infrastructure and economic growth.  

  • Posted August 22, 2019
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  Canada’s digital chief Alex Benay quits government

  Alex Benay has announced he will step down as Canada’s chief information officer next month to “take on new challenge” at tech start-up MindBridge. “It is with mixed emotions that

  • Posted August 8, 2019
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  A word from Eurohumph: former EC chief Robert Madelin on tech, skills & Brexit

  Robert Madelin, a former European Commission innovation and technology chief, tells Ian Hall of the digital challenges facing civil services on regulation and deployment. And then there’s Brexit: the UK’s

  • Posted January 16, 2019
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  South Africa launches cloud scheme

  The South African government has launched what it claims is the largest government cloud infrastructure in the world, providing a base for the adoption of new technologies such as artificial

  • Posted December 6, 2018
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