Just weeks after UK financial watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) slammed it for a perceived lack of progress in its flagship Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme to expand 4G mobile connectivity in rural UK areas, the UK government has said it’s now delivering on plans to tackle poor and patchy connection in traditionally hard-to-reach … Leer más
Spare a thought for Dominic Cummings – it was data that drove him mad. Data drives us all mad. For a field to be successful today it must curate, store, and share data across disparate teams, which is maddeningly difficult. How might governments learn from this? The Institute for Government’s Commission on the Centre of … Leer más
Extreme weather events and warnings from experts that keeping temperature rises below the 1.5°C limit is becoming increasingly difficult have raised public awareness of the impact of global warming. Businesses and consumers alike are thinking more about climate change, the environment and sustainability. Mattie Yeta, chief sustainability officer at CGI, says organisations have recalibrated their … Leer más
How time flies. Believe it or not, we’re now in the fourth decade of UK government ambitions to use technology to modernise and improve public administration and our national institutions. And now, in 2024, it’s the turn of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide us with a miraculous “once-in-a-generation opportunity … to revolutionise our public services … Leer más
An unintended consequence of the increased usage of connectivity and digital technologies within cars has been increased safely issues. Heads-up displays (HUDs) have emerged as a potential viable option in preventing driver distractions from onboard technologies such as the dashboard and centre information displays (CID), according to research from IDTechEx. The analyst noted in its … Leer más
Almost half (46%) of organisations surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology spending intentions study say they are increasing their budget. The poll of 1,432 technology decision-makers worldwide found that security is the number one priority for businesses. Almost a fifth (19%) of IT decision-makers say they will increase their IT spending in 2024 … Leer más
If he wasn’t running SecurityScorecard, says Alex Yampolskiy, he would probably be sitting in a park in New York City, playing chess. New York has been his home for many years, since his Russian-Ukrainian family emigrated to the US when he was a teenager. Even as a teen, the chess prodigy had already been bitten … Leer más
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has committed £230m to police forces so they can pilot or roll out productivity-boosting technologies, but open questions around the legality of how certain systems are already being used could undermine further investment. In his Spring Budget speech, Hunt said police officers currently waste around eight hours a week on unnecessary admin … Leer más
Cohesity won’t abandon any NetBackup product, force migration to Cohesity or leave any NetBackup customers behind. And all that while the backup giant aims to become a leader in security and artificial intelligence (AI) data management. That’s the promise of Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen and finance director Eric Brown, who were interviewed recently by Computer … Leer más
While workers are looking forward to artificial intelligence (AI) taking over repetitive tasks, managers are more cautious about implementing the technology – and its impact on jobs. Some 86% of the professionals LexisNexis surveyed for its Future of work report 2024 either agreed or strongly agreed that they were willing to embrace generative AI (GenAI) … Leer más