Bill Mew - author at diginomica

Bill is a tech industry veteran and experienced strategy, marketing and communications professional with over 20 years spent working in blue chip organisations mostly in pan-European and global communications roles. He recently joined UKCloud as Cloud Strategist. An IBM veteran and former CMO at Compare the Cloud, Bill is a regular commentator and speaker on all things cloud. He chaired this year’s Cloud and Devops World Forum and is active on social media (@BillMew) sharing his views on cloud as well for technology, economics, politics and Arsenal FC.

Articles by Bill Mew

How the public sector can modernise data centres with Crown Campus This article is sponsored by:

Bill Mew, UKCloud’s Cloud Strategist, explains how public sector CIOs can host non-cloud and cloud workloads within a single secure environment and pragmatically migrate workloads from one to the other.

Why we need Brexit Exemplars for Service Transformation (BEST) This article is sponsored by:

Bill Mew, Cloud Strategist at UKCloud, explains why Brexit is an opportunity for transformation that we must do our BEST to grasp

Three steps to overcome the government's digital skills dilemma This article is sponsored by:

UKCloud's Cloud Strategist, Bill Mew, explains how few of the UK government's efforts to address a shortage of digital skills will have any effect in time for Brexit.

Learning to share - why with collective will, direction and agile delivery, shared services can revolutionise government This article is sponsored by:

How do you allow civil servants to spend less time doing administration, so that they can spend more time delivering vital services to the public? UKCloud's Cloud Strategist, Bill Mew, explains why it is hoped that shared service centres, date sharing and shared micro-services are part of the answer!

2018 - As cloud comes of age, customer centricity becomes key This article is sponsored by:

Cloud Strategist at UKCloud, Bill Mew, explains why trends towards multi-cloud, community cloud, fog computing and edge computing all indicate a new phase in which cloud matures to become more customer centric.

The digital government path ahead - migration, transformation and automation This article is sponsored by:

In part two of his vision of how to re-boot digital transformation in government, UKCloud's Bill Mew focuses on three key waves of change.

Getting the Digital Revolution back on the rails This article is sponsored by:

The UK government digital revolution has seen more than its fair share of wobbles of late. UKCloud's Bill Mew argues it's time to get back on track.

Why data sovereignty matters - the looming privacy threat from the US DoJ and the Trump Administration This article is sponsored by:

UKCloud's Cloud Strategist, Bill Mew, explains why Europe is not safe from President Trump's approach to privacy, with the DoJ seeking extraterritorial legal powers.

A buyer’s guide to assessing the real price of cloud providers This article is sponsored by:

Scale and knocked down list prices shouldn’t be the only things that buyers look out for when purchasing IaaS for technology projects. Bill Mew, cloud strategist at UKCloud, offers tips on the red flags of cloud contracts.

“Get big, get focused, or get out” – twice as true today This article is sponsored by:

It's a myth that all cloud platforms are equal. There are generalists and there are specialists. UKCloud's Cloud Strategist Bill Mew shares his views on why a specialist is needed for the health and care sector.

Lock-in starts to surpass security as main cloud concern This article is sponsored by:

With concerns around security in the cloud addressed, what are the main remaining barriers to adoption? UKCloud's Bill Mew seeks some answers.

Only one cheer for the government’s public cloud endorsement This article is sponsored by:

The Government Digital Service has gone someway to address buyers' public cloud concerns. However, it could be doing more to change the perception that the US cloud giants are the only viable option, writes UKCloud's Bill Mew.

Partnering with AWS, lion taming, Russian roulette and other dangerous hobbies! This article is sponsored by:

Now that AWS offers managed services, its MSP partners are in a dangerous predicament. UKCloud's Bill Mew suggests G-Cloud maps out an escape route.