Archive: Gary Flood
Hull City Council rolls out a Smart City OS to deliver better public services
Built around the Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform, new software claims to lay the groundwork for both cost-saving and quality of life improving systems inside 12 months
North Sea Port sets sail for IoT-enabled cloud integration
Dutch-Belgian shipping hub North Sea Port says cloud integration also key to success
Public Health England - open source and containerisation key to tech agenda
PHE is using Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies to support modern digital public health services in the UK.
New assessment technology cuts Oxfordshire school teacher workload - and improves pupil attainment
Software to help more accurately and quickly mark work has won back three weeks’ teacher time per year
Scotland’s National Library catalogs value from object storage
Object storage tech is preserving digital assets for future generations.
Cranbrook Education Campus does the maths with personalised learning tech
Devon school says a blended approach of classroom support and Machine Learning insight has improved performance at the Key Stage 3 level.
Durham University takes a parallel approach to universal applications access
Durham University wanted to provide a truly mobile IT campus experience – independent of users’ device choice – and ensure that experience would be user-centric and follow them anywhere.
How Bracknell Forest Council improved its website accessibility to deliver public services for all citizens
Authority says it’s improved the accessibility of its website as part of a drive to deliver equal access for all visitors
Harrow Council gets to 90% resident self-service for problem solving
A new approach to resident communication in the past five years has meant shrinking its old physical contact centre capability has provided opportunity - not issues
Turning data into an asset at Birmingham City University
A combination of Business Intelligence and data analytics has automated a key audit process, says its internal Planning Department
United Learning turns to cloud to gain better school IT security
Prompted by a recognition that greater insight into threat was needed, education network turns to Azure and Fortinet to help out.
Using cloud to get to a more customer-driven future in Hertfordshire
St Albans City and District Council says exploitation of a Salesforce-based platform has started to change perceptions.
QR codes help Watford Borough Council prove voter identity
With the Voter ID scheme still set to be law by 2022, do local government election managers need to start evaluating the best tech options now?