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By Jan de Graaf (Signify), Francesco Martini (Inventronics) and Carsten Moellers (Green Gems)
Zhaga enables luminaire manufacturers to design serviceable indoor luminaires with replaceable components that prolong their useful life, contributing to a circular economy.
In the pursuit of sustainability, the lighting industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the imperative to embrace
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The Highland Marketing advisory board discussed social care and technology a year into the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years on, there has been progress and set-backs, leaving plenty of questions for an incoming government.
The Highland Marketing advisory board last discussed adult social care in April 2021; a year into the Covid-19 crisis that had
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By Claire Agutter
Government Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has called for an urgent rethink of council strategy.
Seen by some of the public sector as a provoking statement, Hunt delivered a bleak explanation of local government and how they manage their resources and funds. Hunt proposes that significant spending cuts should be made on consultants
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By Sascha Giese, Tech Evangelist, SolarWinds
Last year, I wrote in GPSJ that the UK must close the IT skills gap if it hopes to become an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower.
Perhaps someone in government took notice. Fast forward to February 2024, and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan announced a new drive to get young
Continue reading Are IT Skills Bootcamps Worth the Effort or Simply a Route to a ‘Comfy Pay Packet’?
One in 10 businesses doesn’t have an incident response plan
Highlights:
New Barracuda report explores why just 43% of organizations surveyed have confidence in their ability to address cyber risk, vulnerabilities, and attacks Around half find it hard to implement consistent, company-wide security policies A third worry about securing the supply chain The report
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100+ speakers confirmed including National Highways, Department for Transport, PACTS, Transport for London, Office of Rail and Road and more
Traffex, 22-23 May 2024, CBS Arena, Coventry View the agenda now Register for a free ticket to Traffex, Parkex, Evex and Cold Comfort – Traffex Parkex Evex Cold Comfort 2024 Registration
Traffex – the
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By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
With little attempt to increase public sector budgets in the Spring Budget, apart from for the NHS, most public bodies are continuing to face significant cuts to their spending power in real terms over the coming years. This is backed up by figures from the
Continue reading Why the public sector must spring clean their databases
By Krishna Sai, Senior Vice President of Engineering, SolarWinds
In the ever-evolving landscape of public sector IT, complexity has emerged as a formidable challenge.
Well-intentioned technology investments like cloud services, meant to modernize government operations, are inadvertently creating labyrinthine IT ecosystems that are difficult to manage and secure. This complicated environment isn’t just an
Continue reading Self-Driving Ops: A Reality for UK Government Agencies?
Industry leaders including Microsoft, Dell, HP and Lenovo to meet at Circular Computing’s ‘Re: Sustainable IT Summit’ to advance the circular economy within the IT sector
IT industry responsible for 54m tonnes of e-waste and 760m tonnes of CO2 every year
Remanufacturing 1,000 laptops takes the equivalent
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We now know that the shift to hybrid is a fixed part of the world of work today. It’s a fundamental shift in the working landscape. But, for IT professionals, some critical aspects of navigating the cloud shift exist.
Gerry Flanagan
With remote and hybrid working, there can be some significant challenges to overcome,
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New research of 18 to 25 year-olds has revealed the public sector to be one of the most appealing industries to build a long-term career.
When asked to rank 10 of the most common industries to work in, young people placed the public sector in fourth place, ahead of industries like legal and tech.
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By Nadav Avni, CMO of Radix Technologies
We’ve come a long way in improving public communications via government technology. Citizens once relied on newspapers, radio, or TV to hear from their leaders. And while these means live on, digital communications have opened a new way for governments to connect with their citizens.
Nadav Avni
Continue reading Government Technology Made Easy: How to Better Connect With the Community
Scotland’s largest construction trade body, SELECT, says the Scottish Government needs to set minimum standards of competence for installers as well as installations as it seeks to implement new domestic heating standards.
The campaigning electrical association also says that any new plans also have to take into account the capacity of the energy network
Continue reading SELECT warns that the competence of installers is paramount as the Scottish Government seeks to introduce new Heat in Buildings standards
Introduction: In 2021, the Met Office faced significant challenges in efficiently managing their agency staff utilisation and controlling their annual spend of approximately £12.5 million. With critical staffing requirements to meet and a lack of structured approach, they turned to Matrix workforce management company for solutions. This case study explores the initial challenges and
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Leading spider platform manufacturer Hinowa has recently launched two important new products. Hannah Treggalles, Marketing Director at Access Platform Sales (APS), explains their significant advantages for maintaining buildings and the national power network.
National spider lift rental specialist Paramount Platforms has become the first access hire company in the UK to take delivery of
Continue reading Working at height innovation: maintenance engineers get spider power boost
Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the fourth generation of its Lifts Framework worth up to £80 million over four years and is now inviting bids from interested contractors and consultants of any size, providing local, regional or national coverage.
The framework is designed to deliver lift related works and services to
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The former NHS CNIO for England has joined the Highland Marketing advisory board. Here, she talks to GPSJ about her passion for transformation, the role of technology, and her mission to put nurses at the heart of debate about both.
Natasha Phillips is on a mission. “I want to bring the nursing view to
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Procurement organisation Fusion21 has revealed the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Heating, Renewables and Electrical Framework worth up to £820 million over a four-year period.
A total of 80 specialist firms – 84% being SMEs, have secured a place on the framework which is now in its fourth generation and has been setup
Continue reading Fusion21 names suppliers appointed to £820 million Heating, Renewables and Electrical Framework
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation anywhere in the NHS to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging service using public cloud.
The deployment has shown that NHS patient imaging can be efficiently accessed from a secure public cloud environment, just as quickly as when data is stored on-premise.
This has proven important
Continue reading An NHS first for public cloud: Homerton Healthcare achieves milestone with Sectra imaging technology
Safety technology provider, Peoplesafe, has extended its partnership with the UK’s pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Combining a wealth of expertise, the partnership will offer an ongoing holistic service to organisations, combining expert advice on personal safety strategy – including policy creation and training – with industry-leading
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