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UK Smart Government 2019 Data-Driven Transformation: Research Report
Modern governments across Europe must orchestrate an evolving array of services and functions required to support millions of people, often with a pressure to “do more with less” and under the glare of public scrutiny. The pre...
Why engineering teams love Slack (and why yours might love it too): The adaptive collaboration hub for software engineering
Back in 2009, we were a small team of software engineers, building a massive multiplayer game called Glitch. We started using Internet Relay Chat (remember IRC?) to keep everyone on the same page. As work on the game progresse...
How Slack’s own developers use Slack: Best practice in our engineering teams
You may have heard Slack’s origin story: It began life as an internal tool that helped a games development company collaborate better. Fast forward to today, and Slack is used by teams all over the world—and all over the enter...
Get the most out of your existing tech stack: Integrate your tools with Slack
If you’re an IT leader, you’ve probably spent some uncomfortable hours wondering if the tools you’ve invested in are the right ones for your teams. It’s a stressful situation to find yourself in, but it could be worse. What if...
Choosing a collaboration platform: 8 questions every IT leader should ask
Software has transformed every business discipline. But the crucial discipline of collaboration — the ways we work together to get things done — is stuck in a rut. After the initial strides made by email, conferencing and ch...
Collaboration for big companies: 5 things that make Slack an enterprise-grade collaboration hub
No one likes to be the “No” guys. But a wave of new, consumer-like applications and cloud services crashing into the enterprise have sometimes forced IT to play that role. After all, that “cool little app” doesn’t look so cool...
The Critical Role of Surge Protection and Power Distribution in Protecting 5G mmWave Small Cell Networks
5G small cell sites typically consist of existing poles with attached concealed radio equipment and antennas, or more integrated poles packed with expensive electronic hardware. These densely packed nodes are increasingly susce...
Why the next phase of Digital Transformation begins with data infrastructure: A point of view paper by Patrick Smith EMEA Field CTO, Pure Storage EMEA
Transitioning to citizen-centric service delivery, Brexit planning, implementing new digital services and adopting an evidence-based policy development are all transformational undertakings for the UK government and its departm...
Data-Centric Government: In Numbers
Across government, phase one of digital transformation has made real progress. But what are the challenges up ahead, and how can you overcome them for future success? Let’s look at what the numbers tell us…
Taking the next steps towards Data-Driven Government: Your roadmap to digital transformation 2.0
The first and most obvious phase of digital transformation, the digitalisation of services, has been a significant success and is ongoing. A truly smart government that is capable of delivering citizen centricity, is eminently ...