The IT department will die as technology grows in importance to business

It can’t be often that an IT leader decides to take a job because his or her new employer says it “doesn’t want to have an IT department”.
But it’s fair to say that
What to do when a Microsoft executive takes over as IT chief at HMRC

HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) new chief digital and information officer (CDIO), Jacky Wright, appears to be an excellent appointment. She’s spent six...
Technology moving to the centre of Brexit debate

Slowly, technology issues are rising to centre of the Brexit debate – as they should.
This week saw the publication of the
DWP Digital overspent by £60m in six months – here’s how it got back on track

Halfway through its 2016/17 financial year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) digital team had spent £60m over budget, a freedom of information (FoI) request submitted by Computer Weekly has revealed. As of the end of September 2016, DWP Digital had spent £454.9m against a...
UK IT managers: you need to help government understand the skills you need. Here’s how…

Having trouble recruiting IT professionals? If so, the government wants your help. Most IT managers that Computer Weekly talks to have some form of skills shortages in their teams, and struggle to bring in new staff with...