Digital London is not just about London. Any city with an ambition to thrive in the new environment can learn lessons from this event.

Ever struggled to explain your IT strategy to non-technical business functions within your organisation? Successful communication of complex IT challenges at a senior level can be make or break for the CIO.

Colin Constable, Juniper Strategic Alliance Group CTO, former Chief Network Architect of Credit Suisse and a founding member of Jericho delivered a keynote presentation at the IBM Forum facility last week that may help you in your next management meeting. This blog summarises his presentation and can be viewed at: http://t.co/5rm9xPus

Will the recent publication of the UK Cyber Security Strategy automatically lead to a safer cyber space? Neil Pound takes a look at one proposal within the strategy - to pool information on threats and how to combat them. He concludes that the Strategy is heading in the right direction but there are cultural and competitive issues to overcome if it is to be successful.    

My colleague, Bob Dix, takes a hard hitting look at where responsibility for cyber security sits. But, he asks a great question: who is responsible for educating people to the risks they face and how they can take steps to protect themselves in cyberspace? Read his full blog on JNET Forums at http://forums.juniper.net/t5/The-Network-Ahead/If-we-can-do-it-for-H1N1-why-not-cybersecurity/ba-p/1...

The G-Cloud is a fantastic opportunity to drive down cost and radically change how UK citizen's experience public services The technology exists and there are plenty of examples in private enterprise from which government can learn. But, it takes more than just getting the technology right. Neil Pound argues coordination, cooperation, thinking ahead, and leadership have an equally important part to play.

Neil Pound Pound argues that innovation is as much the province of users as it is of engineers and technologists. He then wonders why the UK public sector is not more adventurous in setting visionary goals to force the pace of innovation in the IT industry enabling more creative delivery of some public services.   

I believe intelligent ICT empowers the individual. That's why I welcome the recent statements that the Department of Health has made regarding medical apps and online consultations. In this blog, Neil Pound looks at where this might lead and suggests some conditions for success.

 At a time when the public sector holds more information about us than ever before it would appear we are becoming less trusting. Neil Pound asks how this affects our confidence in the public sector's ability to safeguard sensitive information and should we be more realistic and tolerate the occasional security breach?

The UK government estimates shared services will save £500m each year on a current spend of £2.5BN. Would a private company pursue such a reward more aggressively?

It would appear the government is setting the pace in the digital revolution. This is good news for government as citizens engaging online is a major factor in many departments’ efficiency and cost saving plans. It’s also good news for increasingly mobile citizens who will have access to more personalised government services at a time convenient to them.