One year on from the launch of the Fusion Doctrine, there are still obstacles to achieving this ‘whole-system’ approach towards national security objectives. CSW, in partnership with PA Consulting, hosted a roundtable to discuss the barriers to collaboration, and how government and industry can better work together. Geoffrey Lyons reports

Up to 800 million jobs will be lost by 2030 and replaced by robotic automation. Proxima explains how to ensure that your procurement and business skills will keep your job safe during the rise of automation 

At the start of 2019, A&E waiting times in England hit their worst level for 15 years. PA Consulting have identified nine dimensions critical to improving patient flow 

89 per cent of organisations say digital transformation is key to delivering their business strategy, and see a need to move to the cloud to achieve this. BT explains how to dispel myths about cloud security and make the move securely 

After a tricky development process, the digital system allowing EU citizens to apply for the right to remain in the UK is now live. Sam Trendall examines the past, present, and future of a project that represents one of the most important technology programmes the government has ever undertaken.

PA Consulting's Oliver Peppiatt shares what the core roles of a rugby team can teach us about successful university transformation programmes 

Vodafone asked over 1,700 businesses across the globe about the importance of future trends and how organisations should prepare for the opportunities and challenges they will bring in 2019 

Proxima details how, under Brexit, the Government's commercial function is experiencing similar challenges to the rest of the Civil Service and Whitehall 

Civil Service World hosted a webinar briefing in partnership with BT and Cisco to learn more about how smarter networks like software-defined networking in a wide area network, or SD-WAN, can lower costs, improve operational efficiency, and create a new citizen experience. Below are a few excerpts from Richard Oliver, General Manager of BT’s IT & Managed Services Portfolio, Guillaume Sampic, Strategy Director of BT Enterprise, and Cisco’s Dominic Elliot, CTO of BT Cisco Relationship.

In the age of austerity, Proxima believes that departments’ procurement and commercial teams need to move their focus from the tendering process itself, and concentrate their efforts on supplier collaboration and innovation

BT's CISO public sector, Hugh Tatton-Brown, joins Tech Talk’s recent podcast to discuss the current state of the security landscape and looks at what steps members of the C-suite should be taking to secure their organisations

Vodafone hosted a webinar on how local authorities can benefit from Mobile Network Data, and create a strategy for the ultimate Smart City

Cyber resilience is essential for a trusted payments system. PA Consulting explains how to achieve this 

At a time when global organisations are trying to keep costs low to be competitive, BT details how security testing is not an area in which you can afford to cut corners 

PA Consulting details the innovatons inspired by the yearly competition 

Vodafone explains how their IoT technology has supported the No Isolation project 

As a director general at the Government Legal Department, Susanna McGibbon oversees legal services to a range of departments across Whitehall. She talks to Beckie Smith about her love of inquiries, government legal work in the public eye and life beyond Brexit

A new report commissioned by Vodafone UK reveals that digital technology can help alleviate loneliness among the over 50s

Sir Leigh Lewis retired at the end of 2010 after a 38-year career in government that included perm sec stints in both the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions. Here are 10 things he’s learned about life after the higher echelons of Whitehall

BT defines how SD-WAN can help to keep organisations in touch with their applications - reliably, and securely 

PA Consulting on why meeting customer needs holds the key for banks hoping to emerge as big winners from open banking

Vodafone gives insight on how digital innovations are inspiring change in every organisation – especially within the Public Sector

As she steps down from the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport, perm sec Dame Sue Owen talks to Suzannah Brecknell about abrasive behaviours, existential crises, and why she’s no longer planning a sybaritic retirement. Photography by Louise Heywood-Schiefer

It may seem like Brexit has turned collective responsibility into an irrelevance, but has the image of shared cabinet deliberations ever been a reality? Using the Blair administration as a starting point, Jon Davis examines this crucial – but fraught – part of our governing system