Public Sector stories
A push for more cloud choice in Britain has gained another backer as customers face lock-in, higher costs and data-location worries.
Higher budgets have not sped delivery, with most UK digital transformation programmes running late as implementation issues bite.
Public confidence is trailing adoption, with nearly half of citizens uneasy about AI in services despite rapid uptake by public bodies.
Customers in regulated sectors can now access AI workflow and compliance tools as OneAdvanced expands its IQ platform across six markets.
Reliability across three busy campuses will be central to the deal, covering alarms, access control and CCTV for Barnet and Southgate College.
A strategic growth investment is helping the municipal software group expand across North America, where councils face pressure to manage ageing infrastructure.
Public sector cloud buying could soon favour greener, EU-controlled systems as Brussels seeks to curb reliance on non-EU providers.
Demand for local AI development is reshaping HP's PC line-up, with new laptops, mini desktops and secure systems aimed at developers and enterprises.
Residents could face poorer access to council services unless AI systems can cope with regional accents and dialects, a UK project now testing that live.
Frontline service providers in Canada are under growing pressure to modernise as labour shortages and ageing systems strain delivery.
Enterprises seeking decades-long retention may soon get a DNA archive tier managed within familiar object storage systems, pending integration work.
The partnership could speed up flaw detection and patching for critical software used by businesses and public sector organisations across the region.
Organisations face rising pressure to make websites and apps accessible as the European Accessibility Act and customer expectations tighten scrutiny.
Manual data wrangling at the City of Melbourne is being replaced by a single AI platform supporting more than 700 datasets and 40 use cases.
Most Australian workers using AI at work have had no formal training, leaving security, privacy and skills gaps as adoption races ahead.
Cost-of-living pressures are leaving many staff with little real wage growth, even as most remain in jobs they see as secure.
Global rivals could capture most of the value from local AI start-ups unless investors and customers act fast, King River Capital warns.
Clients across Australia and New Zealand stand to gain from a boost in planning tools after Cortell and CorPlan were named IBM partners of the year.
US government agencies and security teams will get broader compliance and threat-hunting tools as Tanium adds AI features and FedRAMP services.
Public sector buyers in India now have wider GeM access to storage and CCTV recorders, as institutional demand for digital security grows.