Computer Weekly Editors Blog
May 2020
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Contact-tracing app tests on the Isle of Wight show that technology is not the solution
- Editor in chief 15 May 2020 -
What will a post-pandemic world look like for IT leaders?
- Editor in chief 14 May 2020 -
DWP takes centre stage in future of Gov.uk Verify
- Editor in chief 11 May 2020
The NHSX contact-tracing app has been in live testing on the Isle of Wight for over a week now, and already we can make one important conclusion – a conclusion that was surely self-evident anyway. ...
Two months into lockdown, Gartner is forecasting an 8% decline in global IT spending in 2020 – a figure that would be seen as catastrophic in any other year. But considering that some economies are ...
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has published its first blog post on Gov.uk Verify since July 2019. Given the dearth of communications about the troubled digital identity system, it tells a ...
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Don’t get too excited about ‘immunity passports’ just yet
- Editor in chief 04 May 2020
As the UK government starts trials of its contact-tracing app in the Isle of Wight, attention will soon shift towards another potential app-enabled solution to help ease lockdown requirements and ...