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fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

UK blames legacy IT for incomplete data protection progress

Legacy IT systems and reliance on email hinder government technical measures to prevent accidental exposure of highly sensitive data, risking lives and hindering reforms.
fromNextgov.com
4 months ago

From flashlight fixes to future-ready innovation: Why we must stop patching and start building anew

This flashlight was from the 1970s. It was heavy, dim and clunky - and yet he had invested more in the toggle switch than it would have cost to buy a brand-new, energy-efficient LED flashlight. For me, that flashlight became a metaphor for how government still approaches technology: instead of replacing outdated systems with modern, efficient ones, we keep bolting on fixes, hoping the old framework will keep up.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
4 months ago

Questions over size of government's legacy IT estate pose AI adoption issues | Computer Weekly

Whitehall's adoption of AI risks being hampered by reliance on unknown legacy IT and mixed visibility of government tech spending under the Procurement Act.
UK politics
fromTheregister
4 months ago

ONS data-sharing dream ended with three rival platforms

ONS's £240.8m programme failed to integrate government data, funding general tech while legacy IT persisted, leaving fragmented platforms and prompting Treasury funding cuts.
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