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Guest post: embracing the future in government technology
...more flexible model, enabled in large part by the Digital Marketplace, the place to buy G-Cloud services. Disaggregated approach We embraced the future and reaped the benefits then and I...
Freeing up unused IP addresses
...in conversation with colleagues in DWP about their extraordinary number of public-facing IPv4 addresses. These addresses are used to number computers, mobile phones, servers and other devices on the internet...
Knocking down the Towers of SIAM
...can create a situation where the customer buys a number of incompatible parts and then asks a SIAM provider to put them together and make it work. Own the solution...
Changing PSN compliance: latest news
...still currently looking at a full roll out in April. Hang fire! We’ve been contacted by a number of local authorities who are keen to get hold of the draft...
The big 4 quality assurance mistakes
...time and won’t work, e.g. a multi-supplier programme of work will likely have very different needs to a small single supplier project. (Think centralised online issue management tools, vs Post-Its...
Learning from each other – the move to open formats
On 14 January we held our first Open Formats Clinic, with around 25 people joining from across government.
Changing PSN compliance: an update
...break. We’ve asked a broad mix of organisations to take part in the alpha, including a central government department, a local authority and a small number of service providers. We’ve...
Making the PSN better
...the number of consumers on the network. We hope these changes, as well as many other, smaller changes we are making in how we deal with and think about our...
Proposing the GDS Agile Testing Manifesto
When talking to clients about what agile means, I refer to values outlined in the often-cited Agile Manifesto.
Open Standards Board: new appointees
Since its inception in April 2013, the Open Standards Board has been busy.