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Season Two | Episode Four | Transforming at scale and with purpose

June 24th, 2021

Speaking on a recent webinar co-hosted by PublicTechnology1, Civil Service World, and SAP Concur, Dips Dhillon said that, across Whitehall,...

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Season Two | Episode Three | Privileged Access Management (PAM) – Taking the target off your back

May 17th, 2021

The NHS has been under immense pressure for the last 12 months and has partnered with vendors to provide solutions...

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Season Two | Episode Two | Higher Education vs COVID-19 – Digital Poverty, Synchronous Teaching & Innovation

February 16th, 2021

Over the last year many if not all sectors have had to make significant changes due to the ongoing COVID-19...

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Season Two | Episode One | Spending Review 2020 – What does it all mean?

January 20th, 2021

As we have all now seen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak presented his ‘Spending Review 2020’ to Parliament...

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Season One | Episode 25 | The Challenge of Securing your Data

December 11th, 2020

As we have all no doubt seen cyber attacks are on the rise, and unfortunately even more so in the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. So, how do you ensure a breach doesn’t bring your organisation down.

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Season One | Episode 24 | Making Sense of Cyber security Regulations

November 17th, 2020

Cyber security regulations are an ever evolving piece of the puzzle when you look to enhance your security and protect from cyber threats.

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Season One | Episode 23 | The ‘New Normal’ vs Back to Normal

October 6th, 2020

It has been quite a year for central government so far. While planning for Brexit the world was struck by the global pandemic of COVID-19, which further impacted central government and the services they needed to continue to provide, while also having to adopt new ways of working.

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Season One | Episode 22 | Cyber Security as a System

August 26th, 2020

We all know that cyber criminals tactics are constantly changing and evolving, but what are the good guys doing to combat this?

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Season One | Episode 21 | Business Continuity in Light of COVID-19

June 23rd, 2020

We have some industry experts on this episode of POD to shed some light on what a robust Business Continuity Plan should look like, the steps you need to take to achieve this and considerations to think about within your own organisation.

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Season One | Episode 20 | Supporting charities and non-profits during and after the COVID-19 outbreak

May 18th, 2020

In this episode we will explore the challenges that are being faced on a daily basis during this crisis by charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK and how we are able to help and support them and each other.

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Season One | Episode 19 | The Hybrid Cloud Journey

May 4th, 2020

The move to the hybrid cloud is on the horizon for many organisations, and a reality for others, as they digitally transform and increasingly develop mobile applications.

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Season One | Episode 18 | Working From Home Your Mental Health & Wellbeing

April 20th, 2020

The emergence of Covid-19 has led to a massive change, uncertainty and new challenges for many of us, but how do we ensure that support is given to our workers who now find themselves suddenly working from home.

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Season One | Episode 17 | Empowering Frontline Workers

March 31st, 2020

Enabling frontline workers to spend more time with citizens, patients and communities, less time on manual tasks and be better equipped with the information they need to protect the most vulnerable members of society is so important, particularly at the moment.

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Season One | Episode 16 | Women in IT – A View from the Channel

March 5th, 2020

Following on from and expanding on our previous episode of POD on Women in IT, we felt that we were addressing a subject that is very topical at the moment and therefore wanted to extend our invitation to guests outside of Phoenix.

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Season One | Episode 15 | Women in IT

February 14th, 2020

According to recent research by PWC, many females aren't considering careers in the tech industry - women feel that they aren't given enough information on what working in the sector involves and that the option isn't put forward to them when choosing a career.

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Season One | Episode 14 | Adobe in Education: Integrate digital literacy and creative thinking into teaching and learning

January 23rd, 2020

As we increasingly adopt technology in everyday life, the skills that employers are looking for are constantly changing. The employers of the future will be looking beyond just digital literacy skills, they will want their employees to be competent at complex problem solving, critical thinking and creativity – creative soft skills.

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Season One | Episode 13 | Starting out with AI

December 23rd, 2019

In this episode we will explore how you can start to use this data in new and exciting ways to automate, analyse and even respond to the needs of those that you serve.

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Season One | Episode 12 | Building a Modern Workplace with Microsoft

December 10th, 2019

In previous episodes of POD we’ve looked at topics that are connected to building a modern workplace, such as Microsoft’s vision, accessibility and inclusion and Microsoft Teams for collaboration, but how do you bring all of this (and more) together – where do you start?

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Season One | Episode 11 | Using Managed Services to Fast Track Your Digital Strategy

November 13th, 2019

The rise in the number of Public Sector organisations that are looking to digitally transform while simultaneously reducing expenditure has led to a surge in the managed services industry, whether that’s hardware, software or a combination of the two.

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Season One | Episode 10 | Microsoft Teams: The New Culture of Work

October 9th, 2019

As we live in an ever-changing society where the lines of work, home, office and remote working blur more and more, the need for a secure and collaborative platform is becoming greater and greater.

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Season One | Episode Nine | Accelerating Transformation with SAM

September 10th, 2019

In this episode of POD, we are talking about Software Asset Management, or SAM for short, which is a topical subject at the moment in the ever-changing world of IT and IT Asset Management.

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Season One | Episode Eight | The Risk of Not Doing Enough

August 16th, 2019

This episode of POD talks about a topic that is high on the agenda for any organisation today, which is the risk of not defending your network to your full ability.

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Season One | Episode Seven | Accessibility and Inclusion in Technology

July 8th, 2019

Everyone should have the same opportunities and thanks to advances in technology, people at home, school and work can now achieve more with the amazing built-in accessibility tools and features in many of today’s leading software programmes.

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Season One | Episode Six | Bridging the Digital Talent Gap

July 1st, 2019

As the demand for innovation in the UK Public Sector grows, so does the demand for talent, however, as you will have no doubt seen in many news articles, there aren’t enough skilled individuals to bridge the gap. Despite education programs, coding camps and an increase in STEM learning and development, the reality is that technology evolves faster than we’re able to reskill. So how do we bridge the gap?

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Season One | Episode Five | What is a Smart Region?

May 13th, 2019

We’ve seen an increase in UK Public Sector organisations collaborating with a view of delivering improved services while continuing to drive efficiencies. This collaboration is increasingly at a city and regional level and involves different types of age

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Season One | Episode Four | Using End of Support as an Opportunity

March 25th, 2019

End of Support does not have to be as scary as it sounds. With many products going End of Support in the coming months including Windows 7, Windows SQL 2008, Checkpoint R70, to name but a few, our host Jonny Scott, Craig Taylor (Phoenix’s Cloud Solutions

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Season One | Episode Three | Are You Cloud First or Cloud Smart?

February 25th, 2019

The debate about using Public Cloud in UK Public Sector continues. Were seeing many organisations take advantage of cloud services with great results while they continue to extract value from investments they’ve made into on-premise solutions.

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Season One | Episode Two | Microsoft’s Vision of the Modern Workplace

January 9th, 2019

Our latest episode is focused on creating the Modern Workplace - a topic that means many things to many people. At Phoenix we don’t see the modern workplace as somewhere that we work, but more the technology and processes that enable us to get the work d

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Season One | Episode One | How Technology is Impacting Your Sector

November 30th, 2018

In the first ever episode of POD (Phoenix On-Demand) our host Jonny Scott is joined by our Sector Sales Directors, Keith Martin (Public Sector), Debbie Dean (Education) and Greg Dean (Charities and Housing Associations ) as they discuss how they see the

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Welcome to Phoenix On-Demand or POD as we like to call it

Season Two | Episode Four | Transforming at scale and with purpose

Season Two | Episode Three | Privileged Access Management (PAM) – Taking the target off your back

Season Two | Episode Two | Higher Education vs COVID-19 – Digital Poverty, Synchronous Teaching & Innovation

Season Two | Episode One | Spending Review 2020 – What does it all mean?

Season One | Episode 25 | The Challenge of Securing your Data

Season One | Episode 24 | Making Sense of Cyber security Regulations

Season One | Episode 23 | The ‘New Normal’ vs Back to Normal

Season One | Episode 22 | Cyber Security as a System

Season One | Episode 21 | Business Continuity in Light of COVID-19

Season One | Episode 20 | Supporting charities and non-profits during and after the COVID-19 outbreak

Season One | Episode 19 | The Hybrid Cloud Journey

Season One | Episode 18 | Working From Home Your Mental Health & Wellbeing

Season One | Episode 17 | Empowering Frontline Workers

Season One | Episode 16 | Women in IT – A View from the Channel

Season One | Episode 15 | Women in IT

Season One | Episode 14 | Adobe in Education: Integrate digital literacy and creative thinking into teaching and learning

Season One | Episode 13 | Starting out with AI

Season One | Episode 12 | Building a Modern Workplace with Microsoft

Season One | Episode 11 | Using Managed Services to Fast Track Your Digital Strategy

Season One | Episode 10 | Microsoft Teams: The New Culture of Work

Season One | Episode Nine | Accelerating Transformation with SAM

Season One | Episode Eight | The Risk of Not Doing Enough

Season One | Episode Seven | Accessibility and Inclusion in Technology

Season One | Episode Six | Bridging the Digital Talent Gap

Season One | Episode Five | What is a Smart Region?

Season One | Episode Four | Using End of Support as an Opportunity

Season One | Episode Three | Are You Cloud First or Cloud Smart?

Season One | Episode Two | Microsoft’s Vision of the Modern Workplace

Season One | Episode One | How Technology is Impacting Your Sector

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