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Richard Steel

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Currently president of local government IT managers group SOCITM, Richard Steel is also the CIO for Newham Borough Council, the East London region which will host the 2012 Olympics. Formerly he worked with large city banks, but having made the switch to the public sector, he has not looked back. A keen blogger and enthusiast of British sports cars, Steel is a regular speaker on issues surrounding the CIO role in the public sector.


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Signing off

It is time to retire my Blog

Continuing my Swan Song

Digital telephony convergence/ security will also be on the agenda

Reinvigorating public sector unified communications

We should focus on the long-term UC requirements

Moving on

A lot can change in a year

Help beat this Microsoftie

Engage more proactively in driving Government transformation

Under a cloud

Defined what we mean by “Unified Communications"

Too much flexibility

Our recent response to the Digital Britain report

Mobile Media Is Key

Capital Ambition’s

Dining with the father of the web

Whatever your views about national ID cards and a�database state�, joined-up public sector infrastructure remains a key service enabler

Investing in our future




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