Posts by Socks and Sandals

China offering ten nations help to run their cyber-defenses and networks

Re: 'helping'

Don’t worry, all laws and regulations will be adhered to. Chinese laws and regulations, that is.

Apple Mac sales break records amid ex-86-odus to Arm-compatible M1 silicon

Dad, is that you?

Apple Arm Macs ship, don't expect all open-source apps to work without emulation – here's what you need to know

Re: Coincidentally...

“The Strong Arm of the Law”

I see what you did there...

£8bn digitisation strategy for UK's health service doesn't count as a strategy, says spending watchdog

Led by...?

If NHSX is to "lead digital transformation in the NHS”, then I’m not sure their leadership team is well placed to ensure that a quality suite of good-value IT solutions (for Digital implies IT) is the end result.

Read their LinkedIn profiles and weep.

What a Hancock-up: Excel spreadsheet blunder blamed after England under-reports 16,000 COVID-19 cases

Re: Data handling for dummies

Oooh, downvotes. Go on, I’m listening.

Re: Data handling for dummies

Trouble is, nearly no-one at senior levels of orgs like NHSX did ICT as a 15-year-old. I looked into their leadership team profile a few months back, and... well, it’s no wonder, is it?

CTO: BA Economics, MSc Ecommerce Engineering

Director Digital Transformation: BA English

Director Technology & Data Strategy: BA Politics, MA International Relations

National CCIO, Deputy CEO: unspecified degree, first real IT job looks like 2018/2019

Head of Open Tech: actually seems competent

CISO & Deputy CEO: BEng Telecoms Engineering, MA Defence Studies

Director of Delivery and Operations: mBCS since 2016, Said Business School, Major Project Leadership Academy

Chief Digital Officer: BA Englist Literature, MA Management

CEO: MA Divinity