Public sector organisations are experiencing increasing levels of economic crime, including cybercrime, and are particularly at risk from being defrauded by their own employees and their suppliers, according to findings from PwC’s latest Global Economic Crime Survey. 

<p>Many firms are now planning to run mission critical workloads on public cloud, according to this research from Forrester and BMC.</p> 

The UK public sector is in the midst of a period of transformation and improving citizen engagement will be key to the success of this change. 

Schalleur, Devine & Surgent (SDS) is a mid‐sized Certified Public Accounting agency with over 30 employees comprised of CPAs and other certified professionals based in Devon, Pennsylvania. 

This white paper provides an overview of the cloud and all it has to offer. In this paper, learn exactly what cloud storage is and how it's deployed, discover the differences between public, private and hybrid clouds, and understand the latest trends in cloud security and data protection. Read on to learn more. 

This video describes Accellion’s new mobile file sharing solution that provides easy, secure access to your corporate data. 

This paper aims to explore the role and relevance of organisations in a future defined by economic uncertainty, changing workforce demographics, globalisation and rapid developments in social and business technologies. 

This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

Learn how you can empower your employees to make the most of big data and data analytics in this executive guide from the Corporate Executive Board. 

Phase 1 of the Government Data Centre Strategy Programme identified the feasibility of consolidating existing  Public Sector data centres and accelerating the provision of cloud computing to  the Public Sector (G-Cloud) and suitable offerings and procurement terms (Application Store) for all UK Public Sector organisations. 

<p>Today’s top talent expects the flexibility and convenience of a mobile work place, and companies with teleworking policies report higher rates of retention and employee satisfaction  Learn how mobility management can help you recruit and retain top candidates, save money, and boost productivity.</p> 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT. 

The commercial potential of cloud computing and cloud services is widely accepted, both in private industry and in the public sector.  The opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency in the UK public sector are real and achievable, but require significant changes to procurement practices, delivery frameworks and across the supplierlandscape.