DL Northern Ireland

The Digital Leaders Northern Ireland (NI) programme will serve as an independent focal point of engagement and resource network for individuals and organisations across Northern Ireland who are committed to delivering sustainable and innovative digital transformation. The emerging salon topics and webinars in the NI programme are identified and discussed by an NI steering group (which includes representatives from local government, the private sector and non-profit organisations).

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Driving a digital economy and happy coincidences

February 2019

Known as the ‘golden age’, Northern Ireland thrived under its position as a global industrial giant in the 19th century. Now, two centuries later, the nation is carving a new digital identity in the fourth industrial revolution. I had the pleasure of being in Belfast […]

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Let’s get talent into tech earlier to tackle the skills gap

December 2018

Mark Owens, Managing Director, Civica Northern Ireland, discusses how earlier technology education and business involvement can prove a real boost to the nation’s future digital workforce The Chancellor Philip Hammond recently announced that education in Northern Ireland would receive a £300 million boost from the […]

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What’s the real impact of a Digital Economy?

November 2018

One of the greatest pleasures of my role in Digital Leaders is meeting talented and well informed members of the Digital Leaders Community, as I travel up and down the UK. Recently I have found myself creating a causal relationship between three themes echoed across the […]

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Developing a Data Enabled Public Sector Audit Approach

October 2018

In the NI Audit Office we audit more than 100 public organisations which spend over £25 billion of public money every year. We also publish reports on a range of topics including health, justice and education. In our work we use data from financial management […]

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High expectations of low-code

October 2018

Software development is traditionally the most complex and laborious element in the rollout of any customer service or application. Jay Dodd explains how a low-code solution can slash development time and open up the process to non-developers. Over recent years, this has seen initiatives such as DevOps come […]

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The data dichotomy: are transformation and data security incompatible?

July 2018

Data is the oil of the digital age. It helps power our economies, provides us with e-government services and as we’ve seen from the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, has become a valuable commodity in its own right. Ensuring data flows unhindered is fundamental to our businesses […]

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