Technology - USA (2021-03)

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COMPUTACENTER

the UK is a consumer of tech services from
overseas-based organisations, and so
there’s a real sense of responsibility for us
in representing the British tech industry.
That’s in terms of attracting talent in a
diverse and inclusive way and representing
the industry in a way that’s reflective
of society as a whole.”
Computacenter’s projects involving the
public sector at this critical time include
provisioning significant volumes of devices
for the NHS. “How do you prioritise the
critical national infrastructure priorities? I
think very quickly there was an ethical or
moral conclusion that healthcare had to be

“ Once you create

these platforms, you

can’t just take the

technology away”

JONATHAN STERN

PUBLIC SECTOR DIRECTOR,

COMPUTACENTER

first. Back in April there were undoubtedly

concerns over the ability of the NHS to cope.

So we were very pleased to play a role.” Its

work with the NHS extended to enabling