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title: Priorities for Government Digital Transformation Initiatives
description: Outlining highlights from the recent European study of public sector IT leaders reflecting on how the COVID-19 pandemic stress-tested their organisations
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# [Priorities for Government Digital Transformation Initiatives](https://blog.govnet.co.uk/technology/priorities-for-government-digital-transformation-initiatives)

 Written by [Piers Kelly](https://blog.govnet.co.uk/technology/author/piers-kelly) | Feb 18, 2021 12:35:00 PM

At the Government ICT Conference, which ran as a virtual summit in January 2021, [Pure Storage](https://www.purestorage.com/) sponsored the day as a Silver Partner and delivered a session highlighting the priorities for government digital transformation initiatives in the next 12 months.

The key topics of discussion were:

- Outlining highlights from the recent European study of public sector IT leaders reflecting on how the COVID-19 pandemic stress-tested their organisations
- Challenges created by legacy infrastructures and data architectures to achieving digital transformation
- Data as an asset and enabler of digital transformation, improved outcomes, and operational resilience
- Learning lessons to redefine how organisations emerge from the COVID-19 crisis operationally stronger and more resilient than before
- Priorities into 2021 and beyond for ensuring greater momentum for digital transformation and obtaining more value from data

Watch the full session here

 

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