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The Innovation Hub is a virtual space enabling digital innovation of public services.

We are Directgov's agile development team, exploring new and innovative digital technologies and engaging with the developer community. You can use this site to access all our latest projects.

in other words innovate or die...

Southbeach Modeller is software to help you with innovation, improvement, problem solving, root cause analysis and change management. Just as a spreadsheet allows you to play 'what if?' with numbers, Southbeach lets you play with suggested improvements, causes, changes, arguments, and new ideas.

JackBe® delivers enterprise mashup software that empowers organizations with the right information at the right time for the right situation. Our innovative enterprise mashup platform, Presto®, creates new insights and understanding by rapidly and securely combining previously unconnected information in new ways without the complexities, costs and risks of traditional information integration projects.

The future for gov and local gov

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude and Business Minister Edward Davey have outlined plans for a new Public Data Corporation. The Corporation will, for the first time, bring together Government bodies and data into one organisation and provide an unprecedented level of easily accessible public information and drive further efficiency in the delivery of public services.

The Local Government Group (LGG) is launching a "Knowledge Hub" development for 2011 that will support service improvement, efficiencies and innovation across local government

The UK Government has fully committed to providing data in an open and transparent way and is encouraging innovative re-use of public data. OpenUp, from TSO, shows how data can be opened up and re-used to maximise its information value.

A key tool in the online delivery armoury of the Local Government Group (www.local.gov.uk), the Knowledge Hub is about sharing and working together, enabling the millions of people across the Public Sector to collaborate to provide better services and to engage with the recipients of those services

Our goal with Kasabi is to help make data as easy to use, and as easy to publish as possible. We also want to help people unlock the value inherent in data, whether that means making it freely available - in order to drive innovation - or to explore more commercial models. With this in mind, Kasabi provides more than just a directory of datasets: it provides a complete platform for the hosting and publishing of Linked Data.

Idea proposal and voting

esd-toolkit then intends to publish open information on more than 1000 projects and work with SPARK and public and third sector initiatives across Europe to implement a standard means of referencing projects.

Presentation from Knowledge Hub Conference 1st March 2011

Knowledge Hub Conference 1st March 2011

Look for the Fujitsu case study on how they are utilising social media

Submission for MIX on LGA's Community of Practice project (Knowledge Hub)