Topics The pandemic has changed expectations for public sector, and it requires a strong foundational infrastructure, writes Joseph Langford, chief technologist public sector for VMware The experience of the Covid-19 lockdown has reset expectations of what we can do with digital technology in the public sector. There has been a massive shift to remote working and a surge of innovation, triggering a belief that while these have come in response to an emergency, they should form the basis of a new approach in the long term. There has been a change in expectations with an even stronger emphasis on the importance of digital innovation.