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The Government's G-Cloud Programme Has Expanded Again
Oct 31, 2013The government's G-Cloud programme has expanded again, with public sector buyers now able to purchase digital services from over 1,000 suppliers, the vast majority of which are SMEs. G-Cloud 4, known as G4, has attracted a record number ...
Tags: G-Cloud, Computer Products
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Oracle Is Setting up a Data Centre "in The Thames Valley"
May 15, 2013Computer giant Oracle is setting up a data centre "in the Thames Valley" in order to retain and capture government cloud computing business. The data centre is Oracle's second in the UK after Linlithgow in Scotland, which it picked up ...
Tags: Oracle, Cloud Data, Computer Products
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The Government Has Launched The Third Procurement Round for The G-Cloud Service
Jan 15, 2013The government has launched the third procurement round for the G-Cloud service, which will see the total value of potential spend on the framework increase from 100m to 200m. The G-Cloud uses cloud computing to help change the way ...
Tags: G-Cloud service, framework, company news
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G-Cloud Is in Its Third Year of Development
Dec 21, 2012Speaking at Business Cloud Summit 2012, Denise McDonagh, director of the government's G-Cloud programme, called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the G-Cloud. G-Cloud is in its third year of development. "We have to ...
Tags: Business Cloud Summit 2012, Cloud programme, cloud computing, G Cloud
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Special Event Features Computer Weekly's First List of 25 Most Influential Women in UK IT
Dec 18, 2012Technology is taking an ever more central role in the way we work, live and play. The future for the IT community is bright, and IT professionals have a unique opportunity to lead their organisations to a successful economic recovery. But ...
Tags: IT community, technology, workforce, IT skill
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CIO Spelled out His Future Wishes for The Ongoing G-Cloud Project
Dec 17, 2012The government's CIO,Andy Nelson(pictured),has spelled out his future wishes for the ongoing G-Cloud project,which include a structure more like Apple's App Store,and a service contract that can be shifted easily between suppliers. ...
Tags: App Store, service, G-Cloud, Government
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LinuxIT CEO Created a Choice of Platform Supplier
Dec 14, 2012The CEO of Linux-based software solutions company LinuxIT, Peter Dawes-Huish, slammed the public sector G-Cloud system this week, likening the current service level to a military mission "with an entry route and no exit route" that is "not ...
Tags: LinuxIT, Dawes Huish, G-Cloud, Westminster cloud computing eForum
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Data Opaqueness Is as Prevalent in Cloud Offerings as in Any Other Delivery Model
Dec 14, 2012The CEO of Linux-based software solutions company LinuxIT,Peter Dawes-Huish,slammed the public sector G-Cloud system this week,likening the current service level to a military mission"with an entry route and no exit route"that is"not just ...
Tags: G Cloud, suicidal mission with no exit, LinuxIT CEO, Peter DawesHuish
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The Government's CIO Spelled out His Future Wishes for The Ongoing G-Cloud Project
Dec 13, 2012The government's CIO, Andy Nelson (pictured), has spelled out his future wishes for the ongoing G-Cloud project, which include a structure more like Apple's App Store, and a service contract that can be shifted easily between suppliers. ...
Tags: App Store, Andy Nelson, Salesforce, G-Cloud, HMRC
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Government Departments Don't Pool Resources
Nov 29, 2012Government IT is no longer in a "19th century" state, but there's still much work to be done especially when it comes to G-Cloud. That's the view of the programme's director and director of Home Office IT, Denise McDonagh, who was ...
Tags: Government IT, McDonagh, G-Cloud, Business Cloud Summit
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UK Security Services Have Begun Bridging The Gap
Nov 24, 2012UK security services have begun bridging the gap that has stopped open source software getting security clearance for use in government systems. The initiative has come too late to stop the first big contract wins delivered under the ...
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Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT
Nov 22, 2012Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
Tags: UK IT, UKtech50, ARM, GCHQ, Government Digital Service, Salesforce.com
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Salesforce.COM Has Joined The UK Government's G-Cloud Framework
Oct 26, 2012Enterprise cloud computing firm Salesforce.com has joined the UK government's G-Cloud framework, the cross-departmental initiative focused on introducing cloud computing across the public sector. It means government organisations can now ...
Tags: Salesforce, G-Cloud, cloud computing firm, Facebook
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Second G-Cloud Framework Has Gone Live,with Twice The Number of Original Suppliers
Oct 26, 2012The government's second G-Cloud framework has gone live,with twice the number of original suppliers. Of the 458 suppliers on the 12-month framework,which allows public sector bodies to buy on demand IT services,three-quarters are small ...
Tags: government, second G-Cloud framework, UK, double number of suppliers
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Suffolk County Council to Roll out APP Development Tool to Enable Students Across Region
Sep 21, 2012Suffolk County Council is to roll out an app development tool to enable students across the region to design their own smartphone apps. Suffolk County Council will trial the Weejot.com mobile app publishing tool from Jadu across five ...
Tags: App Design Tool, app development tool, smartphone apps