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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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Advanced 365 Has Been Selected by The UK to Offer Services in Its Latest Framework
May 23, 2013The framework is aimed at encouraging the adoption of cloud computing in the public sector in cost effective way UK-based IT management company, Advanced 365 (Advanced), has been selected by the UK government to offer services in its ...
Tags: Advanced 365, Cloud III Framework
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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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The Government Digital Service Is Rolling out Open Source Content Management System Drupal
Dec 28, 2012The Government Digital Service (GDS) is rolling out open source content management system Drupal, according to one of its suppliers. GDS is also looking at integrating a Drupal function that will allow it to spin out new government sites ...
Tags: GDS, open source, Drupal, content management system
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SCC Become First Supplier on Government's Cloudstore to Win Security Accreditation
Dec 27, 2012IT infrastructure company SCC has become the first supplier on the government’s CloudStore to win pan-government security accreditation. The firm has gained accreditation for its multi-tenanted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) ...
Tags: SCC, Computer Products, G-Cloud
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Specialist Computer Holdings Has Sold off Its Distribution Arm
Dec 27, 2012Specialist Computer Holdings has sold off its distribution arm, Specialist Distribution Group to Tech Data Corporation for an estimated value of €277m (£219m). The move will see SCH concentrate on its remaining higher-margin ...
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The G-Cloud Should Be Held up as a Model for How to Do Frameworks in Government
Dec 25, 2012The G-Cloud should be held up as a model for how to do frameworks in government, deputy government CIO Liam Maxwell has said. The comments follow moves by the Cabinet Office to freeze all new procurement frameworks, as part of its review ...
Tags: G-Cloud, Liam Maxwell, frameworks, Cabinet Office
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The G-Cloud Looks Set to Become The Future Model for The Way Government Buys Its IT
Dec 24, 2012The G-Cloud looks set to become the future model for the way government buys its IT – with a new framework in the pipeline that will include secure email services for the NHS – and calls for it to become a blueprint for all new ...
Tags: G-Cloud ramps, secure email services, user device services
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Azure Suffered Outage on 26 July Because of a Safety Valve Configuration Error
Dec 24, 2012Window's cloud service, Azure, suffered an outage on 26 July because of a "safety valve" configuration error, Microsoft has said. The outage, which affected parts of Western Europe for more than two hours, meant that customers experienced ...
Tags: Microsoft, cloud service, Azure, outage
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CloudStore Model Could Be Emulated Across Government Services to Improve SMEs Business
Dec 18, 2012The government’s CloudStore model could be emulated across other government services as a means of improving the number of SMEs doing business with the public sector, the government’s procurement chief has said. Speaking at ...
Tags: CloudStore model, government services, SMEs, procurement chief
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The Prevailing Trends in The IT World Has Been to Move Networks,Data,Operating Systems
Dec 17, 2012Since the mid 2000s one of the prevailing trends in the IT world has been to move networks,data,operating systems and servers into an environment where they are not tied to a specific piece of hardware. In the early days the emphasis was ...
Tags: Virtualisation, cloud computing, networks, Cloudstore, BCS
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This Move Comes as The Met's Director of Information,Is Due to Step Down Next Year
Dec 10, 2012The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police, ICT, Steve Whatson, cloud-based
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Mersey Care NHS Trust Has Signed a £3m Deal for Cloud Services
Nov 25, 2012Mersey Care NHS Trust has signed a £3m deal for cloud services, in a move intended to deliver around £1.5m in savings. Under the five-year contract, Mersey Care NHS Trusts' operational data and ICT infrastructure will move to ...
Tags: Mersey Care, NHS Trust, signed deal, cloud services
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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