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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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Security Should Play a Bigger Role in The Government's Digital by Default Reform Agenda
Sep 3, 2013Two-thirds of public sector officials feel that security should play a bigger role in the government's Digital by Default reform agenda, according to research by McAfee. The research, conducted in association with specialist political ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Government's "Digital by Default" Agenda Should Be Accompanied
Aug 27, 2013The government's "digital by default" agenda should be accompanied by one of "security by default" if public sector organisations are to truly protect themselves against cyber security threats and avoid a cyber security skills crisis. ...
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Despite Its Increased Focus on G-Cloud and Smbs , It Still Has "Some Pretty Shoddy Tech"
Jul 8, 2013The Cabinet Office has admitted that, despite its increased focus on G-Cloud and SMBs for outsourced projects, it still has "some pretty shoddy tech" - also in spite of acquiring "great people" in comparison to how it worked in the past. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Open Standards Principles to Help to Reach a Quarter of Ict Procurement
Jun 28, 2013The government's Open Standards Principles is one of a number of factors - including G-Cloud, that'll help it achieve a target of reaching a quarter of all ICT procurement contracts being provided to small and medium-sized enterprises ...
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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 ...
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Wellington College in Berkshire Has Recently Seen Results with Some Good
May 16, 2013While moving storage to the cloud via off-premise data centres is becoming a popular choice even for operations as small as a school, Wellington College in Berkshire has recently seen results with some good, old-fashioned data-crunching. ...
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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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Salesforce.com Is to Open a New European Data Centre in The UK
May 3, 2013Salesforce.com, the cloud-based customer relationship management service provider, is to open a new European data centre in the UK to support its fast expansion across the continent. The company claims that sales across Europe are ...
Tags: Salesforce, European Growth
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Dorset County Council Has Selected Enterprise Content Collaboration Platform Huddle
Mar 12, 2013Dorset County Council has selected enterprise content collaboration platform Huddle as a data sharing platform to help to manage its broadband delivery plans. Tech City’s Huddle secures third round of funding Huddle secures vast ...
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HMRC Saved About GBP74m on IT Costs According to The National Audit Office
Feb 17, 2013Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) saved about £74m on IT costs between 2011 and 2012, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). In its report, the NAO found that HMRC had saved a total of £296m over the period, with ...
Tags: IT costs, National Audit Office, IT industry
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Government CIO Has Been Appointed as CIO at The Department for Work and Pensions
Feb 6, 2013Government CIO Andy Nelson has been appointed as CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Nelson was appointed government CIO in April 2012 to add to his role as CIO of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which he started in ...
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The Government Has Made a Good Start in Reducing Spend on IT
Jan 25, 2013The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...
Tags: National Audit Office, IT, IT solutions
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The Government Has Made a Good Start in Reducing Spend on IT
Jan 24, 2013The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...
Tags: National Audit Office, IT, IT solutions
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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
