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ZTE and TeliaSonera to Cooperate on IOT Area Starting with Telematics
Feb 24, 2016ZTE and TeliaSonera have entered into an agreement to provide IOT devices starting with telematics for the automobile industry. At Mobile World Congress 2016, ZTE has signed a strategic agreement to jointly expand IOT market with ...
Tags: automobile industry, ZTE, IOT market
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The Government Could Save up to £70bn by 2020
Sep 4, 2013The government could save up to £70bn by 2020 if it shifted away from paper and digitised its activities, learned to work in new ways but with fewer staff, sought out for the best procurement deals, and made use of data and analytics, ...
Tags: Computer Products
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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 United Kingdom Government's New Attitude to Big IT May Prove "Counter-Productive"
Feb 5, 2013The United Kingdom government’s new attitude to large public sector software and IT services (SITS) suppliers may prove “counter-productive”, according to industry analyst TechMarketView. TechMarketView has just ...
Tags: United Kingdom government, SITS, Big IT
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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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PSN Contracts Need to Be Long-Term in Order for Public Sector Bodies to Network
Dec 28, 2012PSN contracts need to be long-term in order for public sector bodies to actually benefit from the joined-up network. That's according to Nick Roberts, IT group manager of Surrey County Council, speaking at a roundtable event discussing ...
Tags: Contracts, Long-Term, joined-up network
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Sally Howes,IT Director at The National Audit Office,Has Extensive Experience in IT Sector
Dec 26, 2012Sally Howes, IT director at the National Audit Office, has extensive experience in the IT sector and was brought in to boost the government watchdog's technical skills. Under her guidance the NAO is expanding its role beyond project ...
Tags: Sally Howes, National Audit Office, IT sector, watchdog
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Government Procurement Service Has Put out a Framework Tender for Hosting Services Worth
Dec 26, 2012The Government Procurement Service has put out a framework tender for hosting services worth between £100m and £1bn. The four-year framework for IT services will include consulting, software development, internet and support. ...
Tags: Government Procurement Service, framework, hosting services, IT services
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Suffolk County Council Rolls out a Next Generation Network,Which Cut Costs by up to 30%
Dec 25, 2012Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%. The high speed, next generation network (NGN) will provide connectivity to over 300 schools and 300 council premises and will ...
Tags: Suffolk County Council, next generation network, PSN-Ready Network
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Whitehall Must Measure The Progress of Its It Strategy More Effectively
Dec 24, 2012Whitehall must measure the progress of its IT strategy more effectively, particularly the use of agile methodologies,if it is to achieve its technology transformation agenda, the Institute for Government has warned. In its report, System ...
Tags: Whitehall, agile methodologies, ICT strategy, UK
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Government to Put End to Large ICT Frameworks Following Procurement Review
Dec 20, 2012The government is to put an end to large ICT frameworks following a review into the efficacy of procurement practices for small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs). Government ICT frameworks will only be agreed where they are shown to ...
Tags: large ICT frameworks, SMEs, commercial ICT strategy, government
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Cabinet Office Announced 29 Companies Offer Services Over Overnment's PSN
Dec 20, 2012The Cabinet Office today announced the 29 companies that will offer services over the government’s public sector network (PSN). The framework, which is set to cost between 500m and 3bn over the next two years, aims to provide a ...
Tags: public sector network, Cabinet Office, network, networking
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Government Must Integrate IT Strategy to Realise Cost Savings,Warns NAO Head
Dec 18, 2012The government must integrate the various strands of its IT strategy to realise cost savings, Amyas Morse, comptroller and auditor general at the National Audit Office (NAO), has warned. Speaking at Intellect’s World-Class Public ...
Tags: government, IT strategy, NAO
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Liam Maxwell Has Been Appointed as The Government's CTO
Dec 14, 2012Former deputy chief information officer(CIO)Liam Maxwell has been appointed as the government's first ever chief technology officer(CTO)in a Whitehall IT shake-up. Maxwell will now report to Mike Bracken,executive director of the ...
Tags: Liam Maxwell, first ever government chief technology officer