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Security Provisions of Commercial Cloud Services Are Frequently Inadequate

Aug 6, 2013

Security provisions of commercial cloud services - especially software-as-a-service (SaaS) - are frequently inadequate, with contracts containing "ambiguous terms regarding the maintenance of data confidentiality, data integrity and ...

Tags: Gartner, Security provisions

The Reason of Significantly Dissatisfied with The Way SaaS Is Language Related to Security

Aug 5, 2013

The large majority of people working in IT procurement are "significantly dissatisfied" with the way SaaS (software as a service) vendors define contract language related to security, a feeling likely to persist through 2015, according to a ...

Tags: Security Specifics

Lawmakers Urged Government Officials to Clamp Down on Bad IT Contracts

Jan 24, 2013

U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged government officials to clamp down on bad IT contracts and limit duplication across projects, with an estimated one quarter of federal spending on IT wasted every year. The U.S. government will spend nearly ...

Tags: IT contracts, US, IT industry

Michael Stomberg Is One of General Managers and a Member of Eagleburgmann Executive Board

Jan 15, 2013

On January 1, 2013, Michael Stomberg (42), the previous Senior Vice President and Head of Division Mechanical Seals, became the successor to Dr. Walter Steinbach who retired from the company on December 31, 2012. Michael Stomberg (COO) is ...

Tags: General Management, EagleBurgmann, management

Mutualisation Will Be The Future Model of Public Sector Services

Dec 28, 2012

Mutualisation will be the future model of public sector services,Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said. Speaking at Intellect's World-Class Public Services conference,he said digital delivery was important to the open public ...

Tags: public sector services, mutualisation

Birmingham Metropolitan College Has Cut The Cost of Buying IT Equipment by 40%

Dec 27, 2012

Birmingham Metropolitan College has cut the cost of buying IT equipment by 40%. Birmingham Metropolitan College dramatically reduced the cost and time of buying IT equipment with a cloud-based system that produces benchmarking reports. ...

Tags: Birmingham, benchmarking reports, students, IT investment

The G-Cloud Looks Set to Become The Future Model for The Way Government Buys Its IT

Dec 24, 2012

The 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

Government Put a £1bn Tender for IT Services on Ice Because of Hardware Problems

Dec 24, 2012

The government has put a £1bn tender for IT services on ice because of hardware problems with the tender process. The four-year Applications Development, Delivery and Support Services (ADDSS) framework was issued in June and open to ...

Tags: IT services, hardware problems, ADDSS framework

European Commission Announced a Strategy to Speed up & Increase The Use of Cloud Computing

Dec 17, 2012

The European Commission has announced a new strategy to speed up and increase the use of cloud computing, with the aim of creating 2.5 million new jobs and boosting GDP by €160 billion (£127bn) by 2020. The EC states that ...

Tags: cloud, cost savings, EU, European commission, gdp, jobs

Crothers Is to Take a More Central Position Within The IT Leadership Team

Dec 12, 2012

Government IT reformers have criticised the Cabinet Office's plans to give chief procurement officer Bill Crothers a more prominent position within the IT leadership team. Sources told Computer Weekly they were concerned the move could ...

Tags: Government, Criticise, Leadership

Lexington Insurance Has Launched a Technology Contract Risk Policy

Nov 29, 2012

Lexington Insurance Company, a Chartis company, called Parity to safeguard organisations from potential losses and expenses occurring due the carelessness of a technology professional. According to the company, the policy is designed to ...

Tags: Lexington Insurance, technology contract risk policy, insurance, losses

The Steering Board of The New European Cloud Partnership Has Met in Brussels

Nov 20, 2012

The steering board of the new European Cloud Partnership(ECP)has met in Brussels,kicking off the process to build an EU Digital Single Market for cloud computing. The board,which aims to make the most of the public sector's buying power ...

Tags: Cloud Partnership, EU, cloud computing, IT procurement

Is The Document a Blueprint for a Radically New Open IT Architecture in Government?

Nov 2, 2012

After a lengthy and often heated consultation, the government has finally released its new open standards principles intended to level the supplier playing field and avoid product lock-in. But is the document a blueprint for a radically ...

Tags: open standards principles, blueprint, IT architecture, policy statement

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