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Virgin Media Business Has Today Signed a Contract to Deliver a PSN

Jan 31, 2013

Virgin Media Business has today signed a contract to deliver a public services network (PSN) to councils and other public-sector bodies in Yorkshire and Humberside. Essex County Council awards 81m PSN contract PSN contracts need to be ...

Tags: Virgin Media Business, public services network, company news

PSN Contracts Need to Be Long-Term in Order for Public Sector Bodies to Network

Dec 28, 2012

PSN 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

Suffolk County Council Rolls out a Next Generation Network,Which Cut Costs by up to 30%

Dec 25, 2012

Suffolk 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

Surrey County Council Hires BT to Bring Together at Least 20 of Public Services Onto One

Dec 24, 2012

Surrey County Council has hired BT to bring together at least 20 of its public services onto one network. BT will replace up to 40 separate networks to provide internet, fixed telephony, wide area network (WAN), local area network (LAN) ...

Tags: Surrey County Council, BT, wide area network, local area network, internet

Fife Council Will Slash £2.4m From Its Network Infrastructure Costs with PSN

Dec 24, 2012

Fife Council will slash £2.4m from its network infrastructure costs over the next four years by moving to a public services network (PSN). The council signed the deal with Updata for a managed network services and expects to see a ...

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Essex County Council Signed £81m Network and Telephony Deal to Introduce PSN

Dec 20, 2012

Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network(PSN)across its 200,000 users. The 10-year next-generation network(NGN)deal was awarded to a joint venture between ...

Tags: Essex County Council, network and telephony deal, PSN, NGN

Government to Put End to Large ICT Frameworks Following Procurement Review

Dec 20, 2012

The 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

Gwyn Thomas Puts This Down to Size of Country and a Pragmatic Leadership Approach

Dec 19, 2012

Innovation, consensus and anarchy in Welsh IT Wales as a networked nation Welsh datacentre rationalisation programme Aligning technology to the needs of Wales Balancing Wales's IT books In many respects Wales has a far better track record ...

Tags: Innovation, datacentre rationalisation, networked nation

Cambridgeshire County Council Will Save Pound 1m Per Year with The Launch of Its PSN

Dec 18, 2012

Cambridgeshire County Council will save pound 1m per year with the launch of its public services network (PSN). The pound 20m seven-year network contract with Virgin is expected to halve costs by connecting more than 400 schools, ...

Tags: PSN, Cambridgeshire, public services network

CloudStore Model Could Be Emulated Across Government Services to Improve SMEs Business

Dec 18, 2012

The 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

PSN Complained That The Service Is Underdeveloped, Despite The £2bn of Public Funds

Oct 16, 2012

Leading users of the government's Public Services Network (PSN) have complained that the service is underdeveloped, despite the £2bn of public funds, and four years' planning, that went into the network's launch in March this year. ...

Tags: PSN, Public Services Network, NHS, emPSN

There Is No Question The PSN Has Been Gaining Momentum Over The Past 12 Months

Oct 11, 2012

There is no question the Public Services Network(PSN)has been gaining momentum over the past 12 months.The"network of networks"to enable local services to save cash by using shared infrastructure and having better access to applications has ...

Tags: PSN, network, Computer Weekly

HMRC Has Become The First Government Department to Sign a Contract for G-Cloud Service

Sep 28, 2012

HM Revenue&Customs has become the first government department to sign a contract for G-Cloud storage services,which will see data moved from on-premise ssytems to the cloud. Hampshire-based Skyscape Cloud Services has been awarded the ...

Tags: HM Revenue&Customs, government department, G-Cloud storage services, PSN

Buckinghamshire County Council Has Signed a Four-Year Deal with Updata for a PSN

Sep 21, 2012

Buckinghamshire County Council has signed a four-year deal with Updata for a public services network (PSN) worth up to £100m. The network is hoped to yield cost savings of up to 30%, according to the council's CIO, Caroline Cooper. ...

Tags: network, PSN, IT services, framework

E-Procurement and Cloud Will Drive The Government's Green IT Strategy

Sep 13, 2012

Department of Energy & Climate Change CIO Jennifer Rigby has said that e-procurement and cloud will drive the government's green IT strategy. Rigby is also chair of the government's green ICT delivery unit (GDU), a cross-departmental, ...

Tags: Energy, IT, strategy

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