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Virgin Media Business Has Today Signed a Contract to Deliver a PSN
Jan 31, 2013Virgin 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
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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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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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Surrey County Council Hires BT to Bring Together at Least 20 of Public Services Onto One
Dec 24, 2012Surrey 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
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Fife Council Will Slash £2.4m From Its Network Infrastructure Costs with PSN
Dec 24, 2012Fife 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 ...
Tags: Fife Council, network infrastructure, public services network
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Essex County Council Signed £81m Network and Telephony Deal to Introduce PSN
Dec 20, 2012Essex 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
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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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Gwyn Thomas Puts This Down to Size of Country and a Pragmatic Leadership Approach
Dec 19, 2012Innovation, 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
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Cambridgeshire County Council Will Save Pound 1m Per Year with The Launch of Its PSN
Dec 18, 2012Cambridgeshire 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
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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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PSN Complained That The Service Is Underdeveloped, Despite The £2bn of Public Funds
Oct 16, 2012Leading 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
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There Is No Question The PSN Has Been Gaining Momentum Over The Past 12 Months
Oct 11, 2012There 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
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HMRC Has Become The First Government Department to Sign a Contract for G-Cloud Service
Sep 28, 2012HM 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
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Buckinghamshire County Council Has Signed a Four-Year Deal with Updata for a PSN
Sep 21, 2012Buckinghamshire 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
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E-Procurement and Cloud Will Drive The Government's Green IT Strategy
Sep 13, 2012Department 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, ...