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Military intelligence to get £190m link up
News The £191m stage of the £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme, will build and link networks capable of handling material classified as "Above Secret". The Atlas Consortium, led by HP-owned outsourcing... [11 Feb 2009]
£7bn MoD IT project: Late, overbudget, unloved
News The £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme was intended to provide a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command but the project is now 18 months late and... [15 Jan 2009]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News Defence Information Infrastructure Programme (DII) found that problems with the rollout of the hardware and "persistent weaknesses" in the core software have led to significant delays. The completion date for the first... [04 Jul 2008]
MoD deploys more PCs for military ops
News The hardware rollout will cost an extra £270m on top of the original £2.3bn contract with the Atlas consortium for the provision of the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) programme to provide around... [10 Oct 2007]
Ministry of Defence gives 150 apps their marching orders
News The MoD application rationalisation project is part of the Defence Information Exploitation programme which runs alongside the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme, which aims to deliver a consolidated IT... [08 Feb 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in outsourcing
News Elsewhere the trend towards numerous, smaller outsourcing contracts meant a continued decline in the so-called 'megadeal' but other notable contract wins in the UK included the EDS-led Atlas consortium beating stiff competition for the... [20 Dec 2005]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in public sector IT
News And just a month later one of the biggest outsourcing deals in government got signed off, with EDS and friends winning the 10-year £4bn Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) contract. [19 Dec 2005]
ID Cards on Trial: EDS wants in on project
News But he said that if EDS was to become involved in bidding for the project, it would be likely to do it in a consortium, the way has approached other big projects such as the £4bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII)... [16 Jun 2005]
MoD parades £1.5bn networking deal
News It will also provide stable wide area network services which the MoD said will be critical to the successful deployment of the Defence Information Infrastructure Future (DII(F)) project. Neil Rogers, president of BT... [01 Apr 2005]
Update: EDS scoops £4bn MoD outsourcing contract
News The EDS-led Atlas consortium has won the £4bn Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) outsourcing contract, one of the biggest outsourcing deals ever. Well-documented failings by EDS at the... [02 Mar 2005]
EDS set to land £4bn deal to run UK defence IT?
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has targeted £174m in efficiency savings through the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) contract, which will overhaul the UK's defence IT infrastructure. DII will... [28 Feb 2005]
D-day looms for £4bn defence IT contract
News The lengthy procurement process for the armed forces' Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) project now goes down to the final assessment before the MoD chooses its preferred bidder next February.... [25 Nov 2004]
MoD targets £174m savings from £4bn IT deal
News The 10-year Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) project is being contested by two consortiums - the EDS-led Atlas group with Fujitsu, Cogent, General Dynamics and LogicaCMG against the CSC-led RaDii consortium with... [01 Nov 2004]
EDS pledges £600m savings in MoD personnel deal
News EDS has extended a personnel deal it has with the armed forces in the UK, an announcement that may bode well for the upcoming Ministry of Defence £4bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) contract. [28 Oct 2004]
£4bn MoD deal down to two bidders
News Two consortia have made today's deadline for bids for the tough 10-year, £4bn MoD DII (Defence Information Infrastructure) contract. The winner will face the challenge of connecting around 300,000 users and 100 or so... [05 Apr 2004]