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Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News At the moment the public sector is spending £16bn a year on IT procurement and that is going to about eight different companies, clearly there are some issues there," he said. In February the CIO Council published a... [29 Sep 2009]
Xerox snaps up ACS in $6.4bn deal
News The savings are related to back office, procurement and the costs related to running a public company. Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4bn. [28 Sep 2009]
IT chiefs ignoring datacentre energy use
News The analyst group said its research found that although IT managers think datacentre energy management is their most important green IT issue for the next 18 months, few consider green procurement and pushing vendors to... [25 Sep 2009]
White House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News Finally, the initiative will include policy planning and architecture that will be made up of centralised certifications, target architecture and security, privacy and procurement concerns. The Obama administration on... [17 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News With software purchases typically made by the IT department through expenses rather than a business' standard processes, procurement processes should come under particular scrutiny from CFOs. Mark Bethell, senior manager... [04 Sep 2009]
SAP reveals software-as-a-service makeover
News SAP says FP 2.0 also improves visibility of supply chains to improve management of procurement, manufacturing and logistics. SAP has spruced up its software-as-a-service technology, Business ByDesign by launching Feature... [30 Jul 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News Central and local government departments, NHS organisations and other public bodies will be provided with telecoms goods, services and client side support under the framework agreement put out by Buying Solutions, the trading arm of the... [10 Jul 2009]
Microsoft wants to be teacher's pet with new software deal
News One of our roles is to ensure value for money in terms of procurement - to be able to get the best deals for schools - and we felt that [the Schools Agreement] really wasn't allowing schools to get the best value for... [08 Jul 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Darzi said that while high-tech could appear costly, NHS managers, commissioners and procurement bodies should look at technology, both high and low tech, in terms of the effect it can have on a business model. [22 Jun 2009]
BAA on IT offshoring, T5 opening and selling Gatwick
News Cost reduction is also another priority for BAA, and will take the form of "improving processes, further offshoring, better procurement and virtualisation and simplification of infrastructure," according to BAA. [18 Jun 2009]
Signing off a gov't IT contract? Don't move a muscle
News Government procurement is also dogged by long lead times, according to the report, and "typical IT procurement can take three years from initial approval to tender to the contract being signed". The... [16 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News According to the IPS, the procurement process for the contract started with 20 prospective bidders in June 2008, before DeLaRue was eventually awarded the project. The UK government has awarded the contract for creating... [12 Jun 2009]
Police IT: 'Lots of money is being wasted'
News Lambert called on forces to implement unified systems and IT procurement practices themselves, saying that during the credit crunch realising savings has become more important than ever. It's] far better that such an... [03 Jun 2009]
IT suppliers forced to invest in staff training
News At the summit Denham met with IT representatives across government and industry to look at how Whitehall departments and their suppliers can work together to deliver training commitments as part of contract wins, and to discuss more... [22 May 2009]
Recession bringing offshored work back to UK
News AGS is taking a fresh look at its offshoring arrangements - a strategy recommended by Lisa Coles, procurement director for IT services and BPO at BT. As the recession forces companies to become leaner and the comparative... [28 Apr 2009]
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