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News Public sector IT chiefs are backing the government's move to shared services but warn that it won't necessarily happen as fast as some in Whitehall would like. The move towards shared services across... [08 May 2006]
Public sector wastes millions on IT disposal
News Public sector bodies are wasting around £70m each year by failing to regularly replace their IT equipment, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report. The average public... [31 Jul 2007]
Public sector secures £1m per year software discount
News The OGC announced on Thursday the government will see the savings as a direct result of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that allows government to pool buying power across the public sector. As... [15 Sep 2006]
Vista basks in public sector praise
Case Study But Microsoft has wheeled out two public sector customers who are both upgrading to Vista and happy with the benefits. Newham Borough Council and Tube Lines, a public private partnership... [30 May 2008]
Public sector hoovers up contractors
News For the first time, the public sector has overtaken finance as the UK's biggest employer of contractors. The figures for the two sectors are close - 20.5 per cent of contractors are now working in the... [07 Jun 2004]
Public sector plays catch-up on CRM
News But public sector CRM is developing in quite a different way to its private sector counterpart. When you say 'value' in the public sector, it's very... [29 Sep 2005]
Public sector tempts fat pipes with fat wallet
News The purchasing power of the public sector has been harnessed to further the government's goal of 100 per cent broadband availability in the UK by 2005 with the awarding of 17 framework agreements to... [15 Mar 2004]
Brampton Factor: Public sector woes
Comment The obvious one is productivity, which evidence suggests is falling in the public sector. Across the whole of government, a leaked report from the Treasury and the Downing Street Strategy Unit (first... [20 Jun 2007]
Public sector pours £30m of Sugar on desktop deal
News Viglen, the IT company owned by Sir Alan Sugar, has landed a hardware deal with the Office of Government Commerce to supply hardware to a number of public sector organisations. The company will also... [01 May 2009]
Public sector struggles to come to terms with B2B
News On the day it launched a major project with Royal & SunAlliance (RSA) designed to save the insurance firm £20m per year, Ariba admitted that online marketplaces are running into problems in the public... [10 Aug 2000]
Public sector left behind as banks hoover up contractors
News If you're a contractor, you're now more likely to be working in financial services than the public sector, new research has found. The public sector, historically the... [24 Jan 2005]
Public sector rewarded for wireless innovation
News The public sector has demonstrated it can lead the way in the use of wireless local area network (WLAN) technology, scooping several awards for its efforts last night. Closer to home, the Bristol Hotzone... [21 Apr 2005]
Public sector to shop in online marketplace
News The government today unveiled an online marketplace for public sector organisations, in a bid to cut the time and cost of hunting for everything from medical supplies to IT hardware. Central and... [15 Feb 2006]
The Bloor Perspective: Public sector IT, e-tail fulfilment, Radombet.com
Comment Ian McCartney, our e-government minister, took an important step towards improving the public sector IT project record when he announced last week that the Gateway review process will be mandatory for... [12 Mar 2001]
CIO Forum: Public sector failing at innovation
News The UK public sector is failing to innovate while progress in the private sector is putting it to shame, according to a panel of influential IT decision makers. Speakers and delegates at... [27 Sep 2005]
