Archie Hendryx looks at the benefits and challenges of managing multiple IT components through a single support solution....
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Birmingham set to approve £5m ICT upgrades
Birmingham City Council is set to reject a cloud solution for back-up infrastructure for its core ICT, proposing instead to spend £1.3m upgrading its existing data centres....
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Bracken outlines G-Cloud engagement aim
The government will undertake more intensive engagement and education for local authorities on the G-Cloud purchasing framework from next year, according to Mike Bracken, executive director of digital in the […]...
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Paperless planning
Planning Portal director Chris Kendall on the lessons learnt by one unitary authority engaging town and parish councils in online planning consultation....
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Experts to discuss single council website platform
Momentum towards creating a single platform for local government websites is growing, with two events being held to discuss ways of tackling the issue....
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Socitm challenges G-Cloud ‘waste’ report
Public sector ICT representative body Socitm has slammed research reported by the BBC earlier this week which claimed county councils were “wasting millions” by not using the G-Cloud procurement platform....
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Weekly tenders update
The Metropolitan Police Authority in London has issued an £8.1 million tender for a platform and set of applications for its core policing functions. View this and all of this […]...
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Councils save through PSN mobile services deal
Four local authorities are among 14 public sector organisations which have signed up for mobile voice and data services after a competition run by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS)....
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Think tank backs shared web platform for local government
Calls for local government to form a single platform to provide web services have been backed by a right-leaning think tank....
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Councils given digital publishing copyright freedom
Changes to copyright law introduced this week will allow councils to publish some online material provided to them by third parties....
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