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EXCL: Government agreement offers public sector up to 20% discount on AWS hosting
PublicTechnology can reveal the terms of a public sector-wide MoU, under which more than contracts worth more than £300m have already been awarded
UK players line up against US heavyweights on £750m hyperscale cloud framework
Four UK firms to be given the chance to compete with US giants
DWP to move Universal Credit data-analytics platform to AWS cloud in £2.5m deal
Department to move system for analysing Universal Credit information to public cloud
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Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
HMRC renegotiates £94m AWS deal
Department replaces existing arrangement with contract under new terms
Avoid Infrastructure Paralysis: Six benefits of moving legacy Oracle workloads to the cloud
There are many reasons to keep your Oracle workloads running on local servers. But there are even more reasons to move them to the cloud as part of a wider digital transition strategy. Six Degrees gives six benefits of moving legacy Oracle workloads to the cloud.
DHSC expands Test and Trace cloud support deal to improve data flow
Extra £367k added to deal in support of isolation payments
MoJ signs up for £8m Amazon account
Department signs deal for access to business account
Embracing Cloud in 2021: Overcome Challenges and Embrace Opportunity
Cloud technology has enabled UK public sector organisations to deliver essential citizen services even in these most challenging of operating landscapes. According to Six Degrees, 2021 is the year to truly embrace cloud and set the foundations for exceptional service delivery in the years to come.
The rapid, low-risk cloud transition solution for Oracle customers
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EU gives provisional thumbs-up to UK privacy regime
Country receives draft adequacy decision
HMRC signs £43m deals with AWS
Contracts cover provision of ‘hyperscale’ environment and related professional services
Government tapped fleet of £1,300-a-day AWS consultants to advise on contact-tracing app
Procurement documents show more than £300,000 spent across 234 billable days
HMRC confirms leader for £300m cloud migration programme
Denise Dourado formally appointed as SRO
Inspectors to assess schools’ remote-learning set-ups
Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning
Major IT firms added to cross-government strategic supplier list
Computacenter and AWS have, in the last 12 months, both been added to the list of the government’s foremost suppliers
The four (non-coronavirus) public sector tech trends that will define 2021
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Home Office renegotiates £100m AWS deal
Department re-signs contract under terms of new MoU
CCS launches £750m commodity public cloud framework
Deal will allow public sector organisations to buy direct from vendors
Amazon hosting deal with GDS doubles to £6.6m a year as minister fends off questions over UK chief’s advisory role
New contract came into effect on 1 July, as minister claims government has ‘robust measures’ to mitigate against possible conflicts of interest
Defra picks £46m Microsoft licensing partner
Phoenix Software picked for three-year contract
CCS opens £90m framework to drive government uptake of AI
Procurement agency invites bidders for dynamic purchasing system
Network problems disrupt G-Cloud 12 applications
CCS and GDS work to identify affected firms