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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
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Network problems disrupt G-Cloud 12 applications
CCS and GDS work to identify affected firms
Cabinet Office cleared for £30m plan to move back-office apps to SaaS
Spend-control data shows approval for eight-figure investment in project to migrate from on-premises infrastructure to hosted environment
‘We are a British company with only British datacentres – and a commitment to pay our taxes’
UKCloud has joined the major cloud players in signing a public-sector wide agreement. The firm’s CEO Simon Hansford tells PublicTechnology why it’s important for government to have choice.
Fewer frameworks and more ministerial muscle – how government can make good on its SME agenda
The results of techUK’s annual GovTech SME Survey suggest the Digital Marketplace has made a positive impact on access to the public sector tech market but, according to Henry Rex, there are barriers still to be overcome
West Yorkshire looks to build £3m cloud-based traffic-management hub
System will bring together existing databases across three areas
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust Quickly Responds to COVID-19 with Citrix
Locked down and forced to close clinics, the hospital trust enabled 2,000 employees to work from home and maintain continuity of services within 48 hours
University of Cambridge delivers business continuity with sustainable IT
University of Cambridge chose Citrix Workspace to deliver an efficient, sustainable desktop, and gained work-from-home continuity when Covid-19 struck
Government agrees cross-public sector deal with Google Cloud
Vendor signs a memorandum of understanding with CCS, including preferential terms and access to technology
Test and trace scheme to keep citizens’ personal data for 20 years
PHE also reveals outsourcers Serco and Sitel will process sensitive information and claims length of retention is ‘because Covid-19 is a new disease’
Use Your Own Device is the fast track solution the UK Government needs to mobilise its staff
Stephen Twynam of Citrix argues that by adjusting Bring Your Own Device to Use Your Own Device, the sentiment shifts and the negative connotations of BYOD are alleviated
HMRC approved for £120m in contract extensions with Accenture and BT
Newly published spend-control data shows that deals were awarded to extend service provision until 2022
Citrix on Sustainability – What the future holds
In our final series Citrix on Sustainability, watch as Northern Europe Area Vice President Michelle Senecal de Fonseca joins Fred Dahlman, Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the University of Warwick Business School, Jarvis Smith, Media Owner, My Green Pod and Jeppe Juel, Managing Consultant Director, NNIT to discuss...
Rights groups question whether plans for NHS data store are ‘appropriate, lawful and just’
Signatories including Liberty and Open Knowledge Foundation call for greater transparency
Home Office tells staff working from home may be required for another year
Department will shortly issue guidance on support with buying tech
MoD goes straight to Microsoft for first-of-its-kind £20m Azure deal
Department says it was necessary to skip competitive process and award contract – which includes early access to Microsoft products – directly to vendor
Cambridge University suspends all face-to-face lectures until summer 2021
Institution declares that lectures will be provided in online-only form
WATCH: Citrix on Sustainability – A better way to work
Watch this short animation from Citrix to see if there’s a better way to work which is not only better for you, but also better for the planet.
WATCH: How the Civil Aviation Authority embraced agile
When legislation required the UK aviation regulator to build a service for registering drones, it turned to user-centred design and agile development
WATCH: Citrix on sustainability and business
Sustainability is increasingly influencing the decisions people make. Citrix discusses the questions this raises for business with three industry experts.
Analysis: which departments are seeking digital outcomes?
The Digital Marketplace, and the frameworks it supports, are designed to help Whitehall procure in an agile way. But PublicTechnology finds the frequency and type of usage varies significantly across departments
Taking the IT drama out of the Covid-19 crisis
Jon Murden, lead healthcare technologist for the UK and Ireland at Citrix, explains how the company is helping NHS trusts fast-track their remote-working capabilities in a matter of hours