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
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No intention of ‘watering down’ Cloud First policy, minister claims
GDS review concluded that moving to US-style nomenclature would be ‘confusing’
Bidding opens on £2bn G-Cloud 12
Suppliers invited to apply for latest iteration of flagship procurement vehicle – which may the last before it is restructured into more specialised deals
HMRC awards £3.5m deals to move case management into AWS cloud
Tax agency picks two suppliers to deliver ‘infrastructure and technology upgrade'
HMRC chief gives thumbs up to five-year cloud migration programme
Assessment of long-term tech overhaul concludes that scheme is on track and represents good value
NHS moves major systems to AWS cloud
Two national services have been migrated to cloud environment
Bank of England looks to public cloud future
Institution seeks partner to assist with construction of new infrastructure
Leeds seeks partner to build ‘community cloud’ for use across public sector
Local authority is working with NHS bodies to construct shared infrastructure
North Lanarkshire’s plan for a future-proof council
With ambitious plans for digital infrastructure, online services, and cloud migration, one local authority has a busy year ahead. Gill Hitchcock reports.
Ex-GDS and DIT digital leader Holly Ellis joins AWS
Formerly head of DDaT skills across government, Ellis has taken on public sector-focused post at cloud heavyweight
Transparency concerns raised over NHS deal with Amazon Alexa
Privacy International criticises decision to redact details of the health service’s agreement with the smart assistant
Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cyber force and tax incentives for investing in cloud computing
‘Policy mandarins don’t get that engaged in reform’ – Francis Maude
In an interview with the Civil Service World podcast, the former Cabinet Office minister discusses frustrations of attempts to push through digital and procurement transformation
GDS: ‘Cloud first is here to stay’
Digital agency pledges to ‘keep the policy as it stands’
Homes England looks to digital to help fix a broken housing market
The government’s housing body is adopting agile, cloud and a DevSecOps model in a bid to become the engine of transformation in the housing market. Gill Hitchcock reports.
Australian Government plans beefed-up cloud marketplace
Country’s Digital Transformation Agency proposes creation of new platform
University of Manchester to launch £50m cloud framework
Institution to create deal covering AWS, Microsoft, and Google environments
GDS carbon footprint ‘equivalent to 400 homes’
Digital agency looks to bring emissions caused by its online services down to zero
Former DWP head Devereux approved for public sector role at Salesforce
After retiring from permanent secretary post last year, ex-civil servant is to take global strategy role at cloud firm
National Crime Agency plans AWS migration
Cybercrime unit seeks partner to provide DevOps support