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Procurement agency invites bidders for dynamic purchasing system

CCS and GDS work to identify affected firms

Spend-control data shows approval for eight-figure investment in project to migrate from on-premises infrastructure to hosted environment

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.

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 

System will bring together existing databases across three areas

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 chose Citrix Workspace to deliver an efficient, sustainable desktop, and gained work-from-home continuity when Covid-19 struck

Vendor signs a memorandum of understanding with CCS, including preferential terms and access to technology

PHE also reveals outsourcers Serco and Sitel will process sensitive information and claims length of retention is ‘because Covid-19 is a new disease’

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

Newly published spend-control data shows that deals were awarded to extend service provision until 2022

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...

Signatories including Liberty and Open Knowledge Foundation call for greater transparency

Department will shortly issue guidance on support with buying tech

Department says it was necessary to skip competitive process and award contract – which includes early access to Microsoft products – directly to vendor

Institution declares that lectures will be provided in online-only form

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.

When legislation required the UK aviation regulator to build a service for registering drones, it turned to user-centred design and agile development

Sustainability is increasingly influencing the decisions people make. Citrix discusses the questions this raises for business with three industry experts.

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