MoD brings in Amazon to boost tech skills of Armed Forces leaders
Ministry claims that MoU is a first-of-its-kind deal
HMRC invests in £2m software tool to help manage cloud spend
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Finance regulator preps for major cloud migration
The Financial Conduct Authority is to launch a four-year framework for technology and services to support a move to cloud computing
Ministry of Justice to move infrastructure to the public cloud
Department aims to save £30m a year as it moves to public cloud hosting
Agilisys swipes £30m infrastructure deal as NHS BSA kicks off IT disaggregation drive
London-based IT outfit awarded four-year contract for infrastructure services
Exclusive: Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 adds almost 1,000 suppliers
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Q&A: National Crime Agency CIO on progress of tech transformation
Following the recent annual update from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, the law-enforcement organisation’s IT leader provides on update on the rollout of cloud and other technologies
Enfield sees the benefits of cloud and insourcing
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Met Police chooses Azure as basis for ‘cloud-first’ transformation
London force to move applications and infrastructure to Microsoft public cloud environment
Crown Hosting given £500m four-year extension as CCS says risk to national infrastructure prevents competitive process
Flagship co-location deal given extra 48 months as CCS says reliance on services has exceeded expectations
National technology advisor Liam Maxwell set to depart government for role at AWS
Sources indicate that one of the civil service’s most high-profile digital and technology specialists is to take a job in the commercial sector
MoD hands Rackspace £4m one-year extension to web-hosting deal
Company has run the MoD and Armed Forces Joint Server Farm since 2009
G-Cloud 10 launches with 650 new suppliers
A total of 3,505 firms are on the latest iteration of the framework with the government claiming more than 90% are SMEs
Citizens need rights for algorithm decisions to be explained – and challenged, MPs conclude
Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them
How to ensure cloud does not become the new outsourcing
Just as with outsourcing before it, cloud will not fix underlying operational complexity, according to Richard Blanford of Fordway
Councils reaching for the cloud, new study shows - but legacy IT keeping them grounded
Socitm/Eduserv research finds that councils are increasingly shifting to a hybrid of cloud and in-house capacity - but warns that existing deals are limiting progress
Long-awaited G-Cloud 10 gears up for July launch
Provisional timetable represents slip of one month on plans outlined at the start of March
G-Cloud 10 to open for business in June
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