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CloudStore opens for business

on 20/02/2012 · No Comments">No Comments · in Features

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude announced today that CloudStore, the online appstore of the Government’s G-Cloud framework for cloud-based ICT services, is open for business. CloudStore offers the public sector a cheaper, quicker and more transparent way to procure the services they need, including email, word processing, system hosting, enterprise resource planning, electronic records management, [...]

Sunderland’s City Cloud designed from the outset for both council and local businesses

on 14/11/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in News

Sunderland’s Cloud is expected to reduce its own operational costs by £1.4m annually over the next five years, in the delivery of IT services through a reduction in hardware, software, maintenance and improved IT management. The Cloud will also provide a low cost, accessible and secure platform for use across Sunderland. It will allow residents [...]

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Are Governments Self-Inflicting Cloud Computing?

on 09/11/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Blogs, Features

by Andrea Di Maio |  November 9, 2011 While at the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona, I had a stream of meetings with government clients from several European countries who are contemplating the development of private clouds. In some cases, these clouds are seen as the end result of a consolidation process resulting from a decision [...]

UK Government ICT Strategy resources – UPDATED

on 27/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Features

This Strategic Implementation Plan on ICT planning and deployment and provides a reference for central government and is designed to be read alongside the Government ICT Strategy. The Government’s ICT Strategy and Strategic Implementation Plan will deliver better public services for less cost.  Through reuse and sharing of our ICT assets, we will improve productivity [...]

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The Myth of Government Innovation

on 24/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Blogs, Features

by Andrea Di Maio |  October 24, 2011 This morning I sat in a panel on technology innovation in the context of the ACT-IAC Executive Leadership Conference, held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The panel, which was moderated by Rob Atkinson (President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation), featured Lisa Schlosser (Deputy CIO at OMB), Peter [...]

ICT Strategy Strategic Implementation Plan to deliver savings of over a billion pounds

on 21/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in News

Francis Maude today launched a detailed plan for the implementation of the Government’s new ICT Strategy which is projected to deliver around £1.4bn of savings within the next 4 years and help deliver better public services digitally.The Strategic Implementation plan sets out how the vision in the ICT strategy will be translated into real outcomes. [...]

UK Government ICT Strategy resources

on 21/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Features

This Strategic Implementation Plan on ICT planning and deployment and provides a reference for central government and is designed to be read alongside the Government ICT Strategy The Government’s ICT Strategy and Strategic Implementation Plan will deliver better public services for less cost.  Through reuse and sharing of our ICT assets, we will improve productivity [...]

Smart Government at Gartner Symposium: Q&A from Twitter and after the Session

on 17/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Features

by Andrea Di Maio | October 16, 2011 Earlier today I opened the government track of our Industry program with a session on “Smart Government: Beyond Cities and Planets”, which was very well attended, taking into account the early time of the day. For those who have not been following the session, previous entries in [...]

Government IT Departments Can Either Embrace Choice or Perish

on 06/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Blogs, Features

by Andrea Di Maio | October 5, 2011 Through my analyst coverage of social media, cloud computing and – more recently – smart government, I am coming across a consistent number of cases where government IT departments are struggling to establish, affirm or defend their relevance to the rest of the business. This is not [...]

Using ICT to enable and deliver change (Part 3) – Government ICT Strategy

on 05/10/2011 · No Comments">No Comments · in Features

Using ICT to enable and deliver change (Part 3) – Government ICT Strategy 41. By standardising processes and creating transparent commercial models, the Government will build a common, flexible ICT infrastructure. This ICT platform will enable the delivery of open, diverse and responsive public services for all. 42. ICT is an enabler for opening up [...]