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Oracle partners drool over juicy £750m ERP Framework

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published by Webmaster on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 09:35

Oracle channel partners are gearing up for a mega software and shared services framework worth up to £750m over three years via the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

A Prior Information Notice was released last week and covers the upgrade of ERP platforms including business intelligence and enterprise data warehousing, as well as services such as maintenance and hosting.

The FCO said that it intends to put together a sales agreement for the "provision of Oracle ERP development, delivery and support services" for its users and others across central government.

Government pledges allegiance to smaller IT suppliers

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published by Webmaster on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 16:14

The Cabinet Office has pledged to consider smaller, more innovative companies when looking at government IT spending in the future, following a National Audit Office (NAO) report which claims Whitehall is making "a good start" at saving money. The government claims that last year it saved £410m on its ICT spend, and is set to save a further £200m by the end of March this year.

British Government wants equal opportunities for free software

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published by Webmaster on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 17:06

The British government plans to continue to work on the equality of free software within public procurement. All authorities will be migrated to the open platform gov.uk and will perform all government transactions digitally. The open source portal of the European Commission reported that the British coalition government announced in its mid-term report that it will continue to heavily rely on free software.

UK government welcomes open source to G-cloud

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published by Webmaster on Fri, 11/02/2012 - 09:38

Sirius has confirmed that it has been awarded a place on the UK government G-Cloud Framework. The firm will be making its full range of open source products available through the CloudStore.

Government Launches open standards principles

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published by Webmaster on Thu, 11/01/2012 - 10:37

Whitehall has launched its long-awaited response to the open standards consultation, which will force government bodies to comply with its list of "Open Standards Principles" when purchasing technology.

Departments must use the principles for all software interoperability and data and document formats. If they do not use the principles they will have to apply for an exemption, according to a Cabinet Office statement. As of today the principles will be embedded in the Cabinet Office's spend control process.

Open standards compulsory for government bodies

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published by Webmaster on Thu, 11/01/2012 - 01:00

The government's decision to ensure open standards IT is used across all government bodies has been hailed as a landmark victory by open source industry onlookers.

Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, announced that from today, in order to increase transparency and decrease price, government bodies must comply with the principles unless they apply for an exemption.

Open source gets look in as UK government rolls out G-Cloud

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published by Webmaster on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 12:36

Open source companies have managed to get on board the UK Government's G-Cloud supplier framework, which enables public sector bodies to access and buy services from a range of listed suppliers. The idea of the G-Cloud is to make it less complex for public sector organisations to purchase by allowing companies to sign up and be validated with the CloudStore.

SMEs dominate G-Cloud II government IT supplier framework

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published by Webmaster on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 10:26

SMEs make up the vast majority of suppliers who have been named in the UK Government’s second G-Cloud supplier framework announced earlier today.

 

According to figures revealed by the Cabinet Office, 75% of suppliers named in both the first and second round of G-Cloud framework are SMEs.

Suppliers revealed for G-Cloud ii, Amazon Web Services still absent

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published by Webmaster on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 01:00

The second iteration of the G-Cloud goes live today with 458 suppliers signed up to the 12-month framework, but cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still noticeably absent from the list.

SMEs dominate G-Cloud II government IT supplier framework

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published by Webmaster on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 01:00

According to figures revealed by the Cabinet Office, 75% of suppliers named in both the first and second round of G-Cloud framework are SMEs.

Since taking office in 2010, the coalition government has adopted a new public sector ICT strategy focused on sharing services and improving efficiency by reducing duplication of efforts and creating new ways for government departments to procure IT products and services.

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