Government tech procurement man Kevin Lee makes jump to private sector
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Derby City Council hires Maintel to manage contact centre
Maintel won the deal through the public sector's Network Services framework agreement
Most public sector IT execs give G-Cloud a wide berth
Local authorities have only spent £73 million on G-Cloud since its inception over four years ago
National Outsourcing Association calls it a day
NOA reacts to market trends in IT 'sourcing' and attempts a global revamp
Government wants smaller IT suppliers with new standard
New 'Supplier Standard’ aims for closer collaboration with industry and better access for smaller businesses
Over half of public sector considers using robots
Sefton Council is already using a robot in its council tax department to save time and cut costs
Enfield council supports digital transformation with Civica
£1 million housing management system supports staff flexible working and tenant self-service
Updata wins NHS trust network and remote working deal
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gets Wan, Lan and VPN services
CCube signs NHS reseller deal with scanner firm Opex
Health suppliers combine their EDMS and scanner workstation products to achieve greater sales reach
iboss joins the Jisc security services education framework
iboss provides Cyber Threat Scores that rate individual users and devices to stop 'catastrophic infection'
Comtact wins place on Jisc education security framework
Greenbone and Khipu Networks teamed up earlier this year to win a Jisc security deal too
Civica acquires SFW to aid digital transformation offering
SFW has an Indian development centre that provides 'cost-effective' application development, support and testing services
Capita wins IT services deal to support NI enterprise youth
Young Enterprise NI helps more than 90,000 young people aged 4-25 each year to understand how business works
North Lanarkshire Council joins Scottish Wide Area Network
SWAN is being delivered through a framework contract with Capita IT Enterprise Services
John Deere farms out IoT deployment to Telit
Internet of Things move allows machinery and vehicle firm to integrate factory and business data
Interact helps National Housing Federation improve comms
Housing body breaks down data silos and improves mobile collaboration
Proact wins infrastructure deal at Swedish government agency
Swedish Agency for Accessible Media deal will see the pan-Euro supplier provide hosting, cloud and network services
Sopra Steria wins digital transformation deal with N Brown
JD Williams, Jacamo and Simply Be business wants to become a digital-first company
Government’s GDS gets ready for 2030 digital revolution
GDS chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain says digital will mark the biggest transformation in the civil service since its creation
Fujitsu wins £65m Centrica digital transformation deal
Deal comes after news of a possible strike by Fujitsu workers in Northern Ireland
Outsourcery enjoys legal action at Keoghs with Skype
A contract boon for the cash-strapped MSP
Newcastle NHS trust saves pots on Advanced cloud invoicing
Many man hours saved and suppliers being paid far quicker says trust
Computacenter main winner in £10.3m Liverpool council contract
Council framework is spread over seven lots and Computacenter is in six of them
G-Cloud 8 open for business next month, hint of G-Cloud 9 shakeup
G-Cloud 6 suppliers will have to reapply, but G-Cloud 7 partners don’t in most cases
CGI employs over 500 in South Wales
IT analysts, architects and engineers among those on the expanding payroll
Four resellers make £500m higher education Apple buying framework
Stone Group, Academia, XMA and Insight are in the frame
Computacenter makes modest profit on stagnant sales
Computacenter also plans to open direct operations in the US as it continues to re-focus
Capita and Wandsworth and Richmond councils offer finance framework
A pan-London framework that will allow other councils to procure finance and print services, and finance systems, from Capita
BT wins £9m desktop and server contract at Bromley Council
The deal follows other contracts won through a London council framework
Waitrose brings in PCMS to support mobile and tablet promos
Ten year deal adds to PCMS contracts at John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Waterstones
