'Tougher deals' to save £70m as government plays hard ball with Microsoft and SAP

Charlee Gothard
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Central government, local council and NHS join for forces to negotiate software licences

Hot on the heels of earlier deals this year with Oracle and Capgemini, the government has announced that new deals with Microsoft and SAP should save taxpayers as much as £70m by 2015. The negot...

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