Cabinet Office claims £15m Microsoft licence-fee saving on Common Technology Services deal extension

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Government dodges cloud and on-premise licence fee hikes with extension to current agreement

The government has struck a deal with Microsoft to shield it from licence-fee increases following the software giant's decision to raise the cost of on-premise licences by 13 per cent and cloud by ...

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