G-Cloud
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G-Cloud is 'relatively straightforward', says HS2 CIO
HS2 CIO James Findlay disagrees with IT leaders from Camden Council and the Department of Health
Bristol City Council to migrate IT infrastructure to the cloud in £1.5m deal
Bristol City Council's IT services procured via the government's G-Cloud framework
Predictive big data analytics in healthcare
John Leonard talks to big data firms Amara and FlyingBinary about applying analytics to healthcare in the US and in the UK's NHS
Home Office welcomes SMEs as it bids to reset the way it works with IT suppliers
ReSET4 programme will see Home Office move away from 'large end-to-end contracts'
Singleton to focus G-Cloud and Digital Services on 'local authority use'
G-Cloud supremo's team will visit regional centres in bid to boost uptake
Arise Tony Singleton, OBE
Government digital chief honoured in 2014 list
Whitehall backtracks on G-Cloud with job title shift
Tony Singleton to be known as 'Director, G-Cloud'
Councils are not 'wasting millions' by ignoring G-Cloud, claims Socitm
Socitm hits back at Bull Information Systems' suggestion that G-Cloud is always the most cost-effective option
NHS e-Referral service will 'operate at 20 per cent of Choose and Book costs'
Delivery costs of new service will be significantly lower than the dumped £356m system that preceded it, says NHS England
Francis Maude claims G-Cloud procurement spend now over £175m
Cabinet Office minister tells Public Sector Show that over half of sales are going to SMEs.
Department of Health: G-Cloud is still too complex
Buying processes and CloudStore navigation are some of the pain points in procurement
Department of Health selects Kahootz to replace IBM Quickr through G-Cloud
Move signals shift away from legacy systems and software, and embrace of "buying things as a service"
Foreign & Commonwealth Office awards Capgemini £6.3m ERP contract
Yet another government contract for Capgemini sees it oversee upgrades of finance, procurement, projects, HR and payroll function
Putting digital first: An interview with Camden Council CIO John Jackson
Jackson tells Computing how the council's digital strategy is changing the way its staff work
OFT calls for improvements in public-sector ICT procurement
OFT believes more can be done to increase competition for contracts
Revolution in Parliament: BYOD and cloud reaches the corridors of power
Joan Miller, director of Parliamentary ICT, reveals how MPs and Lords are going mobile, while migrating to cloud services
'Cloud doesn't exist where broadband doesn't exist,' says Essex CIO
David Wilde tells Think Cloud for Government event that more infrastructure needed to support cloud in rural areas
Government digital strategy liberates public sector IT personnel from 'fixing BlackBerrys', CTO
Government CTO Liam Maxwell tells Think Cloud conference that reforms have allowed staff to focus on "mission IT"
Camden Council CIO hits out at G-Cloud complexity
Complicated pricing, short-length contracts and unaccommodating terms and conditions need to change, says John Jackson
Advanced Computer Software acquires Compass for £14.5m as it looks to expand education offerings
Company will hope to sell existing finance and procurement solutions to Compass' 350 college customers
Changing public sector IT suppliers should be more like 'uSwitch for government' says digital COO
Tony Singleton says it needs to be much easier to pick the right supplier for the job in Government ICT 2014 keynote
Government advises public sector organisations on cloud services
Document intended to help organisations consider security features of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
Nine in 10 local councils have made no G-Cloud procurements
Survey by Six Degrees group suggests G-Cloud struggling for momentum outside Whitehall