News for Public sector
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Lansley reveals NHS Information Strategy
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has released the new NHS Information Strategy. Patients will be able to book GP appointments and see test results online under the new strategy which Lansley believes will give individuals more “power”.
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Atos set to deliver new IT Services to Historic Scotland
Atos, an international IT services company, has signed a contract with Historic Scotland, which will provide support to the agency in the delivery of their key IT programmes including a new Visitor Attraction System.
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Millstream win Noway procurement contract
Millstream, a procurement services provider, has secured a £4.8million deal to run Norway’s national procurement database.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
CSC’s new CEO moves to take direct control of turbulent NHS negotiations
Mike Lawrie the new CEO of CSC has directly taken control of protracted negotiations with the NHS in a bid to draw the line under the failed patent records contract.
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CloudStore 2.0 goes live
The delayed second iteration of the Government CloudStore has gone live, providing a list of 1,700 cloud-based products and services from over 250 vendors.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
CSC reports poor yearly profits due to NHS contract
CSC has released a statement pointing to losses from NHS write-offs as being partly due for a full year-revenue of $15.88 billion, down from $16.04 billion last year.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Lincolnshire County Council saves £2.5m per year with PSN
Lincolnshire County and District Councils are set to save over £2.5m per year after signing up to a new public services network.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
80 percent of the public do not believe outsourcing helps the British economy
Research commissioned by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) has revealed that 80 percent of the UK general public do not believe that outsourcing contributes to the economy.
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UK outsourcing sales plummets 80% for Logica
Logica have reported a plummet of 80 percent in first quarter results in UK outsourcing compared to last year.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Open source in government could save taxpayers hundreds of millions
A Canadian advocacy group has said that open source software could save government hundreds of millions of pounds. Getting Open Source Logic Into Government (GOSLING) say proprietary software is wasteful and disadvantageous to governmental transparency.
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