Procurement

NHS watchdog expresses vendor lock-in concerns over Federated Data Platform deal

Quango must show Palantir does not have unfair advantage in procurement

Databases29 Aug 2023 | 8

Southern Water to drink up tech deals worth up to £358M

Wide-ranging procurements hint at prospect of SAP ERP system replacement

PaaS + IaaS29 Aug 2023 | 26

UK health service has £1.5B to put toward Digital Workplace Solutions 2: Electric Boogaloo

Four-year deal set to start next summer

On-Prem24 Aug 2023 | 11

'There has never been a realistic plan' for UK's £11B Emergency Services Network

Commercial and technical risks yet to be addressed by Home Office, spending watchdog says

Networks14 Jul 2023 | 56

UK government's newest department to lead mega ERP procurement

Tender designed to bring together 48k users running Oracle, Microsoft and more into 1 SaaS system

Databases07 Jul 2023 | 19

Mega-data platform worth half a billion will suck in info from family doctors

UK officials argue NHS patient details will only be available locally

PaaS + IaaS23 Jun 2023 | 30

UK launches SKYNET – not a doomsday plot, just shopping for improved satellite comms

They really need to start branding these things better

Networks05 Jun 2023 | 14

Tiny Brit tech firms win spots on £1.84B public sector contract. Kidding, it's the usual suspects

Collective deal to cover software needs for every rung of government

Public Sector12 Apr 2023 | 23

UK govt adds £4B to value of delayed tech procurement

Hardware, software, kitchen sink: it's all in there

On-Prem13 Mar 2023 | 3

Government tech spending in England more than doubles in five years

Researchers see pandemic boom in computer-related tech spend

Government Tech Week11 Jan 2023 | 6

French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system

After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier

Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1

FAA asks for vendor feedback on $10b tech contract

But keen to avoid any mf bespoke software on the mf planes (and other hardware)

Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4

UK.gov finds billions in cash for big data contracts

Project two years in the making aims to improve public services... or what's left of them

Databases26 Oct 2022 | 20

UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services

First chunk of mega-frameworks go to market

Applications11 Oct 2022 | 5

Japanese sushi chain boss resigns amid accusation of improper data access

Data theft stinks, says victim. Alleged perp claims he's getting a raw deal

Cyber-crime04 Oct 2022 | 15

Bank of England seeks partner to support Oracle Cloud implementation

After venturing into HCM, UK's central bank embarks on finance and procurement journey with Big Red

Applications22 Sep 2022 | 6

NHS data platform procurement delayed for a second time

Questions remain over Palantir's influence after consultancy role for former NHS England director revealed

Databases15 Sep 2022 | 29

UK's NHS goes to market for $2b HR and payroll system

Plans afoot to replace Oracle EBS/AIX system used by 1.8 million staff dating from 2008

PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2022 | 24

$50m+ contract for crime-fighting IT system won by Fujitsu after no one else bid

Japanese giant will stop making mainframes four years later

Systems23 Aug 2022 | 28

UK government lines up billions to refresh legacy tech in 600-system tax dept

Let's hope DALAS procurement is a tad more sensible than its soap opera namesake

Systems16 Aug 2022 | 19

Philippines orders fraud probe after paying MacBook prices for slow Celeron laptops

Education Department planned to buy 70,000 laptops, blew its budget and bought just 40,000

Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 61

Accenture bags IT services contract for UK tax collector

Updated Award timing reveals further slippage in HMRC's mega procurement plan

On-Prem13 Jul 2022 | 7

UK's Ministry of Defence awards Boxxe multimillion Microsoft license deal

Contract seeks 'support with the renewal and running of Microsoft Enterprise Agreement'

Software12 Jul 2022 | 7

WCL bags UK government framework for 'everything ICT'

£800m contract focused on education sector will see subcontractors managed by consultant

On-Prem07 Jul 2022 | 4

UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had

'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller

Applications21 Jun 2022 | 15

Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail

Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution

Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43

UK police to spend tens of millions on legacy comms network kit

More evidence of where that half-a-billion-a-year cost of Emergency Services Network delay is going

Networks09 Jun 2022 | 25

UK Home Office awards Oracle a deal extension worth tens of millions

Fellow travelers in the Whitehall shared services journey await their SaaS move

SaaS07 Jun 2022 | 5

ServiceNow takes aim at procurement pain points

Purchasing teams are a bit like help desks – always being asked to answer dumb or inappropriate questions

SaaS25 May 2022 |

UK's state-owned bank launches hunt for core systems worth close to $1b

Go on, spoil yourself: NS&I to splurge on IT as Atos deal hits twilight years

On-Prem04 May 2022 | 17

Tech vendors to get 18-month insight into UK govt IT spending

Playbook on how to sell into market worth tens of billions

On-Prem29 Mar 2022 | 3

Capgemini wins £30m deal to work on UK customs

Delayed system 'vital component' of Brexit govt's enactment of the Northern Ireland Protocol

On-Prem07 Mar 2022 | 17

Desperately seeking SaaS: English council to replace Oracle R12

Big Red product to become more unstable, unreliable, and less secure after 20 years' use

Databases01 Mar 2022 | 9

Expect sales reps' calls if IT wants to ditch Oracle

Licensing and compliance issues advisor spills the beans

Databases15 Feb 2022 | 23

UK pins hopes on 'latest technology' to whittle down massive National Health Service waiting lists

£500m tech consultancy procurement in the offing

Software09 Feb 2022 | 95

The (IT capacity) testing times we live in: Survey's in – and my, how some of you have grown

Reg Reader Survey Only one respondent 'noticeably reduced the capacity of their systems'

On-Prem07 Dec 2021 |

When it comes to renting tech kit, things can get personal, very quickly

Register Debate Is hardware by subscription bad for customers? Readers have their say

PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2021 | 21

Renting IT hardware on a subscription basis is bad for customers

Register Debate We're back with another debate you can vote on as we argue back and forth – this time over cloud computing

PaaS + IaaS29 Nov 2021 | 53

IT systems capacity planning. This is hard ... but how hard? Inquiring minds wish to know

Reg Reader Survey Share your experiences with us and fellow readers. Let's find out together

On-Prem17 Nov 2021 | 5

Microsoft wins JEDI contract, Amazon complains. Amazon wins NSA contract, watchdog says Microsoft right to moan

US Government Audit Office upholds Redmond's protest

PaaS + IaaS01 Nov 2021 | 12

Share your experience: How does your organization introduce new systems?

Reg Reader Survey The answer is rarely obvious. Take part in our short poll and we'll find out together

On-Prem19 Oct 2021 | 10

Supply chain pain: Cisco's base price structure moving north from November

Demand for components at a 10-year high

Networks06 Oct 2021 | 9

No return of the JEDI: Supreme Court declines to hear Oracle's challenge to now-dead cloud deal

Blown up like a Death Star

Off-Prem04 Oct 2021 | 9

Kent County Council names eight suppliers on £500m education framework

Southeast England authority goes big – despite £100m black hole in finances

On-Prem29 Sep 2021 | 9

Yet another Big Tech exec heads to central government: This time IBMer Dan Bailey in 6-month stint

Big Blue UK and Ireland cloud man hired as 'interim' CTO, tasked with creating fellowship of the cloud

Off-Prem27 Sep 2021 | 9

JEDI contract might be no more, but case should live on, says Oracle: DoD only wants Amazon, Microsoft for new cloud deal

Just when you thought it was safe to get out of the courtroom

PaaS + IaaS21 Sep 2021 | 15

Over 9 months late, England's highways agency launches contract to buy £1bn in IT

Rebranded org now calling itself National Highways

On-Prem21 Sep 2021 | 15

Surveillance tech company sues Police Digital Service over 'flawed' scoring of bids on £18m contract

Excession chief exec testifies in High Court of England and Wales

Security26 Aug 2021 |

UK Home Office tenders £5m for a supplier to help it greenlight IT projects. Yes, you read that correctly

Procurement raises questions over supplier creating its own sales pipeline within govt

Channel19 Apr 2021 | 16

12 tech merchants win slices of £504m NHS framework without competition because everything is terrible

Ain't nobody got time for that

On-Prem25 Jan 2021 | 6

UK government's cloud ERP strategy seems to be in stasis following top civil servant's move to COVID-19 task force

Updated Or maybe it's that no one wants to touch this complex SaaS migration

SaaS25 Jan 2021 | 5

UK West Midlands town finds five-year HR system deal is only offer on the table in pandemic-stricken procurement

Five more years, five more years... or nothing!

On-Prem16 Nov 2020 | 19

Workday targets 'procurement software' market after bumper Q2, but boss man is big on ambition, thin on detail

Customers clearly looking to simplify buying into supply chains – but the market is tougher than it looks

SaaS16 Sep 2020 |

Accenture scores £20m contract extension with UK pensions department: Competition? We've heard of it

But it's a complex technology stack, so we're the sole contender

Software24 Aug 2020 | 9

London cops seeking £600m mega IT contract to knock 'towers' sprawl into 'one throat to choke'

ACK!

Networks20 Nov 2019 | 30

Will someone think of the taxpayer? UK.gov needs to stop burning billions on shoddy procurement, says Reform

The solution: create a regulator with teeth and deeper pockets

Legal29 Oct 2019 | 35