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
Yorkshire public sector procurement body YPO opens £400m framework for data centres, cloud hosting and security But how much will go to AWS? On-Prem16 Aug 2019 | 3
Police ICT Company kills £500m procurement, no longer wants one box shifter to rule them all Yep, THAT would-be siloed IT smasher, conceived in Theresa May's brainpan 8 years ago... Channel16 May 2019 | 21
JEDI mind tricks: Brakes slammed on Pentagon's multibillion cloud deal This may not be the vendor you're looking for – explain yourself to get your funding SaaS08 May 2018 | 21
US techies: We want to see Pentagon's defence of winner-takes-all cloud contract Industry calls on DoD to publish procurement report on single vendor award SaaS02 May 2018 | 17
Pentagon sticks to its guns: Yep, we're going with a single cloud services provider Oracle's Catz: I chatted to Trump about plan, it 'makes no sense' SaaS17 Apr 2018 | 93
Tech biz boss slipped Detroit's IT chief bungs in restaurant bathrooms to bag software deals, prosecutors claim He was flush with cash, allegedly Software01 Feb 2018 | 13
Hey Europe, your apathetic IT spending is ruining it for everyone Gartner predicts buyers ready to splash 4.5% more cash globally in 2018 On-Prem16 Jan 2018 | 15
Dear US taxpayers, 4.5 BEEELLION of your dollars were blown on unapproved IT projects Govt CIOs failing to scrutinize techies' spending – watchdog On-Prem12 Jan 2018 | 21
Brit prosecutors ask IT suppliers to fight over £3 USB cable tender Updated See? We do give small businesses a chance for work Legal05 Jul 2017 | 124
Ubuntu 'weaponised' to cure NHS of its addiction to Microsoft Windows Special report Take 750,000 smartcards, millions of PCs, mix in a week-long hackathon On-Prem30 Jun 2017 | 302
Challenging dodgy generalisations on IT spending Reg Reader Research I think you'll find it's not as simple as that Software21 Jun 2017 |
India makes biometrics mandatory for all e-gov projects Cloud's just 'recommended', for now, as local industry plans 50 per cent growth by 2025 Legal24 May 2017 | 7
Uncle Sam drags feet on govt data center cull Not enough agencies tightening their belts, say auditors On-Prem22 May 2017 | 8
UK.gov cuts deal with Microsoft to avoid £15m post-Brexit price hike Exclusive Pan-government deal applies to 200,000 licences Legal11 Apr 2017 | 62