central government - The Stack (Page 2)

Ministry of Justice wanted ICT to be nimble and data driven. For now it’s grappling with technical debt and running late

"One of the most outsourced government departments with major contracts to manage"

Joe Fay February 14, 2024

HMG puts massive £500m ERP contract out to tender

An early Christmas present for Systems Integrators and their SaaS partners as a ten-year ERP centralisation contract lands

Edward Targett December 17, 2023

data centre

News

UK government eyes data centre security overhaul; may consider it CNI, create a new regulator

"Risks have also been identified in relation to data centre customer access to sites and facilities, and access by contractors or those providing supply chain services..."

The Stack December 14, 2023

AWS

Cloud

News

Home Office inks £450m AWS contract

Home Office CTO has highlighted a focus on “streamlining our technology and data estates and unifying systems” and “open source and cloud technologies that are scalable and maintainable.”

The Stack December 04, 2023

Government warned on free (and competition-free) Palantir contracts over Ukraine scheme

HMG's Chief Commercial Officer wrote to the data software firm to raise concerns, which it rejects.

The Stack October 17, 2023

emissions

climate change

News

UK government IT emissions are climbing

"As consumers we all need to look at that consumption and usage data as our baseline... and then design and deliver more efficient digital systems and services"

The Stack October 16, 2023

Larry Ellison: We’re rewriting $28 billion Cerner “a piece at a time”

Oracle

News

healthcare

Larry Ellison: We’re rewriting $28 billion Cerner “a piece at a time”

Comments come after a Veterans Affairs audit found that a $16 billion Cerner deployment had caused "patient harm"

Edward Targett September 13, 2023

E-stonia: How the Baltic minnow became a tech powerhouse

digital transformation

Opinion

E-stonia: How the Baltic minnow became a tech powerhouse

Automatically generated government services? 0% tax on reinvested profits? The most unicorns per capita in Europe? Estonia's a technology powerhouse in the Baltics. Lara Olszowska went to find out how it did it...

Lara Olszowska September 12, 2023