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GO Interview – John McClelland CBE

The Scottish Government recently released a review of public sector information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure carried out by John F McClelland CBE. The report recommends a...

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Hillingdon Council look to the clouds

According to reports the London Borough of Hillingdon is looking to replace its existing desktop infrastructure with a cloud computing model. Hillingdon Council’s tender document states that it is...

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Isle of Man Government sets up cloud infrastructure

The Isle of Man Government has set up a cloud-based infrastructure for its public services, moving more than 1,000 applications including email, financial accounting, customer relationship management...

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Government invites bids for cloud computing

The Government has taken a leap forward by creating a G Cloud tender notice, posted on the Government Procurement Service website. The £60m framework is to provide cloud computing services across the...

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Five predictions for procurement and supply chain

Rosslyn Analytics, a data discovery and business intelligence software developer, has revealed its technology predictions for procurement executives in 2012.   The predictions have been formed based on...

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G-Cloud security problems aren’t new, says CESG

Cloud computing is not an entirely new concept presenting all-new security problems despite the contrary perceptions held by some, CESG’s chief information assurance architect has said. Chris Ulliott,...

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Hillingdon Council saves nearly £3 million with Google Apps

Hillingdon Council will be the first ever local authority to move to Google Apps when it begins using the web based cloud technology early next year. Over the next four years the local authority...

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Northgate preferred for NI education contract

Northgate Managed Services has been named as Classroom 2000’s (C2k) preferred supplier for the new ‘Education Network Northern Ireland’ (ENNI) contract. The five-year contract will see Northgate...

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Cloud computing guidance issued

The Law Society of Scotland has issued new guidance on cloud computing services following extensive consultation with law firms, in-house counsel and cloud providers. The advance of such technology has...

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Cloud improving business efficiency

More than half of UK businesses are concerned about the safety of their data as cloud computing takes off, but their fear is not preventing adoption, with 23% of CIOs already using the cloud and a...

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Data equity – Unlocking the value of big data

This is the summary of an independent economic study on ‘big data’ by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr)1. As the amount of data continues to grow exponentially, compounded by the...

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US cloud computing company chooses Edinburgh base

A leading US cloud computing company has chosen Edinburgh for its European base. Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, has announced that enStratus™ plans to...

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enStratus creates cloud computing jobs with new Scottish base

The Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, has announced that a cloud computing company chosen Edinburgh for its European base and will create up to 30...

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Cisco CloudWatch 2012

The Cisco CloudWatch Report was conducted by Loudhouse, an independent marketing research consultancy based in London. The research was conducted with IT decision makers in businesses in the UK and...

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IT sector realising ‘mainstream’ Cloud is looking up

New research published by IT decision makers Cisco shows a dramatic shift in attitudes towards cloud in the UK and Ireland. The report – Cisco CloudWatch 2012 – is the second in Cisco’s annual Cloud...

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Cloudstore restored following system error

The Government’s online procurement hub for public sector cloud computing, Cloudstore, has resumed normal services following a system error on 26 July. The government’s @G_Cloud_UK Twitter account...

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Guidance on the use of cloud computing

A shift towards a greater use of cloud computing is well underway. Innovative products, mobile access to data and affordable pricing structures are often cited as key drivers for an organisation to...

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Cloud guidelines published on responsible data handling

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidelines to underline that companies remain responsible for how personal data is looked after, even if they pass it to cloud network...

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Commission calling for experts to identify safe and fair contract terms to...

The European Commission has launched recently a call for applications for experts to work on identifying safe and fair contract terms for cloud computing services. The experts will help identifying...

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European Commission sets up group to boost cloud computing

The European Commission has set up an expert group to work on safe and fair terms for cloud computing contracts, on the basis of an optional instrument. The objective is to identify best practices for...

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