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Government departments still cautious on cloud, says former G-Cloud director

Former G-Cloud chief Denise McDonagh has called on government departments to increase uptake of services through the Cloud Store as the public sector cloud initiative prepares to come under the control of GDS. read more »

European Commission denies watering down data protection laws

The European Commission on Thursday strenuously denied watering down its proposals for data protection laws as a result of United States lobbying. read more »

New EU proposal to mandate eCall in all new cars

From October 2015 all new cars in the European Union will have to be fitted with an eCall device according to new draft legislation announced Thursday. read more »

Google slammed by MPs for 'contrived' tax payments

The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has slammed the way Google avoids paying corporation tax in the UK, and has called on the government to close tax loopholes the internet company has exploited. read more »

Lancashire Care NHS trust deploys mobile business intelligence

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is deploying a mobile business intelligence system among its 6,000 field-based clinicians. read more »

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Supply chain 2013: Stop playing whack-a-mole with security threats

IT can never take all the risk out of a supply chain, but it can help organizations minimize their vulnerability in a world of new threats. read more »

Health watchdog: G-Cloud was our Plan B, but it beat Plan A

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), an organisation that regulates over 40,000 health organisation in the UK, has revealed that prior to selecting an open source CMS tool via the government’s G-Cloud framework, it had also been running a traditional commercial tender process to find a vendor as its Plan A. read more »

National Audit Office exposes limits of government IT reform

The National Audit Office’s (NAO) latest report has said that the impact of the government’s latest initiatives on the inclusion of SMEs in public sector ICT work ‘remains unknown’. read more »

Australia has a broadband vision – do we?

I spent Christmas and New Year visiting friends in Australia and I took the opportunity to catch up on what was happening with their National Broadband Network (NBN) Co. read more »

G-Cloud iii – Is the framework getting any better?

Many industry watchers have been speculating on the success of the previous two frameworks and what could be improved upon. read more »

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