Cloud hoster Memset plans to show how an OpenStack infrastructure will enable delegates to save money, deliver efficiency, work better and deliver best of breed cloud solutions.
"This is the leading UK conference showcasing the good work that is happening within the public sector": London-based cloud services firm Carranza tells us why it's a Platinum Sponsor of the show.
Next month sees THINK.Cloud for Digital Government, a G-Cloud show 24n's supporting. We spoke with one of the exhibitors, EMC, to find out why its Public Sector CIO sees cloud as so vital for all of us.
Speaking at Think Cloud For Government 2014 yesterday, UK government CTO Liam Maxwell claimed that the government was moving towards £500m worth of IT savings by creating an 2open and competitive” market.
At yesterday’s Think Cloud For Government event, council leaders shared their G-Cloud experiences and some contradicted Government Digital Service (GDS) claims that the procurement framework has been a success.
A recent survey has claimed that both suppliers and government representatives are optimistic about the future of the G-Cloud procurement framework.
The sixth iteration of the government’s cloud services procurement framework G-Cloud has now gone live.
Denise McDonagh, Home Office CTO, told the audience at Think Cloud For Government yesterday that the Cabinet Office needs to step up and increase the visibility of G-Cloud.
In the last of our editorial series helping frame the day for 24n readers, we have a quick look at the final agenda to give you some insight into what to expect at The QE II Centre in London in the morning.
Have you looked ahead to 2015 yet – and what you expect to be doing around the G-Cloud?
Is this the year change finally comes to central government ICT procurement? Can the Digital Marketplace really be for anything more than commodity purchases? Is the talk about change and cost reduction accurate - or political bluster?
The G-Cloud procurement framework has been used to purchase IT services for the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway project and the majority of suppliers are small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), according to the Department for Transport (DfT).
A survey of 153 MPs and 104 members of the House of Lords claims to have found that they believe the G-Cloud framework drives innovation.
THINK.Cloud For Digital Government's shaping up to be one of the key dates this year for anyone interested in The Digital Marketplace. We met Matt Stanley of the company behind the upcoming event to find out more.
Stuart Lauchlan of IT sector commentators diginomica - the chair of the event at London’s QE II Centre on March 22nd - tells 24n about how G-Cloud is changing - and so this key government ICT event needs to change, too.
'This event is a great opportunity for those who work in public sector IT to share best practice and gain insights from leading industry figures,' says IT managed services leader Advanced 365 of why it's at this year's event.
Kate Craig-Wood, MD of Memset, SME supplier of cloud infrastructure to the government, this week called for renewed efforts to form a community around open standards when speaking at THINK.Cloud for Digital Government in London
"We just don't tolerate boring presentations": Lucy Brown of the company putting on next month's THINK.Cloud For Digital Government explains the unique approach of the THINK Events approach to tech shows.
"This year’s agenda is looking strong, and it’s great to see so many pertinent topics being addressed": why IT and IT security solutions and services player MTI's going to THINK.Cloud For Digital Government.
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