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IT leasing code should be on the curriculum

Reality Finance's Jon Leslie

According to Jon Leslie, the channel must not deal directly with state schools on IT leasing arrangements as the latter are ill-equipped to negotiate a good deal

21 May 2012

Small step to public sector savings

Businessman drowning in paperwork

The public sector drive to increase efficiency and cut costs may create more opportunities for channel players. Fleur Doidge reports

20 Mar 2012

Government procurement changes could help SMBs win

The Houses of Parliament

Cabinet Office outlines new tools, plans and increased visibility of IT procurement regime

12 Mar 2012

C2000 bags UK-wide deal with Acronis

Shake-up ahead for emergency services IT procurement

Bigger is not always better

Small technology providers can and should compete more for public sector and enterprise deals, claims Jim Shaw

22 Feb 2012

NHS to enforce patient ID technology

Healthcare resellers to help Trusts to comply by next year

04 Jan 2012

Welsh council clears up missing school laptop rumours

Torfaen County Borough Council explains why the 8,600 laptops it procured from XMA this year are not being used

14 Oct 2011

A level playing field?

Elliott Caranci-Finch investigates whether or not the odds have been stacked against smaller channel players over Olympics contracts opportunities

03 Oct 2011

Police IT procurement plans probed

The government's plans to launch a police-led IT company have come under scrutiny from the Home Affairs Committee

28 Sep 2011

SCC receives pardon over police procurement claims

West Midlands Police Authority issues retraction over "incorrect" comments made about SCC in annual report

21 Sep 2011

Will the public sector ever be an open house?

Cabinet Office’s aim of increasing adoption of open source software faces hurdles, reports Doug Woodburn

19 Sep 2011

Altodigital wins spot on West Mercia framework

Four-year contract to support Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

07 Sep 2011

Williams Lea wins central government MPS deal

Managed print services provider awarded in centralised government procurement process

21 Jul 2011

Government plots police IT procurement overhaul

Home Office to launch standalone company to procure and manage police IT contracts

05 Jul 2011

Civica BSF deal gets go ahead

VAR set to start work on overhaul of Wandsworth schools' IT infrastructure next month

30 Mar 2011

Government MoU seals supplier deal for Xerox

Xerox shakes hands with government on further print transformation

21 Dec 2010

Atlanta Technology aids recovery at NHS Brent

VAR helps primary care trust make savings with new storage infrastructure

29 Nov 2010

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

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Views from the Channel

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn