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Independent schools support government ICT strategy

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Latest BESA research reveals 62 per cent of independent schools feel the government is on the right track, compared with 26 per cent of state schools

15 May 2012

Esteem to give Insight into Leeds hospitals IT

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Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust awards infrastructure project to reseller giant, which picks local VAR as subcontractor

14 May 2012

Six of the best selected for education framework

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Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium picks six VARs to supply more than 100 education establishments with IT accessories and peripherals

09 May 2012

School IT spending up 8.6 per cent in Q1

Education sector growth tipped to continue, says BESA

30 Apr 2012

Joskos Solutions wins five-year schools ICT deal

Capital VAR ties up seven-figure Education London contract to provide and maintain tech for numerous schools

27 Apr 2012

Hardware sales to education set to double

Futuresource figures suggest sales of kit to schools will double by 2015

24 Apr 2012

Channel dozen lands on £50m-plus software framework

SBL and Phoenix make all four lots, with Insight and Softcat featuring on three

16 Apr 2012

2e2 ties up £40m Sussex NHS deal

Integrator wins seven-year contract after winning out in three-strong tender field

13 Apr 2012

Thales signed to supply public services connectivity

Security specialist will be linchpin in government Public Services Network

11 Apr 2012

Computerworld Wales wins seven-figure Newport PC deal

Welsh VAR celebrates potential £1m contract to supply 3,000 clients to schools, its second Value Wales framework win this year

05 Apr 2012

Oracle standardises price in government mega-deal

Cabinet Office inks deal designed to save £25m a year and calls time on "inflexible contracts" for differing departments

28 Mar 2012

Government looks to save £1m a year with new ICT framework

Information Management and Learning Services framework is launched after lengthy consultation with schools and local authorities, with RM one of the first partners to be announced

23 Mar 2012

Computacenter loses grip on £60m-plus Cumbria contract

Integrator fails to agree terms with county council, having been picked as preferred bidder two months ago

22 Mar 2012

Tax breaks for business and big earners in Budget

Chancellor wants to instigate "biggest ever reduction in red tape" with further corporation tax cuts and plans to drive start-ups and tech firms

21 Mar 2012

Promethean promises to reinvest in UK VARs

Education vendor to refocus energies on local channel in 2012

13 Mar 2012

Government procurement changes could help SMBs win

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

12 Mar 2012

Kelway prescribes RES to soothe NHS Trust's login woes

VAR forges closer ties with Aintree NHS Foundation Trust through desktop management software rollout

09 Mar 2012

Government shakes up suppliers on £1bn print framework

XMA and Xerox win big, while Ricoh, Danwood and Altodigital sidelined as suppliers confirmed for MFD and services deal, ChannelWeb learns

07 Mar 2012

MoD seeks IT services partner for £100m seven-year deal

Ministry of Defence publishes contract notice to trim five existing IT services contracts into one long-term relationship

02 Mar 2012

Logicalis toasts Welsh shared services success

Integrator claims that 90 per cent of Welsh public sector firms are using its shared WAN service

01 Mar 2012

G-Cloud boss tackles supplier concerns

New cloud framework’s programme director responds to concerns raised by integrator Proact

29 Feb 2012

Windows Azure outage hits CloudStore

Ongoing availability problems with cloud platform's service management and compute platforms forces G-Cloud and others offline

29 Feb 2012

Paradigm Audio Visual partners eInstruction on classroom tech

Disti augments whiteboard and projection offerings for the interactive classroom

29 Feb 2012

Trustmarque lobs Snow at NHS trusts

VAR inks deal with SAM vendor following distribution of last National Enterprise Agreements

28 Feb 2012

Taking Google to the next level

As it talks up top enterprise customers and a far more rigorous channel operation, we ask the vendor, its partners and rivals where it goes from here

28 Feb 2012

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