Public Sector
Softcat awarded sole supplier status on colossal £160m framework
Reseller to bolster Scottish presence after winning deal
IBM wins £30m NHS cybersecurity deal
Deal will see the NHS' SOC expanded, as the public sector looks to strengthen its security following WannaCry
Partners praise newly launched G-Cloud 10 but call for stronger policing
G-Cloud 10 went live today with 3,500 suppliers
Stone wins deal to supply 6,200 PCs to Public Health England
Staffordshire-based system builder wins tech referesh deal via Technology Product 2 framework
Healthcare in 2040: How robots could transform the NHS
Eli Neale, client services manager at Softwire, offers a glimpse of the tech landscape NHS suppliers could face in 20 years' time
Bytes secures £150m Microsoft deal with the NHS
Five-year contract will see Bytes roll out Windows 10 licences to over one million NHS users
More than four in five G-Cloud 9 suppliers yet to transact a single deal
CRN analysis finds that the overwhelming majority of suppliers on G-Cloud 9 hadn't made a sale as of 31 December
CCS unveils timetable for G-Cloud 10
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) confirms that applications for the framework will start in under a month
CCS makes second framework U-turn
Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 framework to open for bids in July
Government back-tracks on G-Cloud delay
G-Cloud 10 to launch this year following pressure from suppliers
G-Cloud sales edge towards £3bn
Large suppliers still taking home the lion share of framework spending
Education player RM sees revenue jump, but IT supplier division struggles
IT software and services arm sees revenue drop, but managed services revenue increased
Microsoft secures mammoth security deal with the NHS
Agreement will see Microsoft secure over 1.5 million NHS machines
Be bold and be brave
It's an unsettling time for public sector suppliers, but those who take their chances will thrive, argues GlobalData principal analyst Rob Anderson
G-Cloud 9 extended until 2019
CCS confirms framework extension, saying the decision 'has not been taken lightly'
Samsung wins mega £210m public sector contract
South Korean vendor reportedly beat off competition from Motorola and British firm Sepura
NHS seeks partner for £20m SOC contract
Public sector body increases security following WannaCry disaster in May
G-Cloud 10 expected to be delayed until 2019
Sources claim tenth iteration of framework will may not launch until 2019, with G-Cloud 9 set to be extended by 12 months
We need shorter IT contracts, urges government report
Longer-term IT contracts 'no longer represent value for money' claims Government Commercial Function report
'First online training course' launched for struggling G-Cloud suppliers
Public sector procurement consultancy Advice Cloud looks to help suppliers struggling to utilise framework
Suppliers sought for £50m networking framework
Framework will see networking equipment and services supplied to higher-education institutions
CCS drops Lot on £3bn framework after 'error' during bidding process
Dedicated IT Lot on framework set to go ahead as planned
Eleven resellers bag spot on £440m IT framework
NDNA framework sees partners sell desktops and notebooks from the likes of Acer, HP and Lenovo - while Dell opts to go direct
Former G-Cloud frontman fearful of framework bloats
After calling time on a 35-year civil service career, Tony Singleton opened up to Tom Wright on his time leading the framework, as well as his concerns for the future
