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News and information about Microsoft related IT for people who work in UK government from the Microsoft UK Government team.
Week in government tech: What are the leading causes of IT failure in the public sector?
The government put forward a set of consultation proposals for a "consistent, single set of...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/23/2013
Yammer kills the flipchart and whiteboard
This post is by Robin Denton, Jamie Burgess and Ian McKenzie. Take a look at this picture of flip...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/17/2013
What the 10 strangest questions put to local councils teach us about government communication
It's no secret that citizens ask a lot of their government -- but some questions are trickier to...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/05/2013
Week in government tech: U.K. gov. could save £24 billion annually by going totally digital, report finds
Top Story: The U.K. government is already on track to save £1.7 billion annually after 2015 by...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/04/2013
How do you manage data carved in stone?
Even in today's Digital By Default world, the headstones commemorating the sacrifices of servicemen...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 08/29/2013
Week in Gov. Tech: G-Cloud sales figures hold steady -- but is procurement getting any easier?
Top Story: Cost-cutting, not performance, is still the primary driver in local government technology...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 08/27/2013
Working faster or working better: Which saves public sector orgs more money in the long run?
It's no secret that government organisations are under pressure to cut costs. But in the rush to...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 08/23/2013
How Royal Mail cut its hardware costs by 33%
Royal Mail was able to cut it's hardware costs by one-third and it's desktop support costs by...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 08/16/2013
Microsoft Surface for Education Offer
Surface RT is an incredibly useful tool for teaching and learning. The feedback we have had from...
Author: Alexbuk Date: 08/05/2013
Making Flood Warnings More Accessible to Businesses and Citizens
Flooding across the United Kingdom has become increasingly prevalent over recent year’s...
Author: Alexbuk Date: 08/02/2013
Tube Lines empowers staff with mobile computing, improves service
First responder teams at Tube Lines work all day, every day, to ensure safe and timely travel on the...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/22/2013
Civil Service Live 2013 – envisioning the future of government
This year’s theme for Civil Service Live (CSL) was ‘Be Exceptional’ – a...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/19/2013
Digital by design – users, users, users are the top three priorities
Previous blog postings on the ‘Government Reimagined – The Evidence’ panel session...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/15/2013
Exciting Opportunity for Microsoft Partners to respond to the UK Government’s Digital Service Framework and become a supplier of Agile Development Services
Microsoft would like to draw your attention to the announcement of the UK Government’s new...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/12/2013
Digital inclusion – 95% of British cattle transactions made online
The panel session on ‘Government Reimagined – The Evidence’ at Civil Service Live...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/12/2013
Digital by Default: The curious incident of the dog in the night time
At Civil Service Live in London last week, Microsoft ran a panel session on ‘Government...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/11/2013
Discover the future of a digital Civil Service at Civil Service Live 2013
On Tuesday and Wednesday the Microsoft Public Sector team will be at Civil Service Live 2013 in...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/01/2013
Virtualising saves 15% for Isle of Man’s ICT operations
Like all public sector organisations these days, cutting the costs of ICT operations is a priority...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/28/2013
Civil Service Live 2013. Government Reimagined – the evidence
Civil Service Live 2013 - Wednesday July 3rd, 11:00AM Conference Room 3 – Olympia Conference...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/24/2013
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Services launches PSN360
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Services (FCOS) has just announced a set of secure services...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/19/2013
Bringing to life new technology in the working environment
As you may have read on our blog last week, Microsoft will have a significant presence at this...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/17/2013
See Government Data Brought to Life at Civil Service Live
Are you coming to Civil Service Live (CSL) this year? We’re really looking forward to being...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/07/2013
Social Tools in the Workplace
Microsoft research released on 27th May reports that almost half of employees believe that social...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/04/2013
Real Impact for Lean and Modern Government
In the face of declining budgets, we are all challenged to do more and new with less – wanting...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/30/2013
The Times, They Are A-Changin’ – the organisational love/hate relationship with social media
Recently I watched a video of O2’s Ronan Dunne talking about how he, as a CEO, joined Twitter...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/24/2013
Re-imagining Work: Shifts in the Digital Revolution
Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, imagines what might be possible if...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/22/2013
A new Microsoft UK in Government website is born!
Spring has finally sprung (hopefully) - a time for renewal and rejuvenation ...and that is exactly...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/16/2013
City Council makes significant savings replacing existing system with unified communications
Faced with the challenge of funding cuts, rising customer expectations, and having to move premises,...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/10/2013
Constabulary lowers costs, increases public safety with enhanced collaboration
The Cambridgeshire Constabulary wanted to replace an outdated Lotus Notes environment and transform...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/03/2013
'Digital by Default' - Microsoft Dynamics CRM event for Central Government - 3rd May
Please join us at our Digital by Default' Central Government event taking place on 3 May at our...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/30/2013
City of London improves customer satisfaction while sharing best practise with the SLG
The City of London is an ancient organisation using modern technology to deliver services to a large...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/30/2013
The Consumer at Work: Creating the next generation of business applications
The first 60 years of business software has been focused on making operations more effective and...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/24/2013
Building a platform for the future
Kenny Blair works in Microsoft's platform modernisation team across Europe. In this short video he...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/16/2013
TfL builds next generation ticketing platform
TfL's Oyster card has proven extremely popular with Londoners, however the organisation is not...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/12/2013
Public Sector Windows 8 Apps eBook
Over the past few weeks we have been compiling eight great public sector apps which can be found in...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/28/2013
G-Cloud Webcast: What Microsoft Offers and How to Buy
We recently ran a webcast with representatives from the Cabinet Office G-Cloud Team, Microsoft and a...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/28/2013
The sky’s the limit as opendata weather transactions hit 555,000 per month
The Coalition Government has made data and transparency defining themes of its agenda for this...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/27/2013