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JDA Software CEO to London's Mayor - come and welcome our bet on Brexit Britain

US supply chain management firm JDA Software is expanding in London, despite Brexit. CEO Girish Rishi has a plea to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

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Learning to share - why with collective will, direction and agile delivery, shared services can revolutionise government

How do you allow civil servants to spend less time doing administration, so that they can spend more time delivering vital services to the public? UKCloud's Cloud Strategist, Bill Mew, explains why it is hoped that shared service centres, date sharing and shared micro-services are part of the answer!

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Will 2018 be the year governments get their citizen services in order?

Today's digital generation expects efficient, online citizen services. Will 2018 be the year governments get them in order? asks Unit4's Henk Jan Onstwedder

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Microsoft Ignite - use case citations support the product pitches

Use case exemplars were the order of the day to support the inevitable product pitches from various Microsoft execs at Ignite 17.

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Oracle's cloud revenues soar for Q1 FY2018 as "self-driving database" waits in the wings

Cloud revenues up 51% year-on-year, but Wall Street is cool on lower-than-expected second quarter outlook. But first, OpenWorld and self-driving databases.

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Oracle expands Cloud at Customer offering to include PaaS and SaaS

Oracle Cloud at Customer serves as a compromise for companies that want to keep their data on site, but want some of the benefits of public cloud.

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Procurement myopia - digital buyers must focus on business need, not cost

Traditional procurement focus needs to shift away from cost-cutting to business value, according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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The push to CloudSuite Financials - how an Infor customer and partner passed their go-live test

This CloudSuite Financials use case tells the story of an Infor customer (Palos Health) and partner (Avaap consulting) that pulled off a high-pressure go-live. Together, they told me how they got it done.

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Accenture passes 50% in its shift to 'The New'

Accenture is now 50% transitioned to The New of cloud and digital services. But the Trump administration's failure to deliver on public sector reform is taking a toll.

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Former NAO digital chief - ‘Many in public sector think tech, not customer’

Dr Sally Howes OBE, former digital lead at the National Audit Office (NAO), shares her lessons on what it takes to become a digital organization.

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The dynamics of public sector transformation - a chat with the Infor team

Public sector transformation is a heck of a topic - especially in today's political hot bed. After their Federal Forum event in D.C. last week, the Infor team shared their views in this exclusive on driving change - and why the public sector is drawn to cloud adoption. We also hit on the barriers public sector "change agents" encounter.