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A red tape-wrapped rant at Europe's flawed cloud thinking This article is sponsored by:

I'm incredibly sceptical about the efforts from the European Commission to create a 'European Cloud', fearing as I do that the ongoing PRISM scandal is being exploited to support a political agenda in Europe. Here's the latest document from the Commission which makes me rather annoyed.

Just how do you say no to government IT suppliers? This article is sponsored by:

Queensland's managed it; the US GSA has had a stab at it; so why might Europe's procurement rule change not help its national governments IT purchasing?

Government set to pull IT snouts out of the trough This article is sponsored by:

The public sector is rife with costly IT failures, but the usual suspects continue to pick up new contracts. Is the time approaching when doing a bad job might not lead to fresh revenue streams?

Challenging the orthodoxy - Amazon v IBM This article is sponsored by:

Amazon has won the latest round in its battle to be awarded a cloud infrastructure contract. IBM's challenge is thrown out. What does this mean for vendors going forward?

Digital democracy and reinventing government This article is sponsored by:

"We ain't seen nothing yet. That's why I stick around in this political world." Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California, has strong digital government ambitions.

IT was worse before - the Universal Credit defence? This article is sponsored by:

It was going wrong, but I've put things right - UK government minister Iain Duncan Smith defends progress on Universal Credit, but still points a finger at IT failures, past and present.

No credit for UK government universal benefits IT This article is sponsored by:

The UK government's flagship Universal Credit program is intended to be a shining example of its digital thinking in practice. But a new watchdog report seems to suggest more of the traditional bad old ways of working.

Ditch digital by default; just go digital - full stop! This article is sponsored by:

Ditch digital by default; just go digital - full stop! Stark advice for the UK government.

Six myths of on-premise security: an NSA primer This article is sponsored by:

Edward Snowden also revealed the parlous state of the NSA's IT security regime. There are lessons to be learned by every large enterprise.

Is more G-Cloud needed to challenge the big SIs? This article is sponsored by: