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Aberdeen City Council has chosen Atos Origin to provide managed datacentre services and a virtual desktop environment. The [pounds sterling]10m deal will provide 5,000 council staff with a virtual desktop [...]

The City of York has signed a [pounds sterling]13.7m, eight-year renewable contract for a city-wide managed fibre network with Pinacl Solutions and H2O Networks. The network will serve the council's [...]

Cardiff Council has signed an innovative 15-year 'insourcing' deal with Indian supplier TCS in a move that will allow it to transform its IT services while retaining its in-house technology […]

Salford City Council is using RSA's enVision security appliance to control access to the Government Connect Secure Extranet (GCSX). Joe Whiteley, ICT infrastructure specialist at Salford City Council, said the […]

Greenwich council has signed a seven-year £6m network services deal with Logicalis. The deal includes the upgrade and implementation of a local area network (Lan) and wide area network (Wan), […]

Gloucestershire County Council says it has already banked £5m in savings from an IT transformation contract with Capgemini, and that it is aiming for total savings of £60m. By early […]

Leicester City Council is the first public sector organisation to sign-up for the joint Microsoft/Novell support contract to support its Windows and open source infrastructure. The contract will help the […]

Shefflield and Essex Councils turn to Civica for educational IT services Sheffield City Council has awarded software and services group Civica a £45m contract to contribute to the nine year […]

in brief Google Checkout is released in the UK Google has premiered its Google Checkout payment service in the UK. The application is designed to offer low-cost transaction processing for […]

Will Hadfield will.hadfield@rbi.co.uk Surrey County Council expects to cut its network operating costs by up to 25% after signing a five-year, £18m deal to move from a bespoke IP network […]

In briefEC portal to share open source in public sectorThe European Commission is to open a web portal to facilitate the use of shared open source software across the public […]

Lindsay Clark lindsay.clark@rbi.co.uk Continuity of services was a key factor when Leeds Learning Network, a filtered internet service provider for more than 400 schools, libraries and learning centres around Leeds, […]

North Lanarkshire signs £5m IT services deal North Lanarkshire Council has signed a £5m, four-year contract with IT services firm Steria to provide IT support and infrastructure management from January […]

Antony Savvas computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk Stirling Council has selected Thus as a single provider to deliver, manage and maintain its voice communications network. The council said Thus will take full control of […]

Pendle outsources IT to Liberata in £100m deal Pendle Council has awarded outsourcing firm Liberata a contract worth £100m over 15 years. More than 180 council employees will transfer to […]

Mike Simons Islington Council is to pay ITNet more than pound sterling2m to end its troubled housing benefits contract with the IT services and outsourcing company. The council will take […]

Computacenter has agreed a deal to provide managed services to North Yorkshire County Council. The six-year agreement is worth12 more than 12m […]