G-Cloud

Whitehall loves the cloud. But the public sector is still playing catch-up

This year marks a decade since the government launched its G-Cloud procurement framework. Despite sounding suspiciously like a rejected product…

AWS Mopping Up Vast Majority of UK Gov’t Cloud Contracts

A casual observer of the much-hyped "cloud wars" would assume the hyperscale cloud providers are neck-and-neck as they compete to…

We’re Not Killing G-Cloud, says CCS, Just Putting Hyperscale Elsewhere

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the agency responsible for government commercial and procurement activity, presides over a sprawling range of frameworks…

G-Cloud 11 Brings All the SMEs to the Yard

The latest iteration of a major government procurement framework, G-Cloud 11, now lists a substantial 4,200 potential public sector IT…

Is G-Cloud Fit for Purpose?

The UK public sector currently spends in excess of £200 billion procuring goods and services from third parties every year…

G-Cloud 10 Launches, Shrugging off Delay Concerns

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) have opened shop on G-Cloud 10, shrugging off fears that it would be delayed till 2019.…

Total G-Cloud sales hit £1.58bn

Sales made through the government’s G-Cloud framework continue to rise but they continue to be dominated by central government. The…