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Making the difficult things happen...

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Joined August 2012
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Good piece on the problems of outsourcing - more direct business with SMEs would be more competitive and drive growth instead of going through too few big players newstatesman.com/politics/ec…
I share your concerns on this @Derek_duPreez the has been some hard won progress and credibility developed by GDS in these areas which risks getting diluted with such moves teapawt.org/diginomica_gov/status/…
Exclusive – GDS to lose control of Data Policy, being handed to DCMS dlvr.it/QDhp2D
That's a lot of missed sales projections and missed opportunities by cloud vendors. Vendors need to up their game on this, but we need reliable data on what buyers are looking for and when, so vendors can develop competitive services that meet needs @gov_procurement teapawt.org/InSadly/status/9590989…
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by sales value SMEs taking 48% - would be good to see this go back above 50%. wider public sector still the laggards with only 17% of sales @InSadly we need that LA engagement plan!
How can cost-conscious organisations benefit from an imaginative provider? publicsectorexecutive.com/Pu… via @PSENews
Cloud group says IT skills shortages are holding back digital transformation central-government.governmen…
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This should benefit SMES by making it “easier and cheaper to sell to government” engagement with industry is critical to realise the benefit teapawt.org/GovComputing/status/92…
CCS and GDS team up to simplify public sector contracts ift.tt/2Ad93VB
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Benn letter to Davis quite interesting. Suggests DExEU not allowed to redact impact assessments ahead of sending them to Brexit committee.,
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Agree. Transformation needs the right culture, the right skills, and the right mindset to succeed. Without the right people it will fail. teapawt.org/thinkdigicon/status/92…
Socitm: Want transformation? Fine - change up your recruitment approach - go.shr.lc/2z7mHMg @SocitmLondon #equality #skills #jobs
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"... in some cases, we’ve seen an incredibly sharp fall in the costs." @MattHancock can you commit to build out the G-Cloud model elsewhere?
Great to hear recognition of G-Cloud @MattHancock "The impact of the G-cloud has been incredible – over £1 billion has now gone to SMEs..."
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There is an army of partners helping people and companies to make this an exciting journey @panos_panay teapawt.org/MSFTBusinessUK/status/…
'In three years – 50% of the workforce will be mobile – it's up to us to enable an entirely new culture of work' @panos_panay #FutureDecoded