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EY reported to have pushed up UKCloud charges by 700%

When UKCloud, the public sector hosting firm, went into liquidation, the government’s assurances that there would be little to no disruption as a result may have been premature. Reports in the media coming from some of UKCloud’s remaining customers suggest…

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Cloud Procurement and Contracting: 6 Steps to a Beneficial Outcome

Developing the infrastructure within your organisation to transition from on-premise servers to cloud-based hosted systems comes with significant advantages. However, when you’re procuring potentially complex cloud solutions, particularly Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), there are also a multitude of challenges…

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Shareholders suing Oracle over ‘misleading statements’ regarding moving clients to the cloud

You will have probably heard of Oracle. Founded over 40 years ago by Larry Ellison who remains its Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), along with Bob Miner and Ed Oates. It employs 137,000 people and turns over c.$40bn.…

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Is there a Perception that Oracle is Misleading its Clients Over its Cloud Licensing Terms? 5 insights to be aware of

I recently came across an article in Forbes about Oracle’s cloud licensing terms that raises questions about whether it is misleading its clients over its operating practice. While this issue has arisen over Oracle’s cloud offerings, the key principles may…

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ERP Procurement: Discovering the Method That’s Best For You

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) procurement is an area that I find fascinating. Undertaking to purchase one system that spans the entirety of an organisation’s processes is both ambitious and risky — it promises enormous reward but is ready to trip you…

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5 Common Cloud Computing Contract Terms You Must Look Out For

5 Common Cloud Computing Contract Terms You Must Look Out For

In the past few weeks we have explored how cloud computing procurement can go wrong and how an adjusted approach to the same situation can result in a beneficial outcome. However, we ended last week’s post with a disclaimer —…

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Is Cloud Computing the Best Long-Term Solution for the Public Sector?

Cloud computing is becoming more and more relevant to public sector organisations. After all, the much-publicised G-Cloud Plan calls for 50% of new government IT spending to move to cloud computing services by 2015. However, adoption of CloudStore products has been…

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