All blogs / Tech news / industry
Microsoft UK Government Blog
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ukgovernment
News and information about Microsoft related IT for people who work in UK government from the Microsoft UK Government team.
- Posts
- 593 from 28 Jun 2007 to 5 May 2015
- Posting
- archived, read-only
- Kind
- company blog
- Feed
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ukgovernment/feed.xml
2015 8
- How to save your files in ODF formats using Office 365
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary disrupts traditional approaches to Policing at Home Office exhibition
- What are the essential steps to deploying new technology in the public sector?
- Microsoft exhibiting at Security & Policing – March 10th-12th, Farnborough
- 4 more chances to learn if Microsoft Office 365 is right for your organisation
- New Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Crown Commercial Service following expiration of PSA12
- Latest CESG security guidance highlights new strengths in Windows Phone 8.1
- Heading into the cloud: Cloud and mobile technology is key to driving efficiencies across the public sector
2014 88
- Is Microsoft Office 365 right for your organisation?
- How the cloud is future-proofing IT at the UK Supreme Court
- Help the UK stay safe on Cyber Monday
- What’s driving the development of Future Intelligent Cities?
- Whatever happened to Building 6?
- Intelligent Lighting: How Microsoft UK shed 60,000 Kgs of C02 emissions with a single switch
- Why UCAS looks to the cloud on results day
- Learn the 5 keys to managing a successful public sector IT overhaul
- Meet UK Government open standards mandates with Microsoft Office
- Explore the future of public sector innovation with Microsoft at Procurement Week 2015
- Microsoft CityNext: Discover the future of efficient local government with London Borough of Newham
- Tim Berners-Lee & the trends driving the Web's future
- 5 free events for IT Pros looking to master the cloud
- Microsoft CityNext is searching for this year's UK Digital City!
- Microsoft CityNext: How Nottinghamshire County Council is saving money on the go
- Microsoft CityNext: Norfolk County Council transforms citizen services with a cloud-based information hub
- Discover the value of tablets with this ROI calculator
- Microsoft CityNext: The key to turning data into citizen insights
- Learn how to keep your public sector office compliant with the ODF mandate
- Microsoft CityNext: Rising to the code challenge
- FAQ: What does CPA certification of Microsoft's VPN mean for your office?
- Microsoft CityNext: How Merseytravel lowered costs and improved service by digitising their training programs
- How digital democracy – and the digital divide – could shape the future of UK politics
- See Satya Nadella make his first UK appearance at Future Decoded
- Why your meetings are broken – and what you can do to fix them
- Microsoft CityNext: Watch how the Internet of Things is transforming the London Underground
- Get Online @ Home offers free PCs with 12-month broadband signup to combat the digital divide
- Could you work from a bus all day? This guy makes it look easy!
- Microsoft CityNext: How technology is transforming Cambridgeshire Police
- Civil Service Live 2014 – Learn to fight “Infobesity” and reimagine your organisation with Dave Coplin
- Civil Service Live 2014: Exploring a day of smarter working -- Phase 5: Being flexible in the field
- Civil Service Live 2014: Exploring a day of smarter working -- Phase 4: Being flexible in the office
- Civil Service Live 2014: Exploring a day of smarter working -- Phase 3: Flexible beyond devices
- Civil Service Live 2014: Exploring a day of smarter working -- Phase 2: All aboard!
- Civil Service Live 2014: Exploring a day of smarter working -- Phase 1: It all begins at home
- Civil Service Live 2014 – Discover what a day of smarter working really looks like
- Everything fit for purpose: A new approach to device standardisation
- Microsoft CityNext: Meet the UK Digital City of the Year!
- What can parents do to keep their children safer online?
- FAQ: What Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365 OFFICIAL accreditation means for your organisation
- Microsoft’s mobility platform means business
- 3 ways UK organisations need to reimagine their relationship with mobile
- Microsoft CityNext: How better customer service helped Sunderland City Council save money
- Microsoft CityNext: Bringing city and citizen data to life with Shaping Cloud
- The Rise of the Humans: How to outsmart the digital deluge
- Buying event tickets online? Here’s how to make sure you’re not getting ripped off
- What can IT departments do to minimise security risks?
- Microsoft CityNext: Getting to grips with managing multi-agency outcomes in social care
- Microsoft City Next: 10 essentials for successful mobile application development
- Microsoft CityNext: What are the megatrends shaping cities?
- Microsoft CityNext: Examining the role of population health in designing 21st century cities
- Who will be the UK Digital City of the Year? Finalists announced!
- Poll: “Bored” by the cloud? Here’s what you might be missing
- Microsoft CityNext: Turning data into best practices at a local level
- Microsoft CityNext: Reimagining the future of business with Kent County Council
- Free event: Learn to find the insights hiding in your organisations’ data
- What makes an organisation “brilliant”? Find out with Microsoft and IMGROUP
- Microsoft CityNext: How the cloud transformed Barcelona
- Microsoft CityNext: Learn to put public transportation data to work with Black Marble
- Free event: Learn to get more from your existing workflow investments
- Microsoft CityNext: How to turn customer service into a cost saver
- Microsoft CityNext: How technology can help cities focus on citizens
- Infographic: Telling the final chapter of the Windows XP story
- The MOD has an ace up its sleeve in the battle against lost productivity
- Free eBook: “Bringing UK government into the cloud”
- Empowering future generations with technology
- Microsoft CityNext: Making the case for service transformation with IEG4 and Stockport MBC
- Video: Welsh option comes to Microsoft Translate, with help from the National Assembly for Wales
- Learn the ‘How of the Cloud’ with Government Computing and Microsoft
- Don’t believe the hype: Get the facts about secure software for government
- Get access to free live flood warning data with the FloodAlerts API
- What will the mobile boom mean for your office? Here’s one way to find out
- How to switch your office to modern devices for a fraction of the usual cost
- Microsoft CityNext: Exploring the gamification of patient care
- Safer Internet Day 2014: Do 1 Thing to make the Web a safer place
- Get the flexible working answers you need at Mobile Government 2014
- Microsoft Dynamics is now IL2 accredited on CloudStore
- Microsoft CityNext: Turning IT transformation into savings and better services
- CESG provides guidance on Windows 8.1: What does that mean for your organisation?
- UK public sector working as a network: How to transform with enterprise social
- Microsoft CityNext: Nominate the UK Digital City of the Year! Just 2 weeks to go!
- Getting responsive with no-e-mail Fridays
- It turns out mobile working isn’t just convenient – it’s a cost-saver too
- Microsoft CityNext: Helping Guide Dogs support people with sight loss
- Responsive government: Changing the flow of information to transform your organisation
- Windows XP support ends in less than 3 months and you still haven’t upgraded: How do you get started?
- Microsoft City Next: How does data transparency benefit UK cities?
- It's time to rethink public sector collaboration -- here's how
2013 91
- Microsoft CityNext: What does Big Data mean for the future of cities?
- 4 common misconceptions about the cloud – and how they’re holding back your organisation
- How the Scottish Government learned to love flexible working
- Watch how Windows 8 mobile devices are making repairs to the London Underground easier than ever
- How did West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue increase productivity by 35% after five minutes of training?
- How an app no one uses could be endangering your IT security
- Migrating from Windows XP SP3 & Office 2003? Learn how support can make the shift easier
- Microsoft CityNext: Learn the 5 stages of healthy cities
- Microsoft CityNext: “Innovation needs investment, even in challenging times”
- Microsoft CityNext: Green light for a mobile Manchester
- Microsoft CityNext: Let’s talk about the future of cities
- Social collaboration is now easier than ever for Government workers – here’s why
- Free online workshop: Lower data storage costs by as much as 80% with the power of the cloud
- Microsoft CityNext: Learn how Big Data could help lower energy costs
- Public sector CIOs say innovation matters even more to government orgs
- Microsoft CityNext: Is your city the UK Digital City of the Year?
- Event: Taking Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Project Server to the next level
- Microsoft services reappointed to G-Cloud Framework v4
- Event: Get ready to Get It Done on 7 Nov.
- Event: Learn how to keep your organisation's IT modern with minimal fuss
- Event: Learn how to turn citizen data into actionable intelligence
- 5 things everyone should know about the Surface Pro 2
- Windows 8.1 is live: Here’s why it matters for the public sector
- Event: Learn to deliver great customer experience for public sector in a ‘digital by default’ world
- Why the Scottish Government is turning to tablets to get more done
- 3 keys to successfully embracing ‘digital by default’
- What does the latest CESG devices security guidance mean for you?
- Is your organisation’s IT “people-centric”?
- The call that’s going to save the Scottish Borders Council £1 million
- Week in government tech: Wireless Internet access comes to the A14 via 'white space' pilot
- Windows 8 tablets help Hampshire Police save time and save the day
- How much money is outdated software costing your organisation?
- Week in government tech: Could BYOD come to the public sector?
- Free webinar: Welsh Government shares its digital delivery and cost-cutting secret
- Week in government tech: What are the leading causes of IT failure in the public sector?
- Yammer kills the flipchart and whiteboard
- What the 10 strangest questions put to local councils teach us about government communication
- Week in government tech: U.K. gov. could save £24 billion annually by going totally digital, report finds
- How do you manage data carved in stone?
- Week in Gov. Tech: G-Cloud sales figures hold steady -- but is procurement getting any easier?
- Working faster or working better: Which saves public sector orgs more money in the long run?
- How Royal Mail cut its hardware costs by 33%
- Microsoft Surface for Education Offer
- Making Flood Warnings More Accessible to Businesses and Citizens
- Tube Lines empowers staff with mobile computing, improves service
- Civil Service Live 2013 – envisioning the future of government
- Digital by design – users, users, users are the top three priorities
- Exciting Opportunity for Microsoft Partners to respond to the UK Government’s Digital Service Framework and become a supplier of Agile Development Services
- Digital inclusion – 95% of British cattle transactions made online
- Digital by Default: The curious incident of the dog in the night time
- Discover the future of a digital Civil Service at Civil Service Live 2013
- Virtualising saves 15% for Isle of Man’s ICT operations
- Civil Service Live 2013. Government Reimagined – the evidence
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office Services launches PSN360
- Bringing to life new technology in the working environment
- See Government Data Brought to Life at Civil Service Live
- Social Tools in the Workplace
- Real Impact for Lean and Modern Government
- The Times, They Are A-Changin’ – the organisational love/hate relationship with social media
- Re-imagining Work: Shifts in the Digital Revolution
- A new Microsoft UK in Government website is born!
- City Council makes significant savings replacing existing system with unified communications
- Constabulary lowers costs, increases public safety with enhanced collaboration
- 'Digital by Default' - Microsoft Dynamics CRM event for Central Government - 3rd May
- City of London improves customer satisfaction while sharing best practise with the SLG
- The Consumer at Work: Creating the next generation of business applications
- Building a platform for the future
- TfL builds next generation ticketing platform
- Public Sector Windows 8 Apps eBook
- G-Cloud Webcast: What Microsoft Offers and How to Buy
- The sky’s the limit as opendata weather transactions hit 555,000 per month
- The big advantages of flexible working - radio interview with Microsoft's Dave Coplin
- Office 365 allows flexible working for all, slashes IT costs and enables a ‘paperless office’ for Wiltshire Council
- Public Sector case studies for Budget day
- Tablets that mean business – Windows 8 helping cut the total cost of ownership
- 20 things you didn’t know you could do with natural user interfaces
- UK GovCamp 2013 - a selection of highlights
- A modern desktop for government - update
- Microsoft on G-Cloud Webcast - Friday 8th March
- Anywhere Working - how to work where and how you want
- Leading Global Humanitarian Society Selects Cloud, Enhances Capacity and Response
- Texas moves to the cloud with Microsoft
- Public sector licensing product and programme fundamentals event - 18th Feb!
- Microsoft Office 365 Receives G-Cloud IL2 Accreditation from Cabinet Office for Use Across the UK Public Sector
- Get Online at Home - £49 PC with Windows 7 offer is back
- Energized! - A blog from our Worldwide team...
- The Electoral Commission improves data accuracy and customer service with CRM
- Shared learning for maximum benefit to local councils
- Four cool R&D projects that are going to change your world
- Chair of Shared Learning Group talks about how it can benefit UK councils
- A New Year's resolution: smarter cities in 2013
2012 81
- Replace expensive legacy database platforms - January customer roundtable
- Microsoft server technology powers the new era of IT
- The compelling case for Windows 8
- Day two at SOCITM 2012
- What G-Cloud and the CloudStore means for the public sector
- What can Windows Server 2012 do for my government organisation?
- Microsoft launches three-year programme to help tackle youth unemployment
- All change – Steve Ballmer discusses innovation, Microsoft and enterprise IT
- easyJet transforms business model with cloud and Azure - what about in government?
- Cloud Computing for Fire & Rescue Services
- Council boosts collaboration and customer service with business management software
- Are you the government of the future?
- Microsoft Ltd re-appointed to Government’s ‘G-Cloud’ Framework v2
- Windows Phone 8 is here and ready for business!
- Why I’m excited about Windows 8 for government
- Windows 8 gets big support among global partners
- Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europe
- Windows 8 for free!
- Microsoft cited as leader in cloud collaboration by independent research firm
- Council expands shared services and makes significant savings through virtualisation
- A bright future for cities? Thoughts from the “Future of Cities” forum
- Deploying Windows 8 within Microsoft
- Well on the way to Cloud
- CIO Summit - here we come!
- A Titanic Lync Up
- Did you know Microsoft has open government initiatives worldwide?
- OEMs Introduce Innovative New PC Designs for Windows 8
- North Wales Police deploy Lync to save lives
- Getting back in touch: Portugal undergoes citizen services revolution
- The Shared Learning Group is now in the Clouds
- Channel Shift in Public Services: Have we reached the tipping point?
- First, Best and Secure - taking security seriously
- London councils cut costs significantly through joint working and re-using web solutions
- Heads in the cloud - Are we relying on online storage too much?
- The Cloud is a journey, not an ultimatum
- U.K. District Councils cut costs by creating a new company
- System Management: Breaking the 70/30 split of ICT budgets
- Unified Communications: Demise of the Desktop Phone
- Digital by Default - Councils don't have websites, they ARE websites
- Information Security - Next Steps in Identity for UK Police Forces
- Dear Government: Do you have an app for that?
- New FloodAlerts website goes live!
- What happens at the end of the Office 365 for education trial?
- Cloud to the rescue for West Midlands Ambulance Service
- G-Cloud and the future of public sector ICT
- Microsoft announces Surface: New Family of PCs for Windows
- Evidence that students do better with a PC at home
- Cloud Computing – Free Seminars on Private Cloud for Local Government
- A flood of praise for the new FloodAlerts Facebook application
- Microsoft Cloud Day for Developers – June 22nd 2012, London
- Solidsoft builds revolutionary CloudStore for Government
- Free online meeting and demo of Office 365 for UK charities
- Deploy and use Office 365
- Highlights from #bluelightcamp
- Join us at an App Compat Session near you!
- Latest agenda for the Worldwide Government Solutions Forum, London (24th-25th April)
- Cloud computing - Delivering the right services to the right users
- Moving to the cloud on your terms – 17 May 2012
- Be on cloud nine with Office 365 trial
- More info about Microsoft and the Government's G-Cloud Framework
- Unlock the value of business information – FREE research report and webcast
- A Microsoft approach to end user computing in UK Government
- Cloud computing - Infrastructure v platform (as a service)
- Cloud computing - Software as a service
- Cloud Computing - Delivering IT as a service
- Why attend the Worldwide Government Solutions Forum in April?
- Unlock the business value of information – Free webinar with the Register
- Cloud Computing - Why Cloud?
- Microsoft appointed to Government’s ‘G-Cloud’ Framework
- Smarter Government - a look at consumerisation of IT at Microsoft UK
- Operational Efficiency - fall in love with your browser this Valentine's Day!
- Windows Azure’s contribution to UK government Open Data
- Microsoft and Safer Internet Day 2012 - Tues 7th Feb!
- Making cities energy smart
- Day two at ukgovcamp 2012
- Day one at ukgovcamp 2012
- Government Gateway: A model for e-government service (plus events for your diary)
- Govcamp 2012 preview
- Get Online @ Home – benefits for local government
- Cloud powered forms reap benefits for councils
- What’s next for wireless broadband?
2011 80
- Operational Efficiency – SQLBits X: Technical Launch Event for SQL Server 2012
- Cloud Computing – Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud
- Windows Azure receives ISO 27001 certification
- Cloud Computing – Free Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
- Implementing Effective ICT Across the Public Sector
- The Commissioning Council - the future of local government?
- Smarter Government - SOCITM 2011 Further Reflections and What's Next?
- Smarter Government - Microsoft at SOCITM 2011 - Day 1 Reflections
- Operational Efficiency – Microsoft System Center 2012 Launch Roadshows Update
- Smarter Government - See you at SOCITM 2011
- Smarter Government – Windows Azure drives innovative use of open data
- Cloud Computing – SQL Server 2012 Cloud Ready Information Platform – Free Licensing Webinars
- Operational Efficiency – Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Summit – November 30th
- Cloud Computing – Free learning resources from Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Smarter Government - Information Governance in the Public Sector with SharePoint 2010
- Smarter Government – Microsoft on Government Worldwide Blog
- Cloud Computing – FREE White Paper on ‘What IT Professionals Need to Know’
- Operational Efficiency – West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue sees 35% productivity gain with unified communications
- Operational Efficiency – Microsoft Licensing for Public Sector Briefing – November 14, London
- Open Government – London Data Store on Windows Azure Improves Information Transparency
- Cloud Computing - Should the government develop a strategy to ensure the UK economy benefits from the cloud?
- Smarter Government – Identity Management with Forefront Identity Manager (Webinar)
- Operational Efficiency – System Center 2012 Launch Roadshows
- Smarter Government – Microsoft in Public Sector Live Meetings (Webinars)
- Smarter Government – Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP for Public Sector (Free White Paper)
- Operational Efficiency – Microsoft Tech Days Online – October 27th
- Smarter Government – Free Executive Briefing on managing ‘Big Data’ with Microsoft and HP
- Cloud Computing – Free White Paper: Microsoft and VMware – Functionality, Benefits and Economics Comparison
- Information Security – Free Webinar on Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (September 28th)
- Cloud Computing – Free Online Briefings on Microsoft Private Cloud on September 1
- Operational Efficiency – Free White Paper on Windows 7 Virtualisation
- Smarter Government - London Councils share technology to achieve £11m in cashable savings
- Information Security – Microsoft ‘BlueHat’ Prizes for Security Defence Technology
- Operational Efficiency - Councils Save £2.6 Million over Four Years with New Customer Contact Platform
- Data Management – 9th SQLBits Conference in Liverpool in September
- Cloud Computing – Housing Benefits forms processed 80% faster at lower cost with cloud solution
- Cloud Computing – San Francisco CIO on Transitioning 23000 employees to the Cloud
- Smarter Government – Keeping the streets clean with Windows Phone 7
- Smarter Government – Corporate Social Networking with SharePoint
- Cloud Computing - Local Authorities process citizens’ forms 80 percent faster with cloud solution
- Smarter Government – Irish Department of Social Protection Improves Benefits Processing with Microsoft
- Cloud Computing – Free eBooks on Cloud Computing Basics
- Cloud Computing - Office 365 Available Now
- Operational Efficiency – London Boroughs save £11m with shared technology services
- Smarter Government – The Hybrid Organisation in Practice (FREE Whitepaper)
- Smarter Government – Innovate, Save, Engage Customer Briefing in Leeds on September 22nd
- Smarter Government – Web Seminar on Secure Remote Working on July 14
- Open Government – Westminster Council and Microsoft Competition to Transform Data into Apps
- Operational Efficiency – Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Saves Money and Improves Efficiency with Hyper-V
- Smarter Government – Strategies to transform government in the 2.0 world (FREE white paper)
- Business Intelligence – FREE Application Platform Workshops in June
- Cloud Computing Update – Security and Virtualisation in Government using Microsoft Hyper-V
- Smarter Government – Shared Learning Group of Local Authorities
- Cloud Computing – Visit Microsoft at Cloud Computing World Forum (London) on June 21-22
- Operational Efficiency – Free SQL Server Licensing Guide from Independent Analyst
- Cloud Computing – New FREE White Papers from Microsoft
- Cloud Computing – Transform Your Datacentre with Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center
- Cloud Computing – Office 365 Public Beta Available Now
- Sign up for regular Microsoft UK Government Newsletters
- Smarter Government – Windows Phone 7 Use in Government
- Operational Efficiency – How British Waterways saves £9M a year in records management
- Open Government – New Accessibility Features for Office 2010
- Cloud Computing – Microsoft Management Summit 2011 – FREE One-Day Highlights Briefing on Tuesday May 3rd
- Smarter Government – Free Innovation Showcase Events on Microsoft Citizen Service Platform
- Open Government – Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice App
- Operational Efficiency – When Telecoms and IT Collide (FREE Webcast with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue)
- Operational Efficiency – FREE One Day Update on the Best of Microsoft Management Summit 2011
- Operational Efficiency – Deploying Windows 7 to 200,000 computers
- Cloud Computing – Security and Virtualisation in Government using Microsoft Hyper-V
- Smarter Government – West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue creates digital hub with SharePoint
- UKGovcamp 2011 – Highlights Briefing on March 17th
- Saving Money – Microsoft Licensing for the Public Sector (PSA09)
- Accessibility: Accessible Technology & Business Improvement Workshop (March 22nd)
- Operational Efficiency: Public Sector – A Shared Services Approach (FREE Customer Briefing)
- Operational Efficiency: Manage the Data Explosion with SQL Server (FREE Briefings)
- Cloud Computing: Hyper-V Private Cloud Roadshow Events Across the UK
- ukgovcamp 2011 - Follow it Live on Saturday January 22nd
- Cloud Computing – Microsoft Tech.Days Online
- Cloud Computing – US Department of Agriculture Deploys Cloud Solution for 120,000 Users
- Smarter Government – ukgovcamp 2011 on January 22nd 2011
2010 80
- Cloud Computing – Helping Transport for London Manage Travel Information for Mobile App Developers
- Information Security – Government Assurance Pack (GAP) for Windows 7
- Smarter Government – Microsoft to host UK GovCamp Conference in London in January 2011
- Cloud Computing – The Register Webcast on Optimised Datacentre and the Private Cloud
- Cloud Computing – Coca Cola’s Uses of SharePoint Online for Worldwide Workforce Collaboration
- Cloud Computing - Economics of the Cloud for the Public Sector (FREE White Paper)
- Cloud Computing - Affordable innovation in IT Services for the Public Sector (Free Seminar)
- Saving money by saving power - how Microsoft IT rolled out desktop power management
- Cloud Computing – Work Smarter with Office Communications Online (Live Meeting)
- Need some support for deploying Windows 7?
- Your complete guide to virtualisation - as a free download
- Operational Efficiency – Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Skills for Database Specialists
- Cloud Computing – Is Cloud-Computing Ready for Mission-Critical Apps?
- Cloud Computing – CSC Deploys Microsoft Cloud for State of California
- Cloud Computing – Microsoft Office 365
- Smarter Government: New York Journeys to the Cloud with Microsoft
- Operational Efficiency: Only 13% of citizen contact is currently online
- Smarter Government – Microsoft’s New MOU with UK Government
- Microsoft TechNet Springboard Tour - free event in Reading on November 1st
- Live Meeting: Performance Management in the Public Sector
- Windows 7 - (Almost) One Year Old
- Windows 7 and Office – Welsh Interface Supports Language Immersion in Technology
- Cloud Computing – Live Meeting for the Public Sector on Friday October 1st
- Operational Efficiency - Hyper-V versus VMware ESX & vSphere Operations & Management Cost Analysis
- Social Media and Computer Gaming – Their role in Government computing
- Business Intelligence - NHS Nottinghamshire PCT gains insights and decision-making power.
- Operational Efficiency – How Kingston University delivers a virtual desktop to 25,000 students and staff
- Smarter Government - Technology increases councils' productivity by £230m a year
- Public Sector Live Meetings – Cloud Computing, Performance Management and Unified Communications in October
- Environmental Sustainability – Windows 7 uses 30% less energy than XP
- Operational Efficiency – Nationwide Building Society improves payment processing from three days to real-time
- Business Intelligence – Norfolk Constabulary Reduces Crime with Performance Management Solution
- Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Conference – London on October 14th
- Environmental Sustainability – Cheshire Fire & Rescue cuts ICT carbon emissions by 36 tonnes
- Microsoft Licensing, Roadmap and Security – 38 briefings in 7 cities across the UK
- Operational Efficiency – how Lancashire Constabulary uses virtualisation to improve security, increase efficiency and reduce costs
- Cloud Computing – Private cloud with Windows Azure Appliance
- The future of mapping – The world according to Bing
- Smarter Government – Leicestershire Constabulary applies mapping technology to improve community safety
- Business Intelligence – 7th SQLBits Conference at University of York in September
- Cloud Computing – Combining on-premise software with hosted services
- Access all areas at T-in-the-Park Music Festival – Part 2
- Operational Efficiency – How Carlisle Council protects business-critical email and multi-agency data
- Backstage at ‘T in the Park’ Music Festival – Part 1
- Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope – Is there life on Mars?
- Smarter Government – How Medway Council uses technology to deliver self-directed social care
- Cloud Security - Know your network better than the attacker
- Environmental Sustainability - Saving money by effective power management
- The Micawber Principle of Public Sector Budgeting
- Cloud Computing - ‘Virtual Backpack’ information storage for homeless and vulnerable people
- Citizen Services – London Fire Brigade Boosts Productivity with Office 2010
- Citizen Services – How Leicester City Council Streamlines Financial Management with Microsoft
- Citizen Services – How London Borough of Brent Achieved Government Connect Compliance and Saved £459,000
- Work is what you do, not where you go
- Live Meetings - No Need to Miss the Unmissable
- Independent Study on Total Economic Impact of Office 2010
- Citizen Service Platform – How local authorities worldwide are improving citizen services
- Proving IT Value for Money in the Public Sector
- The Hybrid Organisation – the Public Sector in the New Economy
- Cloud Computing – Helping RNLI Save Lives
- Secure Identity Management – Live Meeting (Webinar) on June 11th
- Business Intelligence or Performance Intelligence in Public Sector?
- Microsoft Online Services – Free Trial for Public Sector Customers
- Love Clean Streets – Tackling Environmental Crimes in 33 London Boroughs
- Join ChangeBASE and Microsoft for a Live Meeting on Windows 7 Application Compatibility and Migration
- Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010
- Join Citrix and Microsoft for a Live Meeting (Webinar) on Simplifying Windows 7 Migration
- Manage the Future - Desktop to Cloud: The best of the Microsoft Management Summit – 18th May, London
- Live Meetings (Webinars) on Simplifying IT Operations
- Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 – Virtual Launch Event on May 12th
- Can technology improve public services?
- Microsoft Townhall - a cloud-based platform for citizen engagement
- LookingGlass - Listening to citizens and acting on social media
- Live Meeting (Webinar): Mapping Solutions with Bing Maps on February 26th
- Office 2010 - Most secure, manageable Office yet!
- Sunderland City Council wins Britain Works Challenge and £10M of IT Skills Training
- Seminar: Reduce costs and improve performance – January 20 in London
- Project 2010 Beta released
- Weather, work and webinars
- PSA09 – Schedule 1 Pricing Discount Extended to April 23rd 2010
2009 27
- ICT Self Service for Government Employees - cutting cost and improving satisfaction
- Save Up To 26% on Your Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement
- Roadshow Event: Microsoft Business Integration UK Road Show Event
- Breakfast Briefing: 17th November - Building Delivery Capability: Leadership, Skills & Tools with Rory Underwood MBE
- Saving Money with SharePoint in the Public Sector
- Live Meetings (Webinars) for the Public Sector (Updated Programme)
- Open Government Data Initiative
- Britain Works Challenge - Win 100,000 Training Vouchers
- Live Meetings (Webinars) for the Public Sector
- Presentations from Public Sector Information Governance and Security Conference
- Happy Birthday PowerPoint – 25 years young
- Who watches the watchers? – Information governance in the Public Sector
- Event: Mapping for Local Government and the Public Sector
- Buying Solutions ‘Best Practice’ Roadshows – Microsoft presenting on new Public Sector Agreement
- Microsoft and the Welsh Assembly announce Welsh language support for SharePoint
- Lowest cost for Office 2007 - Home Use Programme for public sector employees
- New Public Sector Agreement between Microsoft and Buying Solutions
- Digital Inclusion – Video Story
- The CEO is dead ... long live the traffic warden
- Live Meeting (Webcast): Information Governance in the Public Sector (Friday March 20th)
- Blogging over breakfast
- Live Meeting (Webcast): Virtualisation from desktop to datacentre (Friday March 13th)
- From Hansard – Thin Client doesn’t equal energy efficient
- Live Meeting (Webcast): Flexible and Mobile Working – Friday February 27th
- ICT in the Credit Crisis: Focus on Cost Optimisation
- Live Meeting (Webcast): Microsoft and Government Connect - Friday January 23rd
- Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness in the Public Sector
2008 72
- Windows for Submarines Part 2
- Windows for Submarines
- Digital Inclusion - Milton Keynes leads the way in Europe
- Transformational Government - Accelerate Your Programme
- The information leak tsunami – personal details of 280 million people lost
- Live Meetings: Get more from your investment in Microsoft
- Virtualisation reduces new server provisioning to 3 minutes for Slough
- Ed The Fed says "Stay safe out there"
- Innovate08 - Local Authority Challenge
- Public Sector Security Symposium - Last Few Places Left
- Exploring photos in 3D – and creating virtual places
- Cows, computers and carbon
- Greening Government ICT – Efficient, Sustainable, Responsible
- National Indicator 14 and Monty Python
- Why let the facts get in the way of a good story
- Microsoft Public Sector Security Symposium – September 16th, London
- How many devices does one user need?
- Saving Power with Windows Server 2008
- How computers cut carbon emissions
- Government Department Helps Ensure Safety of Vulnerable Groups with Case Load System
- The new Microsoft Environment site
- Live Meeting: Integrated Case Management for Local Authorities - Tuesday July 1st
- Food Standards Agency Eliminates Information Silos
- Is your department brimming with innovative ideas?
- National Offenders Management Service saves at least £5K per employee with secure remote working solution
- Big brother is watching you
- Live Mesh - What’s with all this "Cloud" stuff?
- The Future of Local Public Services – Interactive Workshop on June 25th
- Save the planet – turn your thermostat up
- Live Meeting: Windows Server 2008 for the Public Sector - Tuesday June 3rd 10:00-11:00
- Auld Reekie – How Edinburgh Saves £40 per council tax payer with more efficient IT
- Government and Identity - Ptolemy and Copernicus
- Make reading easier for users with visual impairments
- Government efficiency – Do the math
- Wakefield Council saves over £4m while cutting carbon emissions
- East Lothian Council's benefits reporting revolutionised
- May 1st Elections and eDemocracy
- Citizen Service Platform Launch Event
- Update your skills with our new Digital Literacy curriculum
- Subscribe to this blog by email
- Security Matters – Microsoft at InfoSecurity Europe 2008
- New Desktop Deployment Centre
- Workshops: Building Citizen Confidence in Public Services Online
- Bromley Councillors’ Policy Forum
- Do you want to transform IT within your organisation?
- There's still time to tell us what you think in our web satisfaction survey
- Free webinar: Improve Council Efficiencies Through Business Process Re-Engineering
- Microsoft Scotland 2008 Launch Event
- Tell us what you think to be in with a chance of winning Office 2007
- Microsoft Law Enforcement Conference - April 2-4, 2008
- Good information use – the difference between a one-star and a four-star council
- Live Meeting - Secure collaboration in the Public Sector - 10am Tuesday 11th March
- ‘One and done’ or ‘Tell me once’
- Why services are the most important part of any IT investment
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Public Sector Launch Event
- e-Government or i-Government
- Unified Communications – Bolton and Gartner
- Exchange on Tour 2008
- Microsoft Digital Town Hall Forum - Friday March 7th, London
- How robust does a laptop have to be
- Councils are providing a better service
- Mornington Crescent
- Live Meeting - Virtualisation in the Public Sector - Tuesday February 12th
- DEFRA and the Paperless Office
- Live Meeting - Virtualization in the Public Sector - 12th February, 10am
- What does PerformancePoint Server 2007 have to offer you?
- Microsoft Flight Simulator - 25 Years Young
- Windows Server 2008 - Launch Invitation
- What's up .Doc?
- Microsoft's Dynamics CRM 4.0 launch
- Live Meeting on Secure Mobile and Remote Working - Tuesday January 15th, 2008 - 10.00 - 11.00
- Microsoft MOD Security Summit 2008
2007 66
- Enjoy a Merry 'Green' Christmas
- Government and Data Security - Groundhog Day
- Windows Vista SP1 is coming...
- How Can Data Centres Go Green?
- Identity Management - now for some good news
- Virtually Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
- The PABX is dead
- Live Meeting on Unified Communications – Tuesday December 11th, 2007 – 10:00 to 11:00
- Winter colds and flu – another business reason to encourage flexible and mobile working
- IT Forum: SQL Server 2008
- IT Forum: Microsoft Search Server 2008
- IT Forum: Virtualisation - it's no longer about virtualisation
- IT Forum: Windows Vista and Security
- IT FORUM: Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Security Summit for MOD
- Spend less on your IT
- Introducing Windows Server 2008 – aka Longhorn
- Information silos – yes, even in Microsoft
- Live Meeting on Building the Dynamic Data Centre – Tuesday November 6th
- Microsoft Digital Town Hall – Wakefield – Tuesday December 4th
- Access all areas – Microsoft and Accessibility
- Measure for measure – Microsoft Performance Management Events
- 7 tips for working securely from wireless hotspots
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management Conference – 14th November
- Getting out of voice mail jail
- Government Gateway – 11 million users and growing
- Performance Management Live Meeting 23rd October
- 10 Ways to Work More Securely
- CRM (customer relationship management) saves lives for Kent Fire and Rescue
- Local Government Software Register
- For our Partners - Government Briefing Day
- Balanced Scorecards for the 21st Century
- The IT Project Uncertainty Principle
- Thick or Thin?
- Virtual Earth in Government
- Making the web accessible
- What's in a name?
- Illicit Image Detection
- Public Sector Mobile and Flexible Working Award Winners 2007
- Free Software for Charities
- Which Anti for what and who?
- What Was I Looking For (WWILF)?
- Is Security an Inhibitor or an Enabler to Transformational Government?
- Child Online Safety - how Warwickshire upgraded their services
- Online (Free) File Storage - Windows Live Skydrive
- Live Meetings (webcasts) on First Tuesday of Every Month
- To pop or not to pop; that is the question!
- Sign up for the Microsoft Public Safety Technology Forum – Wednesday 10th October 2007
- Back from Holiday - Tip on managing large numbers of emails
- Holiday Break - Back on 20th August
- Staffordshire County Council leads the way by reducing PC power consumption
- Vista Gadgets for Travel Information
- Why is Silverlight good for government organisations?
- Live Meeting (Online Web Conference) on Microsoft Project Management Solutions on 2nd August
- T-Gov and Abramovich
- What do cows and income tax have in common on the Isle of Man?
- Thanks William and Alex
- What are they talking about?
- Are you optimised?
- Flexible & Mobile Working Benefits Guide
- Help with introductory IT skills
- Office 2007 - Free online training courses
- IT is good news for Spelthorne
- Shift Happens
- The Microsoft Shared Learning Group for Local Government
- An Introduction