As you may have read on our blog last week, Microsoft will have a significant presence at this year’s Civil Service Live event in London – 2-3 rd July. We will be there alongside Esri , Government departments and SME partners on our ‘Understanding...

Are you coming to Civil Service Live (CSL) this year? We’re really looking forward to being there alongside some Government departments and SME partners – and here are a few snippets to entice you along! Registration is free for civil servants...

Microsoft research released on 27th May reports that almost half of employees believe that social tools used in the workplace aid their productivity but interestingly, more than 30 percent of companies underestimate the value of these tools and therefore...

In the face of declining budgets , we are all challenged to do more and new with less – wanting to be more agile, streamlined, cost-effective and, in public sector, more citizen-friendly. In this post we have put together some case studies and tools...

Recently I watched a video of O2’s Ronan Dunne talking about how he, as a CEO, joined Twitter and why it’s now so important to his company’s relationship with customers. It raises some interesting questions around when and where it’s...

Dave Coplin , Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, imagines what might be possible if organisations really began to think differently about the power of technological and social change to transform the way we do business.

Spring has finally sprung (hopefully) - a time for renewal and rejuvenation ...and that is exactly what we have done with our Government website ! We have completely re-vamped our Government web presence to make it even more relevant and appealing...

In my January blog post , I first discussed the results of Microsoft’s groundbreaking Energy Smart Buildings project. Since then, the program was named a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate , an honour given to visionary IT applications that promote...

Faced with the challenge of funding cuts, rising customer expectations, and having to move premises, Leicester City Council embarked on a business transformation strategy. It needed to take control of its data, enhance customer experience, and modernise...

The Cambridgeshire Constabulary wanted to replace an outdated Lotus Notes environment and transform how the organisation worked. In 2012, the constabulary used Microsoft SharePoint 2013 to explore how it could better help its employees discover information...

Please join us at our Digital by Default' Central Government event taking place on 3 May at our London Victoria offices. Rural Payments Agency will talk about their experience and benefits of using Dynamics CRM. Two of our SME partners will be presenting...

The City of London is an ancient organisation using modern technology to deliver services to a large and complex range of constituents that includes local residents, visitors, small businesses, international corporations, embassies, and over 300,000 daily...

The first 60 years of business software has been focused on making operations more effective and efficient. However, outside work we now possess beautifully designed devices, which are easy to use and run a new generation of user centred software built...

Following our fantastic digital skills event in Glasgow, we attended #NextGenSkills Birmingham Re-worked yesterday at Millennium Point, Birmingham. Working with Birmingham City Council and Digital Birmingham , the aim of this event was to invest in...

Kenny Blair works in Microsoft's platform modernisation team across Europe. In this short video he explains what his team does and how it can help you move legacy systems onto modern, standardised platforms and the significant benefits this can deliver...

TfL's Oyster card has proven extremely popular with Londoners, however the organisation is not resting on its laurels: work on the next generation Oyster replacement is already well under way. Tim Carmen, Architecture Manager at Transport for London ...

One of the Windows 8 innovations which maybe hasn’t received as much attention as it should is Windows To Go – although that is quickly changing as customers start to explore the possibilities. Windows To Go allows enterprise customers...

Microsoft’s cloud computing platform is now accredited to store and communicate data securely up to the UK Government’s Impact Level 2 classification. Reading, UK. — 04/04/13 — Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, Windows...

Over the past few weeks we have been compiling eight great public sector apps which can be found in the Windows 8/Windows Phone app store . The result is this handy guide which features details about each app, screenshots and information about our involved...

We recently ran a webcast with representatives from the Cabinet Office G-Cloud Team, Microsoft and a business partner to provide our public sector customers with practical information and advice on how to use the CloudStore to select and purchase Microsoft...

The Coalition Government has made data and transparency defining themes of its agenda for this Parliament. The untapped potential in the economic value of data is a new opportunity. George Osborne announced a number of Open Data commitments in his...

The Metropolitan Police Service in London required easily accessible email for extra police officers during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. To avoid costly capital expenditure on its existing infrastructure, the Met wanted to quickly provision...

The very successful Anywhere Working Week (see #AWweek on Twitter) has come to an end. But it seems that government organisations are still divided about what flexible working brings to their workplace and, most importantly their productivity. Today's...

The organisation has reduced IT budgets by more than 25 per cent with new deployments. London, UK. — Mar. 20, 2013 — Wiltshire Council has cemented its transformation from 5 local authorities in Wiltshire to a single Unitary Authority by...

Well, the 2013 budget has finished and while the dust is settling on the key points from the Chancellor's speech, We've compiled some great case studies from the UK public sector to share with you which demonstrate excellent examples of cost saving.....