IT Reform in the UK
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The problem with government IT is….
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1% of GDPOligopolyBig is beautiful‘Agile’
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Revolution notEvolution
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Reforming government IT:1. Stop Self Harm
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UK Government re-wrote the rules on financial approvals
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No contracts over £100MNo extensions
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Reforming government IT:2. Be the Intelligent Customer
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From this
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To this
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The IT industry has shifted
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Dept x: 2 year negotiation with large SIResult: 5% reduction in hosting cost each year for 3 years
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Joyent: reduced prices by 80%in 2 years
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Amazon and Google:Reduced prices by 25% in 2 weeks
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Cloud First
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Reforming government IT:3. Grow your SMEs
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G-Cloud: an open marketplace of cloud providers
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1518 suppliers88% SMEs17,000+ services
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£467 million in sales50% to SMEs
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Remember this?
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Can we trust it?
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Reforming government IT:
The Government Digital Service
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OPENStandardsMarketsSourceData
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Make things open, it makes them better
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gov.uk/service-manual
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So easy (even) a minister can use it
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gov.uk/performance
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No more Big IT
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Questions?
Contact: [email protected]: @DavidCotterill