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ISG awarded place on UK Government’s
G-Cloud 10 framework
Earlier this year, the CCS also awarded ISG a place on its Spend
Analysis and Recovery Services (SARS) II framework, to provide
telecommunications spend recovery services to the UK public sector.
G-Cloud 10 incorporates some 25,000 cloud services categorised
into three lots: cloud hosting, cloud software and cloud support. The
award to ISG will enable UK public sector organisations to quickly
and cost-effectively leverage the firm’s extensive expertise in the
following areas:
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nformation Services Group (ISG), a leading global technology
research and advisory firm, has announced the Crown Commercial
Service (CCS) has awarded ISG a place on the UK Government’s
latest G-Cloud framework, G-Cloud 10. The award gives UK public
sector organisations, including central government, local councils, NHS
trusts and other bodies, access to ISG’s market-leading cloud advisory
services, which can be procured through a centralised website.
In 2017, ISG was awarded a place on the CCS G-Cloud 9 framework,
the predecessor to G-Cloud 10, as well as a place on the CCS Digital
Outcomes Specialist Supplier (DOS2) framework, to help UK public
sector organisations design, build and deliver digital programmes.
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Cloud research and advisory services
Cloud network and software advisory services
Robotic process automation
Cloud sourcing
Cloud managed services
Cloud digital strategy and solutions
Cloud data and analytics
Phil Millward, ISG partner specialising in the UK public sector, said:
“We are delighted to have been awarded a place on the G-Cloud 10
framework for cloud support. Our selection on this highly competitive
framework is a testament to the experience ISG has in providing
expert and reliable advice to its clients on integrating cloud-based
technologies into their operations.”
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UK Government plans to make the
country a leader in 5G
A
ccording to Pierre Bichon, Consulting Engineer EMEA at Juniper
Networks, the UK Government intends to become a leader in
5G and has set aside money in recent budgets to do so. With 5G
being driven by the classic triangle of capability; Enhanced Mobile
Broadband (more of the same but faster), Massive IoT (a radio
interface designed for millions of devices) and ultra low latency, there
is a need to analyse the wider challenges facing mobile carriers and
industry vertical partners to enable 5G to deliver.
The automotive sector is an obvious partner for 5G low latency
applications and British car manufacturers need to work with the
mobile community to ensure a number of factors are in place for
successful 5G use. In this environment, it begs the question of how
do we offer the automotive sector and emergency services a low
latency, contiguous coverage and capacity solution across the UK?
The answer is to look at how applications are deployed at the
network edge using ETSI ISG MEC compliant software, securely and
across 4G, 5G and satellite – adapting to the changes in latency
and bandwidth.
Satellite is the only real answer for providing service, albeit lower
bandwidth and increased latency, while a vehicle crosses an
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international border. This can be addressed using SD-WAN but
also requires a level of collaboration and standardisation which is
currently missing in ETSI MEC, 5GAA and GSMA and also needs
UK and European government support. It also requires Micro Edge
Data Centres to be built at the edge of the network and more base
stations to be deployed for road side coverage.
These are all significant investments needed to realise the macro
economic benefits of augmented or fully autonomous vehicles,
something the UK Chancellor wants to see on UK roads by 2020.
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