Fujitsu finally set to exit UK Post Office IT contract
Post Office signs £322.8m deal with Accenture to take over
Post Office signs £322.8m deal with Accenture to take over
AWS will help the department to exit three Fujitsu data centers in the UK
Will run from January 5 to March 21, 2026
Expects to publish a tender tomorrow, August 12
Covers data centers and electronic point of sale software
Government stresses that this is not a u-turn on attempts to leave Fujitsu data centers
Contracts to start in June 2026
Seeks single vendor for cloud migration project
On top of £10 billion project aimed to finish in 2017
Part of project AIR555
Post Office still waiting on funding for Horizon replacement
Controversy be damned, it seems
Will use for sovereign cloud services
Some staff will remain to service existing contracts
Following renewed interest in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal
Amidst criminal investigation for "potential fraud offenses"
Follows changes in US and Japan
Company to combine cloud unit's “advanced development technology” with parent company’s service delivery capabilities
System will be used for numerical weather predictions