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
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
Post Office still waiting on funding for Horizon replacement
Controversy be damned, it seems
Sets a new deadline of June
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"
The telco has struck partnerships with Nokia and Arm, and also collaborated with Orange in Romania
PNC still waiting to be decommissioned after NLEDS delays
Big Blue wins £11m contract to get HMRC out of three Fujitsu data centers
Tender specifically excludes data center hosting as Post Office moves to the cloud
ArcTape offers long-term storage without breaking the bank
The company wants to take on public cloud giants like AWS and Azure
New OpenStack-based cloud coming to Europe, then US