The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has quietly ushered in a new digital era for welfare delivery — combining an AI chat agent, a secure citizen portal and a cloud analytics stack built on Microsoft Azure technologies — a package that Microsoft says now helps roughly 100,000 people a...
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The UK government’s five‑year Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) with Microsoft has crystallised into one of the most consequential technology procurement decisions of the decade: roughly £1.9 billion a year in public‑sector software and services, approaching £9 billion across the...
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For municipal governments across the United States, the digital transformation journey has been marked by a complex convergence of accelerating cloud adoption, spiking cybersecurity threats, and ongoing pressures for cost efficiency. Nowhere is this dynamic more pronounced than in local...
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The European Commission’s relationship with Microsoft—and the privacy implications of that relationship—has long been a focal point in the debate over public sector reliance on non-European digital giants. This ongoing scrutiny reached a milestone when the European Data Protection Supervisor...
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Microsoft is once again at the center of a heated controversy, this time facing public and governmental backlash over its use of engineers based in China on projects tied to Pentagon cloud infrastructure. The debate erupted after explosive allegations surfaced, raising questions about how the...
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In a striking illustration of shifting digital sovereignty priorities across Europe, Lyon, France’s third-largest city, has announced its decisive transition away from Microsoft software, embracing a suite of open-source alternatives in a move set to reverberate throughout the continent’s public...
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Amid mounting concerns over digital sovereignty and data privacy, Microsoft is taking significant steps to reassure its European customer base that their data will remain protected and under local control. The expansion of Microsoft’s Sovereign Cloud offering is more than just a technical...
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With the digital transformation of enterprises accelerating worldwide, DXC Technology’s relaunch of its Fast RISE with SAP service in Mexico signals a pivotal moment for the national tech landscape—and an inflection point for organizations in highly regulated sectors urgently seeking cloud...
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Winning a Microsoft Solution Partner designation is an accolade increasingly sought after by technology consultancies, especially as public sector organizations prioritize rapid, secure, and scalable digital transformation. When Launch Consulting, an AI-first digital transformation firm under...
The shift to cloud infrastructure has never been more critical for public-sector organizations, especially those tasked with supporting vulnerable populations. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Housing Authority of the City of Austin’s (HACA) recent journey from legacy on-premises systems...
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The shift of KMD, Denmark’s leading IT service provider and a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, to SAP S/4HANA Cloud via the RISE with SAP program on Microsoft Azure represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of public sector IT in Europe. This migration is not merely a technical upgrade—it...
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