The UK government has partnered with Google Cloud to enhance productivity by eliminating legacy technology in the public sector. Secretary Peter Kyle emphasized the burden of outdated systems, which affect over a quarter of public sector organizations and up to 70% of police forces, leading to high operating costs and cyber risks. Contracts tied to these systems have restricted movement and increased costs. The partnership aims to migrate services to cloud-based solutions, allowing public sector organizations access to advanced technologies. Kyle noted potential investments from Google Cloud could be in the hundreds of millions.
With contracts signed decades ago and high costs of exit, we've seen a few tech companies really taking liberties with the public sector. In the worst cases, contracts have made it impossible for the public sector organizations to move on.
They've locked up their data in vulnerable, archaic servers only to have the price of maintaining that tech hiked up year on year, with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel.
Britain will be using technology in more areas and more than ever before.
My message to tech companies is clear: bring us your best ideas, bring us your best tech, and bring it at the best price. And in return, you'll receive access to the biggest client in the country.
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