AUSTIN, Texas, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Oracle
has further expanded its commitment to the UK Government with the
update of an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and Oracle, as well as a new
commitment to enhance Oracle's Government Centre of Excellence. The
updated arrangement is expected to foster an even stronger working
relationship between Oracle and the UK public sector, enabling
better use of secure cloud technologies. The Oracle Centre of
Excellence will provide additional support and technical
capabilities to help the UK Government make better use of Oracle
Cloud.
CCS – the UK's largest public procurement organisation –
supports the UK public sector to achieve maximum commercial value
when procuring common goods and services. Last year, CCS helped the
UK public sector achieve commercial benefits worth more than £1
billion – supporting world-class public services that offer best
value for taxpayers.
Oracle and the UK Government first signed an MOU in 2012, paving
the way for a long-term partnership. The updated MOU will ensure
that central, local and devolved governments, as well as all public
service departments and agencies, such as NHS Trusts, are able to
make continued use of Oracle Cloud. Critical public services will
have access to the full suite of Oracle Cloud applications, secure
infrastructure services and autonomous technology. The Oracle Cloud
can help customers like the UK Government to drive greater
efficiencies, automation and productivity, all of which could
support the UK economic recovery.
The enhanced Oracle Centre of Excellence will provide the UK
Government with even more support for its use of Oracle Cloud,
enabling better use of secure cloud technologies to support long
term innovation and transformation of public services. It will
provide public sector organisations with additional support in
moving workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure or expanding their
use of the Oracle Cloud Applications Suite.
"This enhanced Memorandum of Understanding will continue to
deliver savings and benefits for new and existing public sector
customers using Oracle's cloud based technologies. It will continue
delivering value for money whilst supporting public
sector customers' journey to the cloud", said Philip Orumwense, Commercial Director and Chief
Technology Procurement Officer, Crown Commercial Service.
Gareth Rhys Williams, the
Government Chief Commercial Officer, said "The UK Government is
focused on its Build Back Better growth plan, part of which is
ensuring we make the best use of modern cloud based technologies.
By extending our relationship with Oracle through this Memorandum
of Understanding, we will continue to drive excellent commercial
value, improve services delivery to citizens, and support the UK
Government's wider transformation agenda."
"Today's announcement is a commitment to a long-standing
relationship," said Richard Petley,
Managing Director & Senior Vice President, Technology &
Cloud, Western Europe, Oracle. "We
are collaborating with the UK Government to unlock the potential
that cloud offers and help the UK lead the way in the adoption of
digital technologies."
Oracle provides the only dual-region sovereign cloud for use by
UK public sector customers and works with hundreds of public sector
customers, such as the Home Office, Office for National Statistics,
the NHS NEP, Birmingham City Council, the Ministry of Defence and
West Midlands Police. The updated MOU expands on these
relationships and will allow more public sector organisations to
use cloud technologies for their efforts to deliver the best
possible public services and greater value for the
taxpayer.
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