In a new report, IDC Government Insights said that a new type of government cloud services, labeled "regional cloud hubs," will significantly change the way state and local governments procure online computing services.

Governments are by far the single biggest buyers of almost office equipment, furniture, vehicles, etc. This paper discusses the business benefits of e-procurement, such as controlled spending, reduced requisition to order costs and cycle time.

The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) has announced an invitation for tenders for the implementation of the Next Generation Government Wi-Fi (GovWiFi) Program, as well as provision of hosting services for departmental information systems.

Accenture has announced in its website that it has signed a €12million (approximately US$16.5 million) IT application services agreement with the European Parliament.

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a contract to HP to provide its facilities worldwide with new workstations and desktop PCs.

HP will provide a variety of printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) to the US Air Force (USAF), according to a release in its website.

IT procurement or sourcing managers tasked to find ways to reduce costs at tolerable risks should examine nine contractual terms to reduce risk in cloud contracts, according to research firm Gartner Inc.

The Philippine government, led by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), is actively taking steps to hasten the country's transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in response to the announcement made last February that the last batch of IPV4 addresses has been allocated to all Internet registries.

The fifth largest council in Scotland with over 16,000 employees across all departments, South Lanarkshire Council worked with Oracle to implement efficiency changes and the result was increased productivity within the HR department, improved collaboration and more efficient procurement processes.

NEC Asia Pacific (NEC) has been appointed by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) to design and develop a one-stop IT system for all registrable IP in the country.