Government unites with Oracle for provision of IT systems

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has announced today (Thursday) a groundbreaking strategic partnership agreement with the Oracle Corporation, a major Information Technology supplier to the UK public sector.

Oracle and the government will work together to develop standardised systems based on common requirements. This will bring significant benefits by cutting back on costly customisation of systems, duplication of effort, and may help to deliver IT systems that work.

The deal guarantees best prices and terms on all Oracle technology products to the public sector and with transparency and standardisation built in, departments will be able to secure the best possible prices.

The arrangement represents additional value for money opportunities for the UK public sector on the purchase of all Oracle products and is on a par with the deal secured by the US government for what is a significantly larger market place.