MPs demand answers on Fujitsu's inclusion in lucrative frameworks

(computerweekly.com)

23 points by latein1 hour ago

4 comments

  • KaiserPro1 hour ago
    The problem for the UK is the Fujitsu owns the last vestiges of the UK IT scene.<p>ICT&#x2F;ICL and a bunch of other were all bought out by them in the early 90s.<p>But also there are two other issues:<p>1) there aren&#x27;t many companies that are able to bid on that scale<p>2) if you remove fujitsu then you&#x27;re handing it to either crapita or atos. who are also shite.<p>The solution to this is develop decent in-house architecture team who are able to drive specs and keep an eye on developments.<p>But<p>That requires three further things:<p>1) long term vision, with enough run way&#x2F;agency to affect change<p>2) enough money to pay and keep decent people<p>3) the ability to terminate contracts when they get into shit. This is policitically challenging because contract termination == the current minister is shite in news term. &quot;FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME SCRAPPED BECAUSE OF POOR PERFORMANCE, here is why $government is bad with lots of input from people with agendas that haven&#x27;t properly been vetted because the journalist isn&#x27;t a specialist (or its not a news site)&quot;
    • sherr48 minutes ago
      Yes, it&#x27;s all very bad.<p>&gt; 2) if you remove fujitsu then you&#x27;re handing it to either crapita or atos. who are also shite.<p>Yes, agreed, although (at least) Capita are probably much worse. They&#x27;re currently in a deep hole having screwed over the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme. It&#x27;s been causing deep pain for people for a long time now. Where&#x27;s IBM when you need them, or Oracle? Just joking.
      • philipwhiuk1 minute ago
        I find hard to agree they are worse than Fujitsu even with that &#x27;deep pain&#x27;.<p>The Post Office scandal is really really really bad.
      • helsinkiandrew11 minutes ago
        &gt; Where&#x27;s IBM when you need them, or Oracle? Just joking.<p>Palantir? (Also just joking)
  • librasteve37 minutes ago
    what fraction of the (slow roll) payout is Fujitsu committed to pay by virtue of their collusion in the Post Office scandal?
  • tjpnz59 minutes ago
    And Paula Vennells continues to escape real consequences.
  • stefantalpalaru5 minutes ago
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