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UK government admonishes suppliers: 'Get your act together'

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16 Feb 2006 | (News)
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Public sector demand for shared services will outstrip supplier capacity by three to one and the IT industry is not doing enough to prepare for the scheme, says the director of the government program.

eGU director of shared services David Myers told Computing last autumn that the UK government will be spending several billion pounds on shared services over the next five years.

But speaking at a conference in London last week, Myers warned that suppliers need to do more to prepare.

‘The supply side needs to get its act together. I don’t think the industry is serving the public sector well in terms of the shared services agenda,’ he said.

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