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The links on this page are some of the professional associations and user groups which Outperform is proud to be a member of. These associations not only have useful reference resource but have established communities of practitioners in their relevant field. If you are not already members of these associations, we recommend you have a browse and consider enrolling.
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- APM - Outperform is a corporate member of the Association for Project Management
- APMG - The accrediting body for PRINCE2®, MSP® and M_o_R® training and consultancy organisations
- BPUG - The official user group for the OGC best practice methods of PRINCE2, MSP and M_o_R. Outperform director, Andy Murray, is a past member of the Executive Committee
- BBG - Outperform is a corporate member of the British Business Group, Dubai & Northern Emirates, more usually known as the BBG. It was set up in 1987 to encourage the development of British business in the UAE. It undertakes a wide range of activities from communicating with decision makers and testing British goods to sharing best business practice and arranging networking events for its members.
- ChangeAhead - Middle East based accredited training provider for PRINCE2,MSP and M_o_R
- ChangeDirector - an enterprise software solution provider focusing on portfolio planning, analysis and management. If you want to optimise your portfolio or projects and programmes their tool has no rival!
- Controlled Projects - Capital Project specialists who provide pay-as-you-go processing forchange control for projects with multiple customer/suppliers. A unique and highly valuable service.
- Crazy Colour Consulting - Australia based training provider for PRINCE2, MSP and M_o_R. Outperform is a lead member of the CCC consortium providing services to UNDP.
- Groove - our collaboration tool of choice
- IBC - The Institute of Business Consulting ( IBC ) is the professional body for all consultants and business advisers.
- IOD - all Outperform directors are members of the IOD and are participating in the Director Development Programme leading to Chartered Director
- Maven Training - UK based acredited training provider for PRINCE2, MSP and Change Management
- Milestone - London-based Milestone is the primary supplier of Primavera's lauded Project and Programme Planning and Management solutions into the Public Sector.
- OGC - the Office of Government Commerce are the owners of PRINCE2, MSP and M_o_R and have a resource site (Successful Delivery Toolkit) for these method
- Outperform AE – Our Middle East subsidiary
- Peak Consulting - A Danish Accredited Consulting Organisation for PRINCE2, MSP and M_o_R.
- P2UG - An international and independent user group for people using PRINCE2
- P2world - An awesome Product Based Planning Tool. Costs no more than Visio and will save you hours and hours planning time.
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Bacon fries up more trouble for NHS IT
<p>A member of the influential Public Accounts Committee is demanding an investigation into the £546m contract awarded to BT last year as part of the troubled National Programme for IT (NpfIT).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/nhs-health/bacon-fries-more-trouble-nhs-it">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/TnHNj0Qj060" height="1" width="1"/>
EU suspends Israeli data protection approval plans
<p>The European Commission has suspended plans to allow the transfer to Israel and storage there of sensitive personal data on European citizens after fierce objections from Ireland. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/eu-suspends-israeli-data-protection-approval-plans">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/BFs_7ZIf2Lg" height="1" width="1"/>
Ex-PM Brown joins Berners-Lee's internet foundation
<p>Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to join the Board of Directors of <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org"><strong>Sir Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation</strong></a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/ex-pm-brown-joins-berners-lees-internet-foundation">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/acB6B8b0Rr8" height="1" width="1"/>
Viewpoint: stop thinking about technology
<p><em>Fancy an iPad? Or maybe a new Samsung Galaxy? Are you motivated by a genuine need or just an 'I want' mentality. BusinessCloud9's infrastructure editor Martin Banks has had enough of 'techno-lust'. </em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/viewpoint-stop-thinking-about-technology">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/ooDXU1wk2mc" height="1" width="1"/>
UK takes the lead in Green ICT
<p>The UK has emerged as the leading nation for green IT adoption, according to a global study of CIOs. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/uk-takes-lead-green-ict">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/L25992Yk6QI" height="1" width="1"/>
Moving to the Web to save money only feasible if visitors can find what they need
<p>Local government ICT leadership body <a href="http://www.socitm.net"><strong>Socitm</strong></a> warns that councils are not using the Web effectively enough to make a shift of delivering more services online anything like a possibility. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/local-gov/moving-web-save-money-only-feasible-if-visitors-can-find-what-they-need">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/8J5M7wiF30o" height="1" width="1"/>
Viewpoint: Killing NHS Direct – Something Tells Us This Is Very Wrong
<p><strong><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/nhs-health/nhs-direct-die-or-not-maybe">Ambiguous statements </a></strong>aside, it looks as if the experiment in outreach called NHS Direct is coming to an end.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/nhs-health/viewpoint-killing-nhs-direct-something-tells-us-very-wrong">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/T0K9gsGwu_I" height="1" width="1"/>
The ICT Professional: David Tosh, Swansea City Council
<p>“We are at the bottom of the barrel, as are most local authorities.” That's the grim conclusion reached by David Tosh, head of Information & Customer Services at Swansea City Council as he contemplates the increasingly prominent role of ICT professionals in the public sector: looking for savings. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/local-gov/ict-professional-david-tosh-swansea-city-council">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/UUkkvZsKHzo" height="1" width="1"/>
Westminster seeks Oracle maintenance
<p><a href="http://www.westminster.gov.uk"><strong>Westminster Council</strong></a> has gone to market looking for maintenance and support services for its Oracle-based information management system.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/local-gov/westminster-seeks-oracle-maintenance">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/sYXQ5D9CHow" height="1" width="1"/>
Viewpoint: Establishing ROI from Cloud Computing
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<div>Cloud Computing has been described as a technological change brought about by the convergence of a number of new and existing technologies. But this is only half the story, says Mark Skilton of Capgemini. </div>
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<div>These technical characteristics can also be found in non-disruptive technology solutions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/viewpoint-establishing-roi-cloud-computing">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/k5nIGEfOqyc" height="1" width="1"/>
HP settles US government kickbacks case
<p>To settle accounts once and for all with Federal investigators, HP has paid the US Department of Justice $55m to close the case on alleged fiscal inducements it paid to secure US government contracts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/hp-settles-us-government-kickbacks-case-0">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/BmcFGwRHgrQ" height="1" width="1"/>
Microsoft touts Maude as ICT transformation leader
<p>He’s the man overseeing efficiency reforms across government, but if Microsoft’s suggestion gains traction, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude will also carry the full weight of cultural reform within public sector ICT too. “Francis Maude is the one guy who will have the most impact on government ICT ever, and for the foreseeable future,” according to Microsoft UK’s industry architect, Dave Coplin. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/microsoft-touts-maude-ict-culture-leader">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/d3ML3LBewho" height="1" width="1"/>
NHS Direct to die. Or not. Maybe
<p>Confusion seems to be the prescription around the status and likely future of the Web based part of the <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk">NHS Direct</a></strong> patient care information service.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/nhs-health/nhs-direct-die-or-not-maybe">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/exbLpguTmJ8" height="1" width="1"/>
ISPs need tougher rules to stop telling broadband speed fibs
<div>The government faces demands from a group claiming to represent UK broadband consumers to sort out the alleged wide discrepancy between advertised and 'real-world' domestic Internet connectivity.</div>
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<div>The issue is important as it plays into the set of questions about <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/paying-digital-britain-if-you-dont-use-bt">how soon the country can realistically hope to achieve</a></strong> any kind of 'Digital Britain' universal fast broadband speed.</div>
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<div>The organisation &nda</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/isps-need-tougher-rules-stop-telling-broadband-speed-fibs">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/UuyW-vMYkcE" height="1" width="1"/>
Scottish gaming industry a part of overall digital future
<p>The Scottish government has re-iterated its support for digital industry as a key factor in its long term plans for employment and economic recovery.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/local-gov/scottish-gaming-industry-part-overall-digital-future">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/2Rqxxcxlj-Q" height="1" width="1"/>
Logica gains partnership extension with the Met
<p>The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have signed a three-year contract extension with Logica, worth £10 million.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/defence-fire-police/logica-gains-partnership-extension-met">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/gCt3sKdmEzQ" height="1" width="1"/>
iSOFT CEO departs following ‘disappointing’ results
<p>iSOFT, the Australia-based software provider of the Lorenzo EPR platform in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), has announced a AUS$383 million loss in its full year financial results, together with the departure of its CEO, Gary Cohen.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/nhs-health/isoft-ceo-departs-following-disappointing-results">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/9j_Cu5jasEE" height="1" width="1"/>
Fast Stream management achieves Parity
<div>The Cabinet Office has signed a 27-month contract with Parity Solutions to manage its Fast Stream graduate recruitment programme.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/central-gov/fast-stream-management-gains-parity">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/vOiMNRPvaZ8" height="1" width="1"/>
Shared ICT to be implemented between Norfolk and Great Yarmouth councils
<p>Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk County Council are to implement a new shared services agreement, with over £1 million worth of savings expected over the next five years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/local-gov/shared-services-be-implemented-between-norfolk-and-great-yarmouth-councils">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/_TAn__khyjc" height="1" width="1"/>
ICT, the “fifth utility” in city management
<div>A new study from Siemens and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has said the use of ICT to help city management, including congestion and infrastructure pressures, highlights it as an essential “fifth utility” alongside the likes of water and electricity.</div>
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<div>The report, <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.siemens.com/city-of-the-future">Using ICT to enable, engage and empower city stakeholders</a></strong>, includes the feedback of around 2,800 public officials, business executives, and citizens, across 15 cities in 12 countries.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/local-gov/ict-fifth-utility-city-management">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PT/XNdP/~4/NseMoxTMCYI" height="1" width="1"/>
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