Nicky Stewart

A really interesting and constructive conversation between #No10 and the Open Cloud Coalition (OCC), against a backdrop of #growth, #investment and how a level playing field for #Cloud & #AI will help to kickstart these ambitions. Thanks to @Prolinx, @Centerprise @DataVita @Civo & @Google

03.02.2025 13:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nicky Stewart on LinkedIn: OCC CMA position paper I'm pleased to share the Open Cloud Coalition position paper on the #CMA's Cloud Services Market Investigation. We are expecting the provisional outcome of…

So, it's been an interesting week or so in the whacky world of cloud competition. My latest take (but please do keep the dog and cats pics coming!) #CMA#Cloud#CMA#https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7287763435755352064/

22.01.2025 20:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Microsoft and UK Government sign five-year agreement Microsoft and UK Government have entered into a five-year agreement, providing access to enhanced value across Microsoft’s portfolio of AI-powered products and services.

Perhaps I'm over-simplifying. Looking at this, it could be everything, but happy to stand corrected! news.microsoft.com/source/emea/...

13.01.2025 21:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

HMG has just gone into a "preferential deal" with Microsoft - AI bundled in with Azure and Office. I expect HMG thinks that will solve that problem (without thought to the others it will cause) - even if the NHS and education can't afford it

13.01.2025 19:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The civil service is being put to the fore. In theory a good idea. Show leadership. But HMG managed to get hooked and horribly locked in into public cloud based on a few swigs of the Koolaid and ill equipped procurement. It needs to learn lessons - and fast. You can't separate AI from Compute.

13.01.2025 19:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Indeed. Although to be fair to the NHS, it wasn't that long ago that I asked my very long established bank to lift a standard parameter. Battled with the Bot for what felt like an age and finally got a human. Their one and only suggestion? Fax us.

13.01.2025 18:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

AI Opportunities Action Plan: government response Government response to recommendations set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan and the steps it will take to implement them.

Today HMG has published its ambitious blueprint for AI. It will invest in a world class compute and data infrastructure & put the UK public sector at the fore. It acknowledges that its plan will require radical change, especially in procurement. I couldn't agree more www.gov.uk/government/p...

13.01.2025 13:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0