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A top government civil servant is trading control of the nation’s IT for leadership of Sage Group, the giant accounting software firm that turns over £1.32bn a year. Stephen Kelly is stepping down as UK government chief operating officer to become chief executive of the accounting software firm in November. Kelly will succeed …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    However, a Ministry of Defence SSC bombed, costing the tax-payer £56m in the process. The project is currently being outsourced to Steria, the firm that botched an ERP roll out designed to run the service in-house.

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    Thats MOJ, not MOD.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    What happened to the Revolving Door Policy?

    ..its now used to get rid of muppets from Gov Posts

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  3. BearishTendencies

    Credited with negotiating with Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.....

    Having been there, I can assure you he didn't. On paper, yes. In reality, no.

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