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Ixis secure Bristol Council deal through Government cloud

Cheshire-based high-growth web specialist, Ixis, has secured a major contract with Bristol City Council through the Government’s G-Cloud III procurement framework.

Ixis, who are specialists in a content management software called Drupal, will provide support and consultancy services for Bristol City Council’s digital presence.

The deal was secured through the Government’s G-Cloud III, which is a purchasing programme that hopes to introduce cloud-based services into central government, local authorities and the public sector.

Ixis has won contracts worth more than £500,000 through this third iteration of the Government procurement scheme.

Mike Carter, co-founder of Ixis, commented: “It’s fantastic to see that the Government is embracing open source technology and the digital opportunities that Drupal provides to the public sector.

“G-Cloud III has opened the door to a wealth of new public sector contracts for us and has given us an opportunity as an SME to provide vital support to government organisations as they improve their digital services.”

Bristol City Council service director, Paul Arrigoni said: “The digital world in government is undergoing massive change enabling, and requiring, the public sector to fully utilise the skills of talented SME’s across the UK.

“Bristol City Council has a particular commitment to exploiting Open Source technologies and is increasingly working with SMEs.

“When we were looking for a supplier to carry out the work, Ixis really stood out to us because of their passion and expertise in the open source technology Drupal.”

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