So, the obvious question has alread been answered..
It blends, obviously..
The Home Office is spending £330m with Fujitsu and £100m with Atos Origin to extend existing deals with the two companies. The agreements, signed on 8 October 2009, will extend the Home Office's £550m Sirius contract with Fujitsu and the UK Borders Agency's £250m contract with Atos Origin. Some 24,000 users across the Home …
"The extended contracts are a great achievement, which will help the Home Office improve the service we provide to the public."
What a pile of crap. Same old tired spin from the same tired civil servants.
The only engagement I have with UK immigration is when I come through airports and ports... so here's a tip - what would really be of benefit to me as a member of the public is when I come off of a long haul flight into Heathrow, that there actually be more than two immigration people checking the passports, so that I don't have to wait for 50 minutes to clear immigration due to the other 3 flights that landed at the same time as mine.
Less tech + More people = better public service.
Civil Servant bean counters don't know anything about technology. Gordon has bought into the fact that tech=competent, along with plans to flog off the Chunnel (more fun for folk using it)=recipe for disaster. In my experience of working with them as a low grader, team leaders et al had no to little idea of how their Windows boxes worked. I knew more than they did, but got paid less, and as for training... pfftt. Government, tech and transport don't mix. Simple as that.