Will Huddle displace Microsoft in UK Government?

We recently reported on Huddle’s signing of a commercial agreement with UK Government (see Huddle set to give Microsoft a run for its SharePoint money). Huddle is a cloud based enterprise collaboration and content management platform provider, formed in 2006 by Andy McLoughlin (now EVP Strategy) and Alastair Mitchell (now CEO). Huddle promotes its collaboration and content management platform as a viable alternative to Microsoft’s SharePoint.

Press reports of the announcement were accompanied by claims by Huddle that UK Government could save more than £100 million by replacing Microsoft SharePoint with Huddle’s cloud-based collaboration and content management platform. We were somewhat sceptical about the level of savings being mooted. However, when we spoke to Huddle’s CEO and co-founder, Alastair Mitchell, he put the figure at a much higher £287 million. A figure, which, he states has been jointly identified by Huddle and UK Government – we suspect by the Efficiency & Reform Group in support of its cloud computing strategy.

TechMarketView subscribers can read more about Huddle as well as our analysis of its positioning in UK Government in our latest research report: 'Will Huddle displace Microsoft in UK Government?'

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