{
  "id": 12357121,
  "title": "Atos lands £350M beat keeping Met Police applications running",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/atos-lands-350m-beat-keeping-met-police-applications-running-12357121",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T10:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/06/atos-lands-350m-beat-keeping-met-police-applications-running/5301310"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Metropolitan Police Service in London has awarded French outsourcing company Atos a six-year contract valued at up to £350 million. This contract encompasses service management, application management, and application security for the Met Police. The agreement aims to bolster the Met's ongoing efforts to modernize and streamline its applications. Jamie Hewitt, the Met Police's digital product delivery director, emphasized that the partnership with Atos will establish a robust digital foundation, fostering efficiency and effectiveness across policing technology. The six-year term can be extended by another two years, with the possibility of expanding the contract to include managed cloud and digital workplace services. This follows another substantial tech deal for the Met Police in April, where DXC Technology secured a contract valued up to £1 billion to manage various business process outsourcing services. Prior to this Atos deal, In July 2024, Atos finalized a restructuring agreement with investors. In 2023, Atos lost a major contract with UK public pension provider Nest, which ended after two years; however, TCS won back the deal without competition.",
  "summary": "Six-year deal covers management and security, with options to add cloud and digital workplace services",
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        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Atos lands £350M beat keeping Met Police applications running",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/atos-lands-350m-beat-keeping-met-police-applications-running",
        "published": "2026-10-06T10:29:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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