The BBC has announced the creation of its Aurora Programme in preparation for the end of its current outsourcing contract with Atos in March 2015.

The £2 billion contract with Atos consisted of a single-supplier monolithic deal provided a wide range of outsourced services and differs from the Aurora Programme which will operate as a multi-source model.

The outsourcing programme will adopt a tower model, with similar functions grouped together into separate service deals, while a separate team including BBC staff will provide SIAM.

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The new outsourcing programme is expected to provide increased flexibility with potentially faster access to new technologies, specialist capabilities and increased control.

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