£2m could be saved by councils' new IT deal (From The Argus)
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£2m could be saved by councils' new IT deal
9:30am Saturday 2nd February 2013 in News
Two councils have signed a major IT contract which is set to save them £2million over seven years.
Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council have signed a £20million deal for a public services network.
The deal, with managed network provider MDNX, could grow to £30million if more public sector bodies get on board, and is expected to take around 20 per cent out of the councils’ network costs.
The 10Gbps network will be rolled out by the end of August across 270 public sector bodies, including schools, police, and fire and rescue.
The two authorities also expect the move to create savings through shared office space and shared services.
Surrey County Council will host the system on behalf of East Sussex County Council as part of the SAP shared services.
Tony Summers, the chief information officer at East Sussex County Council, said the network would allow more local authorities to provide services to each other.
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Comments(7)
Maxwell's Ghost
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10:09am Sat 2 Feb 13
Financial savings but also the quality of councillors in B&H have always been parish/ town council level innthe past decade so rolling out seats across East Sussex may produce a better quality from all parties.
The current lot have no industry experience, no experience of people not even any life experiece which is why the city people are so disengaged from the council. That lack of connection makes it impossible for a city to unite and thrive.
668 The neighbour of the beast
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10:27am Sat 2 Feb 13
How easy is it for any organisation to cut links after SAP integration at a later date? Are high fees still payable forever even after trying to terminate the contracts? Just hope the long-term has been considered.
The extra connectivity is needed so that staff from all of the emergency services and council can look up their neighbours on the computer at lunchtime? It will probably still be utterly useless for most other things.
mimseycal
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10:50am Sat 2 Feb 13
Hove Actually
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11:04am Sat 2 Feb 13
BHCC seem very happy to export even more jobs and wages to other areas without realising any money saved will end up being paid in housing benefit etc to those who end up losing their livelihoods.
Can't we apply this to the senior idiots we now have?
qm
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12:49pm Sat 2 Feb 13
Possibly something to do with cost inflation to the tune of 100s sometimes 1000 times the eventual cost I expect!
fredflintstone1
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6:02pm Mon 4 Feb 13
Maxwell's Ghost wrote:Agree 100%, and would also add the oficers are not being properly managed. When this Green administration goes, officers will need to be replaced too, as they're advocating all these ludicrous vanity projects for the Greens. They don't appreciate what ordinary people want / need to facilitate their daily lives, eg minimal road hold-ups and congestion.
I agree George.
Financial savings but also the quality of councillors in B&H have always been parish/ town council level innthe past decade so rolling out seats across East Sussex may produce a better quality from all parties.
The current lot have no industry experience, no experience of people not even any life experiece which is why the city people are so disengaged from the council. That lack of connection makes it impossible for a city to unite and thrive.
george smith says...
9:57am Sat 2 Feb 13