- Reduce the cost of software licensing
- Move to a ‘pay-as-a-service’ model where
possible
- Maximise the intelligence of unstructured
data
- Reduce the amount of duplicated software and
data
Public sector information growth has been exponential over the
last 10 years, driven by new services, new legislation, new ways of
interacting with the public, and simply because the way in which
government services are delivered has become ever more
IT-centric. In many cases, this data growth hasn’t been as
well managed as it could be, with duplication of data rife across
different applications and databases.
Maximising the ‘value’ of information to government is about
making every piece of information stored about a citizen or a
service useful in maximising service efficiency. A single view of
the citizen is possible, even when a single record does not exist,
through the use of Business Intelligence (BI) tools. This then
enables a contact centre operator to answer a range of queries,
from responding to a planning application through to advising on
benefits, even when the required information is stored in disparate
and unconnected applications.
In addition, cutting down the number of applications, or at
least the cost of licensing them and providing infrastructure to
support them, can bring massive cost savings to government. Open
Source has now come of age, with
IBM offering their Lotus Desktop environment as a ‘free to use’
solution. Software as a Service can also now offer a real
alternative to owning and operating internal software applications,
reducing the total cost of software ownership and moving to a ‘pay
as you use’ model, now associated with G-Cloud.
Logicalis’ Smarter Software and Smarter
Information Architecture has been proven to maximise the value and
usefulness of government information while rationalising and
driving down the cost of government software deployments.
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Manifesto brochure