Unisys leads strategic IT Transformation for Wandsworth Council
Major IT overhaul of existing network infrastructure intended to optimise IT investment, improve resource utilisation and future proof for IT network expansion
London, 30th April, 2007 – Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) has today announced that it is working to implement a new technology infrastructure for the London Borough of Wandsworth. The five-year initiative is designed to put the Council in a position to deliver more efficient and flexible services to 280,000 local residents, as well as other public and private sector bodies. In a move designed to reduce complexity and increase utilisation, the Council and Unisys will work together to provide an infrastructure that improves availability and adaptability whilst lowering operational costs and, as a key environmental consideration, reducing the Council’s carbon footprint. Unisyshas carried out a comprehensive assessment of the Council’s existing IT portfolio, before consolidating its server, desktop & storage estate and undertaking a programme of rationalisation for the Council’s key ICT services. Following installation in year one, Wandsworth Council will receive complete hardware servicing and maintenance support for the duration of the contract. “Wandsworth Council, like many modern enterprises, is experiencing increasing dependency on technology to deliver service. It also is facing the combined challenges of improving service, coping with expanding IT infrastructure yet at the same time reducing costs,” said David Howard, Director of Enterprise Solutions, Unisys UK. “Wandsworth’s innovative approach of driving up utilisation while reducing the number of servers is a resounding endorsement for the role that IT can play in delivering improved citizen services and public sector efficiencies.” A key consideration for Wandsworth was to determine how best to avoid the constant need for additional server space and the associated support and accommodation costs. Using consolidation and virtualisation techniques, the Unisys solution will minimise the need for space by helping to ensure that the utilisation levels of the new infrastructure will be significantly higher than the Council has experienced in the past, and that new hardware requirements are kept to a minimum. “Wandsworth Council enjoys an excellent reputation for efficiency across all departments and takes pride in offering its residents the best possible value for money,” said David Walker, Wandsworth’s Head of ICT Services. “This is not just about new technology, but changing the model for how we manage and deploy our services. With this new strategy we can reduce the costs of delivering services and enable services to be provided faster to our customers. We chose the Unisys approach as it offered the best way of reducing the amount of space and power and meant we did not have to go through expensive upgrades of the data centre environment. Through the purchase of this solution we have established an infrastructure framework to sustain us for at least the next 5 years.”
About Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council has been rated by the Audit Commission as a four star authority providing excellent services for its residents. It is one of only ten councils nationwide in this elite group and has for the last 25 years set the lowest average local taxes in the UK.
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organisations by creating visibility into clients’ business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Blueprinting approach, we make visible the impact of their decisions – ahead of investments, opportunities and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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Contacts
Claire Daplyn, Unisys, +44 1895 865735
Claire.daplyn@unisys.com Adam Barber, Financial Dynamics, +44 207 831 3113
adam.barber@fd.com
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