The Project Pathway team, consisting of two local authorities and two private sector suppliers announced the launch of the UK's first compliant public services network (PSN). Project Pathway involved Hampshire and Kent county councils, Global Crossing, Virgin Media Business and the Cabinet Office's pan-government PSN team.
According to the announcement, the project helped to test and refine the processes necessary for the public sector to share services and applications via the PSN, "ushering in a new era of collaboration and cost efficiency for all government organisations".
Project Pathway demonstrated collaboration between multiple suppliers and public sector bodies focused on a common cause. "Pathway marks a significant and tangible step towards more efficient and joined up public services; it shows that PSN is no longer a theory but a reality," said John Stubley from the central PSN team.
The PSN programme aims to improve the efficiency of telecommunications across the public sector by sharing infrastructure, establishing and improving methods for procuring networks and services that use them and realising significant savings for organisations through more common approaches. Kent and Hampshire have already saved some £4.7m in a year by aggregating local authority and education networks.
Roger Gough, cabinet member for business strategy, performance & health reform, Kent county council, said: "Project Pathway has demonstrated that PSN works in a real-life business and public sector environment. Anyone who previously was sceptical as to whether the collaboration and cost efficiency associated with PSN was achievable, can now have their doubts laid to rest.
Click here for UKauthorITy TV's report on the Kent PSN project.
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Quelle/Source: UKauthorITy, 11.08.2011
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