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To the Cloud through Collaboration in 6 weeks!
The next 40 minutes
Simon Haston, ACC & Richard Higgs present:
The situation and needs of Aberdeen City Council
Collaborating with brightsolid
Aberdeen City Council: Where we are now
Enabling technology that will make a difference to your budget
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Aberdeen City Council
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Aberdeen City Council Citizen Base
A population of approximately 200,000
4200 systems users
No bypass yet!
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The situation in 2015…
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Budget cuts…
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Part of a weakening relationship…
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Old fashioned contracts
Needing to upgrade technology…
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Time for a change…
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brightsolid
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A Scottish Government Framework Supplier…
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The potential to save money
Now and in the future…
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“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time”
- Leonard Bernstein
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Working against the clock…
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How?Critical Attributes, Choices, Outcomes
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Key Milestones
Task Name Duration Start Finish
ACC project 38 days Mon 27/11/15 Wed 6/01/16
DR phase 1 to Aberdeen 4 days Fri 27/11/15 Mon 30/12/15
Prod phase 1 to Aberdeen 5 days Thur 03/12/15 Mon 7/12/16
Prod Phase 2 to Aberdeen 5 days Thu 10/12/15 Mon 14/12/15
Prod phase 3 to Aberdeen 5 days Thu 17/12/15 Mon 21/12/15
Resolution of VDE issues with ACC 2 days Sun 20/12/15 Mon 21/5/15
Prod phase 4 to Aberdeen 8 days Wed 23/12/15 Thu 31/12/15
DR phase 2 to Aberdeen / Dundee 1.5 days Tue 05/01/16 Wed 06/01/16
38 days for 30.5 days of duration & 107 days of effort
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National data centres and
clouds
Price matched to
Azure
With added value
Exceeding criteria…
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Ecofris PUE sub 1.2525 Kw per
rack
Cooling the price of high density IT
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Storage that works…
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Connectivity diversity
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Secure Communications
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Amplified DDoS as standard
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Backup may be boring, but essential…….and is included in our price
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So is support………….
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Made possible through joint collaboration
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Things are different in 2016…
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£350kof tangible savings per year and…
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24 roles removed from budget!
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A National SME supplier
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Faster infrastructure
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A dynamic partnership…
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We are seeing change!
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“In brightsolid, we have found a partner with whom we can
innovatively work as we digitally transform our council
services whilst also reducing our operational costs.” Aberdeen City Council Finance
Policy and Resources Convenor Councillor
Willie Young
Technical Innovation with Personal Service
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Emerging 2020 trends that we like
Predictive Analytics
Shared Services
Machine Learning
Free Apps
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Free applications and infinite development opportunities
In micro services in open source application layers
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Community Cloud
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Microsoft Office 365
Increased collaboration
Compatibility Reliability Security Reduced cost
Make your first step toward the cloud…
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A bit about us
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Awards and AccreditationsSecurity is at the heart of everything we do
