Cloud-based information hub: Here is why Norfolk County Council (UK) Selects HP Enterprise Services.

We talk about a new style of public service.

This initiative billed as unique in local government in the UK, aims to provide a new style of public service that enables multiple agencies to effectively participate in joint service delivery.

Henceforth, HP Enterprise Services Ltd and Norfolk County Council (NCC) work together to boost the local economy, solve social problems and safeguard

vulnerable people while saving costs.

This means:

·        HP Enterprise Services and NCC will create a cloud-based information hub, with the goal to transform the delivery of integrated public services in Norfolk, driving efficiencies through smart use of technology and multi-agency collaboration,

·        By utilizing the economic and social value of the big data held by NCC and its partner agencies, the new information hub will help NCC create a local knowledge economy, improve education standards and attract further investment to the county.

If unfamiliar, Connectikpeople recalls that Norfolk County Council (NCC) is responsible for education, social services, highways, fire and rescue services, libraries, waste disposal, consumer services and planning for a population of almost 900,000.

Connectikpeople can also observed that:

·        Bringing together disparate data from multiple agencies can enable NCC to make evidence-based decisions, reduce costly duplication and meet rising demands for services,

·        The program will see projects such as one-on-one computing for schoolchildren,

·        the creation of a degree in Information and Management Analytics to provide a future workforce with skills in this emerging area,

·         schools and communities will be supported and encouraged to create apps that bring together useful data to support the local economy,

·        Based on HP Autonomy IDOL, HP RM, HP Vertica Analytics Platform, Visionware and Microsoft Windows® 8.1 and Office365 software, NCC’s new information hub will be integrated through HP Enterprise Services Information Management and Analytics Advisory services,

·         HP will manage the virtualization and migration of NCC’s data center services to the cloud,

·        Vodafone will enable secure data center connectivity combined with 4G to enable multiple agencies to securely access services. Vodafone's Better Ways of Working engagement from its in house consultancy practice will support the Council’s new work styles.