Public services are under enormous pressure. On the one hand the
demands on them are growing steadily, however on the other massive cuts
are being made to the budgets required. According to a study entitled
“Public Trend” conducted by Mummert Consulting, 85% of IT managers
consider the lack of budgetary funds to be their greatest challenge.
The digitalisation of many work processes should also go hand-in-hand
with an improvement in IT security. Decision-makers within public
authorities rate information technology security almost as highly as
improved administration processes. The number of security breaches is
increasing continuously and the fl ood of new viruses, worms and
Trojans is forcing new investment since many public authority networks
are still not suffi ciently protected against hostile attacks. It is
thus particularly important that risk assessments are carried out to
minimise the dangers. In this regard targeted use of IT can not only
increase the level of security but also signifi cantly decrease costs.
Migration to server-based computing architectures and slim thin clients
can provide the basis required for cost-effective solutions. Up to 70 %
savings can be achieved in administration costs for the IT
infrastructure alone.
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Trier-Saarburg district council
The Trier-Saarburg district council will migrate almost entirely (95%) to IGEL thin clients by the end of 2007
The outlook is good for the Trier-Saarburg administrative district in southwest Germany: above-average growth rates, low unemployment and a good infrastructure characterize this historic administrative district, geographically the third largest in Rhineland Palatinate, with around 140,000 inhabitants. In order for this to remain the case, the district's administrative authorities, which comprise seven collective municipalities with four towns and 99 local municipalities, are looking for efficient IT management using state-of-the-art desktops.
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Berlin Director of Public Prosecution
A thin time for the Berlin DPP
The extensive introduction of server-based computing architecture has allowed the Berlin Director of Public Prosecution‘s office to increase the number of individual workstations by 50% without increasing administration costs. Two years ago, the Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP’s) Office in Berlin embarked on an ambitious rationalisation project for systematically switching its IT-infrastructure system to server-based computing.
