Microsoft knows that driving economy in the Public Sector is not new, but it has never been more important. Through our extensive Public Sector experience we have identified five specific key areas where we can be of immediate, practical help.
1) We can save costs on Travel, Training and Telephony
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By unifying your communications strategy, you could make savings. Microsoft's video web conferencing technology enables every desktop user in your organisation to make video and voice conferences with just one click, helping to reduce the need to travel and thereby your organisation's travel costs.
Empowering users using technology can help you get the most out of your team, by enabling them to better work together and more easily connect with each other.
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2) Reducing costs associated with Power and Space
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Public Sector Organisations are investigating the benefits of virtualisation to reduce costs - and their impact on the environment. Virtualisation can help you reduce the number of servers you run and, in turn, help to lower your energy bill, the cost of server hardware, and improve your IT department's efficiency and responsiveness.
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3) Saving Costs through having a structured IT Strategy
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Infrastructure Optimization (IO) serves as a gauge for IT organizations and provides a logical roadmap to progress from reactive to proactive IT service. In order to be able to plan an IT Strategy, you first need to be able to understand what you are already capable of. IO provides organisations with a set of tools to be able to do this.
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4) Having the right information to make informed decisions
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Basing a critical decision on out-of-date data can have disastrous results. Having data collated in one location and then displayed on management dashboards is a strategy that offers improved accuracy and better-informed decision making.
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5) Leveraging strategic partnerships with suppliers
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Get closer to your strategic suppliers. We believe it is important to work closely with our customers, we appreciate that not every organisation is fully aware of what technologies they have, or what they are already entitled to through their strategic agreements.
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Contact us: ukps@microsoft.com