2. Opportunity
• Every public service could be integrated into a
common, cloud architecture delivering
massive efficiencies, scale and agility to the
sector
• This would release huge savings from services
seeking to generate efficiencies through
integration, shared services, multi agency
working as well as channel shift
3. Why We Need an Alliance
• The potential for Open Systems isn’t being
realised
• Vendors continue to thrive selling proprietary,
one size fits all solutions that “lock in” rather
than emancipate government
• The costs of this are high but pale into
insignificance when compared with the lost
opportunity for savings in the sector
• We need to disrupt the market and change this
Medieval Market!
4. What we need to fix
• We need to create a viable and innovative eco
system around Open Systems
• It won’t happen by accident. It won’t be
driven by the current market because it
doesn’t fit. It can only happen by design. So its
down to us to break out and move forward
• This means creating, leading and evangelising
the Open Systems route for government
5. The Open Systems Alliance for
Government
• The shape of it
– A group of Local Authorities committed to Open
Systems
– A group that is committed to a Service Oriented
Architecture to deliver the flexibility in design,
business process and applications
– A group that collaborates on design and process
automation
– A group that shares its codes, promotes its availability
– A group that is about innovation and creativity
6. Next Steps
• We need to send a signal to the market that
the old ways won’t continue
• That we will establish a vibrant, innovative
community prepared to do something
different
• That we can and will deliver successful
product set at lower cost and faster than
conventional models
• Come and join us!!!
7. Next Steps
• We need to send a signal to the market that
the old ways won’t continue
• That we will establish a vibrant, innovative
community prepared to do something
different
• That we can and will deliver successful
product set at lower cost and faster than
conventional models
• Come and join us!!!
