Budget Speech 2011 - Government of Grenada

the three (3) sites, thus negating the need for students and/or faculty
to physically share the same learning space in order for courses to be
delivered.
This connectivity and equipment will be installed in the first quarter of
this year.
Mr. Speaker, this is a welcome development. As a practical matter, it will
allow students in St. Patrick and Carriacou to stay in their parish and or the
sister isle and receive instruction thereby eliminating costly bus and boat
fares to travel to St. George’s for certain courses.
Outsourcing of Government IT Services
The existing Government IT architecture and service delivery leave much
to be desired. Indeed, they are completely at odds with Government’s
decision to regard and leverage ICT both as an agent of transformation and
as a transformational sector in and of itself.
In an effort to change this situation, the Government of Grenada has
decided to consolidate and spin out its IT organization into a new IT
services company and outsource its IT services to this new company.
This will be a public-private partnership and the outsourced services will
include managed IT services, IT infrastructure management, managed
network security services, connectivity solutions, data center services and
the programme management of telephony services.
With the Government as a major customer, the new company will have the
ability to establish an optimized service delivery model, strong partnerships
with technology vendors, alliances with other service providers such as
Lime, Digicel and Flow. It will also improve the focus and capabilities
of the staff - all of which are important building blocks necessary to
improve competitiveness and attract large local, regional and international
customers.
This initiative is also expected to provide the following direct benefits to
the Government of Grenada:
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