Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
In 2011 the Information Systems department continued
implementing a series of initiatives designed to lower
costs and increase efficiencies in the organisation.
The main projects that were progressed during the year
were:-
Implementation of the CORE HR / Payroll /
Superannuation system. Most of the Phase 2 modules
have now been implemented (including Training and
Recruitment).
The Edenderry and Birr Broadband MANs were
successfully lit during 2011 and are now commercially
available.
Continued development of a Green ICT policy which
included:-
o Commencing Phase 3 of the development of SAN
and Virtualisation technologies in the Council’s
main ICT Server Room and DR facility.
o Continued implementation of Energy Saving
technology on all Council PCs.
o Continued deployment of Multi Function devices
to replace individual printers, scanners and
photocopiers.
o These initiatives will result in savings in
communications, energy and maintenance costs
and a reduction of the organisation’s carbon
footprint in the medium term
Completion of tender processes for landline and
mobile telephony, resulting in lower communications
costs for the organisation
Completion of tender process for broadband
connectivity between the Council’s office locations in
Tullamore and to Government Networks, again
resulting in lower communications costs for the
organisation.
Planning of all ICT requirements regarding the redevelopment
of the County Library Headquarters in
Tullamore
All ICT elements of submission with Environment
department regarding the National Waste Collection
Permits Office. Offaly County Council were successful
in this submission and the Information Systems
department will assign significant resources to the
project in 2012
Online publication of planning documentation on
www.offaly.ie .
Offaly Local Authorities Annual Report 2011
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