Achievements

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  • •Joint procurement of IT equipment saving 40-54% on benchmark costs
  • E-auction: HP PC's save Essex Authorities (pdf)
  • •Aggregated connections for 13 partners to GCSx via 2 resilliant links
  • Support for shared accommodation between County and District councils
  • •Secure email between partners
  • •Joint Information Security Framework
  • •Secure use of applications
        - National Non Domestic Rates (NNDR)     
        - GIS based information showing Contaminated Land
  • Integrated telephony     
        - Free internal dialling between partners 
        - Free transfer of external calls
  • Shared knowledge
  • Joint research
  • Shared disaster recovery arrangements
  • Joint A-Z of services
  • Free websites for community groups, councillors, parish and town councils