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Computing in a Local Authority

Computing in a Local Authority. Siemens Business Services In Partnership With Coventry City Council. Computing at Coventry. Review of Current Situation - Hardware - Software - Performance. History of Computing. Our Future. History of Computing at Coventry Mainframes.

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Computing in a Local Authority

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  1. Computing in aLocal Authority Siemens Business Services In Partnership With Coventry City Council

  2. Computing at Coventry Review of Current Situation - Hardware - Software - Performance History of Computing Our Future

  3. History of Computing at Coventry Mainframes • 1928 Card Processing Equipment • 1952 IBM Punched Card Equipment • 1965 LEO III • 1971 ICL System 4-72 • 1980 IBM 3032 • 1984 IBM 3033 • 1986 IBM 3083 • 1988 IBM 3090 150S • 1989 IBM 3090 170S • 1990 IBM 3090 180S • 1991 IBM ES9000/500 • 1995 Begin Migration to UNIX • 1997 First UNIX System Goes Live • November 2001 Migration to UNIX Finally Complete

  4. Hardware at CoventryMainframe Installation in the 1990’s Central Switching LAN • Computer Room Remote Network 500 + IBM ES9000/500 VDUs 1200 + PCs Printers 1000 Laser 500 Dot Matrix Tapes Printers Disks 2000 Devices LAN 65+ 3 Lasers 1 Line Printer 198 GBytes

  5. Distributed ComputingAt Coventry City Development Directorate Apollo Graphical Workstations - Highway Design IBM System 36 - Stock Control 2 x Ferranti 700 Minis - Traffic ICL Vienna AOC - Adman ICL Vienna SRC - PUSWA Apollo Systems - CAD Housing and Environmental Services ICL DRS 500 - Complaints Monitoring Bull DPX/20 Mini - Integrated Housing Management Leisure Services Sun SPARC 20 Mini x 2 Sun SPARC 5 Mini City Treasurers McDonnell Douglas Series 19 - Rates, Debtors, Insurance Building Services and Cleaning 2 x Thorn EMI Televideo PC Network Magistrates Court Burroughs B1950 - Courts Admin - Library Systems

  6. Computing in a Local Authority • Hardware at Coventry

  7. Computing in a Local Authority • Hardware at Coventry

  8. Computing in a Local Authority • Hardware at Coventry

  9. Computing in a Local Authority City Development Directorate Highway Design Traffic Control PUSWA Housing & Environmental Services Complaints Monitoring Integrated Housing Management Leisure Services Library Systems City Treasurers Financial Info System Accounts Payable Sundry Debtors Payroll Local Tax Contract Services Stores Job Scheduling & Control Magistrates Courts Courts Admin Social Services Case Records • Major Distributed Systems at Coventry

  10. Computing at CoventryStandard & Other Packages 1 • Package Name Users Package Name Users • 1st Press 1 DOS LAN Requester 10 • Access 2 1 DOS Versions 3 - 6.22 289 • Accutype 1 Dr Halo 1 • ACT 7 Dr Solomons Anti Virus Kit 1 • Address Book Plus 2 DrawPerfect 11 • Aldis 5 Easi-Track 1 • Aldus PhotoStyler SE V2.0 1 EasyFlow 1 • Alpha IV 4 Eazilink I • Amipro 35 ETS ledgers 1 • Angoss 2.52 1 Excel 5.0 1 • Ansel 1 Extra for DOS 48 • Approach 10 FASTAPE 2 • Aqua Database 4 FastBack 2.1 5 • Arami 5 3 File Shuttle Express 77 • Arcsolo 2 First Choice 80 • ARMS 20 Flow 1 • AsEasyAs 2 FlowCharter 3.0 4 • Attachmate 33 Fontware 1 • AutoCAD 14 FoxPro 36 • Automenu 11 FreeLance for Windows 2.0 3

  11. Computing at CoventryStandard and Other Packages 2 • Package Name Users Package Name Users • Autoroutes 4 GEM 5 • AutoSchedule+ V3. I I Geosite 1 • Baler 123 Compiler 1 Guard 102 • Banner I Harvard Graphics 113 • Beam 1 HT Design 1 • Borland C++ 3.5 1 ICBL 2 • CASCADE 70 Introduction to DOS Traininq 1 • Cash Counting 1 Introduction to PC Training 1 • CCMail 161 Irma 4 • Ceale Database 1 Irmalan Mainframe Gateway 1 • Checkit 3 ISR VAlidation 1 • Company Ladder 1.01 3 Labels 4 • Compuserve 4 LAN Auditor 1 • COPPT 4 LAN Manager 90 • Corel Draw 7 LaserForms 6 • DataEase 1 Leawards (UNIX) 10 • DataFlex 3 LetterPerfect 4 • Dbase 16 Level 5 for Windows 3.0 1 • Delta 5 6 Lotus 123 585

  12. Computing at CoventryStandard and Other Packages 3 • Package Name Users Package Name Users • Design 1 Lotus Agenda 2 • DeskviewX 6 Lotus Approach 2.1 11 • DisplayWrite 118 Lotus Impress 1 • DLE Database 1 Lotus Magellan 1 • DLE IS 1 Lotus Organsiaer 12 • MAPINFO 3 QEMM 12 • Menugen 2 Quadram 1 • MicroRate 5 Quick Scheduler 3 • Microsoft Devnet 1.0 1 Qumic 1 • Microsoft MAil 2 Q&A 12 • Microsoft Mouse Intellipoint 9.1 10 Rapid File 67 • Microsoft Technet 1.0 1 Recall + 5 • Mirror 1 Recourier 1 • MOSS 5 RSS 200 • MR Engineer 1 SAGE 4 • MRSS 1 SASPAC 2 • MS Access 2 ScreenCam 2.0 1 • MS Excel 5 SDMS 4 • MS Office 24 SideKick 4 • MS Project 1 Sketch 3

  13. Computing at CoventryStandard and Other Packages 4 • Package Name Users Package Name Users • MS Word 115 Smart 226 • MS Works 3 Smartscan 1 • Network Management Utilities 1 SmartSuite 44 • News 3 Smartware II 234 • Norton Utilities 14 Soft Solutions Document Management 18 • Novell Software (Unknown) 266 SoScript 1 • Numerous Alpha 4 D8s 20 SPSS 9 • ObjectVision 2.0 1 Success Business Planner 1 • OCR 2 SuperHeat 1 • OmniPage Professional OCR 5.02 1 Sytos 1 • Orqanizer 21 Tariff 08 1 • OS/2 Ian Server Advanced 4.0 1 TC3DTC 1 • OS/2 Warp Client 1 Tetra 1 • Page Plus 45 Time works 1 • Paintbrush 1 Timeware 1 • Paintshow vl.1 1 Toolkit 1 • Panascan 2 Transpud 1 • Paradox for DOS 3.5 1 Turbo CAD 1 • Paradox for Windows 1.0 1 Turbo Pascal V6 1

  14. Computing at CoventryStandard and Other Packages 5 • Package Name Users Package Name Users • Passport 3270 16 Type Plus 22 • PC Anywhere 7 Typing Tutor 3 • PCF 1 1 Uninstaller 2.0 1 • PCPower 4 Unix 5.4 1 • PC/FOCUS 12 VBVBX for Visual Basic 5.0 1 • Pilot LightShip 4.1 2 Ventura 29 • PM4 1 Virus Checker 2 • PowerPoint 1 Visual Basic 5 • PowerProject 2 West Orchards 1 • PPLite 1 Win Images 1 • Presentation 3 Windows 325 • Printcache 1 WinFax Pro 1 • Printmaster 1 WordCraft 450 • Pro Steel 1 WordPerfect 404

  15. Distributed Small Systems Stores Purchasing Interpreting Asian Languages Inventory Invoices Estimating System Kitchen Repairs System MacWrite MIMMS NHER Orange Badge People Link Project Planning Post Monitoring Potterton Heat Loss Power Project Probase PSPICE Public Conveniences Quality Refuse Collection Rounds Reviewing Officers RTIK SCARs School Admissions School Meals Site Clearance SONATA Special Needs Energy Management Stock Control Street Cleansing Street Inventory Symology Technical Index Library Time Recording Trace (Fleet Management) Transport (Mobile Meals) Works Orders Abandoned Vehicles Office Accommodation AKIS Blind Register Building Design Quantity Surveyors Charging Child Protection Community Care Action Complaints/Enquiries CST System DISBASE Footway Crossing Free School Meals Fuel Management GALPAS GIS HEVACOMP HyperCard ICE Alert IEE16

  16. Computing at CoventryThe Changing Workload Accounts Payable Financial Management Council Tax Poll Tax Housing Benefits National Non-Domestic Rates Allocations & Lettings Housing Rents Integrated Payroll & Personnel Social Services Case Records Job Costing & Control Contract Management System New Financial Management Package from Oracle - UNIX Platform +Oracle Database • Mainframe as at 1995 Migrated Systems New Local Taxation Package from Sanderson PSS - UNIX Platform +Unidata Databases New Housing System on Bull Platform New Personnel & Payroll Systems from Midland Computing - Unix Platform + Oracle Databases Swift - a new system from Freight Computer Services - UNIX Platform + Oracle Database Servitor - a new system from Freight Computer Services -UNIX Platform + Oracle Databases A new CMS from Southbank Systems - UNIX Platform + Oracle Database

  17. Volumes of Computing

  18. Growth at Coventry

  19. Growth at Coventry

  20. Speed of System Development Area 1 - COBOL Only Area 2 - COBOL/Data Base Area 3 - FOCUS Area 4 - Total All Areas

  21. Computing at CoventryBIS’s Ability to Compete Through 4GLs • Major Successes Competitor • Poll Tax IBM, McDonnell Douglas • Bluebird Software • Council Tax Opposition Didn’t Bid • Care in the Community Local Software Houses • Commitment Monitoring • Integrated Payroll Bureau Services • e.g. Nat West Bank • Housing Management Major Bureaux

  22. Central Computing at Coventry City CouncilWhat do we Spend Our Money On? Total Expenditure 1995/96 = £7.7 million

  23. Central Computing at Coventry City CouncilWhere do we Spend the Money Total Expenditure 1995/96 = £7.7 million

  24. Central Computing at Coventry City CouncilWhere Does the Money Come From?

  25. Computing at Coventry City Development City Treasurer Housing Contract Services Education B&IS City Secretary Social Services Chief Executive

  26. Computing at Coventry IT IT IT City Development City Treasurer Housing IT IT Education Contract Services B & I S £7.7 M City Secretary IT Social Services Chief Executive IT IT Total Expenditure £9.4 Million

  27. Computing at Coventry IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT City Development City Treasurer Housing Contract Services Education B & I S £9.4 M City Secretary Social Services Chief Executive

  28. Computing at CoventrySelecting a Partner • Early in 1996:- • Adverts announce intent to form Joint Venture Partnership • Friday 26th April: Showcase Event in St. Mary’s Hall:- • 78 Interested Companies Attend • 68 Questionnaires Issued • 13 th May:- • 18 Companies returned their Questionnaire • 7th July:- • Invitations to Tender issued to 8 Major Companies • 28th August:- • 5 Potential Partners Respond • September - October • Presentations from 5 Companies Considered • And 5 reduced to 4 . . . Then 4 reduced to 3 • November:- • Our Partner was Chosen - Siemens Business Services • February 1st 1997 • The Contract was signed and the Partnership began with 138 people moving to the new Company

  29. Computing at CoventrySiemens Business Services • Contracts Won by SBS since being formed in 1996 • UKPA - UK Passport Agency - 10 year contract to process Passport Applications with Digital Facial Imaging • IND - Immigration & National Directorate - 7 year contract with workflow and document management systems, streamlining asylum cases. • Welsh Office - to supply 1700 staff at the Welsh Office with a fully automated office environment. • Continental Tyres - 7 year contract to standardise back-office systems in 2000 European distribution depots. • Nationwide Building Society - providing greater flow of information to 8 million customers. • National Savings - over 4500 people transferred in 7 year Outsourcing Deal. NS Admin to be streamlined and made more effectice. New jobs to be found for 1500 people (Call Centres). • Vehicle Inspectorate MOT System - system to control the testing of all vehicles in the UK and the issuing of Test Certificates. This system is being developed in Coventry. • Barclays ATM Roll-out - SBS responsible for rolling-out and supporting 1,100 ATM’s • Barclays Back Office - 5 year contract to manage Back Office processes

  30. Computing at CoventryWhy Out-Source? • Cost Reductions • Fixed to Variable Costs • Protects Jobs • Responds to the Need for Change • Access to Skills • CCT

  31. Computing at CoventryThe Pressures for Change New Business Needs Service Quality Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) £££’s The IS/IT Service

  32. Value Through the Power of Siemens Telecommunication Systems Network Systems Medical Systems Siemens Business Services Traffic Management Systems Defence Systems Transportation Systems Energy Systems Industrial & Building Systems Information Systems

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