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‘The WARP Trust Project’ achieving the vision!

‘The WARP Trust Project’ achieving the vision!. Tom Wills-Sandford, Deputy Director General Intellect John Harrison, Consultant. Formed in 2002 after a merger Created to give a single powerful voice for the ICT and electronics industries in the UK.

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‘The WARP Trust Project’ achieving the vision!

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  1. ‘The WARP Trust Project’achieving the vision! Tom Wills-Sandford, Deputy Director General Intellect John Harrison, Consultant

  2. Formed in 2002 after a merger • Created to give a single powerful voice for the ICT and electronics industries in the UK. • Intellect has many of the largest, most successful as well as many smaller, highly innovative hi-tech companies as members. • Not for Profit and similar structure to likely WARP Trust • We • provide thought leadership • influence policy development • improve markets • enhance business performance In 6 growth areas………

  3. Digital Convergence & Communications Transformational Government Transformational Business • Commercial • Sourcing • Supply chains • Health • Transport • Shared Services • Infrastructure, networks , devices • Content delivery • Policy and regulation Defence & Security Identity & Information Mgt Energy & Environment • Energy efficiency • Regulatory compliance • Sustainability • Industrial strategy implementation • Security & resilience • Business continuity • Trust & confidence • Information sharing • Interoperability Growth areas

  4. Collaboration Intellect is delighted to be asked to work with John Harrison and CPNI to develop the WARP Vision…………

  5. The Future: The WARPs Vision WARPs will become endemic across the UK, and beyond • The future will see the natural evolution of WARPs: • extending their remit, • growing their numbers, • improving their services, • increasing their effectiveness, and • reducing their costs further if possible. • They will need to keep moving to survive, but stay flexible and versatile enough to do so. The ‘WARP Trust’ will help deliver this vision!

  6. Interest in WARPs from: Netherlands Ireland Switzerland Japan Malaysia US and Canada Australia New Zealand Lithuania WARPs Becoming Endemic

  7. The ‘WARP Trust’ Project Aim:To produce a business plan to create a ‘WARP Trust’ which will deliver the WARP vision. This business plan will: • Recommend potential structures for WARP Trust • Identify members of Governance Body • Identify services and requirements for ICT infrastructure • Including software requirements • Estimate costs and recommend funding models • Including potential sponsors, partnerships, grants etc • Also produce: • High level implementation plans • Marketing and communications plan requirements • Risk analysis for implementation With input from a wide range of stakeholdersand consensus from existing WARPs

  8. The ‘WARP Trust’ Project Approach • Expert input on: • Legal • Commercial (finance, marketing) • Technical • Ethos – Vision and WARP code of practice • WARP experience • Government policy • Close engagement with wide range of stakeholders: • Existing WARPs • Government departments • NfP bodies such as Intellect, CBI, IISP and BCS • Intellect members and other commercial organisations • Encouragement to think imaginatively and laterally • To produce an authoritative and validated business plan

  9. The ‘WARP Trust’ Project Plan • Start Feb 2007, complete June 2007, monthly project meetings • High priority to investigate legal implications • Current WARP Survey important input • 1 to 1 engagement with key stakeholders throughout • Workshops on WARP Trust services and funding models • Investigate need for wider range of WARP services • Study trade off between investing to reduce costs against investing in marketing to make it easier to sell WARP services • Innovative study into how software and ICT can help reduce costs and provide better WARP services • Summer 2007 - Business plan reviewed by ‘Innovation Platform Board’ for a decision on funding the WARP Trust implementation • To-day’s event is a key opportunity for engagement and for you to give us your views

  10. Forum feedback form (1)

  11. We would like to know your views • New WARP software and infrastructure provided as turnkey solution • Cost reduction for WARP start-up • Cost reduction for WARP operation • Implementation of a WARP brand marketing campaign • Deciding who should make up the WARP Trust Board • Funding model for WARP Trust to include commercial sponsorship • Extending WARP services beyond IT e.g. emergency planning • Improvements to WARP Toolbox • Continuing brand endorsement by CPNI

  12. Forum feedback form (2)

  13. Interested? - then email: enquiries@warp.gov.uk WARP Newsletter If you'd like to be kept abreast of the latest WARP developments, including the WARP Trust, please sign up for the Newsletter by sending an e-mail to: warp-news-subscribe@list.warp.gov.uk

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