2014-01-13 Deamalgamation Report Attachment

Attachment 11: Noosa Council Hosted Infrastructure Strategy & Policy




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Attachment 11: Noosa Council Hosted Infrastructure Strategy & Policy

. YJ Noosa Transfer
P AS¥ Team

        Noosa Shire Council Hosted Infrastructure Strategy
                                       and Policy

      Background
      Hosted   infrastructure compute   and _ storage   offers significant financial and
      operational benefits for Australian government organisations; by shifting IT resources
      from traditional internal infrastructures to hosted infrastructure platforms, costs can
      be reduced, flexibility increased and efficiencies improved.
      The key drivers for the adoption of hosted infrastructure computing by governments
      include:

         e  The need to reduce overall expenditure on IT infrastructure and maintenance;
         e   Adesire to improve organisational flexibility and productivity; and
         e  The need for a more scalable IT platform that allows an organisation to focus
             on business or service priorities and future growth. !

      The drivers described above represent the core vision for the establishment of Noosa
      Shire Council ICT infrastructure and systems, ensuring that they are economic,
      efficient and effective.
      Benefits and Risks of Hosted Infrastructure v On-Site Strategy
      The decision to utilise hosted infrastructure services as a Strategy has been based
      around the following assessment!:

      Improved asset Utilisation                Low asset Utilisation
      Aggregated demand and accelerated         Fragmented demand and duplicative
      system consolidation                      systems
      Improved productivity in application      Difficult to manage system
      development, application management,
      network and end-user
      Specialist resources immediately available to | Difficulty in recruiting and retaining skilled
      resolve issues                            and experience staff
      No up-front or future replacement capital Funding required for up-front and future
      outla                                     replacement capital outla

                ; “Moving to Cloud: Key considerations for government” Telstra Report October 2011

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