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Fujitsu has been awarded preferred bidder status by The Highland Council for a new Information Communication and Technology (ICT) services contract of five years (with an option to extend for a further two years).

Under the new £66m contract Fujitsu will manage the entire ICT estate for The Highland Council, including additional scope for curriculum ICT to all schools across the Highlands.

This new partnership will invest in a complete transformation and modernisation of the Council’s entire ICT infrastructure, systems and services, including major projects for new customer relationship management and the provision of unified communications solutions across the Council. This transformation programme will support and enable improvements in Council services and better flexible and mobile working. The new ICT systems and infrastructure will also be very energy-efficient resulting in major energy cost savings, a lower carbon footprint, and even higher ICT service levels for the Council and its ICT users. In addition the new contract will achieve annual efficiency savings for The Highland Council of 2.5% per annum.

Councillor Carolyn Wilson, chairman of The Highland Council Resources Committee, said:
“This new contract will offer the Council and all the staff a number of interesting opportunities for new, improved and flexible ways of working in the future and allow significant investment in new ICT systems and infrastructure for both corporate and school curriculum ICT.

An article illustrating how The Highland Council is using Fujitsu to aid in the transformation of the council’s ICT infrastructure, it’s always interesting to see what different organizations are doing in their IT world, I note that the council is seeking reduced costs including a lower carbon footrpint, very cool

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