The following conference has been arranged with E2BN to consider PSN networks for Eastern Region - all welcome. Unfortunately I will be skiing in Austria so Ian Wilcox of the Cabinet Office has kindly stepped in for me. Attendance is strongly advised for all staff working in Networking, ICT Strategy and Shared Services.
E2BN will be hosting a PSN workshop on 23rd February 2011, to be held in the Rose room Endeavour House, Suffolk County Council, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX
We will explore the current government thinking, learn from work already under way in the region and other parts of the country and see how the new regional public sector network can be exploited for PSN and make savings for us all.
9:30 Arrival – Tea / Coffee and refreshments
9:50 Welcome
10:00 PSN Primer –Ian Wilcox, PSN Local Government Liaison, Cabinet Office
10:40 Local Government experience of procuring PSN services –Noelle Godfrey tbc
11:00 Tea & Coffee
11:20 SEGfL & EMBC experience on PSN and the savings achieved working regionally - Peter Banbury & Mike Kendall
12:30 Security and Governance - Mike Thomas, Global Crossing
13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:45 Gov Connect (GC) and GCF & PSN transition - Sue Eltringham & Tim Orton, Buying Solutions
14:15 Savings, Community Benefits ideas on the regional aggregated approach to GC/PSN (poss Siemens Devon Case study?)
14:40 JANET & PSN easTERN progress and experience from other regions tbc, JANET (UK)
15:00 Tea & Coffee
15:15 Q&A; Discussion and Options and ways forward for the region - ALL
15:45 Closing Summary and Feedback - Chris Kastel
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Wednesday 9 February 2011
SOCITM Connectivity in the Public Sector
The Yorkshire and Humber Transformation Support Framework is holding a morning event, requested by Buying Solutions, to discuss the future of GCSX connection post the expiry of GSi in August 2011. The Morning will also include a Y&H PSN update (by myself Programme Director Y&H PSN), GCSX Gateway to NHS N3 Network and an update on the Warnings Advanced Reporting Point WARP in Yorkshire and Humber.
This should be a great event with a real opportunity to find out the latest on these connectivity issues and the opportunity to question Project Managers direct. This event is essential for anyone involved in Strategic Planning and Network Architecture. The event will also touch on how the PSN partnership could develop, strongly linked to G Cloud and Shared Services/Procurement. The event will include practical examples where savings could be achieved now and in the medium term. Anyone involved in ICT budget savings and in particular networks and telephony (fixed and mobile) should attend. The event will be a full morning session and held in the Moorfoot building located near the centre of Sheffield.
The provisional agenda is attached and places are free. If you would like to attend then please contact Andrew Rudd to confirm your place. Map - http://bit.ly/gVPi10
Thursday 17th February
Location : MoorFoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ Conference Room 3, Meeting Rooms,
AGENDA
09.00 Onwards
09:30 Welcome and Y&H PSN update Simon Norbury (Programme Director PSN Y&H)
10:15 Government Connect GCSX N3 Gateway Gary Mccloskey (N3 GCSX Interconnect Programme Manager – DWP)
11:15 Gov Connect migration to GSi Convergence Framework (GCF)
• the procurement of the replacement of the GSi
• the GSi Convergence Framework (GCF)
• the forthcoming changes following the withdrawal of DWP funding in March 2011 Sue Eltringham (PSN Transition Manager - Buying Solutions)
12:15 WARP in Yorkshire and Humber - Ralph McNally (Solutions Architect Sheffield City Council)
12:30 Close
Contact Andrew Rudd,Business Support Officer - Enterprise Architecture, Business Information Solutions(BIS) , Sheffield City Council.
Telephone: 0114 27 36619 Andrew.Rudd@sheffield.gov.uk
This should be a great event with a real opportunity to find out the latest on these connectivity issues and the opportunity to question Project Managers direct. This event is essential for anyone involved in Strategic Planning and Network Architecture. The event will also touch on how the PSN partnership could develop, strongly linked to G Cloud and Shared Services/Procurement. The event will include practical examples where savings could be achieved now and in the medium term. Anyone involved in ICT budget savings and in particular networks and telephony (fixed and mobile) should attend. The event will be a full morning session and held in the Moorfoot building located near the centre of Sheffield.
The provisional agenda is attached and places are free. If you would like to attend then please contact Andrew Rudd to confirm your place. Map - http://bit.ly/gVPi10
Thursday 17th February
Location : MoorFoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ Conference Room 3, Meeting Rooms,
AGENDA
09.00 Onwards
09:30 Welcome and Y&H PSN update Simon Norbury (Programme Director PSN Y&H)
10:15 Government Connect GCSX N3 Gateway Gary Mccloskey (N3 GCSX Interconnect Programme Manager – DWP)
11:15 Gov Connect migration to GSi Convergence Framework (GCF)
• the procurement of the replacement of the GSi
• the GSi Convergence Framework (GCF)
• the forthcoming changes following the withdrawal of DWP funding in March 2011 Sue Eltringham (PSN Transition Manager - Buying Solutions)
12:15 WARP in Yorkshire and Humber - Ralph McNally (Solutions Architect Sheffield City Council)
12:30 Close
Contact Andrew Rudd,Business Support Officer - Enterprise Architecture, Business Information Solutions(BIS) , Sheffield City Council.
Telephone: 0114 27 36619 Andrew.Rudd@sheffield.gov.uk
Wednesday 2 February 2011
Government Connect GCSX Charges April 2011
Want to know the new GCSX charges to take effect from April 2011? Then read on.
The pricing was announced at the SOCITM West Midlands PSN event. The good news is a small reduction in the charge to local authorities over the previous estimate (approximately 15.5k) for a 2mb circuit, down to £13,218.
However, there is a significant change for aggregated partnerships in that new charges per aggregatee are introduced for Infrastructure £4,585 and CoCo compliance £999. These new charges will significantly increase costs for aggregated partnerships such as Kent, Hampshire and London. In the example below of a partnership of 8 members the charge will be nearly doubled.
The pricing announcement caused some disappointment as they effectively stymied the development of a new GCSX partnership in the West Midlands. The plan was to use the existing education based network and morph it into a PSN partnership after additional security separation had been applied. The cost of the additional hardware and extra charges meant it was not cost effective.
The new charges are detailed below:
Non aggregated 2mbs connection
Connectivity £6,450
Core Infrastructure £4,585
BS Management Charge £276
CoCo Compliance Charge £999
First Line Service Desk £908
Annual Cost: £13,218
Charges for aggregated 10mbs GCSX connections
Connectivity £26,500
BS Management Charge £861
First Line Service Desk per Aggregator £908
Annual Base Aggregator Cost: £28,269
CoCo Compliance Charge per Aggregatee £999 (x N*)
Core Infrastructure per Aggregatee £4,585 (x N*)
For example, an Aggregation based on a 10mb circuit with eight Aggregatees and no resilience would pay:
Base 10mb charge £28,269
9* x CoCo charge £ 8,991
8 x Application charge £36,680
Total £73,940
*8 x Aggregatee CoCo + 1 x Aggregator CoCo
Charges for aggregated 100mbs GCSX connections
Connectivity £49,950
BS Management Charge £2,287
First Line Service Desk per Aggregator £908
Annual Base Aggregator Cost: £53,145
CoCo Compliance Charge per Aggregatee £999 (x N*)
Core Infrastructure per Aggregatee £4,585 (x N*)
The explanation of the detailed charges are as follows:
Connectivity: Direct connection to the GSi GCSX. This charge is applicable to all directly connected LAs and the lead Aggregator (not the aggregatees).
Core Infrastructure: Core services (e.g. platform assurance, GC email, anti-virus and inter-GSi connectivity). This charge is applicable to all; LAs, Aggregators and Aggregatees.
Buying Solutions’ Management Fee: This charge is applicable to all directly connected LAs and the lead Aggregator (not the aggregatees).
CoCo compliance: CESG charge for services received in connection with annual authorisation of the GCSX Code of Connection. Charge is applicable to all. (The DWP Siemens arrangement to support assessment of GCSX Codes of Connection expires on 31 March 2011 when responsibility passes to Buying Solutions.)
First Line Service Desk: C&W will be the lead supplier for the replacement DWP service desk. The charges are applicable to each directly connected Local Authority and the lead Aggregator (not each individual aggregatee).
Invoices covering annual charges from 1 April 2011 will be issued within the first quarter of financial year 2011/12. Rebates will be provided at the point where individual organisations migrate to an alternative service. No changes will be necessary to individual GCSX service contracts as a result of these new arrangements.
Buying Solutions explain the reason for these changes as the previous system would have resulted in escalating charges to remaining connected customers as the total number of connected customers reduced (e.g. as a result of migration to PSN or GCF). The new charging mechanism introduces fixed per customer charges for the remainder of the term.
Obviously the vast majority of Councils with 2Mbs connections will benefit from the reduction over the original estimated prices. Aggregated partnerships should look to PSN as a way forward using the GCSX Gateway in the interim.
The pricing was announced at the SOCITM West Midlands PSN event. The good news is a small reduction in the charge to local authorities over the previous estimate (approximately 15.5k) for a 2mb circuit, down to £13,218.
However, there is a significant change for aggregated partnerships in that new charges per aggregatee are introduced for Infrastructure £4,585 and CoCo compliance £999. These new charges will significantly increase costs for aggregated partnerships such as Kent, Hampshire and London. In the example below of a partnership of 8 members the charge will be nearly doubled.
The pricing announcement caused some disappointment as they effectively stymied the development of a new GCSX partnership in the West Midlands. The plan was to use the existing education based network and morph it into a PSN partnership after additional security separation had been applied. The cost of the additional hardware and extra charges meant it was not cost effective.
The new charges are detailed below:
Non aggregated 2mbs connection
Connectivity £6,450
Core Infrastructure £4,585
BS Management Charge £276
CoCo Compliance Charge £999
First Line Service Desk £908
Annual Cost: £13,218
Charges for aggregated 10mbs GCSX connections
Connectivity £26,500
BS Management Charge £861
First Line Service Desk per Aggregator £908
Annual Base Aggregator Cost: £28,269
CoCo Compliance Charge per Aggregatee £999 (x N*)
Core Infrastructure per Aggregatee £4,585 (x N*)
For example, an Aggregation based on a 10mb circuit with eight Aggregatees and no resilience would pay:
Base 10mb charge £28,269
9* x CoCo charge £ 8,991
8 x Application charge £36,680
Total £73,940
*8 x Aggregatee CoCo + 1 x Aggregator CoCo
Charges for aggregated 100mbs GCSX connections
Connectivity £49,950
BS Management Charge £2,287
First Line Service Desk per Aggregator £908
Annual Base Aggregator Cost: £53,145
CoCo Compliance Charge per Aggregatee £999 (x N*)
Core Infrastructure per Aggregatee £4,585 (x N*)
The explanation of the detailed charges are as follows:
Connectivity: Direct connection to the GSi GCSX. This charge is applicable to all directly connected LAs and the lead Aggregator (not the aggregatees).
Core Infrastructure: Core services (e.g. platform assurance, GC email, anti-virus and inter-GSi connectivity). This charge is applicable to all; LAs, Aggregators and Aggregatees.
Buying Solutions’ Management Fee: This charge is applicable to all directly connected LAs and the lead Aggregator (not the aggregatees).
CoCo compliance: CESG charge for services received in connection with annual authorisation of the GCSX Code of Connection. Charge is applicable to all. (The DWP Siemens arrangement to support assessment of GCSX Codes of Connection expires on 31 March 2011 when responsibility passes to Buying Solutions.)
First Line Service Desk: C&W will be the lead supplier for the replacement DWP service desk. The charges are applicable to each directly connected Local Authority and the lead Aggregator (not each individual aggregatee).
Invoices covering annual charges from 1 April 2011 will be issued within the first quarter of financial year 2011/12. Rebates will be provided at the point where individual organisations migrate to an alternative service. No changes will be necessary to individual GCSX service contracts as a result of these new arrangements.
Buying Solutions explain the reason for these changes as the previous system would have resulted in escalating charges to remaining connected customers as the total number of connected customers reduced (e.g. as a result of migration to PSN or GCF). The new charging mechanism introduces fixed per customer charges for the remainder of the term.
Obviously the vast majority of Councils with 2Mbs connections will benefit from the reduction over the original estimated prices. Aggregated partnerships should look to PSN as a way forward using the GCSX Gateway in the interim.
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