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FEATURE: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Saxony enables secure access to central
servers via any smartphone. Together
with IT.N, Computacenter has developed
the design concepts and provided the
necessary infrastructure.
At the same time, Computacenter has
implemented a state-wide rollout to convert
over 8,000 of the administration’s clients
to Windows 8.1. They also collaborated in
developing a modular approach to electronic
filing, based on the state’s specifications.
The new approach differs fundamentally
from previous concepts in that it is
orientated towards the organisational
concept of E-administration.
OUTCOME:
The PC client, which for the entire
administration is standardised on Windows
8.1, can be administered and maintained
centrally. This, in conjunction with the
software harmonisation and infrastructure
standardisation which was carried out,
significantly reduces costs compared
to the previous heterogeneous and
site-specific PC environments. This sub-
project has fundamentally optimised the
administration’s work. In addition, all of the
state’s mobile employees who use company
smartphones and tablets to access the
organisation’s network now also benefit
from modern mobile device management:
using their devices in a way that private
users are accustomed.
Finally, the new approach to building a
collaboratively oriented E-file will enable the
exchange of structured data sets between
individual authorities and across state borders,
processes that are still unthinkable today.
and allows them to work securely even when
they are on the move. Client rollout for the Lower
Saxony state administration
Users can choose between platforms that
have been tested and approved by IT.N and
are integrated into the state’s highly secure
IT infrastructure. The detailed evaluation
of the end-user devices was carried out
together with Computacenter. Flexibility
and ease of use are preserved so that they
match the experience of private mobile
devices. Today, every user can edit mail
attachments while on the move, browse
securely and access their file repositories on
the network. The ‘modern administration of tomorrow’
will be based on up-to-date PC workstations.
Together with Computacenter, IT.N has
completed a state-wide rollout, successfully
on schedule, as part of the so-called
Niedersachsen Client Project (NiC).
Around 8,000 computers were equipped
with the Microsoft Windows 8.1 and
MS Office 2013 operating systems. All
workstation PCs were configured centrally by
Computacenter and loaded with additional
Mobile computing for
efficient administration
From prime minister to head of government,
senior employees and civil servants in Lower
Saxony have been equipped with mobile
devices of their choice within a very short
period of time. The selection of smartphones
and operating systems from the consumer
environment has been made, meeting
security requirements as well as the personal
work styles of the users.
The solution implemented offers users the
best possible ease of use in a secure space
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ALL OF THE STATE’S MOBILE
EMPLOYEES WHO USE COMPANY
SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS
TO ACCESS THE ORGANISATION’S
NETWORK NOW ALSO BENEFIT FROM
MODERN MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT.
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