States of Guernsey agrees new five-year deal for IT equipment
Gé Drossaert, States chief digital and information officer, said "Apogee is a supplier with extensive experience working alongside public sector organisations"."I am confident that we will see service continuity across the States of Guernsey with this agreement, but we will also see our hardware modernised with the replacement of about 3,000 laptops during the contract. "This longer, five-year contract, allows us cost and tech certainty over that full period and to explore possible cost reductions through the more structured approach we will have to hardware security and monitoring."Carl Day, chief sales officer at Apogee, said: "We are delighted and extremely proud to have been selected by the States of Guernsey to help modernise the user experience across government services."Following months of collaboration between our teams to learn what is important, we are developing a deep understanding of both the current landscape and the future needs of their workplace environment. "Our objective is to elevate productivity and maximise efficiency at every opportunity."In June, the States announced it had agreed a two-year contract with company JT to host its IT infrastructure.
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