Teneo poised to help local government reverse escalating bandwidth bills in response to Operational Efficiency Programme
Published on: 07 May 2009
Teneo, a leading infrastructure optimisation specialist, in response to the Government’s Operational Efficiency Programme report published in April is calling on all local government organisations to review their bandwidth costs by considering adopting WAN optimisation technology.
With the Government publishing their Operational Efficiency Programme review (OEP) after the latest budget, calling for public sector IT savings of around 20 per cent of the estimated £16 billion annual expenditure, Teneo has recommended that all local government organisations look to achieve savings on bandwidth costs by using WAN optimisation technology.
For most public sector organisations, bandwidth costs are still rising as local government battles to supply more and more bandwidth to combat the ever-growing usage of email, on-line resident payment services, data-hungry applications and rich streaming media such as the BBC’s iPlayer. With costs of leased lines running into tens of thousands each year for each council, WAN optimisation solutions such as Riverbed Steelhead appliances can reduce the need for excessive bandwidth and improve data transfer speeds.
Teneo has worked with clients such as Derbyshire Fire and Rescue which through using Riverbed Steelhead appliances reduced bandwidth usage by 65%, eliminating the need for a new 8MB link costing £20,000 per year. At NHS Bournemouth and Poole, Teneo installed Riverbed Steelhead appliances at four doctor’s practices which reduced bandwidth usage by 72% - negating the need for expensive bandwidth upgrades and improving application performance.
James Hall, marketing director, Teneo, commented:
“If local government organisations are looking to IT reduce costs, bandwidth usage should be an easy target. Installing solutions such as Riverbed Steelhead appliances will deliver a bandwidth capacity increase of up to 3 times, which could allow your organisation to downgrade bandwidth links, reversing escalating bandwidth demands and associated costs. Return on investment on these solutions is typically within a year.”
