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GOVERNMENT
& PUBLIC SECTOR JOURNAL
SUMMER/AUTUMN 2019
The path to digital change
needs robust cybersecurity
from all sides
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GPSJ NEWS NEWS GPSJ
Wates FM clinches major London MEP Six Degrees delivers secure, cloud-led
deal services through the YPO’s data centres,
Wates FM, the Wates
Group’s newly launched
behalf of Heron International.
The appointment marks a
Director of Wates FM,
commented: “Our appointment
contract’s duration to enable
our team to build and deliver a
maintenance, cloud hosting and security
facilities management significant step in the growth of to deliver MEP services at 110 building strategy of unrivalled
business, has secured a
contract to provide MEP
services at 110 Bishopsgate
Wates Facilities Management
business and subsequent
expansion of the Wates Group’s
Bishopsgate marks our largest
FM appointment and is the first
in our exciting new journey as
standards.”
Wates FM currently manages
over 350 commercial properties,
framework
in London, becoming the nationwide FM capabilities in June Wates FM. The scale and quality delivering services including Managed services provider Prosecution Service, Cabinet Authorities and other public sector To bring services closer to citizens,
first appointment since 2019. of the services required for the statutory compliance, cleaning, further reinforces its public Office, Home Office, organisations are looking to today’s public sector organisations
the business re-brand was Formerly operating as Wates contract reflect the high standards security, catering, porterage, sector credentials after being overcome.” must continually grow and evolve
launched last month. Smartspace, Wates FM has of delivery we are committed to front-of-house, help desks accepted onto the YPO’s Local Authorities and blue light Six Degrees has been accepted through digitally transforming in
become part of Wates Property providing. and computer-aided facilities Data Centres, Maintenance, organisations. The new YPO onto the following lots on the new new and incremental ways. Six
The contract will see Wates Services alongside the Group’s “We have engaged closely with management (CAFM), as well Cloud Hosting and Security framework is one of a number of YPO framework: Degrees, through the YPO’s new
FM deliver MEP services at Living Space business, a move our client at 110 Bishopsgate as critical systems, mechanical framework. Built following frameworks through which public • Lot 5 – Cloud, Cloud framework, is here to guide public
the 46-storey commercial that has seen the two businesses to understand the challenges and electrical and building fabric close engagement with sector organisations can purchase Services & Hosting. sector organisations through
skyscraper, supporting existing combine their expertise and within this landmark building and maintenance through a mix of site the YPO’s members, Six services from Six Degrees; Compliant, secure every step of their digital transition
and prospective tenants with resource. this collaborative approach will based and mobile teams. Degrees’ acceptance onto the the other frameworks include and high-performing cloud and journeys.”
operational management on James Gregg, Managing be maintained throughout the framework demonstrates how G-Cloud 11, Network Services managed service solutions for
its services are closely aligned 2, and Scottish Government public sector organisations that
to the challenges public sector Cloud Services Framework. By support the digital
organisations are looking to joining YPO’s new framework, Six transformation of legacy
Councils introduce PSPOs to protect our overcome.
UK-based managed services
Degrees has demonstrated that it
recognises the different channels
through which public sector
systems.
• Lot 7 – Managed Service.
Tiered managed services for
moorland provider, Six Degrees, has today
announced that it has been
accepted onto the YPO’s Data
organisations wish to procure
services, and works hard to
ensure that it can operate through
incident support or request
fulfilment, providing ITIL-aligned
process overlays to ensure that IT
Oldham and Tameside prosecution. Centres, Maintenance, Cloud the most appropriate channels for services continue to be delivered
Councils have banned fires There are exemptions for Hosting and Security framework. each engagement. to the highest standards.
and barbecues on the moors private residential areas but any This expands the channels Thomas Konopka, Industry • Lot 10 – Colocation/
above the local authorities. land that has a public right of way through which public sector Director – Public Sector, Six Shared Hosting Services.
or public access is included in the organisations are able to procure Degrees, said: “At Six Degrees Secure and flexible colocation
Two Public Spaces Protections PSPOs. Tameside Council’s Executive landed with a fine. transformative cloud, managed, we continually invest in delivering solutions delivered from Tier III+
Orders (PSPOs) will be put in Signage will now be put in Member for Neighbourhoods, “The PSPO coupled with our colocation, data security and the best possible services to data centres, providing optimal
place from Friday to protect huge place around the designated area added: “It’s very apt that the prevention and reassurance network connectivity services from UK public sector organisations, uptime, availability and security
swathes of land – and wildlife – to advertise the PSPOs, which are PSPOs take effect close to 5 work around moorland fires will Six Degrees. Six Degrees delivers through the most appropriate whilst meeting public sector
following a number of devastating in place for three years. November. hopefully reduce the chance of large-scale, quality IT services that channels. Not all organisations organisations’ data sovereignty
fires over the last few years. Councillor Arooj Shah, Deputy “For reasons that are very this kind of fire breaking out and are aligned to the objectives of wish to procure services through requirements.
The orders come into force Leader of Oldham Council and obvious, it’s at this time of year a repeat of last year’s incident – UK public sector organisations, large-scale frameworks like • Lot 11 – Data Security
in time for the Bonfire period – Cabinet Member for Social Justice that the chance of fire is greatest, which stretched our Service to its enabling them to improve citizen G-Cloud 11 and Network Services Solutions.
traditionally one of the busiest and Communities, said: “Our and the emergency services are limits. Not only were our resources services through the intelligent 2; the YPO’s new framework is Award winning security
times for the emergency services moorland is some of the most stretched. used, but those from neighbouring utilisation of transformational appropriate for organisations services that give public sector
due to the number of fires and beautiful countryside in England “Although last year’s moorland fire and rescue services and those technology services. wishing to procure highly specific organisations valuable insights into
fireworks being set off. and must be protected. blaze was especially bad, and across the UK, the Army, private Six Degrees’ technology services in a straightforward the risks they face, and support
We’ve introduced the orders “That is why we’ve worked drew worldwide attention, fires are sector as well as many volunteers. services meet the financial, manner, and we are proud to be the ongoing mitigation of security
following a consultation. We asked with Tameside Council and our a constant hazard during the dry, “We continue to ask people to operational and regulatory one of the 29 suppliers that have threats across all attack vectors.
residents and interested parties partners in the police, UU, RSPB summer months. The new PSPOs take care, especially when on the requirements of UK public sector been approved for the framework. • Lot 12 – Network
and stakeholders, such as United and fire service to put these orders will help us combat this problem moors, and never light a barbecue organisations, enabling them to “YPO’s new framework was Connectivity Services.
Utilities (UU) and the RSPB, for in place. and protect people, wildlife and or start any kind of fire. As well as meet their business challenges built following close consultation Robust network services that
their views on the PSPOs and “Prohibiting barbecues and fires property.” see people receive a fine, these head-on and improve the quality with the organisation’s members connect organisations, delivering
a large majority supported the sends a clear and strong message Area Manager Damian fires are devastating and the and effectiveness of the services and reflects the needs of Local access to key systems and
proposal. and these orders are in place to O’Rourke, Greater Manchester consequences so costly – to the they deliver to citizens. As an Authorities throughout the internet services whilst improving
From November 1 anyone stop damage to property and Fire and Rescue Service, said: community, the environment and established technology provider to UK. Six Degrees has been security and reducing complexity.
found lighting a fire, barbecue, or possibly life. “We are really pleased that to our service and resources. the UK public sector, Six Degrees accepted onto every lot that Konopka concluded: “At Six
other objects such as fireworks “We want residents and visitors the Public Space Protection “Finally, if you see a fire in the has been delivering cloud services we bid for, demonstrating that Degrees we are passionate about
and sky lanterns, will be given a to enjoy these areas but at the Orders have been enforced in countryside please dial 999, to the likes of Government Digital our services are closely aligned enabling our public sector clients’
fixed penalty notice of £100, or same time people need to be public areas across Oldham and providing as much information Service, Ministry of Justice, Crown to the challenges that Local brilliance.
face prosecution. responsible and respect the Tameside meaning that those as possible about its location,
Failure to pay any fixed penalty moors.” found to be lighting fires and and never put yourself in danger
amount could also lead to Councillor Allison Gwynne, barbecues on our moors will be tackling a fire.”
4 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR JOURNAL SUMMER/AUTUMN 2019 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR JOURNAL SUMMER/AUTUMN 2019 5
GPSJ NEWS NEWS GPSJ
SSCL signs new deal to extend government GMP welcomes 152 police officers in their
business services to 2023 biggest attestation ceremony to date
Shared Services Connected services over a 10 year period. digital technologies, which aligns the end-user experience with Greater Manchester Police and the Mayor of Stockport, day.” Greater Manchester. With a
Limited (SSCL) has announced For the past six years, on to the current transformation investments in new technologies (GMP) proudly welcomed 152 Councillor Laura Booth. The new officers bring a wealth more representative and diverse
that yesterday it signed a behalf of the government, SSCL agenda of government. and platforms including robotics, new officers in their largest Chief Constable Ian Hopkins of experience to GMP, from all workforce, GMP will continue to
three-year contract extension has been handling over £50bn John Neilson, CEO Public intelligent automation and attestation ceremony to date said: “I am delighted to welcome different backgrounds, all with work to ensure their officers are
worth over £100 million of yearly payments, processing Sector SSCL said: “Our vision enhancing our self-serve portals, on the evening of Tuesday 22 the new officers to GMP. one shared passion; policing the representative of the communities
with seven government almost seven million annual is to help the UK public sector and ultimately continuing to enable October 2019, at Stockport Attestations are a significant communities across they serve.
departments in collaboration transactions and ensuring more save money and enhance quality the government’s transformation Town Hall. moment when undertaking a
with Government Shared than a quarter of a million public so that it can improve services, to cloud.” career in policing and a day to be
Services (GSS), to continue servants every month get paid innovate to enhance the quality of Andy Helliwell, Executive In front of family and friends, all proud of for all involved.
to provide a range of critical correctly and on time. SSCL is on life for us all, protect people and Director, Government Shared officers partook in the Police “As a force, we are committed
business services. track to deliver savings of up to the environment and deliver better Services said, “Our ambition Oath which is their promise to to protecting the people of
£400m by end October 2023. outcomes for UK citizens and is, above all, to create a future the Queen in front of a magistrate Greater Manchester and every
As part of the agreement SSCL The deal to extend the businesses. where civil servants’ ability to to uphold the office of constable day we have a chance to improve
has renewed its partnership with relationship is focused around a “We are delighted to confirm support government priorities and with fairness, integrity, diligence people’s lives and I have every
GSS, part of the Cabinet Office, to renewed commitment to deliver our contract extension that will deliver services to the citizen is and impartiality. The ceremony confidence our new recruits will be
ensure that SSCL services are fully efficient, innovative and user- continue to drive enhancements enhanced by the shared services marks the official start of the a great asset to us here at GMP.
aligned with the objectives within focused shared services for the to services with government they use. Shared services need to Officers commencing their official “Police officers serve a very
its Government Shared Services government. Enhanced user departments. The extension be mobile, accessible, intelligent duties, and is a milestone to be important purpose of protecting
Strategy, which was refreshed in experience is at the forefront builds on the achievements we and automated, to increasingly celebrated. society and helping keep people
September 2019, and sets out an of new service developments – have made over the past six anticipate what the user needs to Chief Constable of GMP Ian safe. As a force we take pride
ambitious vision for transforming providing government employees years bringing departments onto deliver a seamless, secure and Hopkins was in attendance to in offering the best possible
delivery of finance and HR with access to the very latest a single platform, enhancing intuitive user experience.” welcome each and every new service and reassure the people
recruit to the force, along with of Greater Manchester that
Greater Manchester’s Deputy keeping communities safe is at the
Mayor Baroness Beverley Hughes forefront of the work we do every
Kathleen Kelly appointed Director of Landmarc awarded contract extension with
Collaboration to lead new place-based the Ministry of Defence
initiative LocalMotion Kathleen Kelly
Landmarc Support Services conservation support, catering,
(Landmarc) has been awarded information management,
Kathleen Kelly has been partnership funding approach, an extension to its National administration services, and
appointed the Director of establishing strategic partnerships Training Estate Prime (NTEP) project and commercial property
Collaboration for LocalMotion across the charitable, public, Contract with the Ministry management. There are around
– an initiative which sees six private and funder sectors. of Defence (MOD) until 31 120 sites, including nearly 9,000
funders work in partnership More recently she was Assistant October 2021. buildings and almost 7,500 pieces
to develop new, radical and Director of Communities and of targetry issued worldwide.
innovative ideas to boost Social Policy at Greater London The contract covers Landmarc’s Mark Neill, Managing Director at
communities. Authority implementing the in the context of an increasing - City Bridge Trust partnership with the Defence Landmarc said, “For more than 15
Mayor’s strategies on Social squeeze on their funding. - Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) years, we have partnered with DIO
Central to the initiative, and Integration and Equalities, “The six funders supporting this - Lankelly Chase to manage and operate military to ensure that the UK Defence
the role of the Director of Diversity and Inclusion. She was project have been investing in and - Paul Hamlyn Foundation training facilities across the MOD’s Training Estate delivers a safe and
Collaboration, is working with local previously Assistant Director supporting charities to survive and - Tudor Trust 190,000 hectares of built and sustainable place to train for our
partners to find solutions to social, of Policy and Research at the adapt for years but they know Kathleen will work with the six rural UK Defence Training Estate, armed forces. This extension will
environmental and economic National Housing Federation for they can do more to support and foundations to identify key issues a position the company has held enable us to continue the great
issues on their doorstep. nearly 10 years. boost the potential of local people facing charities and communities since 2003. work we have been doing with
LocalMotion will also see funders She said: “I’m excited to get and communities and shake up and help the foundations Supporting around 7 million our customer to drive innovation
use their collective resources, started on a project which will the way we do things.” better understand existing local training days per year, services in the way services are delivered
experience and strengths to help give local communities a much- LocalMotion is locally driven programmes. All six foundations include the management and to ensure our military achieves its
shape philanthropic practice. needed lift. Many communities and seeks to learn from the have committed funding for the operation of training areas and training mission.”
Kathleen comes with a wealth are facing increasingly difficult charities and communities it is next 18 months to commence ranges, explosives safety, built For more information on
of experience. She led the circumstances, with the charities working with. The six funders work and support the Director of and rural estate management, Landmarc’s services, please visit:
development of the National that support them having to pick behind the project are: Collaboration. sustainability services landmarcsolutions.com/our-
Lottery Community Fund’s up the pieces of a broken system - Lloyds Bank Foundation including environmental and services
6 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR JOURNAL SUMMER/AUTUMN 2019 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR JOURNAL SUMMER/AUTUMN 2019 7
GPSJ LOCAL AUTHORITY & COUNCIL IT GPSJ
Smart cities - from Phil
Beecher
realisation to reality
Phil Beecher, President of Wi-SUN Alliance
Kärcher
closes the gap in sweeper portfolio, UK cities face more and
more complex issues as
urban populations continue
to grow, combined with all of
distorted images of futuristic
landscapes straight from the
pages of a Philip K Dick novel;
many of our cities are undergoing
progressing deployments.
Looking more closely at
the security concerns, survey
respondents point to data
network is able to add devices,
update software and grow as
requirements dictate, while
ensuring there are no outages
with launch of the new MC 250 the infrastructure challenges
that come with that, such
as the pressures placed on
public transport systems, road
major developments as we speak
and have all the hallmarks of a
smart city in progress. With new
innovations in technology, we will
privacy as their biggest worry
(37 per cent), while attacks
on infrastructure (28 per cent)
and network vulnerabilities (24
that would risk security breaches.
They must also ensure that all
devices are interoperable, so they
are not tied into a single supplier,
congestion, parking, citizen see this accelerate over the next per cent) are also a cause for thus avoiding vendor lock-in and
Work freely, swiftly and for The development of the new made sure that this new sweeper Everyday machine maintenance safety and more. Cities will few years. concern. As more and more helping to reduce costs.
longer with the new MC 250 MC 250 sweeper closes a gap emits the lowest emissions is made simple with all service need to adapt to cope with the Smart street lighting, for Internet of Things (IoT) devices We are seeing developers,
sweeper from Kärcher. in the Kärcher portfolio, with possible. The MC 250 satisfies the components easy to reach via added population growth or example, is already being connect to the network, the utilities and governments
machines now available in all requirements of the 2.5 PM class access points, with the engine suffer. deployed in many cities, including opportunity for disruption increasingly specifying Wi-SUN-
Combining speed with ultimate classes between 0.5 to 6 cubic within engine category EURO 6/ also directly accessible thanks to the City of London. Using canopy through security vulnerabilities compatible technology as part
operator comfort and outstanding metres. STAGE V in compliance with the fold-out water tank. At the same time, we are mesh networks, it is not only is increasing all the time, while of a robust, resilient and scalable
sweeping performance, Kärcher’s Sweepers are an essential current environmental standards. When it comes to operator seeing more of buzz around helping to improve public safety, greater IT/OT (operational wireless communications network
latest addition to the municipal part of municipal cleaning in For this new sweeper, fine dust comfort the MC 250 features the development of smart but also to reduce operational technology) convergence in the to support smart city and smart
range is perfectly designed for the both the city centre and on the and sand particles pose no more many upgrades including: cities: more deployments, more costs. Such deployments can be utilities industry will increase the utility deployments.
cityscape. Featuring a spacious outskirts of cities, meaning that of a problem than coarse dirt. LED lighting in the cab, a USB interconnectivity and more used as the network infrastructure risk of cyber attacks on critical There are more than 95
and comfortable two person cab, vehicles are often required to The MC 250 delivers unparallelled charging facility as well as a collaboration between local for additional city services, such infrastructure. million Wi-SUN capable devices
all-wheel steering system for easy cover long distances between cleaning results as a result of its spacious storage area for the authorities, city developers, as intelligent transport systems, Security and interoperability (Navigant Research) awarded
manoeuvrability and large waste applications. Frequent journeys optimised air-flow which further driver and passenger. The central utilities companies and technology smart signalling, parking and remain the fundamental building globally as service providers and
container to keep you on the road to and from work sites lead to increases the effectiveness of display and ergonomic operating providers. electric vehicle charging stations. blocks of any smart city city developers deploy new IoT
for longer, this machine enables ‘lost’ idle-time which is hugely the sweeper compared to other panel have been carefully selected In a recent Wi-SUN Alliance poll According to our poll, cost is deployment, and public sector, applications and services for
users to complete any municipal inefficient. The MC 250 provides models. The sweeper’s individually after rigorous testing and the on the growth of smart cities, over seen as the biggest challenge municipalities and city developers smart cities and utilities. Wi-SUN
cleaning task with excellence and a remedy for this ‘lost time’ controlled brush system means hydro-pneumatic suspension half of survey respondents believe currently holding back smart will need to think carefully about is the technology behind a number
ease. These new user-friendly through the combination of a dirt in different areas can be on both axles, plus single-wheel that we will not see widespread city development, with half of a network infrastructure that is of major smart city projects
advancements complement the 60km/h transport speed and easily reached, while the use suspension on the front axle smart city deployments for respondents citing lack of funds or based on open standards to around the world including City
environmentally-friendly low- container volume of 2.2m³ which of the weed brush delivers a means any bumps or uneven another 10 years or more, while a investment in such projects, while make their fulfilment of smart city of London, Copenhagen, Paris,
emission EURO Stage 6 or Stage ensures users are fully set to clean more precise cleaning result. ground are comfortably driven third believe it will be earlier, in five around a quarter point to security growth cost effective, secure and Miami and Glasgow.
V engines and reliability for which wherever they need to go. A water recirculation system over. to 10 years. and privacy issues. Collaboration, scalable.
the Kärcher brand is recognised. With the rise in low-emission and a separate tank for the The reality is that smart cities and a lack of interoperability are In addition, smart cities and For more information visit:
zones in cities, Kärcher has dirtied water are also integrated. are already here. Forget the also seen as major factors when utilities will need to ensure any www.wi-sun.org.
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GPSJ GREEN SPACES GREEN SPACES GPSJ
Welsh prison wins RHS Living walls, green screens and green
gardening award roofs: soft landscape options for visual
impact, security and better air quality
Mobilane lead the way in continuing collaborations with from this May with the installation Hedera Helix Woerner, variegated
exterior and interior ready- The University of Greenwich in of a 75m living wall from Mobilane. and non-variegated, and the new
made green systems. their “Activating Biophilic Cities” The Mobilane Green Screens have Euonymus Darts Blanket.
That’s natural, green foliage and The University of Glasgow been placed along the length of
in outdoor and indoor for their “Air Quality Research”. the Woking Train Station’s exterior Adapting to the lie of the
environments, giving an extra The research findings raised wall as part of the Council’s green land
vertical landscaping option to awareness and drew alarming commitments. Accommodating the natural slope
a forgotten wall, building or conclusions. It has particular of the road and walkway,
boundary. relevance for children in our city Nature and history combined the screens maintain a straight
schools whose playground and Complementing other green top edge using a mix of screen
Adding greenery where space schooltime bears the greatest initiatives in the transformation heights from 1 metre to 2.2 metre.
is at a premium, Mobilane’s brunt of high traffic volumes, of the town’s Albion Square, the Installed in fibreglass containers
products offer all the benefits exhaust fumes and noxious ivy screens now form a naturally to allow for ease of placement by
of planting with added visual particulate matter. Mobilane’s green frame for the town’s iconic forklift and potential repositioning
impact, often creating a privacy, campaigning this year continues mural that depicts life along High at a later date, the screens were
pollution and security barrier. The behind their Green My School Street in Edwardian times. cut to fit prior to the installation of
• HMP & YOI Parc awarded RHS Windlesham Trophy for the best kept prison garden
original Mobilane Green Screen message. Mobilane have been irrigation by the Mobilane technical
• Grounds used to grow food for the prison kitchen and are a haven for wildlife is grown and supplied directly instrumental in providing their A blend of colour, foliage and team. The screens ongoing
• Award recognises the many benefits of gardening in prisons, from rehabilitation to wellbeing from their UK nursery partner ivy screens to school projects, wildlife interest maintenance will be managed by
and can be seen installed in funded by charitable donations With a mix of species for interest Woking Council.
HMP & YOI Parc in Bridgend, cabbage and tomatoes that are environmental efforts and impact and creativity of the prisoners and domestic, commercial, retail and or supported because of their and colour, the wall will not only The week-long installation took
Wales has been named the best served in the prison canteen. on those living and working within staff who work on the gardening educational environments across extremely poor air quality by attract insects and wildlife to an place at the end of April 2019 and
kept prison garden in England and Wildflower borders, a new pond the walls. team and will especially mean a the UK. Their internationally-tested government funding schemes, otherwise grey and urban part of has already attracted positive local
Wales by the Royal Horticultural and bird boxes support wildlife RHS judge Jon Wheatley lot to the men in our care who ready-made green systems also including the Mayor of London Air town, but the screens will exercise and regional media and visitor
Society (RHS) and awarded the and the prison’s resident bee said: “The quality of horticulture are working towards horticultural include: MobiRoof green roof Quality Fund. Through their Green their prowess in the improvement interest.
Windlesham Trophy for its efforts. colony, as well as providing in prisons is ever improving and qualifications. cassette system, the WallPlanter My School installers, Mobilane of air quality, as their foliage aids
Now in its 36th year, the annual tranquil places to relax and reflect, much of what we’ve seen this year “As well as improving the and LivePanel living walls, and have already supplied over the trapping and capturing of To find out more about Mobilane
award was devised by then while kitchen waste is composted is of RHS gold medal standard. environment within the prison, our the NoiStop sound barrier. The 4000 ivy green screens and the harmful pollutants from passing Green Screens and other ready-
Chairman of the Parole Board, and old pallets and plastic bottles However, what the team has gardens provide prisoners with the LivePicture and LivePicture Go momentum continues to build. and stationary traffic in the busy made green products for indoor
Lord Windlesham, in recognition are recycled into planters and achieved at HMP & YOI Parc is training, skills and confidence to options offer homeowners or street. and outdoor landscaping, contact
of the value of gardening within propagation trays. truly outstanding with far reaching pursue employment in this sector facilities managers a burst of A walk on the wild side in Mobilane UK was appointed office@mobilane.co.uk, visit the
prison communities and in HMP & YOI Parc, run by G4S benefits across the whole prison upon release.” planted artistry for aesthetic Woking - the town’s first to install the ivy screens, which website www.mobilane.com/en
prisoners’ rehabilitation. and the only privately managed community, from superb training The University of Central beauty at home or in the green wall are watered by an innovative or call the UK office on
The modern Category B prison in Wales competed and learning opportunities to Lancashire found that a workspace, as does the equally Residents, customers and visitors drip line irrigation system. The 0203 741 8049.
prison, which houses 1,700 men alongside four other finalists food production and improved horticultural programme delivered impressive green backdrop, to Woking High Street will be screens offer variety of foliage
and young offenders, fought off - HMP Hull, HMP Littlehey in health and wellbeing. This is Lord in 12 prisons in the North LiveDivider. enjoying a new natural walkway and floral interest, planted with
competition from 19 others to Cambridgeshire, HMP Warren Hill Windlesham’s vision of prison West had a positive impact on Mobilane have been the
take the trophy for a second time, in Suffolk and HMP Whatton in gardening at its very best.” prisoners’ mental health and driving force over the last 10
previously winning in 2017. Nottingham – which were visited G4S director of HMP & YOI wellbeing. This included increased years with a number of academic
Its vast grounds burst with by a trio of RHS judges in July to Parc, Janet Wallsgrove, said: “This confidence, social interactions establishments, funding and
plants and green space with assess their horticultural displays, win is testament to the dedication with staff and other prisoners and supporting research into the
large areas given over to food the gaining of skills, qualifications air quality benefits of ivy green
production and wildlife. These and work experience which screens. Published research
play an important role in training increased the potential for post- findings from Atkins and
and rehabilitation and are found release employment.1 Staffordshire University showed
to have positively impacted on Staff and prisoners at HMP & that the Mobilane Ivy Green
prisoners’ behaviour and staff YOI Parc will today be presented Screens, superior in plant density
morale. with the Windlesham Trophy by and construction than other
A team of 15 prisoners RHS President Sir Nicholas Bacon green screen options, removes
learn horticultural skills, gain at an awards ceremony at the particulate pollution in the order of
qualifications and grow huge prison. between 40-60% in some sample
hauls of crops such as potatoes, locations. Mobilane also have
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Integrated Hybrid Cloud
Storage: The WAN Perspective
By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks
There are no quick wins when services with existing applications such as the public or hybrid cloud. storage. However, the problem from OEMs. Beyond this, in an HSM scenario. SD-WAN installation. However, the WAN. It’s called WAN Data
it comes to cloud storage. to provide an extension to any Security concerns have largely of what to do with data, how everyone is still talking about it as In the past, many organisations as I have already alluded to these Acceleration.
It’s always best to throw existing on-premise infrastructure. dogged the implement of public to manage and store it equates new technology, when they should made use of the cloud gateway have serious limitations with rich It does not change nor
caution to the wind to ensure He explains: “This integrated and hybrid cloud in these sectors. to a conundrum that leaves perhaps be talking more about concept. The was a device that file formats that use compression manipulate the data by
that you understand the hybrid cloud storage approach Yet, nowadays the cloud-first organisations moving the issue the functionality of hybrid cloud acted as a cache device with techniques, as well as encrypted compressing it or deduping it,
requirements of your public requires a seamless interface mantra that first appeared in 2013 down the line – like freeway. storage. local storage that acted as a data that we all want when we and it can handle encrypted and
sector organisation by auditing between the private systems is swinging the pendulum towards There will be at some point a holding point whilst the data was transfer data over the WAN. In compressed data equally, as well
what you already have, to a and public services, with data a “let’s move everything” policy. need for more and more storage. This way or no way de-duped. This was then trickle- fact, many companies are now as any other format. It accelerates
certain what you may need. continuously synchronized It’s a fact of life that data is Protecting data inflight and at rest, There is a deep passion that fed into the cloud. The issue insisting all data on the LAN and these across the WAN, whilst
There is also a need to fully between the two. The goal is to never in the right place. There is also costs, yet someone has to accompanies new technology with these devices was, whilst WAN is encrypted. mitigating latency and packet loss.
comprehend services such make the cloud an extension of often not enough space for it too, pay the penalty at a time when that it is “this way” or “no way” they ingested data quickly, the This uses a mixture of massive
as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and enterprise capacity and a staging and there are also cost, location, practically everything is cloud- and if you don’t, your competitors transfer to and from the cloud was No devolution parallelisation of the data stream
Google. area for applications to use more regulatory, and data transfer based. will leave you behind. The cloud painfully slow – not what you want However, using the cloud as part coupled with AI to constantly tune
advanced cloud databases, speed concerns to address. There is therefore a need to is a prime example of this. After in a disaster recover situation. of a hybrid cloud storage strategy network parameters, achieving
However, Kurt Marko, writing for data warehouses, analytics, and As well as all of these issues, consider cloud security, how to all the talking and hype, it took Another major flaw in these or any strategy that uses the in some cases 95% bandwidth
TechTarget, says organisations machine learning services.” organisations often have too little expediently back-up data and about 3-4 years for companies products was working with cloud does not devolve you from utilisation.
“often displace existing storage data duplication. Over the years, ensure its availability, as some to start implementing solutions compressed and encrypted the responsibility for ensuring
systems in need of a technology Innovation there have been many attempts factors such as outages are and to then find out which of the files. These are notoriously very its integrity or safety. The cloud Cloud win-win
upgrade with an easily-understood The trouble is that some to resolve this through tiering, no longer under your control. promises it did and did not fulfill. difficult to dedupe any further, providers provide the functionality So, to have a win-win, cloud
service that provides a distributed, organisations are quick to hierarchical storage and through So, there is the potential risk of Many organisations adopt a so require transferring as is. The and the capacity – the rest is storage can’t sit on its own;
high-availability infrastructure; innovate, but slow to implement. information life management. At upsetting lots of people just a cloud-only strategy in which every last and most critical issue with still down to you. You still need it needs to have a network
usage-based pricing; and built-in In some sectors, such as banking the end of the day, data storage is bit, or upsetting a small number aspect of their IT resides in the these devices was that they were to have multiple copies of your infrastructure behind it to operate
security inherent to all cloud and financial services, they always a compromise. of people a lot. This may occur cloud. There are enterprises that very susceptible to latency and data in multiple places, either efficiently and effectively – whether
services.” Murko continues by have traditionally been slow to Over the years, there has been by creating your own hyper- have only put the customer-facing packet loss on the connection with the same cloud provider of for BaaS, DRaaS, PaaS or simply
arguing that the enterprise hybrid innovate and subsequently slow an increase in CPU performance, converged on premises cloud. aspect in the cloud, and those to the cloud, further hampering a completely different one. It is for applications and data storage.
cloud next stage is to link cloud to implement new technologies memory system and in memory Help to achieve this is available that have kept everything in- performance when you really need always worth remembering that Hybrid cloud storage therefore
house, but have created their own it during recovery of the data from putting data into the cloud is has to be integrated, allowing for
private cloud. Of course, there are the cloud. relatively cheaper than the cost of more secure data transfer and
David Trossell, CEO and CTO many flavours. Yet, to moderate getting it out! storage, better accessibility by
of Bridgeworks the all or nothing camp, and to Data transfer the mitigation of latency and the
overcome some of the limitations Many of the applications include Bandwidth costs reduction in packet loss with a
when using the cloud, the concept backup and archive products, The last thing to address is solution such as PORTrockIT.
of the hybrid cloud storage has as well as a number of storage the question of performance. With a higher level of WAN
evolved. The whole concept of devices, and it is now possible to Bandwidth costs are declining performance behind it, hybrid
the hybrid cloud is that it acts transfer the data directly to the rapidly (faster would be nicer) cloud storage becomes more
as a seamless extension to your cloud in object form, bypassing and these are increasing their robust and more effective
existing on-premises storage with the cloud gateways completely. geographical reach. But unless – particularly when disaster
no changes to the applications. I would like to say that all the we solve the problem of latency strikes, when there is a need to
problems were resolved, by and packet loss, we are never retrieve data to ensure that an
Latency and packet loss removing the cloud gateways, going to get a real return on the organisation like you own can
One of the issues that many but it is just like when they build WAN investment, no matter how continue to operate. The focus
implementations face is the failure a new motorway to bypass a much bandwidth we throw at the should be on service continuity,
to take into account the effects bottleneck – you move the problem. requiring hybrid cloud storage
of latency and packet loss on the problem further down the line to Go back to the idea of hybrid to be located in at least three
performance of the application(s); another location. In similar fashion, cloud strategy: it was to have locations, beyond their own
be this from the user to the cloud when you implement a hybrid a seamless extension of our circles of disruption to ensure
or the data centre to the cloud. Cloud solution , it literally is “down infrastructure and performance, that business goes on no matter
This is especially true when the line” with our old performance which has to be a key aspect of what happens. Data is the new
organisations look to use the thieves; packet loss, and latency. that seamlessness. But how can gold, and so it’s worth investing in
cloud as storage facility in such The “go-to” industry standard this be done when the current technologies that make sure it’s
applications as Disaster-recovery- in these occasions is WAN go-to tools only provide a part of secure and readily available.
as-a-Service (DRaaS), Archive-as- Optimisation either as a stand- the requirements? Well, there is a
a-Service (AaaS) or as storage tier alone product or as part of a new way to transfer data across
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apT ecology team grows
after new business wins
Fran Mark Nicola
Lancaster Latham Stone
New solution from SWARCO Traffic
to help Cambridgeshire County An ecology team at a
pioneering public sector
mitigation and licensing, statutory
planning, specialist air pollution
Fran said the team’s local
authority backgrounds meant they
Local Wildlife Sites represent the
best quality and most biodiverse
Council reduce congestion and planning and development
consultancy is expanding to
cope with growing demand.
assessment and planning policy
skills which allows us to take on
complex projects and to provide
our clients with the best possible
had specialist skills which other
commercial consultancies could
not always offer.
“We are particularly
habitats in the borough and are
intended to be accessible to
local communities for recreation,
education and enjoyment.”
improve air quality Telford-based apT’s team of
ecological experts has trebled in
two years, partly as a result of
service.
“The team has statutory roles
within the planning system and
experienced in Habitat Regulation
Assessment, both of plans and
projects, and Nicola brings
The team is also working on
two grant funded projects with
Shropshire Wildlife Trust to deliver
winning new consultancy work in supporting other teams across significant experience of assessing wetland habitat works at Apley
SWARCO Traffic Ltd has signed a new agreement traffic guidance and parking solution to reduce outside their home borough. the Council but also sits within aerial emissions associated with Woods and Dothill in Telford
The team – made up of apT and is able to engage in livestock developments.” and habitat improvements and
with Cambridgeshire County Council to replace congestion and improve air quality in and around the ecology and green infrastructure commercial work. The team has been particularly community engagement schemes
existing traffic technology with an innovative new city. specialists Mark Latham, Fran “We are successfully winning successful in declaring new Local along the Newport Canal SSSI.
Lancaster and Nicola Stone – will commercial survey work outside Nature Reserves with Telford & “The council has also allocated
SWARCO will install 17 full colour sign LED’s and luminance sensor, number of key benefits to both Derek Williamson, Head of expand again later in the year as the borough and building capacity Wrekin Council and was now a further £50,000 of funding to the
RGB Matrix signs at strategic as well as checking for any power visitors and the local community: Sales at SWARCO Traffic, says: it continues to go from strength to to continue to grow our local working to finish an ambitious 200 Green Guarantee sites across
locations across Cambridge and failure. “We needed to upgrade the “We pride ourselves on providing strength. authority work and projects.” programme which will declare the borough – small local green
the surrounding areas, which As part of the new solution, systems in place with a more the highest quality traffic signs and Fran, who joined the Council in Last year the team secured 16 LNRs covering around 520 spaces in Council ownership
can be programmed to display SWARCO will also install 11 count flexible and accurate solution intelligent solutions in the industry, 2013, said the team’s wide range a series of contracts with both hectares in the borough – three which are being protected for
any image and provide traffic control cabinets at Cambridge’s with better functionality and as well as tailoring these to meet of skills and the innovative way in private clients and neighbouring times the recommended standard. public use. The ecology team
information and guidance for Park & Ride sites to advise drivers communications,” explains the needs of our customers. which apT was set up to offer its authority estates departments. Fran added: “We are actively is looking at how we deliver
drivers, as well as any upcoming on availability. The counters slim Zaneta. “The new signs will enable We are working closely with skills commercially whilst being a These have seen the team involved in positively managing that programme of works at the
events. design will also reduce on-street us to ensure that drivers can find Cambridgeshire County Council part of Telford & Wrekin Council, undertake surveys for amphibians, these sites with our colleagues moment.”
The signs are fully UTMC clutter. car parking space availability with to ensure this new installation were huge factors in its success. reptiles, badgers and breeding in Neighbourhood Services, and apT is the Midlands’ first public
compatible and will be managed Zaneta Adamczyk, Real Time ease, reducing time spent on the and system creates minimum “Having grown from being the birds to inform schemes ranging alongside local communities, town sector commercial planning,
via SWARCO’s intelligent Zephyr Passenger Information Project road, which will help us to reduce disruption for the public, with the only ecologist in the department in size and complexity from single and parish councils and friends development and environmental
solution, that enables messages Officer at Cambridgeshire County congestion and consequently works due to be completed by two years ago, our team now home owner developments, self- groups. consultancy.
to be set from anywhere at any Council, says the new technology improve the air quality throughout December.” has a mix of commercial survey build schemes to large residential “Our LNRs, alongside Sites Visit: www.apt-group.co.uk or
time, remotely, and monitor the and traffic solution will provide a the city and surrounding areas. experience, protected species developments. of Special Scientific Interest and follow @apTgroupuk on Twitter.
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GDrive strategic change with integrated
We’re transport solutions to create more
creating liveable cities Peter O’Driscoll, Managing Director, RingGo
cleaner, Local governments are now
fully embracing digital services
that benefit both their staff
are often looking for ways to
make an impact in their part of the
world. There are multiple ways in
pre-defined emission brackets set
by the council.
EBP parking schemes are
mobility across the city to increase
efficiencies by, for example,
reducing congestion. The UMCH
healthier,
and constituents, slowly, but which parking solutions can help already having an impact. connects and manages asset
surely getting rid of paper and to minimise the environmental Westminster City Council saw an and access models, joining up
physical offerings. However, impact of driving, with the obvious immediate effect from introducing information from zones, parking
to see the scale of benefits one being that identifying available the solution, reporting a 16% machines, pollution forecasts,
more
that can be realised from parking spots reduces the amount reduction in the most polluting enforcement data, permits and
digitising, local governments of time spent circling around city vehicles driving and parking in cashless options. It monitors
should be looking to develop centres in search of the elusive the city, without any obvious behaviour in all aspects of mobility
new solutions that flow across spot. This in turn minimises displacement to nearby parking and provides ways to improve
departmental boundaries. This congestion, reduces emissions zones. how people travel around the city.
liveable
can take many shapes, but and improves the air quality. Parking is also about The complete digitisation and
consider for a moment what However, there are much more offering the best ecosystem for integration of mobility services,
this could look like with an advanced and impactful ways encouraging use of vehicles that including vehicle journeys and
often forgotten service like of reducing pollution. Solutions minimise environmental impact. parking will increasingly be used
towns
parking. such as RingGo’s Emissions Electric vehicles are key to the to optimise and steer traffic flows.
Based Parking (EBP), which future of transport, and with With quick and easy analysis, local
Parking is more than where significantly helps local councils increasing uptake RingGo allows governments can use this data to
constituents leave their car. Local improve air quality, demonstrate drivers to view a map of over improve how constituents travel,
governments initially developed environmental benefits and 5,500 EV charging points across transferring usage to underutilised
and cities
smarter parking solutions to ultimately make UK towns and the UK, find the closest charging areas or modes of transport,
control and reduce congestion, cities better places to live. As point and be directed to the and ultimately ensuring cities are
but that was just the beginning. most city councils have already selected destination. Increasing better places to live. Average
Parking has become a leader migrated the majority of their awareness of charging points not parking duration times, high-
in the adoption of a cashless parking payment systems to only helps existing drivers of EVs density zones, price sensitivities,
way of living and is now being digital, adding EBP is an easy but also normalises their usage, and on-street performance can all
used to drive strategic change in and cost-effective implementation encouraging greater adoption be analysed and used to better
How does your areas as diverse as improving air
quality and integrating transport
process.
The application that drivers are
amongst motorists who may be
concerned about making the shift.
manage the parking ecosystem.
Consumers also benefit. As
parking feature?
solutions. already using to locate a parking It also makes the surrounding area travel and parking information
spot and pay for parking can more environmentally friendly. increasingly converge within
Good for the city, good for easily be adapted to influence vehicles, motorists are better
the environment environmental impact. Using More efficient transport informed about where to go and
As the climate change debate real-time data, combined with Along with the enhanced how to get there.
rages at a national and the vehicle’s fuel type and year capabilities being built into unified
international level, local Councils of manufacture, tariffs can be parking solutions, all mobility Liveable cities of the future
automatically varied to match systems are benefiting from From improving air pollution to
technological advancements and creating smart, economic ways to
when harnessed in the right way, travel through cities, parking has
Peter this can create amazing results. a key role to play in helping local
O’Driscoll Converged mobility systems councils provide cleaner, healthier
provide data to better understand and more liveable cities. While it
customers, improve transportation may be just one part of the overall
efficiency, recognise new trends in picture, by understanding local
mobility and plan for the future. parking needs based on intelligent
PARK NOW, RingGo’s data insights, governments can
parent company, has helped to gain greater understanding and
implement an Urban Mobility introduce further smart mobility
Control Hub (UMCH) in Paris, a services supporting a more
perfect example of how digital sustainable future.
systems are bringing together
The no.1 parking app not just parking, but data from
www.RingGo.co.uk/Operators
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