SEPTEMBER POLICE MARKET REPORT NOW OUT
02.09.10 FOURTH UPDATE TO UK POLICE BUDGETS 2010.11 - a force by force breakdown of ICT projects for the new 2010.11 financial year - FOURTH update just issued, includes excel spreadsheet, covering 34 separate applications.
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE SPEARHEADS 2010.11 POLICE INVESTMENT PLANS
Business and Infrastructure ICT investment by police will outstrip the total spent on front line systems by almost two to one in 2010.11, according to new research.
Storage; e-mail; finance; desktops; networks; telephony and other business applications account for £139m, or 42% of total identifiable ICT capital spend by the 43 forces in England and Wales
Around half of this figure goes to operational or front line systems such as crime; intelligence; command and control; radios and mobile data. These add up to £71m or 21.5% of total capital investment for the new 2010.11 financial year.
The research was carried out by Police Market Report, the monthly ICT bulletin. It found ICT spending is mainly divided between 34 systems – 18 covering back office and infrastructure and 16 dealing with operational or front line policing.
Overall, capital spending on ICT will rise to £330m in the new 2010.11 financial year - 17% up on the 2009.10 total of £280m. The Metropolitan Police accounts for the bulk of this with £136m or 41% of total spend.
The profile of front line system investment shows several peaks and troughs. Mobile data, the single highest spending operational item, falls to £13.6m in 2010.11 - 28% down from the £19m recorded last year. Intelligence, however, leaps ahead from £3.7m in 2009.10 to £6.1m in 2010.11.
Infrastructure investment, which covers desktops; servers; networks and telephone systems shows a healthy 8.2% increase rising from £104.6m in 2009.10 to £113.2m for 2010.11.
Specific uses for £120m or 36% of ICT capital cannot be identified because details are not disclosed by several forces. The figures do not include 2010.11 ICT capital spending by the central National Policing Improvement Agency.
“The rise in infrastructure spending shows attention is being paid to business process improvement”, comments John Rowland, Police Market Report editor.
“Forces are looking at better networks to save time with applications such as video conferencing”
“The full impact of collaborative work on ICT systems is still being worked out and renewal of many core police systems lies ahead because of this.”
Rowland added “there’s some slow down in mobile data as forces try and realise solid business benefits before going further.”
“Investment in other areas remains steady, with an increase in Airwave radio equipment spend noted as the need to replace elderly hardware kicks in.”
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RECENT POLICE MARKET REPORTS:
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE SPEARHEADS 2010.11 POLICE INVESTMENT PLANS
Business and Infrastructure ICT investment by police will outstrip the total spent on front line systems by almost two to one in 2010.11, according to new research.
Storage; e-mail; finance; desktops; networks; telephony and other business applications account for £139m, or 42% of total identifiable ICT capital spend by the 43 forces in England and Wales
Around half of this figure goes to operational or front line systems such as crime; intelligence; command and control; radios and mobile data. These add up to £71m or 21.5% of total capital investment for the new 2010.11 financial year.
The research was carried out by Police Market Report, the monthly ICT bulletin. It found ICT spending is mainly divided between 34 systems – 18 covering back office and infrastructure and 16 dealing with operational or front line policing.
Overall, capital spending on ICT will rise to £330m in the new 2010.11 financial year - 17% up on the 2009.10 total of £280m. The Metropolitan Police accounts for the bulk of this with £136m or 41% of total spend.
The profile of front line system investment shows several peaks and troughs. Mobile data, the single highest spending operational item, falls to £13.6m in 2010.11 - 28% down from the £19m recorded last year. Intelligence, however, leaps ahead from £3.7m in 2009.10 to £6.1m in 2010.11.
Infrastructure investment, which covers desktops; servers; networks and telephone systems shows a healthy 8.2% increase rising from £104.6m in 2009.10 to £113.2m for 2010.11.
Specific uses for £120m or 36% of ICT capital cannot be identified because details are not disclosed by several forces. The figures do not include 2010.11 ICT capital spending by the central National Policing Improvement Agency.
“The rise in infrastructure spending shows attention is being paid to business process improvement”, comments John Rowland, Police Market Report editor.
“Forces are looking at better networks to save time with applications such as video conferencing”
“The full impact of collaborative work on ICT systems is still being worked out and renewal of many core police systems lies ahead because of this.”
Rowland added “there’s some slow down in mobile data as forces try and realise solid business benefits before going further.”
“Investment in other areas remains steady, with an increase in Airwave radio equipment spend noted as the need to replace elderly hardware kicks in.”
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RECENT POLICE MARKET REPORTS:
- Recent reports have also featured news items on:
- WHY THE SUMS DIDN'T ADD UP - WHAT WENT WRONG WITH AMBITIOUS BACK OFFICE COLLABORATION SCHEME
- In house applications - they're alive and well. A good number of ISD departments still reckon they can do better themselves, despite rejoinders from policy chiefs to stick to centrally endorsed off the shelf products. Local developers say they're delivering a better product at a lower cost and, in the case of a few applications, IS staffers on other forces agree.
- outsourcing - no one's unanimous on this one. Figures examined in Police Market Report look at a common application and then see how much it costs to set up as a joint service. Sticking with the existing set up works out marginally cheaper. Set up costs, business process changes and consultancy tip the scales in favour of the status quo. Latest figures examined in the May 2010 issue examine a broader range of infrastructure services. A collaborative, rather than an outsourcing option comes out cheapest.
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