Results: Value for money - Part 5
ICT infrastructure
Desktops, laptops and servers
The 105 CIOs who responded to the survey reported that their
organisations managed a total of 141,714 desktops or laptops and
14,314 servers (Table 10). Future
collections should be able to provide insight into how these figures
are changing over time. Changes in the number of servers may reflect
the progress of server consolidation efforts.
A user of ICT services can use only one desktop or laptop at a time, yet 44 percent of organisations appear to have 1.1 or more desktops or laptops per ICT user, suggesting that there may be potential in some organisations for the rationalization of desktop equipment. At the other end of the scale, organisations with significantly less than one desktop or laptop per ICT user tended to be the type where employees are not at computers all day.
Figure 7
Distribution of government desktops or laptops per Information and Communications Technology (ICT) user (30 June 2008)
Table 10
Number of government desktops, laptops, and servers by organisation size and type (30 June 2008)
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Internet connection type
Cable was the most common Internet connection type used by responding government organisations (77 percent) followed by cellular (51 percent) and DSL (Digital subscriber line, 50 percent). Reported cable use is higher and DSL use lower than in 200619 when the most reported connection type was DSL.
The mix of technologies and trends over time by which agencies are connecting to the Internet may have implications for future procurement opportunities.
Figure 8
Government Internet connection type (30 June 2008). Government organisations may use more than one connection type so percentages may add to over 100 percent.
Table 11
Government Internet connection type by organisation size and type (30 June 2008)
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Video technology
Video technology has the potential to replace meeting travel and reduce government travel costs. The sharing of facilities between organisations might reduce overhead costs.
Sixty-nine percent of CIOs that responded reported that their organisation already used room-based video technology. Larger organisations were more likely to use room-based video technology than smaller organisations (Table 12). The next most popular mode was desktop (30 percent).
Figure 9
Government use of video technology (30 June 2008)
Table 12
Government use of video technology, by organisation size and type (30 June 2008)
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Note: Due to rounding, some percentages may not add to 100
Fifty-six percent of the responding organisations (Table 13) used standard definition room-based systems, while 27 percent used high-definition room-based systems. In both cases, around three-quarters of the facilities were internal to the organisation and a quarter were from external suppliers.
Fifty-five percent of responding organisations used a multipoint control unit (MCU) to bridge their room-based or desktop videoconferencing connections. Sixty percent of these were internal to the organisation in question.
Figure 10
Government room-based video technologies (30 June 2008)
Of organisations with internal facilities, in all cases around three-quarters were in principle willing and able to share them with other government organisations.
Table 13
Government video technology type (30 June 2008)
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Note: Due to rounding, some figures may not add to stated total
Footnotes
[18 Number of employees is an estimate derived from a variety of sources including annual reports, the State Services Commission's Human Resource Capability Survey, organisation websites, and the number of reported ICT users. ]
[19 Government Use of ICT Survey 2006, Statistics New Zealand ]
[20 Government organisations may use more than one connection type so percentages may add to over 100 percent ]
[21 Percentages are of all responding organisations in each organisation size or type ]
[22 Number of employees is an estimate derived from a variety of sources including annual reports, the State Services Commission's Human Resource . Survey, organisation websites, and the number of reported ICT users. ]
[23 Government organisations may use more than one video technology mode so percentages may add to more than 100 ]
[24 Percentages are of all responding organisations in each size or type ]
[25 Number of employees is an estimate derived from a variety of sources including annual reports, the State Services Commission's Human Resource Capability Survey, organisation websites, and the number of reported ICT users. ]
[26 Government organisations may use more than one video technology percentages may add to more than 100 ]
[27 Whether in principle the organisation would be willing to share the facility with other government organisations ]
[28 Percentages are of all 105 responding organisations ]
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