TheLondon
Borough of Croydonhas strengthened its
partnership withNorthgate Information Solutionsby
selecting it to deliver a £4.5m managed support service for its
revenues and benefits department.
Following the implementation of Northgate's revenues and
benefits software in 2006, Croydon has entered into a new five-year
contract worth more than £4.5m with the company.
The managed service provides a hosted data service, central
helpdesk facility and technical support covering the systems and
applications used by the revenues and benefits department.
The contract also covers
disaster recovery and business continuity of data, and capacity
monitoring in the data centre.
Nathan Elvery, director of finance and resources at Croydon
council, said, "Our working relationship is built upon a shared
commitment to meet the increased expectations for delivering more
services more efficiently."