Long before the publication of the McClelland Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland in June 2011, ministers knew that something had to be done to rationalise the increasing complexity of the networks on which public services rely.
The system is the legacy of three decades in which computing knowledge – and the public sector – have evolved and grown at spectacular speed. Last summer, the distinguished IT businessman John McClelland was tasked by Finance Secretary John Swinney to produce the first official attempt to map the landscape, and suggest ways to make it better, cheaper and more in line with energy-saving priorities.
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