PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONAL SERVICE PRESENTED BY SITA 12 September 2012

BACKGROUND The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is experiencing problems with the existing IT infrastructure and SITA was requested to intervene in the following issues: License Renewals Virtual Private Network Network Infrastructure Hosting Infrastructure Project Management SITA remains committed to work with the DCS to improve and stabilise the IT Infrastructure whilst ensuring, cost saving, interoperability and benefit from the Economies of scale.

STATUS OF DCS DEBT TO SITA R40 million Current 1-30 Days 10,553,801.48 31-60 Days 745,450.14 61-90 Days 7,986,908.79 91-180 Days 2,507,326.41 181-360 Days 5,981,379.40 361+ Days 34,592,464.11 TOTAL   62,367,330.33

SITA’s intervention to DCS Challenges ISSUE PROPOSED SOLUTION STATUS Signing of the current Business Agreement A new BA workshopped and submitted to DCS for signature Engaging with GITO for further negotiation Delays in payments to SITA DCS to effect payments for outstanding debt to avoid accumulating interest on overdue account Task team formed by DCS to reconcile the account. The account is currently R62mil DCS Forensic investigations into IT Procurements SITA to avail key members to be interviewed by the DCS Forensic investigators. Interviews held between SITA , SITA internal Audit and the DCS Investigators

SITA’s intervention to DCS Challenges ISSUE PROPOSED SOLUTION STATUS RDOMS-Remand Detainee and Offender Management System SITA, DCS and Dimension Data to find a solution towards completing the project. Meeting held between the 3 parties to outline the way forward, Matter still pending DCS decision DCS Infrastructure DCS to upgrade all infrastructures over the next 3 years and stabilise the network. Upgrade includes Server Rooms, Cabling, Network Switches, and Telephony SITA to issue a tender specifically for DCS infrastructure as this will shorten the procurement in the future. LAN Infrastructure for Western Cape Correction Centres : Brandvlei Warmbokveld Van Rhyndorp Amathole Goedemoed Upgrade of server rooms, Cabling and Telephony Final stages of Cabling. SITA procurement to complete the process of appointing a Service Provider

STRATEGIC PROJECTS PROJECT BENEFIT STATUS Virtual Private Network (VPN) -Migration of +/- 400 sites to the SITA NGN Secure connections to or from foreign networks through Common Access Point (CAP) with high Quality of Service (QoS) Migration to SITA VPN will be completed by February 2013

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