1. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONAL SERVICE
PRESENTED BY
SITA
12 September 2012

2. 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.

3. 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
Days 2,507,326.41
Days 5,981,379.40
361+ Days 34,592,464.11
TOTAL   62,367,330.33

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Thank you