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.
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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
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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
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SITA’s intervention to DCS Challenges
ISSUE
PROPOSED SOLUTION
STATUS
RDOMS-Remand Detainee
and Offender Management
System
SITA, DCS and Dimension
Meeting held between the 3
Data to find a solution towards parties to outline the way
completing the project.
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
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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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Thank you