ISTANBUL, 1 July 2004 - Speaking at the NATO Forum on Business and Security today, William Mutell, Vice President of Global Security, Intelligence and Defence for HP, discussed how integrated solutions that facilitate the sharing of knowledge, information, and intelligence in a secure manner are key to the evolution of citizen security and global cross-border collaboration. HP is calling for closer collaboration between the public sector and private companies in order to transform Information Technology into trusted systems based on simplicity,
standards, modularity, and integration.
Mr Mutell predicted that security systems that are currently physical and static will migrate to become digital, mobile and virtual. These systems will be reliant on integration, simplicity and manageability.
Private sector expertise and investment will be crucial to deliver integrated solutions that provide secure information for global cross-border collaboration. The public sector can improve its efficacy and cost-effectiveness by leveraging best practices and best-in-class solutions from the private sector.
Mr Mutell cited initiatives, requirements, and challenges often shared by public sector and private sector organisations. These include modernisation and Internet adoption; spending control and optimisation; information integration and knowledge management; and restructuring and
decentralisation.
Common objectives include the need to share information but protect sensitive sources and methods, and to act in real time. Organizations also share common challenges in fulfilling these objectives. For example, the stream of voice, data, and digital images for monitoring and analysis continues to expand exponentially and faster than the public sector alone can match; adequate, timely funding is a perennial problem; and robust, trusted systems are not in place.
HP experience and expertise with public sector customers Mr Mutell cited examples of HP's collaboration with public sector authorities in Europe on the development of technologies for individual identification, customs and border security, and emergency services. HP provides critical infrastructure and emergency preparedness and response technologies to a wide range of clients around the world in the areas of border, trade and tariff; first response; critical infrastructure and emergency preparedness and response; and defence and security priorities.
HP has been instrumental in helping to create e-government infrastructures and other public sector solutions including public-private partnerships in Europe. E-government is the fastest growing sector of the information technology (IT) market in Europe and HP continues to invest resources in this area. Following are examples of HP customer solutions across Europe:
Ministry of Interior - Bulgaria
HP won a contract agreement with the Republic of Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior to upgrade and support the system that allows the government to issue all nationals with new secure ID cards, passports and drivers licenses. The solution included the installation of a new information infrastructure that linked 140 different sites, with centrally managed security, usage and backup solutions. It supports real-time monitoring and control of materials used in production, thus ensuring the security of the process.
HP provided a full funding of Euro 30 million and a real solution adhering to EU standards and regulations and based on a revenue/risk-sharing model. HP is effectively paid a commission on every passport printed. Return on investment was achieved within two years.
Moreover, this solution brought the time for issuing secure documents down from two weeks to only 15 minutes, and these new documents allowed visa-free travel to the European Union.
Driver licences - Poland
In Poland, HP helped finance the production and issue of the country's driving licences after the government promised citizens that all driving documents would be replaced within five years. HP gets paid on a per transaction basis and during the first year, over 1 million documents were issued through the service, which is fully outsourced to HP.
This figure will rise to 10,000,000 by 2005, at which point the infrastructure will be formally handed over to the state-owned Polish Security Printing Works.
Lithuanian Customs Department
HP has helped the Lithuanian Customs Authority to deliver an effective and efficient collection of duties and taxes, to help prevent illicit traffic in prohibited and restricted goods and to collect and process foreign statistics. Over 3000 employees, including the Lithuanian Customs Training Centre, have access to and regularly use the system.
The result has been faster imports, greater transparency, and seamless processing.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2004, HP revenue totalled $76.8 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
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