HPSN2

HPSN2 Network

Sixteen Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) local authority partners signed a landmark agreement to jointly procure HPSN2 (replacing the former HPSN service). HPSN2 is a PSN member (see right).

The HPSN2 service is based on core requirements that meet the needs of all partners, but that enables them to contract directly with the supplier, this differs from the former HPSN service, managed by Hampshire County Council on behalf of the partners.

With HPSN2, each partner will be able to select the bundle of services they need from a catalogue to meet their needs, large or small.

HPSN2 benefits

Building on the foundation of the existing HPSN Service, HPSN2 will offer improved data, voice and service networks for major partners and affordable solutions for town & parish councils and up to 800 schools:

• Greater value for money and significant economies of scale
• Cheaper commodity items, such as call minutes and infrastructure
• Increased network capacity, better quality voice services and faster connections
• Common infrastructure for shared services and applications
• Shared technology solutions, resilient lines, improved security and mobile data
• Connectivity to partner data, Government Connect and other public services
• Joint value added services eg directories, authentication, disaster recovery
• Solving new challenges together, eg security, Services for young people

More about HPSN2 Services.

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HPSN2 - efficiency savings across the board

Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s new partnership-wide high speed core network HPSN2 can deliver:

• a full range of modern, high quality, cost effective and flexible services to public sector partners.

Find out more about efficiency savings.

Founding Partners

Public Sector Networks

HPSN2 stems from a long heritage of shared networking in the Hampshire area. The HPSN2 concept has been adopted by other similar partnerships and the Cabinet Office have used HPSN2 as one of the first building blocks of the PSN "network of networks".

HPSN2 is represented in the Cabinet Office and with Kent's KPSN are participating in an early adoption project to link the two networks and provide shared services across the region. The second phase of the work will demonstrate links to other government departments such Health and Department for Work & Pensions.