SASSA cuts costs and improves service delivery in rural areas with Novell and Userful Multiplier
Omni, Lekgotla Technologies and Novell South Africa today announced the successful implementation of Userful Multiplier™ desktops in 50 rural South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices.
SASSA began with a 13-site pilot of the Linux Desktop virtualisation software running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop® in August 2007 to reduce costs and improve turnaround times on social grant applications from rural offices.
The project yielded initial cost savings of R250 000 (US$31,000) per site and has transformed application processing from several weeks to the targeted 24 hours. Since being officially approved by SASSA, several South African provinces are looking to adopt this strategy to enhance service delivery and to address budget restraints and limited electrical and connectivity infrastructure in rural South Africa.
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