Provincial ministries and agencies face a multi-level challenge: to deliver vital programs in response to diverse public needs and, at the same time, to keep pace with rapid changes in service-delivery technologies, workplace practices and web-based networking and information sharing.

Whatever the mandate of your organization – enhancing education, energy, transportation or healthcare programs; attracting new investment and business opportunities; or updating an aging provincial infrastructure – you need to provide accountable, transparent services while keeping costs under control. Fundamental to that mission is the demand for fast, reliable communications.

Allstream’s connectivity solutions help people work more efficiently, from desk to desk and between geographically dispersed offices, by converging voice, data and multimedia applications onto a secure, scalable IP-based network. When all of your offices and remote worksites are securely connected, your people are better positioned to adopt innovative practices that boost productivity and promote collaboration. You can improve service levels by making information accessible to the public from multiple channels and by ensuring it flows quickly, accurately and reliably. And you can meet all of these targets while realizing significant savings on your IT budget and maximizing the value of your existing technology investment.

Work more efficiently:
Disparate technology platforms, multiple networks and connection points, the persistent risk of downtime – all of these challenges cost your people valuable work hours and distract them from core tasks. Supported by Allstream’s industry-leading connectivity solutions and our coast-to-coast 30,000 km fibre-optic network, your organization can improve work efficiency across the board.

• Ensure better information flow and optimum client support with reduced risk of network downtime.
• Streamline and extend service delivery through multiple-channel access points and online information gathering.
• Boost productivity with instant virtual meetings enabling geographically dispersed staff to share files and collaborate on applications in real time.
• Get team members better connected by enabling them to instantly locate and check the current status of colleagues across the network.
• Equip people in the field with mobile applications that enhance service delivery and keep them connected to the central workplace.
• Use digital technologies and audio, web and video conferencing to expand professional development and training opportunities, as well as foster improved regional, agency and departmental relationships.
• Ensure regulatory compliance by updating online forms and applications at the point of data delivery.
• Promote improved work-life balance – increasingly important for both attracting and retaining talent – with teleworking and mobility applications that let people work from home and on the road.
• Stay up to date with the latest business applications, ensuring your network is ready for seamless upgrades.

Save money:
By converging your networks, business applications and multiple worksites onto a scalable, end-to-end network infrastructure, you can generate greater efficiencies with existing resources. Moreover, you can potentially reduce IT staffing costs while realizing a higher overall return on your infrastructure investment.

• Save money and IT resources by eliminating the hardware and software required to maintain multiple technology interfaces.
• Cut travel expenses with real-time audio, web and videoconferencing.
• Reduce real estate costs by minimizing the size and number of dedicated meeting areas across your organization.
• Cut down on office space and equipment by enabling remote workers to share desks and computers.

Reduce your footprint:
Allstream helps your organization meet the growing demand for greener delivery of public services. With our suite of collaboration, mobility and teleworking tools, you can reduce your organizational carbon footprint by:

• replacing work-related travel with videoconferencing
• cutting down on commute times and reducing office space by taking advantage of teleworking capabilities
• realizing enhanced energy efficiencies with superior technologies
• reducing office space and saving energy by relocating servers to an Allstream data centre.

Stay secure:
We help protect your confidential data with the innovative security solutions built into every connection point of our national network. With Allstream’s experts working alongside your own IT people, you can transfer and store data efficiently, knowing that your organization is well protected against cyber threats, spam and malware. 

You can also transfer your server and data storage needs to one of Allstream’s comprehensive data centres, which provide round-the-clock security and monitoring, climate controls and alternative power sources for immediate, guaranteed backup in the event of a crisis. (Please note that all Managed Hosting services provided by Allstream ensure that data remains in Canada, protected by PIPEDA – Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.)

We understand your goals:
Citizen-centred service delivery is job one for every department and agency of a provincial government. Allstream helps you keep that goal top of mind in all of your IT planning and implementation ­– as you deliver optimum value to taxpayers.