Key challenges for the Technologist
Technologists within government are ultimately responsible for building platforms that are secure, resilient, efficient, fast and scalable. However, Technologists often experience many challenges.
Typical challenges include:
Massive fragmentation across technology and user experience
Lack of time to research evolving technologies
Need to reduce costs while ensuring new systems are smart, scalable and secure
Barriers that stall collaboration and knowledge sharing across the digital arena
Outdated systems that don’t meet current requirements
How we help Technologists
Salsa partners with Technologists to help in the following areas:
Consolidation through building whole-of-organisation content management platforms
Building whole-of-government open data portals
Implementing change with the help of our technical vision and leadership
Building highly secure systems in CKAN, Drupal, Wordpress, GovCMS (Federal Government platform) and Single Digital Presence (Victorian Government platform)
Using cutting-edge technology and emerging tech to deliver better services
Accessing highly skilled developers to lead a project (or supplement your internal tech team)
Working within the open source community to enable true collaboration and knowledge sharing
Reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) through open source solutions