PFRON uses cloud computing at Polcom

In Poland, the number of disabled persons reaches almost 5 million.

So far, in a traditional model, persons with disabilities had to submit official application forms in a paper form, the yearly number of which equals over half a million, in order to obtain a subsidy from the resources of the Fund.

In order to address these problems, the Fund developed and implemented the Support Service System financed with the resources of the Fund, whose major objective was to increase the availability of support offered to persons with disabilities through the agency of an electronic platform.

At the time of the project implementation financed within the framework of Operational Program Digital Poland, a key issue occurred, i.e. a guarantee of infrastructure suitable for this demanding application. Due to the fact that the Fund has high expectations within the scope of security, scalability and business continuity, the project team of the Support Service System realized that cloud computing would be the most advantageous solution within the scope of providing appropriate technical infrastructure for the Support Service System.

High requirements resulted in the fact that only certain entities could meet the expectations of the Fund within the framework of public procurement procedure.

Compliance and security of sensitive data

The cloud computing service at Polcom turned out to be the solution which met the highest requirements and was most cost-efficient.

Polcom, as a Polish provider of cloud computing services, met high expectations of the Fund and provided the institutions with the highest standards of IT security, which was a key requirement due to the sensitive nature of data processed by the Support Service System. Securing them properly is an important aspect for the functioning of the application.

Reduction of investment costs

Polcom offered the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons the best financial conditions among all received offers within the framework of the public procurement procedure.

Cost optimization was crucial for a public institution that deals with the activity in the interest of disabled persons. Equally important for the Fund was to incur costs only for the actual use of the infrastructure.

Cloud computing adjusted to the needs

The Support Service System requires appropriate scalability. Giving access to IT infrastructure in the service model (cloud computing) makes it possible to dynamically increase or decrease the computational power depending on the current needs, which was of great importance in the course of choosing this type of service by the Fund.

Implementation of support programs

As a result of the Support Service System, self-governmental unit and later the Fund are able to efficiently manage flowing application forms and create new support programs suited to the reality that surrounds us. There is no doubt that the Support Service System financed with the resources of the Fund is a solution which facilitates settling a matter, moving around the jungle of regulations, counteracts extortion and increases the level of digitalization of self-governmental units.

Cost optimization

Cloud computing model made it possible to save almost 30% in comparison with own infrastructure.

Scalability

The Support Service System is a continually developing system which requires flexible infrastructure. Cloud computing makes it possible to increase the demand for computational power at any time.

Data processing security

Polcom Data Center guarantees the highest security level of services confirmed by international certificates.

Business continuity maintenance

Polcom guarantees business continuity maintenance and reduces to a minimum lack of service availability in case of unforeseen events.