Press Release

Radius and Microsoft® announce their e-Government roadshow 2002

Microsoft/Radius e-Government roadshow 2001 attracted more than 350 visitors from over 150 UK local authorities who listened to presentations on topics including Microsoft's and Radius' vision of e-Government in 2005, e-Procurement, e-Payments, counter-fraud activities and handling secure transactions in an e-Government environment.

Microsoft and Radius today announce that their joint 2002 e-Government roadshow will be extended to a seventh venue, and will focus on the practical adoption of interoperability in local authorities. Presentations will be non-technical, concentrating on the business benefits of adopting interoperability in key areas such as integration of back office systems, e-Procurement including supplier enablement, cross-cutting developments in income processing across multiple channels and departments and content management on internet & intranet sites.

One frequent comment from attendees at the 2001 events was that they had found the day highly productive as the informative presentations were backed up by a separate, informal demonstration area where a wide variety of separate software packages could be viewed in a non-pressurised environment.

For the 2002 roadshow we have taken on board the comments of previous attendees, extending the separate demonstration area to include additional products, whilst reducing the number of presentations to allow more time for informal demonstrations. As with the previous roadshow, each event has a pick-and-mix approach - allowing you to choose whichever presentations are of interest and use any free time to pick our consultants' brains or see informal demonstrations of any of the products.