Cybit has launched a major new public sector integration initiative.

"The technology is touching more and more areas of public service," said John Wisdom, sales and marketing director at Cybit.

"It delivers progressive layers of return on investment.

"New services also now include more robust lone worker and mobile employee protection."

He points to Kettering Borough Council's implementation of telematics, which has driven internal initiatives to develop existing route efficiencies, optimising reactive vehicle deployment across the Borough and eliminating costly duplicate journeys.

Also, Kettering Borough Council has been able to intercept fraudulent insurance claims by proving vehicle locations in relation to alleged incidents.

In Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council states that Fleetstar-Online played a major part in optimising the productivity of its fleet, by controlling driving time and fuel efficiency.

In Wales, Geraint Hopkins, board member for fleet management of Powys County Council, said: "By installing Cybit we safeguard the staff driving the vehicles if they get into difficulties.

"We also carry out in-depth route reviews for all operations and collect asset information, which will help us further optimise efficiency."

As councils seek to realise the next layer of cost saving, more and more look at systems integration.

Organisations can now transfer data without manual input into back-office systems – cutting down on the time and resources required for administration of vital services.

This helps organisations link-in to activity of gritters, refuse collection vehicles or ground maintenance operations – as well as lone-workers.

This gives local authority managers strategic overview of their resources and empowers key decisions on the deployment of assets.

"The pressure on government organisations to become more efficient doesn't have to result in a drop in service levels," said Wisdom.

"Through the strategic integration of data, a range of different departments can automate many overly cumbersome processes and make themselves more streamlined – all the while improving the service to their stakeholders."