TechnologyOne developed its OneCouncil system for local government in collaboration with 250 councils.
The system is designed to cover all of the functions required by a local council, including finance, payroll, human resource management, and land and property management.
Proven practices and processes are built into the system, according to TechnologyOne officials.
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Since the new Noosa Council was on a tight deadline - it de-amalgamated from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council (SCRC) at the beginning of 2014 - it took advantage of the cloud as well as the pre-configured nature of OneCouncil.
The system was implemented in four months, compared with 12-18 months for traditional enterprise software.
"By having our own systems on day one, we have already saved money that would have otherwise been spent on temporary solutions," said Noosa Council CEO Brett de Chastel.
"Since launch, [the] TechnologyOne [OneCouncil] suite has continued to perform fantastically," Mr de Chastel continued.
Significant cost savings are also expected. Noosa Council paid around $1.2 million upfront and will have annual costs of $1 million. The cost of a conventional software deployment has been estimated at $5 million upfront and $3.6 million per year.
"By delivering our enterprise software as a service, TechnologyOne is providing the future of enterprise software, today," said TechnologyOne executive chairman Adrian Di Marco.
"Our customers should not have to worry about the complexity of running or updating their software and infrastructure when we can take care of all of that for them.
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TechnologyOne guarantees the Council will have 99% access every month, and every transaction is applied to two mirrored databases simultaneously in two separate data centres.
The response time of the cloud-based OneCouncil system is faster than that of the in-house SCRC system.
The former Noosa Shire Council - prior to amalgamation into the SCRC - had a full time IT staff of nine people. The new Noosa Council will have five full time IT staff.
