Eduserv, a not-for-profit IT services provider to the public sector, today announced that it has signed a contract with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), to deliver Identity & Access Management Services (IAM) through its OpenAthens solution to over 1.5 million users. The two year deal, which benefits the NHS in England, will enable users to access all centrally procured online information such as bibliographic databases, e-journals and e-books.

“We are thrilled to have signed this contract with NICE,” says Dan Almour, Business Director, Eduserv. “It is vital that major public sector organisations such as the NHS have the latest information and resources at their fingertips, so documents can be accessed both onsite and remotely.

“This will make accessing information and data quicker and easier for end users as well as helping the different NHS Health Authorities in England to make better use of their budget by collating usage reports which are then broken down by resource and user group.”

Through OpenAthens, organisations are able to manage multiple licenses for e-books and e-journals and provide access to them from one portal. This gives administrators total visibility as to which publications and documents are being accessed and lets them manage subscriptions in a cost effective manner.

Source realwire