Case Study: City of West Linn achieves strategic IT leadership and cost savings with Polar Systems vCIO services

City of West Linn saves $28,000 a year with Polar Systems

The City of West Linn faced the challenge of maintaining strategic IT leadership after economic pressures made a full-time, in-house Chief Technology Officer financially unsustainable. The city needed to preserve this high-level guidance at a lower cost. They partnered with Polar Systems to utilize their virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) service.

Polar Systems implemented their vCIO service to provide outsourced IT leadership. The solution included strategic planning, budget management, vendor consolidation, and project oversight. The results included an estimated 17.5% annual savings of $28,000, the successful management of 30 IT projects, renegotiated contracts for further savings, and improved internal processes and staff development. Polar Systems delivered the strategic focus the city required while reducing costs.

City of West Linn