Case Study: Skalica City Hall achieves 70% IT cost reduction and simplified systems management with Ubuntu

Skalica City Hall reduces costs by 70 per cent with Ubuntu

Skalica City Hall in Slovakia needed a reliable, easy-to-use desktop environment for 120 municipal users (police, cultural centre, social workers, library) but found upgrading its Microsoft Windows environment too expensive and unpopular with users. Working under tight budget constraints, the IT team chose Ubuntu Desktop after testing alternatives because it met hardware and usability needs without costly licences.

The city hall deployed Ubuntu across all desktops and adopted Landscape Hosted Server Edition for centralized systems management, allowing automated updates and remote administration. The change cut IT costs by about 70% (vs. an estimated €25,000/year Microsoft programme), reduced administration time and downtime, improved security, and freed funds to launch citizen services like electronic forms.