EDS wins $61 Million Infrastructure Deal with Australian FederalGovernment

Contract to manage the technology infrastructure for the Australia Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, providing expanded technology services and increased economic value to the Commonwealth

 

EDS, an HP company, has signed a $61 million (AU$96 million) agreement to manage the technology infrastructure for the Australia Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, providing expanded technology services across the department's key locations and increased economic value to the Commonwealth. Under the five-year agreement, EDS will provide desktop, server, storage and architecture services.

 

"This agreement will help the Australian federal government meet its business and policy objectives and deliver better return on investment to the Australian people," said David Caspari, managing director for Australia and New Zealand at EDS, an HP company. "It builds on existing services we provide to the government and strengthens EDS' position as the No. 1 government supplier in the country."

 

EDS will manage and provide help and service desk support to approximately 5,000 employees across the department's 300 locations, as well as provide the overall storage and IT architecture and design services in a multivendor agency environment.

 

Source: Business Wire 2009