Published on the 16/10/2009 | Written by Newsdesk
Next phase of $50m outsourced desktop services deal will see server numbers cut from 107 to 8 through a virtualisation project…
The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has extended its contract with Unisys for the provision of outsourced desktop services, and biometric and identity management solutions.
Unisys has been awarded a two year extension to continue to provide outsourced desktop services to DIAC through June 2013. The value of the products and services to be provided by Unisys during the extension is estimated at approximately $49.8 million. As part of the extended desktop services contract, Unisys has recently begun virtualising the IT infrastructure supporting the department’s national office.
DIAC has also awarded Unisys a 12 month contract extension to continue to provide biometric identity authentication solutions through until August 2010. The extension will allow DIAC to purchase up to approximately $2.9 million of biometric identity services from Unisys.
The Unisys desktop outsourcing contract began in 2007 and covers selected end-user computing services including service desk operations, business support services and applications support as well as secure email and internet services. It helps advance the department’s strategic objective to simplify the IT environment and services that support it.
Unisys currently provides services for more than 7,000 DIAC staff nationally, as well as staff in more than 60 locations overseas.
