SA State Government issues interim extension of IT Services contract with NEC Australia
Announcement posted by NEC Australia 27 Feb 2013
NEC continues to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia
SA State Government issues interim extension of IT Services contract with NEC AustraliaNEC continues to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia
Melbourne – 27 February 2013 – NEC Australia, a leading technology solutions and services company, today announced a multi-million dollar interim contract extension with The Office of the CIO, State Government of South Australia who has extended its Distributed Computing Support Services panel contract for another year, whilst it undertakes a new open market approach.
Under the extended agreement, NEC Australia will continue to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia.
In total, NEC Australia will support over 1,500 servers and numerous Agency SANs plus Backup/Restore Services which in some cases occur every 15 minutes 24/7. NEC Australia will also continue to provide help desk services to support agency calls for assistance as part of this service.
In response to ad hoc customer service demands from Agencies, NEC Australia has recently formed a dedicated Project Delivery Team to expedite these requests to ensure that these demands are delivered on time and on budget.
The contract extension runs through from 1st July, 2013 to 30th June 2014.
“NEC Australia is honoured to extend our contract with The Office of the CIO in SA, building a 4-year partnership for IT services between NEC Australia and the State Government of South Australia,” said Chris Korte, State Manager of SA, NEC Australia.
This contract extension follows a strong history of NEC Australia working with the SA Government. In 2012, the South Australian Government also exercised a multi-million dollar pre-approved three-year extension option to its existing Telephony PBX Maintenance contract with NEC Australia for the provision of telephony related infrastructure services.
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NEC Australia press contact:Angela CoombesNEC Australia angela.coombes@nec.com.au Phone +61 2 9930 2234 Mobile +61 417 805 441
About NEC AustraliaNEC Australia is a leading technology company, delivering a complete portfolio of ICT solutions and services to large enterprise, small business and government customers. NEC Australia helps customers gain greater business value from their technology investments.
NEC Australia specialises in communications solutions and services in multi-vendor environments, including systems integration, specialist communications solutions, data networking, unified communications and collaboration, biometrics, digital signage and display solutions. Its IT solutions services comprise business and IT transformation consultancy, professional services, application and solutions development and infrastructure and applications managed services.
For more information, visit NEC Australia at www.nec.com.au
About NEC CorporationNEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross-utilise the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at www.nec.com
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All rights reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.© 2013 NEC Corporation.
Melbourne – 27 February 2013 – NEC Australia, a leading technology solutions and services company, today announced a multi-million dollar interim contract extension with The Office of the CIO, State Government of South Australia who has extended its Distributed Computing Support Services panel contract for another year, whilst it undertakes a new open market approach.
Under the extended agreement, NEC Australia will continue to provide reliable and flexible IT support services to government agencies across metro and regional South Australia.
In total, NEC Australia will support over 1,500 servers and numerous Agency SANs plus Backup/Restore Services which in some cases occur every 15 minutes 24/7. NEC Australia will also continue to provide help desk services to support agency calls for assistance as part of this service.
In response to ad hoc customer service demands from Agencies, NEC Australia has recently formed a dedicated Project Delivery Team to expedite these requests to ensure that these demands are delivered on time and on budget.
The contract extension runs through from 1st July, 2013 to 30th June 2014.
“NEC Australia is honoured to extend our contract with The Office of the CIO in SA, building a 4-year partnership for IT services between NEC Australia and the State Government of South Australia,” said Chris Korte, State Manager of SA, NEC Australia.
This contract extension follows a strong history of NEC Australia working with the SA Government. In 2012, the South Australian Government also exercised a multi-million dollar pre-approved three-year extension option to its existing Telephony PBX Maintenance contract with NEC Australia for the provision of telephony related infrastructure services.
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NEC Australia press contact:Angela CoombesNEC Australia angela.coombes@nec.com.au Phone +61 2 9930 2234 Mobile +61 417 805 441
About NEC AustraliaNEC Australia is a leading technology company, delivering a complete portfolio of ICT solutions and services to large enterprise, small business and government customers. NEC Australia helps customers gain greater business value from their technology investments.
NEC Australia specialises in communications solutions and services in multi-vendor environments, including systems integration, specialist communications solutions, data networking, unified communications and collaboration, biometrics, digital signage and display solutions. Its IT solutions services comprise business and IT transformation consultancy, professional services, application and solutions development and infrastructure and applications managed services.
For more information, visit NEC Australia at www.nec.com.au
About NEC CorporationNEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross-utilise the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at www.nec.com
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All rights reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.© 2013 NEC Corporation.