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Unisys wins $16.5-mn IT outsourcing deal

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CIOL Bureau
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BANGALORE, INDIA: Unisys Corporation today announced that its UK subsidiary has signed a seven-year IT outsourcing contract with The Diamond Trading Company Limited (DTC), valued at $16.5 million.

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According to the contract, Unisys will manage the DTC’s data center server environment. This includes supporting virtualisation technology, which helps server computers perform more tasks more quickly.

“To maintain the DTC’s leadership in the global rough diamond marketplace, we require a sophisticated, business-driven IT infrastructure that enhances our supply chain and supports our operations,” said Jeremy Newell, director of IT and Programmes. “Unisys expertise in global services delivery gives us confidence that our operational IT requirements are being handled expertly, so that we can focus on developing solutions for the continually growing and changing requirements of our business.”

The transformation of the IT architecture to the new virtualised infrastructure is due to be completed by August 2008. The virtualised IT environment will run on Unisys ES7000/one Enterprise Servers, along with other servers and storage systems, at Unisys sites in the UK. Management and support services will be delivered from the Unisys facility in Bangalore, India, with project management in Hungary as well as in the UK.

“The Diamond Trading Company is a most distinguished business with a unique set of requirements,” said Duncan Tait, vice president and managing director, UK, Middle East and Africa, Unisys. “Unisys looks forward to delivering an innovative outsourcing solution that helps the DTC further its strategic business objectives and enhance service to its clients around the world.”

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