Macquarie Telecom secures outsourcing contract

Gordon Peters
Thursday, 17 June 2010 12:53

IT Industry - Deals

Macquarie Telecom has signed a three year outsourcing deal with Queensland construction and project management group, Matrix, to  manage and host the company’s full corporate IT suite and provide fully redundant internet and voice services underpinned by a full SAN storage and managed back-up capability.

Matrix CFO, Robert Barron, said Macquarie Telecom was selected based on its partnership model, “which demonstrated how Matrix could control costs and aggressively grow its business, and its ability to provide a whole-of-business offering.”

“We needed a replacement strategy that tied in with an overall risk mitigation strategy. We felt that risk could only be mitigated by dealing with a publicly listed company that possessed accreditations pertinent to a corporate environment. The key requirement for Matrix was to partner with a company that could support Matrix’s aggressive growth strategy and allow Matrix to improve service to its customers through a reliable high speed communication platform.”

According to Macquarie Hosting managing director, Aidan Tudehope, Matrix selected Macquarie Telecom for its ability to provide a whole-of-business offering and its expertise in managed server hosting for mission critical applications. “The partnership model we offered became a major differentiator for Matrix and clearly demonstrated how they could better utilise their company resources whilst supporting expansion. The agreement will mean the Matrix IT team can now focus on solving strategic business problems, rather than worrying about the day to day running of the IT infrastructure.”

Matrix’s IT infrastructure will be managed by Macquarie Telecom in its ISO and ASIO T4 certified data centre, the Intellicentre.