Stan Beer
Wednesday, 05 July 2006 10:19
IT Industry -
Deals
Acer Computer Australia, in partnership with reseller Dataflex, has completed the primary rollout of 4500 Personal Desktop Computers at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). The contract has an overall value estimate of $10 million.
The roll out ensures the departments 4,500 seats across Australia are
upgraded with Acer Veriton PCs and LCD's over the next 3 years, with
2,500 units rolled out since September 2005. The contract with DEWR
also includes Acer management of the SOE for the department as well as
asset tagging and image loading. The rollout has been carried out by
Dataflex outside of normal business hours to provide zero downtime for
the department.
Dataflex, in conjunction with Acer, is also providing the Department
with a decommissioning program which will dispose of their old PC
hardware that will be replaced as part of the rollout. The Acer
Integration Centre, located in Lidcombe, Western Sydney, is able to
process 150 to 200 machines each day, decommissioning them to the
agreed in-confidence level of the Department.
Dataflex General Manager, Andrew Gersbach, says of the program, "The
rollout timings were especially important to DEWR as downtime is
something they cannot afford. So the Acer and Dataflex offering was
especially attractive, providing zero downtime installation with
hardware that is complete with the image loading and asset tagging."
Mike Cefai, Acer Government National Sales Manager for Acer said,"Acer
is the number one government PC vendor in Australia and Dataflex, in
its 19th year of operation, has been recognised by Acer as its
Government Partner of the Year. Dataflex is one of the top IT
suppliers to the Federal Government across Desktops, PDA's and
Networking Systems. The proven track record that Acer and Dataflex
share, with clearly defined and demonstrated capabilities, has enabled
us to continue to win large rollout contracts such as DEWR."