Stan Beer
Thursday, 05 October 2006 19:47
IT Industry -
Deals
IT services provider Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has extended its information technology (IT) services contract with Powercor-CitiPower, a subsidiary of the Cheung Kong group of companies. The new five-year contract has a total value of $17.8 million.
Powercor-CitiPower is Victoria’s largest
electricity distributor providing services to 930,000 customers in the
Melbourne CBD, inner suburbs, and in Central and Western Victoria.
Under
the new contract, CSC will provide Powercor-CitiPower a range of
IT-related services, including desktop, helpdesk, midrange, network,
security and disaster recovery.
"Re-signing the contract has
been an easy decision for both the management and the Board at
Powercor-CitiPower given the long, successful relationship with CSC
over the last seven years,” said Glen McLean, General Manager IT
Services, Powercor-CitiPower. “We look forward to CSC playing an
important and strategic role in the future programs affecting the
businesses, particularly the Victorian interval meter rollout program."
CSC Australia’s Managing Director Mike Shove said, “Our
relationship with Powercor-CitiPower is based on providing flexible and
superior service delivery with the opportunity to broaden the scope of
services and value CSC can bring to the business.”