Stan Beer
Thursday, 05 October 2006 19:51
IT Industry -
Deals
Fujitsu Australia Limited has been awarded a five-year, $30.8 million contract to deliver managed services to HealthSMART, Victoria’s Whole-of-Health Information and Communication Strategy, following a competitive Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) tender process.
Under the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu will
provide managed services including 24/7 server and storage monitoring
and management, network management, service desk support, technical
advice and security administration in both the production and
non-production environments. Fujitsu will eventually manage more than
800 servers, as well as two multi-terabyte Storage Area Networks,
comprising one of the largest government-run shared services
environments in Australia.
Fujitsu, through its managed services contract, will also support a
range of HealthSMART applications including Patient and Client
Management Systems applications TrakHealth and iSOFT, Clinical Systems
application Cerner, the financial application Oracle, payroll provider
Frontier software and integration tool, SeeBeyond.
“HealthSMART is a great example of a state-wide program which aligns IT
to the overall objectives of the organisation,” said Rod Vawdrey, Chief
Executive Officer, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand. “Demand for
acute care continues to increase along with the demand for greater cost
control and further improvements to quality and safety. These combined
factors are causing a worldwide shift in how health care is delivered
with Victoria leading the way with its HealthSMART program. Fujitsu is
looking forward to being part of the team which drives this great
initiative in the Australian health sector.”