Fujitsu awarded $30 million managed services contract by HealthSMART
Fujitsu Australia Limited
Melbourne, October 05, 2006
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.
With reliability and high availability major requirements of the program, Fujitsu has developed a solution to actively monitor and manage the computer server and storage environments of HealthSMART’s core applications. The solution will contribute to HealthSMART’s overall aim of improving patient care, reducing the administrative burden on health care professionals and easing the costs associated with updating technical infrastructure within the public health care system by adopting a more standardised approach to information systems.
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.”
About Fujitsu Australia Limited
Fujitsu is a full service provider of information technology and communications solutions. Throughout Australia and New Zealand we partner with our customers to consult, design, build, operate and support business solutions. From strategic consulting to application and infrastructure solutions and services, Fujitsu has earned a reputation as the single supplier of choice for leading corporate and government organisations. Fujitsu Australia Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited of Japan. For more information, please see: au.fujitsu.com
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information, please see:www.fujitsu.com
Date: 05 October, 2006
City: Melbourne
Company:
Fujitsu Australia Limited