State-owned enterprise Quotable Value has turned over its information-technology infrastructure to datacentre company Revera under a five-year $1 million-plus outsourcing deal in which Revera will run QV’s software on its own hardware and employ four of QV’s five IT infrastructure staff.
QV general manager Jacquie Barker admitted the company had been unable to keep up with technology, affecting staff and the services it could provide.
She expected the arrangement would cut 20 per cent off QV’s IT operating expenses and do away with the need for significant capital expenditure.
QV’s more than 100 servers have been moved to Revera’s data centres in Auckland and Wellington.
Revera will own and later replace the equipment, with QV paying Revera a fixed monthly fee for capacity, storage and backups.
Revera will also support QV’s 250 desktop computers in New Zealand and Australia.
Source:http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/3257751/QV-makes-IT-outsourcing-deal
