The deal will support Anglian Water’s infrastructure, including the full server and storage environment, and all the desktops and networks.
Mark Turner, account executive for the project at Capgemini, said: ” Capgemini will also support most of the main business applications, including the full SAP suite, a geographic information system and a range of specialist water systems.”
“There will be a knowledge transfer process on some of those specialist packages,” Turner confirmed.
In addition to the support function, the deal will involve building new infrastructure, including new storage, server and Wintel environments.
“Rather than shifting lots of kit, we’ll be building a new environment within our datacentre,” said Turner.
The deal also includes the use of VMware to create a new virtual environment, particularly around the water company’s Wintel estate. Turner explained that the company will be able to reduce the number of physical servers it maintains, thereby reducing operating expenses.
“We are aiming for 70 to 80 per cent virtualisation,” said Turner.
The transition to Capgemini’s datacentre begins immediately, with new services scheduled to go live in February 2011.
Source:http://www.managementconsultancy.co.uk/computing/news/2272388/capgemini-wins-five-contract
