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The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer today (November 28) awarded three standing offer agreements (SOAs) for the provision of data centre services to the Government.
The SOAs are awarded to Hewlett-Packard HK SAR Limited, Jardine OneSolution (HK) Limited, and PCCW Solutions Limited.
Under the Standing Offer Agreement for Data Centre Services (SOA-DCS), which will take effect on December 1, the contractors will provide two main categories of services - managed services and associated information technology services - for a period of seven years.
Speaking at a contract signing ceremony, the Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Jeremy Godfrey, said, ˇ§As part of the Government's IT outsourcing strategy, the SOA-DCS will enable the Government to leverage market capabilities of advanced technology.
ˇ§This arrangement will also facilitate the Government to optimise investment in capital and labour in data centre operations, enjoy procurement efficiency, and enhance cost-effectiveness in the management of data centre services.
ˇ§As user demand for data centre service increases, we expect the contractors will create more job opportunities for computer operation and support personnel. This in turn will provide further impetus for the local information technology industry to growˇ¨.
The SOA-DCS will enable a reduction in the carbon emission and power consumption of government data centres by increasing the shared use of computing resources among systems which are now dispersed in different government departments.
Ends/Friday, November 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:33
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