Trans-Tasman IT firm Datacom says its appointment to the South Australian Government’s Managed Platform Services Panel, will see the IT provider pour more than $1 billion into the state economy.
The panel enables government agencies to buy services from leading providers, the MPS panel replaces the state government’s distribution computing support services panel and hosting services panel.
Datacom will provide services across all four of the MPS panel’s service categories, which are: state server management (SSM), hosted server management, unmanaged colocation hosted services, and hyperscale cloud management.
Datacom’s managing director for Australia Alex Coates said the appointment would drive local jobs growth and investment.
By Justin Hendry on Jan 19, 2021 12:55PM
Managed platform service panel now up and running.
The SA government has named the first 13 suppliers that will support its hosting needs for up to the next six years through the state’s new $301.5 million managed platform services (MPS) panel.
An initial group of panellists, which include global IT giants Datacom, Atos and Tata Consultancy Services, was revealed in late December 2020 following a two-year procurement process.
Other new panellists include Advent One, Blue Crystal Solutions, DWS, Iocane, DCI Data Centres, Satalyst and Your DC, and - according to a government spokesperson - 5G Network Operations, Data#3 and NTT.