Cloud Computing Provider Agilisys Wins $1.5 Million IaaS Contract
November 25, 2011
Cloud computing provider Agilisys announced on Thursday that it has won a three-year contract to provide process technology company PDX with managed infrastructure-as-a-service. The contract is valued at approximately $1.5 million.
This announcement comes about a month after Agilisys launched Agilisys Cloud Services, its managed IaaS that provides a suite of cloud services in its UK data centers. It also appointed David Cotterell to lead the new division…
According to the press release, this service will streamline PDX’s IT infrastructure and include hosting, storage, provisoining of Microsoft technologies, backup and desktop support.
Agilisys says PDX provides technologies across a wide range of industries to ensure processes are more efficient. PDX claims its ambitious growth plans were behind the decision to use cloud services to simplify IT systems management, increase visibility and control of IT processes. PDX says it also wanted to improve incident reporting and how IT support calls are raised, tracked and handled.
“We had reached a point where we either invested in additional infrastructure and grew our in-house technical team or found a provider to supply an end-to-end managed cloud service," Jarek Gorecki, head of IT, PDX, said in a statement. "We wanted to benefit from increased reliability and availability of scalable IT Infrastructure, and decided to make a major step-change in our IT provision by moving to the cloud. Our partnership with Agilisys Cloud Services will standardise our systems and infrastructure and transform the way IT is supported, managed and deployed. We see our IT infrastructure moving to a reliable, scalable and robust platform going forward.”
Agilisys says it will plan, design, provision and implement cloud infrastructure as well as an on-demand service desk for PDX. In addition, its data centers will provide storage and network services as well as hosting for Microsoft technologies including Office, Exchange and Microsoft AX. P
PDX will use a hybrid cloud model, according to the press release, and many of PDX’s international sites will be connected into the private cloud before the end of the year.
“As a strategic IT partner, Agilisys Cloud Services will be responsible for developing and maturing IT services across PDX’s footprint in Europe and the US," David Cotterall, managing director, Agilisys Cloud Services, said in a statement. "Agilisys will also become the main technology support provider delivering a 24/7 managed help desk service. Our Managed Service reduces risk associated with IT infrastructure maintenance and support for PDX. As PDX grows, a standardised cloud based architecture will enable new teams to benefit from IT that is flexible, reliable, functional and quick to deploy."