IBM has won a five-year multi-million pound contract from Middlesex University to upgrade and manage its IT infrastructure and provide disaster recovery services. Skip related content
Under the contract, IBM will implement a hosted, virtualized server and storage environment and provide emergency back-up from its data center, enabling a flexible, robust disaster recovery system. It will also monitor the university's IT infrastructure and provide Remote Managed Information Services.
IBM said the contract will enable the university to reduce the number of machines from around 250 to 25 at the primary data center, electricity usage by 40%, and physical space requirements from approximately 1,000 square feet to 400 square feet. The solution also addresses Middlesex University's email and file storage requirements. It will also increase the university’s storage capacity by 45%.
Paula Vickers, pro vice-chancellor and director of Computing and Communication Systems Service at Middlesex, said: "We needed to upgrade our existing hardware and were looking for a solution that offered reliable, modern, scalable infrastructure to underpin the University's business systems and activities. A key requirement was a solution that also helped reduce our carbon footprint through the deployment of modern, energy-saving hardware."
The deal follows IBM’s contract with biotechnology company Tiens Group to build an advanced IT infrastructure platform to support its business growth plan in the global marketplace.
