Yesterday, Unisys announced that its Australian subsidiary has received contract extensions from the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) for the current engagements in which Unisys provides outsourced desktop services, and biometric and identity management solutions.
One of the extensions is for two years to continue to provide outsourced desktop services to DIAC through June 2013. It is valued at $39.7 million). As part of the extended desktop services contract, Unisys has recently begun virtualizing the IT infrastructure supporting the Departmentâs national office.
The other is 1-0month contract extension to continue to provide biometric identity authentication solutions through August 2010, worth potentially $2.3 million.
âThese two contract extensions reflect how Unisys has successfully worked closely with DIAC to reach some of the objectives set by an independent review of the Australian government ICT spending by improving processes and better using resources to support high-quality service delivery — while being accountable for the use of public funds, â said Tony Henshaw, Asia Pacific Vice President, Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services, Unisys. âBetter IT support allows DIAC personnel to focus on managing the needs of people visiting or seeking to settle in Australia, and the movement of refugees into Australian territory.â