Datacom claims it is the first company in New Zealand and possibly the first in Australasia to go live with VMware's vCloud service, which allows customers to move services, applications and data between in-house cloud infrastructure and Datacom's datacentres.
Following its successful bid to be a preferred supplier of cloud and datacentre services to the government, Datacom has announced plans to build a tier 3 data centre in Hamilton.
Negotiations over infrastructure as a service between the Department of Internal Affairs and IBM are continuing as DIA announces it has signed supplier contracts with Datacom and Revera.
Cloud benefits reinforced
Plans by Datacom to build a new datacentre in Wellington are well advanced, says CEO Greg Davidson.
Datacom's latest financial results show the company's revenue grew by 8.7 percent in the year ended on 31 March but the group's trading profit was impacted by goodwill impairment costs of $3.3 million and the closure of the company's Sydney-based software development business.
Four suppliers have been short-listed to provide datacentre housing and utility computing and storage services to government agencies under the Infrastructure-as-a-service contract announced last year.
New Zealand-based Datacom has been selected as one of five initial panel providers for the Australian government’s datacentre work.
The panel will be in place for the next five years and will provide datacentre services to Australian Government FAM agencies, along with any other federal or state government organisations that wish to take advantage of the deal.
“Datacom was delighted to help with the implementation of the Australian Government's 2010-2025 Datacentre Strategy. As one of the largest Australasian IT services companies and with eight Datacentre in the region, Datacom is well positioned to deliver quality services to subscribers of this new panel. We have a very strong 45+ year history of providing mission critical services to our Clients in the BPO, Systems Management and Application development space. It is encouraging to have the endorsement of the Australian Government in this very critical Datacentre technology area,” says Lisa Thorburn, Datacom’s ACT director.
With over 1200 staff in Australia and 3500 in the region, Datacom has revenues in excess of AU$560 million. The company was founded in New Zealand in 1965 and established its presence in Australia in 1992.
“Our recent growth to more than 70 staff in Canberra has meant that Datacom will soon be moving to new, larger premises on Northbourne Avenue, enabling better support for our clients” adds Thorburn.
Major data centres in Christchurch appear to be in reasonably good shape. No casualities have been reported.
The Australian IT community has banded together, pledging to help schools and small to medium businesses (SMBs) affected by flooding in Queensland through the donation of IT supplies.
Datacom is using its completion of the Identity Verification Service (IVS) project development to push professional qualifications in project management.
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has selected Datacom to deliver its outsourced IT services from April 2011.
Former Axon CEO Scott Green is set to take up a new role as director of IT management at Datacom.
Datacom director Jonathan Ladd has been appointed Datacom Group CEO following the recent sudden death of former CEO Michael Browne.
Ladd is based in Sydney and has been a director at Datacom for four years. The company says he worked closely with Browne on many aspects of the company's development.
Michael Browne, who was last month promoted to become Datacom's group chief executive, has died as the result of a heart attack.
The company confirms Browne, who was 46, died on Saturday.