Infosys has today announced it has been selected by Welsh Water to manage substantial elements of its IT estate in a transformative deal lasting up to 10 years, one of the largest IT deals in the UK water utility sector.
The deal will see Infosys take responsibility for setup, migration and execution of data centre facilities and services, managing critical network links and business applications, server and storage management, together with transforming and managing internal network communications and IP telephony services and infrastructure.
The deal extends beyond running core IT infrastructure to include managing essential projects in the IT ecosystem including virtualisation, operating system strategy, database platforms and more. Infosys will partner with Vodafone to deliver communications services over the infrastructure being managed.
Welsh Water is the sixth-largest of the 10 water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 1.4 million homes and businesses, three million people and supplying 828 million litres of water every day. Today, it is the fourth largest company in Wales.
Central to the selection of Infosys to undertake IT services for Welsh Water was its AiKiDo next generation services framework. Welsh Water also visited Infosys’ utility customers and the heart of its operations so they could see first-hand how Design Thinking works, and to become more integrated with the company as a trusted partner.
The selection of Infosys follows an intensive two-year competitive tendering process and builds on Welsh Water’s 15-year heritage of external IT provision and management.
Rajesh Murthy, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Energy, Communications and Services, Infosys commented:
“Ensuring near 100% uptime, quality of service and product requires extensive infrastructure and trusted partners such as Infosys that understand and have a track record of supporting utility providers in delivering unwavering dependability. Infosys will support Welsh Water’s day-to-day operations and deliver business change through technology innovation and best-of-breed services. This will allow Welsh Water to concentrate on maintaining and delivering front line service to the people of Wales.”
With corporate headquarters in India, Infosys is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange and has US$ 9.2 billion in LTM revenues and 193,000+ employees. The firm, a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services, works with clients in more than 50 countries.
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