Dell Perot Systems announced Jan. 7 a five-year, $42 million agreement
to provide command, control, communications, computer and information
management services to the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.
Recently acquired by Dell, Perot Systems has been providing services to
the Rock Island Arsenal for the past four years.
In the first four years of the contract, Perot Systems led a number of
Army IT initiatives, including consolidating the base's DOIM
(Directorate of Information Management) centers into a single DOIM
while simultaneously migrating the base's networks to the Army's first
APC (Area Processing Center). For the new contract, Dell Perot Systems
will continue to provide network operations, desktop services, e-mail,
information assurance, telephones and connectivity to long-haul
communications.
The APC migration was one of the
first of its kind in the contiguous 48 U.S. states and created a
process blueprint for future installations. The successful migration has
also helped the base improve service delivery as well as strengthen
security by reducing entry points.
Lee Carrick, vice president of Dell Perot Systems' Government
Services Unit in Fairfax, Va., said in a statement the migration "gave
us a firsthand knowledge of the challenges that arise in
migrations and how to avoid or resolve those issues during future
migrations.”
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