Internet Solutions (IS), a leading converged communications service provider, has been awarded the SITA (State Information Technology Agency) contract to provide the national and provincial governments with Internet services.
SITA will become a first tier Internet service provider (ISP) and provide Internet access to all 42 national government departments as well as numerous provincial bodies. The initial scope of the contract is worth tens of millions of rands over the first two years.
"We are all very excited to have been granted this contract," says IS CEO Angus MacRobert. "We are now the South African government`s Internet service provider, providing them with full services and establishing SITA as a fully operational ISP. Our team put in long hours on the bid, as well as many meetings and negotiations since it was initially issued in February this year."
IS National Sales Director Tony Walt comments: "Their network will be cutover from SITA`s previous service provider over the next two months as they have some priority customers who need the upgraded service urgently. The deal consists of 34.5Mbps of international bandwidth. In addition, we are able to offer a full range of services, including security services, anti-spam and bandwidth management solutions.
MacRobert concludes that the final contract and SLA negotiations are under way and the company hopes to finalise within the next month.
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Internet Solutions (IS) has transformed its business model and become a leading converged communications service provider in the country.
The business was founded on the principle of developing a robust infrastructure in order for corporates to conduct e-business. Over the past decade, IS has established itself as a leader in this space, attracting over 80% of SA`s top businesses as clients.
During its 10-year life span, IS has evolved and grown its service offerings. Today, the company is the leading hosting service provider and security service provider in SA, as well as having significant market share in the virtual private network (VPN) and application service provider (ASP) space.
Internet Solutions, with an Empowerdex BBB rating, has earned an impressive collection of accolades, including eight First National Bank "Most Admired" awards, two Financial Mail Best Company to Work For awards, a place in the Top Unlisted Company Awards, first place in the ISP category for ComputerWeek Strategist`s Best of Breed IT Awards, 2004, and 8th in the Top ICT Companies, 2005.
The company partners with major players such as Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, BT and AT&T and in 2002 was certified as a Cisco Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), the first and only company outside of the US to be awarded this accolade.
For more, visit www.is.co.za.
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