
Virtualisation and real cost savings...
By Andy McCue
Published: 16 August 2007 14:21 BST
Reuters is aiming to slash IT service delivery costs by a quarter through a £500m outsourcing deal with Fujitsu Services to roll out a standardised IT platform across its global operations.
Around 300 IT staff will transfer across to Fujitsu as part of the 10-year deal, leaving an in-house service delivery team of 25. Reuters said there will be no redundancies.
-- David Lister, CIO, Reuters
Reuters CIO David Lister told silicon.com the deal will see annualised savings "in the region of 25 per cent".
He said: "We see our role as service aggregator not service provider."
The contract covers Reuters' core IT internal services, including email and desktop, and consolidates a number of existing deals. Fujitsu will also be responsible for the management of some of Reuters' other outsourcing suppliers, such as Satyam.
Lister said: "It addresses a lot of our legacy issues. We have acquired a lot of different systems and platforms over the years. This allows us to move onto a single, standardised, virtualised on-demand platform."
Virtualisation - both on the client and server - will be a key part of the contract and Fujitsu has already begun work on an 18-month transformation plan.
Lister said: "Whether inside an internet café in Australia, at home or in the office employees can access workplace applications."
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