After a delay of over 12 months, the Unique ID Authority on Friday finally awarded the managed service provider contract to Noida-based IT hardware and system integration firm HCL Infosystems.
The IT firm will manage the IT infrastructure which will contain data records of 1.2 billion Indian residents, and issue UID numbers. It will be the largest project of its kind in the world.
The letter of intent was awarded by UIDAI earlier this year, but it finally signed the contract with HCL Info on August 7, after negotiations.
According to sources, HCL Infosystems had bid about Rs 2200 crore for the MSP contract, beating TCS, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and others who were in the race since beginning.IBM and HP had backed out of the race.
As per the contract HCL Infosystems has been awarded the Managed Service Provider (MSP) to implement and manage the Central ID Repository (CIDR) for UIDAI. The contract is for a period of seven years.
The entire end-to-end technology infrastructure of the UIDAI will be managed by HCL Infosystems.
As the MSP, HCL Infosystems will be responsible for procurement and installation of the IT infrastructure, implementation of information security management systems and operations support and maintenance. The scope of work also includes technical helpdesk, support services and database administration.
APS Bedi, EVP, HCL Infosystems said, “As the MSP for the project we are committed to meand deliver our defined scope of work which broadly covers the implementation and the management of the Central ID Repository for UIDAI. We would like to thank UIDAI for giving us this opportunity to be part of this huge nation building project.”
Technology services firm Wipro has partnered with internet search engine provider Google to offer cloud computing solutions that leverage the vastcomputing infrastructure that the search major has built over the past several years.
Wipro will build technology services solutions such as developing applications using Google App Engine, cloud-based storage solutions that use Google’s vast data centers and data analytics that require significant computing power using both Google’s compute engine and its extensive server farms across the globe.
Anurag Srivastava, Wipro’s chief technology officer at Wipro Global IT Business, said, that the capabilities and tools offered by Google’s Cloud Platform will help Wipro offer customised solutions that meet client’s business requirements.
Wipro is the second India-based company that Google has partnered with, the other being Orancescape Technologies, which unlike Wipro, is a technology partner.
Source : Economic Times
BPO solutions provider Aegis has set up a state-of-the-art call centre here in Madhya Pradesh, aimed at creating jobs for local youths.
At the outset, Aegis Chhindwara, the second centre in the state after Bhopal, will operate the modern set up with initial capacity of 400 seats, a move that would generate close to 1000 direct and indirect jobs.
Of this, direct employment will be given to 600 youngsters in the region, a press release said.
Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath who inaugurated the call centre yesterday said "the government was keen to collaborate with private sector organisations for driving rural economy".
This is the 20th centre of the Aegis in India and 56th across the world, the release added.
