Georgia on Friday issued a
notice of intent to award an $873,043,000.00 contract to IBM for
infrastructure services -- which includes data centers, mainframes, servers, PCs and laptops.
The state also issued a notice of
intent to award a contract to AT&T for
managed network services, worth $346,043,000.00.
On Friday, the state of Texas -- which has a similar contract with IBM -- sent the company a "
notice to cure" giving a 30-day window to remediate shortcomings in contract performance which included
data backup deficiencies.
Wayne E. Hanson served as a writer and editor with e.Republic from 1989 to 2013, having worked for several business units including Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government, Governing, and Digital Communities. Hanson was a juror from 1999 to 2004 with the Stockholm Challenge and Global Junior Challenge competitions in information technology and education.