Dell wins DAA contract

The 'Irish Times' reports that Dell Ireland has won a three year managed services contract with the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to support 1,400 PCs at Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports. The contract was awarded as the result of a competitive tendering process. So far Dell has upgraded the software on 850 PCs and supplied 420 new PCs. Staff from Dell now man the IT help desk at Dublin airport and handle calls from all three DAA airports. A remote management infrastructure was also installed as part of the contract which allows remote support take place.

In January, Dell announced the end of manufacturing at it's Limerick computer assembly plant with the consequential loss of 1,900 jobs.