The amount paid in each of the years 2005 to 2009 for IT Services by my Department is set out in the following table:
Year
|
Total Expenditure on IT Services
|
|
€m
|
2005
|
3.7
|
2006
|
3.5
|
2007
|
4.7
|
2008
|
4.6
|
2009
|
2.5
|
This includes expenditure in respect of a range of services including application development and support, hosting, hardware and software maintenance, specialist expertise, database administration and network support. The services are covered by a range of contracts with a range of companies on foot of appropriate public procurement exercises. There are currently 52 staff employed in the IT Unit of my Department. The following is a list of the companies with whom my Department has contracted over the last 5 years for the provision of IT services (valued at more than €10,000).
Company
|
Nature of Service
|
BEARING POINT
|
Application development, support and hosting
|
BLUE WAVE TECHNOLOGY
|
Application development and support
|
CALYX IRELAND LIMITED
|
Network security products support
|
COMPUTER PEOPLE LTD
|
Database Administration Support
|
CORE INTERNATIONAL
|
Application support and development
|
CURACH CONSULTING THE ACADEMY
|
Application development
|
DATACONVERSION
|
Key punching
|
DELL (IRELAND)
|
Dell server support
|
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES
|
Application testing
|
ESRI IRELAND
|
Application support
|
FUJITSU SERVICES LIMITED
|
Application support and development
|
FUTURERANGE LTD
|
Endpoint security products installation/support
|
GARTNER
|
Specialist independent advice
|
HELM CORPORATION
|
Application support and development
|
ICON SYSTEMS
|
Application support
|
LAN COMMUNICATIONS LTD
|
LAN monitoring
|
MAXIMA IRELAND
|
Remote access support
|
MOKUM CHANGE MANAGEMENT LTD
|
Application support and development
|
MORSE ENGINEERING LTD
|
Operating system support
|
NCC SERVICES LTD
|
Escrow services
|
ORACLE EMEA LTD
|
Technical Support
|
ORIGINA
|
Database Administration and Operating System Support
|
PARAGON GROUP UK LIMITED
|
Hardware maintenance
|
PMCENTRIX
|
Application support and development
|
QUEST COMPUTING LTD
|
Application support and development
|
RESCON LTD
|
Database Administration Support
|
SOPRA GROUP
|
Application support and development
|
STORAGE ONLINE
|
Backup solution supply, installation and support
|
STORM TECHNOLOGY LTD
|
Application support
|
SURESKILLS
|
Network technical assistance
|
SYNOPTIX
|
Operating system support
|
SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOLUTIONS LTD
|
Application support and development
|
SYSTEMHOUSE TECHNOLOGY GROUP
|
Anti virus software supply and installation
|
TEAMDBA
|
Database Administration Support
|
VERIZON
|
Hosting
|
VERSION 1
|
Application support and development; Remote DBA; Technical support
|
WARD SOLUTIONS
|
Application support and development; technical support
|
XWAVE SOLUTIONS
|
Analysis
|