Plano-based EDS signs $245 million contract with California Dept. of Corrections

by PegNews wire

PLANO — EDS, an HP company, today announced a $245 million, 4.5-year agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to transform the agency into a digital environment by automating manual business processes to improve productivity, accuracy and, ultimately, enhance staff, public and offender safety.

Under the new agreement, EDS will provide system integration and applications modernization services to help increase availability of accurate and complete information so employees can easily monitor the effectiveness of department programs. Additionally, EDS will create and manage the image capture, database, information storage and server environment where offender information will reside.

“This initiative will revolutionize the process for sharing and using offender data and will significantly improve our offender management process,” said Scott Kernan, undersecretary of operations for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “We are confident that EDS is a partner with experience in corrections and large-scale technology projects that will help us hit the ground running with the needed technology and real-time business processes.”

“Enabling access to accurate information when and where it’s needed is critical for improving productivity and making informed decisions to improve staff, offender and public safety,” said Dennis Stolkey, senior vice president of U.S. Public Sector at EDS, an HP company. “Drawing on our extensive experience in application modernization services and understanding of the corrections industry, along with the strong relationship we’ve developed with the agency team, will help EDS facilitate the success of the department’s business transformation.”

Additionally, HP will provide servers, scanners and printers as part of the agreement. EDS Agility Alliance partners will provide other tools, technologies and resources to EDS in support of the agency, including network hardware, storage and image capture support, database tools and servers.

Source: EDS