Datacom

By CIO New Zealand staff | Monday, January 11 2010

Datacom is a New Zealand-owned IT services provider with activities in Australia and parts of Asia as well.

HQ: Wellington
Website: www.datacom.co.nz ; www.datacom.com.au
Global leader: Greg Davidson, CEO
Core activity: Systems development, integration and outsourcing, help desks, national engineering support and payment services
Revenue: NZ$609 million (FY ended March 09)
Key customers: NZ Post, NZ Customs, ASB, Manukau City, Telecom, Air New Zealand
Employees: 3075 across NZ, Australia and Asia

Datacom is a New Zealand-owned IT services provider with activities in Australia and parts of Asia as well.
This year Datacom rolled out a new outsourced payroll engine, with Flight Centre being the first client to move onto it.

The company has also commissioned the new $30 million Orbit datacentre with three independent generators in Albany, north of Auckland, and also committed $15 million for operations and maintenance of the centre next year.

The investment will create a capacity for 644 high-density racks with the flexibility to accommodate any type of equipment.

Datacentres will be one area of business that Datacom intends to focus on in the coming years, as the government’s broadband initiative further drives the need for such facilities. Related to these plans, Datacom plans to expand its cloud computing offerings in New Zealand.