HP to modernize NASA’s desktop environment

By eGov Innovation Editors | May 3, 2011

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CALIFORNIA -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded wwww.hp.com Enterprise Services a $2.5-billion contract to provide the agency with end-user desktop services and devices.

HP is expected to modernize NASA’s entire end-user infrastructure by delivering a full range of personal computing services and devices to more than 60,000 users. The modernization hopes to achieve significant productivity gains and cost savings to the agency.

“NASA personnel use IT to support NASA’s core business, scientific, research and computational activities,” said Michael Sweigart, procurement officer, Shared Services Center, NASA. “HP will provide, manage, secure and maintain these essential IT services for the agency.”

Under the ACES contract, HP will provide a variety of computing seat, Tier 2/3 service desk support and collaboration services to more cost-effectively manage NASA’s end-user infrastructure at all NASA sites across the United States. Computing seat and cellular seat services are designed with security and collaboration capabilities to help the NASA team safely share information.

“The ACES contract will help evolve NASA’s IT environment to a centralized, adaptable IT infrastructure to enable economies of scale, agency-wide visibility and improved management and security,” said Dennis Stolkey, senior vice president and general manager, US Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services. 

HP will be teaming with numerous small businesses to meet NASA’s small business participation guidelines and diverse mission needs. The contract will be managed at the NASA Shared Services Center in Stennis, Missouri and will serve all NASA centers and facilities.