Defense Information Systems Agency to Manage IT Assets With IBM’s Maximo Solution

Defense Information Systems Agency to Manage IT Assets With IBM’s Maximo Solution

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Center for Computing Services (CS) will use an IBM Maximo asset management solution to manage all information technology (IT) assets across its Center for Computing Services.

With approximately 2,000 personnel, DISA CS is responsible for planning, acquiring, fielding, and supporting global net-centric solutions to serve the needs of the warfighter, defense agencies and services. DISA CS provides the IT services and capabilities to enable the warfighting, business, and intelligence mission areas of DoD operations.

The $2.1 million contract will support a DISA CS initiative to automate the management and control of the network using technology to reduce human intervention, improve availability and security, and reduce costs. The IBM Maximo solution will help automate asset and service management capabilities for Computing Services, which manages a network environment of IBM, Unisys, and Unix/Windows computers, communications devices, a variety of hardware and software, and related assets in 18 sites across the globe.

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