Tuesday, September 09, 2008
GNL Core Network Management
St. John's, NL, September 9, 2008 - Plato Consulting Inc, a leading consulting and professional services company is pleased to announce that they, along with the other members of the IT4 consortium, have signed an agreement to manage the core network infrastructure for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (GNL). This agreement, signed on April 1, 2008, represents a significant achievement for the company which recently added the Internetworking Practice to its service offerings. Plato secured this contract as a member of the IT4 consortium, one of three signatories of an IT/IM Services Agreement with GNL.
“Anticipating the needs of the market, we invested significantly in recruiting the most experienced internetworking and security resources in the local market.” said Kevin Fleming, President of Plato Consulting Inc. “We are pleased that the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador have recognized this investment and entrusted us with this responsibility. It demonstrates their confidence in our abilities and in the expertise available in the local industry.”
Dave Penney, Director of Special Projects at the OCIO stated, “We are very pleased with the quality of the resources that Plato has provided and in the level of service we have received thus far. We are confident that Plato will continue to provide superior management and support services.”
The awarding of this contract represents significant growth for Plato. The addition of the Internetworking and Security Practice represents a strategic increase in the breadth of Plato’s services. This expansion has been facilitated by the recruitment of highly experienced experts in the fields of security and infrastructure development. Furthermore, the expansion has also allowed Plato to strengthen their specialization in the areas of IT strategy and health care.
Plato Consulting
Plato Consulting Inc (Plato) is a professional IT consulting firm headquartered in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. Established in 1997 as Plato Group Inc., the company provides high-quality consulting services for private and public sector clients throughout North America. Plato’s primary service offerings include Project Management, Strategic Planning, Information Management consulting, Business Process consulting, Infrastructure Design and Development, as well as Privacy and Security consulting. For more information, please contact Chris Spurvey, Manager of Business Development at cpurvey@platoconsulting.com or visit: www.platoconsulting.com.
IT4
IT4 is a consulting consortium formed on April 1, 2007 to provide Information Technology (IT) and Information Management (IM) professional services to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (GNL). The consortium, including partners MTS Allstream Inc., Infotech Canada Inc. and Tamarack Geographic Technologies Ltd., was formed to enter into a three year multi-million dollar agreement with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to enhance and strengthen the long-term IT capacity of the provincial government.