IT firm Calyx wins NI colleges contract

Colleges Northern Ireland (CNI) has signed a €3.5m, four-year contract with Calyx to manage and refresh their technology services across 47 college campuses.

The IT specialist was selected by CNI, the representative body of the six regional Colleges, to be the single provider to educational facilities.

Services range from centrally hosted applications to on-site systems, all wrapped in a fully managed service. Part of the contract was a hardware refresh and a move to a virtualised server platform in a centralised data centre.

“The deal is one of our most significant in Northern Ireland, highlighting how the breadth and scope of Calyx enables us to become trusted partners to organisations with diverse and complex needs,” said Andrew Miller, Head of Enterprise Sales, Calyx Group.

"We look forward to continuing to work closely with the Colleges in Northern Ireland, helping them get the best out of an evolving IT estate."

Southern Regional College Director, Brian Doran, who headed up the project board for the colleges, said: "This ‘one-stop shop’ brings together the handling of student data, Human Resources, Estates and Financial Management.

Calyx provides end-to-end Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Established in 2002 and under private ownership since 2007, Calyx employs more than 400 staff across twelve different locations, including Cork and Dublin, with turnover in excess of €100m.