Ministry of Education outsources identity and access services
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Gen-i, Infosys and Hyro win five-year cloud-based contract
By Randal Jackson | Wellington | Friday, 23 March, 2012 | 6 Comments
The Ministry of Education is outsourcing for the first time its identity and access management services as part of a five-year cloud-based contract with Gen-i in partnership with Infosys and Australian company Hyro.
The cloud service will provide secure access to potentially 32,000 users of applications and services at the ministry, the Tertiary Education Commission and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
The new service will be hosted in Gen-i’s datacentres, using its ReadyCloud service.
Infosys will manage the deployment and provide on-going management. Hyro, a Melbourne-based digital agency, will provide its Idaptive identify management software, which is used by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Education CIO Leanne Gibson says the delivery of the new identity and access management service via the cloud is a significant new direction for service delivery by the ministry.
“We were impressed with the use of this service [in Victoria] and saw the potential for deploying this solution for New Zealand education providers,” she says.
Infosys head of New Zealand operations Patrick Kouwenhoven says the project will create a platform that other government agencies can use to undertake secure cloud services.
The contract was awarded after a competitive tender. The first application is to be delivered by July, and the full service is to be deployed by November 30.
A spokesperson for the Ministry says the total contract value with Gen-i is $13.5 million over seven years.
Comments
Given the players...
Unlikely they will see anything for years let alone July...
Posted by Paul at 17:45:16 on March 26, 2012
Posted by Paul at 17:45:16 on March 26, 2012
Why not use the iGovt logon service?
This seems to be an exact replacement for the iGovt logon service.
But maybe it will be providing identity verification or system authorisation as well?
This article raised more questions than it answered Randal.
Andrew
Posted by Andrew Russell at 13:10:46 on March 26, 2012
But maybe it will be providing identity verification or system authorisation as well?
This article raised more questions than it answered Randal.
Andrew
Posted by Andrew Russell at 13:10:46 on March 26, 2012
Why not use the iGovt logon service?
I'd like to confirm as the Ministry's CIO that the SAAS IAM we have purchased integrates with igovt.
Posted by Leanne Gibson at 22:33:02 on March 26, 2012
Posted by Leanne Gibson at 22:33:02 on March 26, 2012
Why not use the iGovt logon service?
You haven't actually answered the question here. WHY use another system, especially one so expensive, when the iGovt service is there, and virtually MANDATED for use by Government agencies under many circumstances?
Posted by MArk L at 12:11:25 on March 27, 2012
Posted by MArk L at 12:11:25 on March 27, 2012
Why not use the iGovt logon service?
The Igovt logon service only covers a small part of the Identity and Access functions required by the Education Sector. We have a requirement to manage authorisation and access to a number of services & applications - this requires a full IAM stack. Igovt does not yet offer this service.
Posted by Leanne Gibson at 23:30:30 on March 27, 2012
Posted by Leanne Gibson at 23:30:30 on March 27, 2012
Why not use the iGovt logon service?
This seems to be an exact replacement for the iGovt logon service.
But maybe it will be providing identity verification or system authorisation as well?
This article raised more questions than it answered Randal.
Andrew
Posted by Andrew Russell at 13:10:05 on March 26, 2012
But maybe it will be providing identity verification or system authorisation as well?
This article raised more questions than it answered Randal.
Andrew
Posted by Andrew Russell at 13:10:05 on March 26, 2012
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