Alcoa sticks with CSC for $10m IT contract

Computer Sciences Corporation announced it had earned a two year extension deal with Alcoa World Alumina to continue to provide the company's computer technology infrastructure services to Alcoa's Australian operations centred in Perth.

CSC has supported Alcoa's infrastructure operations for over six years. The new IT operations and support services contract is worth up to A$10 million.

CSC is responsible for the ongoing delivery of base services including site support, help desk support, change management, fleet management and security, for their Head Office in Booragoon as well as refineries in Western Australia (Wagerup, Pinjarra and Kwinana) and smelters in the Eastern States (at Point Henry in Geelong, Portland and Yennora). CSC also has a separate contract for the hosting of mainframe applications for Alcoa.

CSC's Western Australian general manager is Murray Rosa.