WestConnex signs national reseller Viatek

Tri-state reseller Viatek has signed a five-year contract with the company behind the high-profile WestConnex motorway project in Sydney.

Sydney Motorway Corporation (SMC) went to market in September before deciding on Viatek as its 'ICT-as-a-service' provider. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

“Viatek is immensely pleased to win this comprehensive tender. We understand from SMC that three of the main reasons we were selected were: our good references; that our proposal and service offerings were well structured and easy to understand; and our as-a-service consumption pricing model,” Viatek managing director Jonathan Salmon said.

The $16.8 billion WestConnex project is dubbed the "biggest transport project in Australia" by the NSW government and SMC, and involves 33km of new and widened motorways through inner-west Sydney –including tunnels.

The wide-ranging deal will see Viatek supply and deploy networks, enterprise voice and security, desktop PCs, SOE, Microsoft Office 365, infrastructure-as-a-service, service desk, field services and IT procurement.

Notwithstanding the diverse technical nature of the relationship, Salmon emphasised the "utility-inspired" consumption pricing model for the SMC.

“An innovative ICTaaS model like this has been talked about for a number of years now, but few organisations have deployed it in the manner SMC has done,” he said.

“The agreement gives SMC the requested flexibility as staffing levels naturally move up and down over the lifetime of this enormous project, and it also allows the business to better manage its fluctuating ICT demands."

The Melbourne-headquartered Viatek Group, through acquisitions, has transformed from its print roots to a full-service IT company in recent years. The company boasts strong regional reach with branches like Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Sheppparton, Newcastle, Orange and Wagga Wagga. The Sydney office is located in the northern suburb of Artarmon.