AEGON UK, the Dutch owned life and pensions company, has signed a further five-year managed services contract with Computacenter, which will help reduce desktop operating expenses and improve efficiency. In addition, AEGON UK has announced a separate agreement for the refresh
of its 4,500-plus desktop and laptop estate.

David Bradley, AEGON UK’s IT director, commented: “This new contract will enable us to continue our work on improving IT service efficiency and cost control. The managed services contract provides us with a predictable infrastructure management spend, and will lead to significant savings over the next five years.”

As a result of service improvements, AEGON’s cost per seat will have reduced by 11 per cent, well below the industry average.

“By upgrading our current operating system and hardware, we will be able to reduce the number of service desk incidents and future-proof the support of our applications,” said Bradley.

Computacenter will oversee the hardware configuration, technology sourcing, architecture design and installation for the refresh project, which will involve more than 2,800 new desktops and laptops.