Australian University Announces Alliance with Sun & HDS Worth $5.5 Mil

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- The University of Western Sydney (UWS) has selected the Sun Microsystems and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) alliance for its largest IT project to date, signing a $5.5 million contract with the two companies over the next four years. The University, the third largest in NSW, is consolidating more than 15 servers across three computer rooms into two new data centers with a tailored architecture, to meet the existing and emerging eLearning needs of the institution.