NHT to Acquire Cost-Effective Servers

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved a US$568,000 contract to IBM World Trade Corporation (Jamaica) Limited for the supply of two IBM AS/400 Power 7 servers to the National Housing Trust (NHT).

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz made the revelation during September 29 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

He said the NHT currently uses the IBM AS/400 servers as the main platform for its critical application systems.

“The NHT is seeking to replace three of its current AS/400 servers as they are proving too costly to maintain,” he said.

The contract was awarded on the recommendations of the National Contracts Commission and the Infrastructure Subcommittee.

By Chris Patterson, JIS Reporter