Lytzen IT Wins UCN University College Public Tender
UCN University College has pr. January 26, 2022 entered into an agreement with the local Cisco Gold Partner Lytzen IT! Lytzen IT is to take over the entire network operation for about 10,000 students and 900 employees.
Fiber lines, Wireless Network, Duplicated Connections, Security Operation etc.
Specifically, as of 15 of April 2022, Lytzen IT will take over all of UCN University College network operations. In this agreement, the network comprises 6 campuses of varying sizes; 4 in Aalborg, 1 in Hjørring and 1 in Thisted.
The total number of potential Users of the network is approx. 10,000 students, and approx. 900 employees.
UCN University College – Cloud Solution in The Netherlands
UCN NET includes all campuses and users. This is a complete service contract including wireless network, wired network, and fiber lines between campuses.
In addition, it includes duplicated connections to UCN’s cloud solutions in the Netherlands, security operations and much more. The service also includes equipment and software, operation, monitoring, support and ongoing maintenance of UCN NET.
Hence, ensuring that the technology is up-to-date and of a high quality at all times.
Lytzen IT won because they fulfilled UCN University Collage’s wishes in relation to their solution and at the same time had the best relationship between price and quality.
Since 2016, UCN University College Has Outsourced It’s Network Operations
Since 2016, UCN’s IT department has provided IT services to UCN through a wide range of agreements with professional IT providers.
These suppliers handle all facets of the IT operation on e.g. print, data center & cloud and network / infrastructure etc. Networks and infrastructure are a particularly critical service, and has been operated by KMD since 2017.
In connection with the expiry of the contract, UCN University College has had the service in an EU tender.
UCN University College – High Level Of Customer Satisfaction
The overall purpose of this agreement is to ensure maintains and raise the existing high level of user and customer satisfaction.
This is done through a complete operation and maintenance with associated monitoring, support and maintenance of the UCN NET.
This consists of an established fiber-based WAN as well as all LANs and WLANs at UCN’s locations with associated network components.
“We are very much looking forward to the collaboration with Lytzen IT. It is in itself a great pleasure to note that a local supplier can handle a task of this size. ” says IT and digitalisation manager René Storegaard Madsen from UCN University College.
UCN University College – The Best Price-Quality Ratio!
The result of this public tender is that Lytzen IT A/S wins the contract. Thus, will operate UCN University College network for the next 5 years, with any extension for another 2 years.
Lytzen IT is headquartered in Hjørring and Aalborg and delivers i.a. Network-as-a-service for both private and public customers. Lytzen IT wins because they fulfilled UCN University College’s wishes in relation to their solution and at the same time had the best relationship between price and quality.
“We are proud and humbled to have won UCN University College’s tender in a public competition, and we are very much looking forward to the collaboration. As one of North Jutland’s largest networks and with a forward-looking architecture, we see it as a fantastic match and partnership, ”says Adm. Director Christian Foghsgaard from Lytzen IT.
“We are very much looking forward to the collaboration with Lytzen IT. It is in itself a great pleasure to note that a local supplier can handle a task of this size. ” says IT and digitalisation manager René Storegaard Madsen from UCN University College.
Through the tender, Lytzen IT has shown that they are a highly qualified and competent supplier within this complex area – partly through what is offered, and partly in terms of reference by providing critical infrastructure to Nordjyske Medier, SparNord and others.
“We are confident that Lytzen IT can partly maintain and the current high level of user satisfaction in relation to networks, and partly keep us technologically and user-wise up to date in an area that is constantly evolving.” says IT and digitalisation manager René Storegaard Madsen from UCN University College
Contact Information:
• CEO for Lytzen IT, Christian Foghsgaard, 88 32 87 14, cf@lytzenit.dk
• IT- & digitization manager René Storegaard Madsen, 72 69 02 50, rsm@ucn.dk
