Health Net Inc. signed a five-year agreement to have IBM manage the entire information technology system. The $300 million agreement gives Woodland Hills-based Health Net significant cost savings and increased data center reliability “This is an important step in making Health Net more competitive and a key component of our operations strategy to increase our capabilities while reducing administrative costs and improving efficiency,” said Jim Woys, Health Net’s chief operating officer. “By partnering with IBM, Health Net will receive benefits including reduction of IT costs and operational risk while gaining access to IBM’s global resources and technologies.” IBM will provide full IT infrastructure management services including: data center services, IT security management, help desk and desk side support. IBM partner AT & T; will provide network, voice and data management services.
