Health First Healthcare System Awards Harris Corporation Enterprise-wide Network Management and IT Service...( MELBOURNE Fla. Feb. 12 /- Harris ...),Health

MELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a ten-year contract by Rockledge, Florida-based, Health First, a not-for-profit healthcare system, to provide network management and IT services for the healthcare provider's enterprise-wide operations. The Health First Infrastructure Services (HFIS) contract includes software and hardware support, 24/7 network operations center, help desk, training, and network security services.

"Health First is very excited to be able to tap Harris, ranked as one of the largest government IT contractors, to manage our network and IT infrastructure so that we can focus on providing the best care for our patients," said Michael Means, president/CEO of Health First. "We selected Harris because of the company's tremendous expertise and their focus on providing the high level of assured communications and information technology that our patients deserve. We expect the program team to work collaboratively with us to continue the outstanding work that our Health First IT associates had already done and to take our enterprise to the next level."

"We are delighted to team with Health First, a major healthcare provider on Florida's Space Coast and a source of outstanding health services for many of our employees," said Howard L. Lance, Harris chairman, president and CEO. "The contract demonstrates Harris Corporation's continued expansion into the healthcare market, a key focus of future growth for the company. Harris has significant technical capabilities and a broadly distributed IT workforce that are well suited for the national and international expansion and infrastructure upgrades in healthcare markets. The contract is the company's first managed services contr
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