Law firm signs £6.8m outsourcing contract

Expansion to £5.5m deal from 2006

SAVVIS will now handle Allen & Overy's storage area network

Law firm Allen & Overy has signed a £6.8m deal to expand its outsourcing contract with SAVVIS.

The infrastructure provider will now take charge of business-critical servers and storage area network. The new agreement expands upon a £5.5m data hosting contract signed in 2006.

'We view the management of IT infrastructure as being mission-critical to our business,' said Dave Burwell, CIO of Allen & Overy.