ADVISORY/ First U.S. E-business Operations Center to Open in Cincinnati.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Wed. (Nov. 15) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: first U.S. E-Business Operations Center (e-BOC) to open
in Cincinnati
EVENT: press conference/ribbon cutting with Cincinnati Mayor
Charles Luken
WHO: Logical - a worldwide e-business services and solutions
provider
DATE: Wednesday, November 15
SCHEDULE: 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. press conference
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ribbon cutting/press questions
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. facility walk-through media tour
11:45 a.m. - noon print/broadcast interviews
PLACE: e-BOC Center
311 Elm Street - Suite 150
Cincinnati, Ohio
SPEAKERS: Cincinatti Mayor Charles Luken
Rikke Helms - CEO, Logical Worldwide
Steve Moxey - Director, Logical Worldwide Infrastructure
Solutions
note: broadcast interviews/photo opps on request Logical e-BOC Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality Launched; Eases IT Headaches for Mid-Size U.S. Firms CINCINNATI--Sept. 26, 2000--Logical, the e-business (Electronic-BUSINESS) Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web. integration and services company, today unveiled its new e-BOC (e-Business Operations Center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. ) services center in Cincinnati, allowing organizations to source managed services - software applications, business tools and network infrastructure - via a central operations Central Operations (CO) is a major command of the London Metropolitan Police that provides operational support to the rest of the service. It is commanded by Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur. center. Logical e-BOCs provide a Managed Services Provider (MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. ) offering that has been developed specifically to suit the needs of mid-size companies, as well as departments of larger organizations seeking a smart and practical strategy for jump-starting e-business practices without the costs and complications of wholesale reorganization. Logical has been testing e-BOC pilot projects with customers worldwide, and already has a business pipeline in excess of $10 million for managed services in the UK, U.S., Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . "E-BOCs are instrumental in helping Logical to transform our traditional customers into e-businesses," said Steve Moxey, Infrastructure Solutions Director, Logical. "Our e-BOC facilities and the services we offer from them represent the most important step so far in Logical's transition from a network infrastructure company to an e-business services provider." E-BOCs are currently located worldwide in Slough Slough (slou), city (1991 pop. 106,341) and borough, central England. After World War I, the residential city and its outlying area underwent rapid industrial development, owing in part to its proximity to London. , UK; Sydney, Australia; Buenos Aries, Argentina and Auckland, New Zealand, with more locations being planned worldwide. "Mid-size customers have distinct e-business requirements and e-BOCs address them all," states Rikke Helms, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Logical. "With e-BOCs they don't have to struggle to find and retain key IT skills; they can access best-of-breed applications through a single source with no complications, and they essentially lease network infrastructure rather than worrying about increasing capacity as their requirements grow." Logical has been undergoing a strategic transformation into a worldwide e-business solutions and services provider. This has been facilitated through a series of acquisitions of best-of-breed integration and services businesses around the world, most recently e-business software provider PSSG PSSG Financial ratio defined as stock price divided by sales over sales growth. Often used in the valuation of Internet stocks. Related: PREG. in Seattle, U.S.A., in August of 2000. The transformation process has been masterminded by Helms, former Vice President of IBM's E-Commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. Solutions Division. About Logical Logical is an e-business integration and services company with operations worldwide and is a division of JSE-listed Datatec Ltd (www.datatec-group.com). By applying its skills in integrating best-of-breed technologies, Logical designs, builds, manages and maintains customized infrastructures and applications for organizations transitioning themselves into e-businesses for the New Economy. These Internet-based solutions deliver tangible cost, convenience and time saving advantages and range from single applications sourced from Logical, through entire information infrastructures backed by services and running large e-business applications, to completely outsourced e-business solutions run from Logical's e-Business Operating Centers (e-BOCs) situated in key locations around the world. Logical's customers are medium-sized companies and departments of larger enterprises. Logical is headquartered in Slough, UK, and employs 2,500 people across operations in the USA, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, South Africa and Australasia. For more see www.logical.com. |
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