Agilent Technologies Fuels Workers for Cyberspeed.Business Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000 When the rapidly-growing Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. needed a partner that could keep their employees moving in cyberspeed, they turned to a 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 company - ARAMARK - for what has become the hottest item in the workplace of the "new economy:" gourmet coffee. Agilent has signed a contract with ARAMARK to provide several types of Flavia-brand gourmet coffee and additional types of tea to its employees at its field locations around the country. The contract calls for the use of a new state of the art single-cup brewing system manufactured by Mars Inc. With Agilent's varying office sizes and growing employee base, the company needed a customized approach to providing refreshment services. ARAMARK responded by creating a tailored national program for the Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.-based company and even set up a web page for Agilent's office managers to view the selection of coffee and vending products. The result is a total solution that meets the needs of Paul Ochab, Agilent's U.S. Distribution and Regulatory Compliance Manager and provides the fuel for Agilent's fast-paced employees. "ARAMARK is a well-established, large U.S. supplier of food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. services," Mr. Ochab said. "They have a wide product and service offering that can be tailored to an individual company's needs." The formula seems to be working. Agilent joins a growing list of "new economy" companies that are now on ARAMARK's customer list, including Oracle, Priceline, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Webvan, e*Trade, eBay among others. "We particularly enjoy the challenge of working with a dynamic company like Agilent," said Richard Wyckoff Richard Demille Wyckoff (born November 2, 1873; died March 19, 1934) was a stock market authority, founder and onetime editor of the Magazine of Wall Street (founding it in 1907), and editor of Stock Market Technique. , President of ARAMARK Refreshment Services. "They are moving and growing quickly and we thrive on keeping pace with them every step of the way." That pace has translated into record-setting success for ARAMARK in the $31 billion global refreshment services business. The company's share in that business has grown by more than 100% this year in some markets -- Silicon Valley, New York's Silicon Alley, and technology corridors in Atlanta and Princeton, N.J. This trend is not just isolated to the Internet start-ups. Legacy companies, as well, are part of the boom at ARAMARK; the company counts more than 200 new clients a week for its vending machine and office coffee services. "It is the shift in the office culture - from a "9 to 5" to a "24/7" mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. that is fuelling this growth," explained ARAMARK's Wyckoff. "Companies like Agilent are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to keep their employees satisfied. By partnering with them, we're doing more than selling coffee - we're promoting employee satisfaction." ARAMARK is a $7 billion world leader in providing managed services - food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and and facilities management, uniform and career apparel, and child care and early education programs. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has more than 150,000 employees serving 15 million people at 500,000 locations in 15 countries every day. |
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