Ames Department Stores, Inc. Teams With IBM for Multi-year Information Technology Support.ROCKY HILL Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Rocky Hill was an important river port from 1700 to 1820. , CT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1999-- Agreement Supports Company's Future Growth Plans Ames Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. , Inc., the country's largest regional discount retailer, today announced a $112 million, five-year, strategic outsourcing agreement with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) to support core information technology systems for the corporation and all company stores. Under the agreement, IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. will be responsible for all data center operations, which includes mainframe, midrange and client server systems, support of midrange systems in Ames' four distribution centers and support for equipment in all of the Ames stores. This arrangement will control total cost of service delivery while maintaining Ames' high standard of performance. It will also increase productivity and help Ames to continue to deliver consistent and reliable service to customers and shoppers. "The outsourcing of information technology functions will help facilitate our growth by creating value-added technology tools that give us a competitive advantage in the marketplace," said Joseph R. Ettore, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ames Department Stores, Inc. "Ames is very pleased to engage IBM as a longtime technology partner," continued Mr. Ettore, " and we believe this relationship is an important element in supporting Ames plans to control costs and maintain the flexibility needed for future growth." "We understand the importance of service delivery in responding to the changing business environment at Ames," said Sean Ryan Sean Ryan or Seán Ryan may refer to:
As part of this agreement, 52 Ames employees will become employees of IBM. IBM Global Services currently provides strategic outsourcing services to some of the largest retail companies, including CompUSA, Dayton Hudson, Eckerd and Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Department Stores. With over 450 stores, including the recently acquired Hills stores and certain former Caldor sites, located in 19 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Ames is the nation's largest regional full-line discount retailer with annual sales of almost $4 billion. Ames offers a broad range of merchandise categories including family apparel, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. , domestics, electronics, ready-to-assemble and patio furniture pa´ti`o fur´ni`ture 1. Furniture such as chairs, tables, settees or loungers, suited for use on a patio , i.e. such that will not be damaged by exposure to rain, sun or other outdoor elements. , jewelry, craft and pet supplies, health and beauty care items, stationery, sporting goods, toys, seasonal products and more. To learn more about Ames please visit on the worldwide web. IBM Global Services is the world's largest information technology services provider, with 1998 revenues of approximately $29 billion. Services is the fastest growing part of IBM, with more than 130,000 professionals serving customers in 160 countries. IBM Global Services integrates IBM's broad range of capabilities -- services, hardware, software and research -- to help companies of all sizes realize the full value of information technology. For more information visit www.ibm.com/services on the worldwide web.. |
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