Army Awards Dell Technology Contract Worth Up to $500 Million.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers/Military Writers ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2003 The U.S. Army has selected Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) to provide hardware, software and services for its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES ITES Information Technology Enabled Services ITES Information Technology Enterprise Solutions ITES Institut Technologique Européen de Sécurité ITES International Test & Engineering Services Company (Japan) ITES It Enabled Services ) procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. contract. Dell was one of four vendors awarded the contract. The maximum value for each individual contract is $500 million, which represents the combined maximum value for the contract, known as ITES Functional Area-1 for Enterprise Hardware Solutions. The Army will award ITES Functional Area-2 for Enterprise Mission Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services Solutions at a later date. Through the ITES contract, organizations across the Army can purchase commercial servers, workstations, desktops, notebooks, storage systems, networking equipment, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and commercial software applications, peripherals, and related services. These services can include installation, equipment maintenance, site surveys, system configuration and integration, image loading, data migration and asset tracking. "Our goal is to provide the Army with the reliable, secure and robust systems they need with an eye toward cost savings, speed of deployment and first-rate service and support," said Tom Buchsbaum Buchsbaum is a surname and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname , vice president of Federal Systems at Dell. About Dell Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the infrastructures. Company revenue for the past four quarters totaled $38.2 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. |
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