Bell Helicopter Names IBM Its PC Solutions Provider; Services, Software, Financing Part of 6-year Agreement.Business/Technology Editors SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2000 Bell Helicopter Bell Helicopter Textron is an American helicopter and tiltrotor manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A division of Textron, Bell manufactures military helicopter and tiltrotor products in the United States (primarily in and around Fort Worth as well as in Amarillo, Textron and 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) today announced they have signed a six-year, $70 million agreement for IBM to provide an end-to-end desktop solution for Bell's U.S. and Canadian operations. With this installation, IBM will become Bell Helicopter Textron's sole desktop PC provider. Bell Helicopter Textron, one of the world's leading supplier of high-performance helicopters, will use the IBM systems and services to support employees in its engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and support operations. As part of the outsourcing agreement, IBM will replace 5,500 existing Dell and Compaq systems with IBM NetVista The IBM NetVista name has been used for several different products. Software Suite Introduced in April 1996 as a client-server software suite, with the server software running on OS/2, and the client software on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. (R) A40, IBM ThinkPad(R) T20 and X20 and IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. (1) xSeries(1) models throughout numerous Bell locations in Texas and at its commercial helicopter manufacturing facility in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada. IBM will also be providing Bell Helicopter Textron with a host of desktop-related, "Blue-on-Blue" services, including: help desk and deskside support for the 5,500 systems; networking support and maintenance; connectivity and systems availability. IBM "Blue-on-Blue" services combine IBM Global Services' offerings with leading-edge IBM personal systems technology and tools to provide customers with integrated, lower-cost hardware and services solutions. Bell Helicopter Textron, an affiliate of the Textron Corporation, will also receive IBM eServer Fibre Channel storage subsystems and IBM IntelliStation The IBM IntelliStation workstation class personal computer was announced March 1997 as the follow-on to the IBM PC Series 360 and 365. In February 2002 POWER processor based workstations, which where previously sold directly under the eServer pSeries brand, where also placed under M Pro(1) graphics workstations for their server environment, as well as various IBM options for the desktop, including: 17" and 21" flat panel monitors(2), keyboards, and port replicators. In addition, Bell will install Tivoli software Tivoli Software is the systems management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. in 1996[1] and allowed it to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary for a few years before forming the Software Group. to help manage their desktop environment and IBM Global Financing will finance the agreement. Sandi Walker, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at Bell Helicopter Textron, said one of the reasons Bell decided to outsource its entire personal systems operation was the need to standardize the environment across the enterprise. "IBM has the ability to give us consistent software offerings and consistent IT support," said Walker. "This will translate into enhanced productivity and clearly contribute to year-to-year IT infrastructure cost improvements." "This is a key technology partnership for all of us," said Camille Woodis, Managing Principal, 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. . "We believe that our 'Blue-on-Blue' solutions were instrumental in providing Bell with low-cost, 'one-stop-shopping' for their industry-leading technology and services requirements. We're proud to be their preferred vendor." Textron Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXT TXT Text TXT Text File (filename extension) TXT Textile TXT Teletext TXT Tecnologia per a Tothom TXT Textron Corporation (stock symbol) ) is an $11.6 billion, global, multi-industry company with market-leading businesses in Aircraft, Automotive, Industrial and Finance. Textron has a workforce of over 68,000 employees and major manufacturing facilities in 30 countries. Textron is among Fortune magazine's "Global Most Admired Companies." Additional information is available at www.textron.com. IBM (NYSE:IBM) is the world's largest information technology provider with 1999 revenues of more than $87 billion. The company has more than 300,000 employees and does business in 160 countries. For more information on IBM, please visit http://www.ibm.com. (1) NetVista, ThinkPad and eServer xSeries are all trademarks or registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. (2) 17" and 21" are the actual diagonal viewable image sizes of the IBM monitors noted. |
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