Cathay Pacific signs orders worth $26M over five years with Unisys for Sydney Data Centre Project.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 1995--Unisys Corp. Monday announced that Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (HKSE: 0293 ) is an airline based in Hong Kong, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 104 destinations worldwide. It is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main base at the Hong Kong International Airport. [1]. Airways placed orders for information services See Information Systems. and solutions with Unisys for its newly established Sydney Data Centre in Australia, which will become the main information processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. center for the airline's operations. The contracts have an initial value over a five-year period of more than $26 million. Under the multi-part agreement Cathay Pacific will rent a Unisys 2200/922 enterprise server for three years and will purchase a Unisys 2200/500 enterprise server and peripherals. In addition, Unisys will operate the airline's disaster recovery site in Sydney for five years and will provide other support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . The agreement also includes options for the purchase of a further Unisys 2200/500 system in 1996 and for the installation of a yet-to-be-announced enterprise server in 1997. "Cathay Pacific is one of our leading airline customers in the world and one of the most competitive," said Stephen Kucia, managing director, Unisys Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . "This move of their main processing center to Sydney is a very demanding project and we are pleased that we can play our part in making the move as efficient as possible." Unisys will also be heavily involved in the migration of the main operations computer processing from Cathay Pacific's current site in Quarry Bay Quarry Bay (Traditional Chinese: 鰂魚涌; literally Crucian Carp Stream or River or 石礦灣 / 採石灣) is an area beneath Mount Parker in Eastern District on Hong Kong Island, , Hong Kong to the new processing center. This will require installation in Sydney of the latest version of the Unisys USAS USAS United Students Against Sweatshops USAS Uniform Statewide Accounting System USAS USA Shooting USAS Uniform School Accounting System USAS Undergraduate Student Academic Services (Ohio State University) software solution and the movement of massive amounts of data currently in Hong Kong to the new Sydney Data Processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a Centre. The planned cut-over to the new Sydney center is expected to be completed in November. By then, the airline's CUPID passenger reservation system, its CUBIC cargo booking system, the CUPID departure control system, a revenue enhancement revenue enhancement An increase in revenues, especially by way of increased taxes. Revenue enhancement includes reducing taxpayer deductions and eliminating tax credits. solution and additional Unisys USAS software solutions will be installed. Sydney will then be the main computer processing center for Cathay Pacific, while the development center remains in Hong Kong. "In a relationship going back more than 15 years, Unisys and Cathay Pacific have worked closely and efficiently together. This strong partnership has paid off in the excellent coordination we have achieved for the complex move of data processing sites," commented Ian Riddell, general manager, Management Information Systems for Cathay Pacific. Cathay Pacific uses Unisys computers for its main operational tasks, including passenger reservations, cargo, departure control, revenue enhancement, business planning and marketing. The airline went live with its first Unisys system for passenger reservations in 1981 and since then has been a pioneer with Unisys in the development of more advanced airline computer systems. -0- Unisys and USAS are registered trademarks of Unisys Corp. CONTACT: Unisys Corp., Blue Bell Steve Holzman, 215/986-5098 Internet: holzmans@po7.bb.unisys.com |
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