Cole National awards Unisys $90 million services contract.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1995--Unisys Monday announced that it has been awarded a $90 million outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. contract by retail industry leader, Cole National Corp., to provide multi-platform systems support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . Under the engagement, Unisys will provide long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. support for Cole National's 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 operations, voice and data networks, applications development and maintenance, as well as the migration to new applications systems environments. Services will be provided from Cole National's data center located in Cleveland. In addition, 44 Cole National professionals will transfer to Unisys to assist in performing these services. Cole National is a nationwide specialty service retailer operating more than 2,200 retail locations in 49 states primarily under the names Sears Optical, Montgomery Ward Vision Center, Things Remembered and the Gift Center at Sears. Over the term of the 10-year engagement, Unisys will be responsible for systems management services, desktop and store management services, voice and data network management services. Partnering with LakeWest Group, a leading retail consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a headquartered in Cleveland, Unisys will also be responsible for Cole's systems transition to a new, multi-platform environment. With 30 years of outsourcing experience, Unisys provides application management and facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. services for multi-vendor environments including 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) , Digital Equipment, and Hewlett-Packard. Unisys is also considered one of the largest outsourcing providers to the U.S. government. Unisys Senior Vice President and President of the United States/Canada Division Edward Blechschmidt called the engagement with Cole National a practical business relationship in a world of complex technologies. "This engagement allows Cole to obtain, from a single information technology provider, services and expertise in a variety of disciplines including operational outsourcing, transitional systems integration and business process redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re . "Unisys is pleased to have been selected for this important partnering role with a customer-focused and growth-oriented retailer such as Cole National." -0- Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. All other brands and products reference herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Corp., Blue Bell Lisa H. Conrads, 215/986-5859 Internet #: conradsl at P07.BB.Unisys.Com |
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