Statoil Signs 9.3 Million Euro ICT Contract with Orange Business Services.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. & OSLO -- The Norwegian state oil corporation Statoil ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and has chosen Orange Business Services Orange Business Services (formerly Equant) is a subsidiary of France Télécom and provides network and information technology business services in over 220 countries and territories. to deliver network infrastructure and manage its extensive international IP network. The 3-year, 9.3 million euro agreement includes 40 sites in 23 countries worldwide. Orange Business Services has once again gained Statoil's confidence after having had the full responsibility of operating and servicing Statoil's international IT network since 1999. The new contract resulted from an open, comprehensive tender competition, in which all market players took part. The contract includes an annual renewal option for three additional years. The upgraded network, which will handle both data and telephony and include full operation, support and maintenance of the infrastructure, has very strict requirements for uptime and performance. To minimize time delays in data communication with critical applications, the technical solution is based on land-based Ethernet and fiber, in contrast to satellite. Orange Business Services is able to meet this challenge in many developing countries where Statoil and other demanding international corporations operate. "Orange Business Services is covering most of our offices and has a solid and robust infrastructure with a high degree of uptime," said Ole Petter Drange, head of Infrastructure at Statoil. "Over many years, Orange Business Services has proven capable of delivering according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. our requirements, and we also clearly expect delivery times for new connections to be minimized." "It's a big recognition once again to achieve the confidence of a demanding customer like Statoil," said John Conlan John Conlan can refer to:
(2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. deliveries to large international and complex enterprises -- and Statoil sees the quality in this. This proves that our strategy to be a leader in global ICT deliveries is working well." About Orange Business Services Orange Business Services represents the business communications solutions and services provided by the France Telecom Group as of June 1, 2006. They were previously sold under the France Telecom, Orange, Equant, Etrali, Almerys, EGT EGT Exhaust Gas Temperature EGT Equal Gain Transmission EGT Estimated Ground Time EGT Equivalent Granular Thickness (numerical cale for roadway evaluation) EGT Enhanced Ground Testing EGT EndGame Tournaments LLC , Expertel Consulting, France Telecom Intelmatique, SETIB and Solicia brands. The offers include converged voice, data and mobile services as well as IT expertise and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , all designed to transform business processes and improve productivity. Orange Business Services is present in 166 countries and territories and serves customers in 220. www.orange-business.com |
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