Unisys and Synapsis Partner to Win Infrastructure Outsourcing Contract With Colombia Oil Company.BLUE BELL, Pa. -- Unisys to Manage IT Infrastructure Through Bogota 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 Center, Helping Improve Productivity, Increase Operational Efficiency, Contain Costs and Maximize Return on IT Investments Unisys Corporation (company) Unisys Corporation - The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) and Synapsis synapsis: see crossing over. have won a contract from ECOPETROL ECOPETROL Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos (Colombia) , Colombia's state-owned oil company, for outsourcing services to manage its IT infrastructure and enterprise applications. The contract, signed in the first quarter of 2005, has a total value of approximately $27 million over four years, and is worth approximately $14 million to Unisys and $13 million to Synapsis. Under the contract, Unisys will manage the network, security and service-desk operations as well as maintain more than 200 servers located at ECOPETROL sites in Bogota, Barrancabermeja and Cartagena. These services will be provided from the Unisys Managed Services Center in Bogota, which currently serves more than 20,000 users in enterprises and governments throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Synapsis will administer more than 200 mission-critical applications and also provide data center management, telephony and videoconference services. Synapsis is a company of Endesa Group, a utility group that generates energy in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru. "Through this new relationship, ECOPETROL employees can become more productive because the Unisys/Synapsis team can optimize the IT infrastructure that supports their business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and reduce the time it takes to resolve service requests," said Susan Watts This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , vice president and managing partner, Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services, Latin America. "In the process, we also will help ECOPETROL reduce the operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales related to these services." "Because of this new contract, ECOPETROL will find a complete team of professionals looking after their processes and the good results of their business 24 hours per day, 365 days per year," said Alvaro Perez Uz, country manager of Synapsis Colombia. "Certainly, our goal is to help ECOPETROL to improve day by day." Unisys Managed Services Centers are a key part of Unisys fully integrated global IT infrastructure management and support solution. Like clients all over the world, ECOPETROL can capitalize on the investment Unisys has already made in support and services delivery infrastructure, focusing its own IT resources on achieving strategic business goals. About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. Our people combine expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure and server technology with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com. About Synapsis Synapsis, as a part of Endesa Group, has the local, regional and worldwide experience to transform the ideas and opportunities of business into real results. Synapsis knows that to help its clients, it must be part of them. Synapsis was founded in 1988, and since then has become one of the most important IT players in Latin America, with a complete portfolio of services and products, such as outsourcing, telecommunications, software factory and data center, achieving leadership in the systems integrators category. For more information, visit http://www.synapsis-it.com. Forward Looking Statements Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. All forward-looking statements rely on assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. A discussion of factors that could affect Unisys future results is contained in periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. RELEASE NO.: 0906/8571 http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/news_a_events/09068571.htm Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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