BT en HP kondigden vandaag aan dat zij een vijfjarig contract hebben getekend met Nycomed voor de outsourcing van infrastructuurdiensten. Nycomed is een internationale farmaceutische onderneming met het hoofdkantoor in Zwitserland.
Nycomed benaderde de BT/HP-alliantie voor het ondersteunen van zijn infrastructuur, die in staat moet zijn snel kritieke real-time informatie over internationale netwerken uit te wisselen.
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Nycomed Chooses BT HP Alliance for Outsourcing Contract BT and HP today announced that they have signed a contract with Nycomed, an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland, to outsource its infrastructure services over the next five years.
Nycomed engaged the BT HP Alliance to support its infrastructure, which must handle the rapid exchange of critical real-time information across international networks.
Under the terms of the agreement, HP will manage Nycomed’s data centres, including more than 450 servers and 120 terabytes (TB) of storage and back-up facilities. HP will also deliver end-user workplace solutions for 10,000 workstations in more than 50 countries. Finally, HP will be responsible for a complete migration of 13,000 mailboxes to the new company standard, Microsoft® Exchange 2007.
BT will provide multi-protocol label switching – wide area network (MPLS-WAN) services, Internet bandwidth for Nycomed’s EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Americas hubs, and remote access services for 6,500 users.
Nycomed operates throughout Europe and in fast growing markets such as Latin America, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Asia-Pacific region. The company has a presence in approximately 50 markets worldwide and acquired the German pharmaceutical company Altana Pharma in 2007, making Nycomed one of the world’s 25 largest pharmaceutical companies.
“Nycomed is taking advantage of the BT HP Alliance’s economies of scale, skilled staff and industrialization of operations to consolidate and rationalize our infrastructure services and technology infrastructure,” said Agnetha Mattisson, senior vice president, Corporate IS/IT, Nycomed. “Together we will establish a robust and scalable environment that will support Nycomed’s goals to grow the business.”
Francois Barrault, chief executive officer, BT Global Services, said: “We’re delighted to work with Nycomed to help them meet their international business objectives. HP and BT will deliver end-to-end networked infrastructure services”
“We are honored to be selected by Nycomed as a trusted partner and we look forward to helping them manage and transform their infrastructure into an asset for business and competitive advantage,” said Ann Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP.
About the BT HP Alliance The BT HP Alliance brings together the world-class capabilities of HP and BT to provide a full IT and telecommunications service capability in a single service offering. Developing and delivering integrated, seamless solutions for customers, the alliance presents a single point of contact to enterprises for end-to-end service delivery. This helps improve service, increase flexibility and reduce risk for the enterprise.
About Nycomed Nycomed is a privately owned pharmaceutical company that provides medicines for hospitals, specialists and general practitioners, as well as over-the-counter medicines in selected markets.
The company is active in a range of therapeutic areas. Its key products are aimed at gastroenterology, pain management, osteoporosis, respiratory diseases and tissue management. New products are sourced both from our own research and from business partners.
Operating throughout Europe and in fast-growing markets such as Latin America, Russia/CIS and the Asia-Pacific region Nycomed has a presence in about 50 markets worldwide.
The combined group employs over 11,500 people. In 2007, it had annual sales of € 3.5 billion and an adjusted EBITDA of € 1.2 billion.
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