Unisys and Synapsis Partner to Win Infrastructure Outsourcing Contract With Colombia Oil CompanyUnisys to manage IT infrastructure through Bogotá managed services center, helping improve productivity, increase operational efficiency, contain costs and maximize return on IT investments
Blue Bell, Pa., September 6, 2005 – Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) and Synapsis have won a contract from ECOPETROL, 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 Bogotá, Barrancabermeja and Cartagena. These services will be provided from the Unisys Managed Services Center in Bogotá, which currently serves more than 20,000 users in enterprises and governments throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America. 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 Perú.
“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 and reduce the time it takes to resolve service requests,” said Susan Watts, 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 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 Synapsis About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. We provide consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and infrastructure services, combined with powerful enterprise server technology. We specialize in helping clients use information to create efficient, secure business operations that allow them to achieve their business goals. Our consultants and industry experts work with clients to understand their business challenges and create greater visibility into critical linkages throughout their operations. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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