PLANO, Texas and Zurich, Switzerland – EDS today announced a six-year, information technology (IT) services agreement with SR Technics, one of the world’s leading independent providers of technical services for the civil aviation sector. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.
Under this agreement, EDS will provide service desk support, workplace management, hosting, storage, backup and archiving, as well as network services for major locations of SR Technics in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland and Bahrain, with a total of more than 4,000 users.
As part of the agreement, EDS and SR Technics renewed an applications services agreement, which was first signed in 2001. Under this renewal, EDS will host SR Technics SAP, SAS and Maintenance and Engineering Document Systems.
“Through this agreement that builds on many years of an excellent relationship, SR Technics will achieve further operational improvements and enhance the delivery of services to our customers,” said Koni Iten, CIO of SR Technics. “This agreement is aligned to our IT roadmap and consistent with the intent of our IT outsourcing strategy to work jointly with EDS to modernize, improve and expand the IT functionalities supporting the core business of SR Technics.”
“The contract with SR Technics is an important milestone for EDS’ EMEA Transportation Hub in Zurich as we continue to grow our Transportation industry business,” said Pierre Klatt, country manager, EDS Switzerland, and vice president EDS EMEA Transportation Industry Group. “EDS is excited for the opportunity to continue our work with SR Technics to help them reach their goal of improving their core business, and I look forward to further strengthening our long-standing relationship.”
“Through this agreement, SR Technics will take advantage of our global information technology outsourcing capabilities, which will help SR Technics achieve quantifiable operational improvements and enhance the delivery of services to their customers,” said Eric Harte, vice president and leader of EDS’ Global Air Services Industry Group.
As the leading global airline IT services provider, EDS brings world-class technology solutions and infrastructure to help airlines and transportation customers sustain competitive advantage in a tightly constrained market.
About SR Technics
SR Technics is one of the world’s leading independent providers of technical services for the civil aviation sector. The SR Technics Group offers its customer airlines comprehensive and totally-tailored solutions for the technical support and management of their aircraft fleets, engines and components. With its head office at Zurich Airport, SR Technics provides its services through an extensive network of international operations and sales offices in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. About 500 airline customers currently entrust some 750 aircraft, 300 engines and 78,000 components a year to its care. The company has a workforce of around 5,300 employees, and generated total operating revenue of CHF 1.7 billion in 2006. SR Technics is owned by a consortium from the United Arab Emirates composed of Mubadala Development, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and Istithmar, which acquired the company in November 2006. For further information please visit www.srtechnics.com.
About EDS
EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at eds.com.
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