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'HP, Ahold extend infrastructure, applications services deal'Dec 02, 2009 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- International group of supermarket companies Ahold has extended its existing contract with HP Enterprise Services by signing a new seven-year infrastructure and applications services agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will continue to provide management and support services for Ahold's global data centre environment, which includes mainframes, servers and storage. HP will also implement HP Business Service Automation to make server and storage capabilities more robust and highly available. Ahold will use HP ProLiant rack servers, HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays as well as HP ProCurve 2610 and 5412 switches. HP also will provide network services for Ahold's extensive network that connects its supply chain and distribution with its 3,000 stores, warehouses and office locations across Europe and the United States. Ahold's workplace computing environment for more than 200,000 Ahold associates in Europe and the United States will continue to be managed by HP. HP also will migrate Ahold employees to HP hardware including HP EliteBook 2500, 6900 and 8500 series notebooks and HP dx2400, dc5800, dc7900 series Business Desktops. In the United States, HP will provide applications management for a wide range of Ahold's critical business and administrative applications. HP will deliver these services to Ahold primarily from sites in Argentina, Belgium, Germany, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States that are part of the HP Best Shore global delivery network. Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications (www.m2.com) |