Konecranes and Hewlett Packard (HP) have signed a seven-year agreement under which HP will operate Konecranes’ Data Center services. Konecranes’ Data Center services includes hosting of all application servers, back-up equipment and databases. According to the agreement, a total of 7 employees will transfer from Konecranes to the HP organization during 2010.
“In an international company like Konecranes, present in 43 countries, Data Center services need to be available everywhere 24/7,” says Antti Koskelin, CIO at Konecranes. “Through this agreement we will be able to offer a standardized solution for IT data services. This new arrangement will also give us the opportunity to operate world-class business applications.”
The project will start in early 2010 and implementation will be ready by 2012.
Further information:
Antti Koskelin, CIO, Konecranes Plc
e-mail: [email protected] or tel. +358 20 427 2900
This press release is available on our website www.konecranes.com
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes. In 2008, Group sales totaled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,700 employees, at 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).
