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HP Awarded Infrastructure Services Contract with Sara Lee
Thursday 27. November 2008 - HP today announced it has been awarded a seven-year infrastructure services contract from Sara Lee Corporation to manage its global technology environment.
The deal is part of Sara Lees global transformation to increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs across its businesses around the world.
HP will extend its current agreement to 2015 and add the management of Sara Lees North America infrastructure technology to make this a fully global contract. HP also will transition Sara Lees infrastructure technology to HPs next-generation data center in Atlanta. This automated environment will provide the latest infrastructure management and automation delivered as a service for Sara Lee.
The agreement builds on a long-standing relationship between Sara Lee and HP. Since 2000, HP has provided services to support Sara Lees technology infrastructure in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, as well as Sara Lees end-user environment across the globe.
“This new agreement with HP helps Sara Lee to increase efficiencies and further supports our goal of operational excellence,” said Steve Merry, senior vice president and chief information officer, Sara Lee Corporation. “Over the past eight years, HP has consistently been a trusted partner that understands how technology can help us achieve our business objectives.”
“Since 2000, Sara Lee has been able to lower costs, reduce risk and accelerate growth with HP managing and transforming its technology environment,” said Ann Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP. “This latest agreement with Sara Lee provides the right infrastructure to meet its customers needs today and into the future.”