Synstar PLC
25 June 2002
25 June 2002
Synstar plc
Westland Helicopters select Synstar for £21million outsourced managed service
contract
Synstar has signed a six-year deal worth £3.5m per annum with Westland
Helicopters, an Agusta Westland Company, manufacturers of helicopters based in
Yeovil Somerset.
Westland Helicopters has appointed Synstar to manage its entire IT
infrastructure and provide a complete business availability service to more than
3,000 desktop users, which will now encompass all four of Synstar's key service
lines: data management, business continuity, networking and computer services.
The agreement includes the transfer of 18 staff from Westland to Synstar.
The new contract, which commences on 1 July 2002, more than doubles the size of
the existing relationship. It sees Westland appoint Synstar to handle three new
support areas in addition to computer services, which it has provided since
1998. The business was won in a competitive tender against EDS and IBM.
Alan Ladd, Manufacturing Director at Westland Helicopters comments:
'We have decided to outsource the support of our IT infrastructure to Synstar
because of their proven track record, their innovative and flexible approach to
resolving our business issues and their expertise for delivering high value
business availability services.'
Steve Vaughan, Synstar's CEO said:
'My strategy has been to build a foundation which would enable us to win bigger,
larger more joined up deals. This is a great example how each of our four
service lines complement each other to deliver full business availability to our
customers.
'We are proud that Westland Helicopters has recognised Synstar's ability to
deliver this crucial set of services.'
For further information:
Synstar Plc Tel: 01344 662744
Christine Jones
GCI Financial Tel: 020 7072 4200
Roger Leboff / Geoff Callow
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