United Utilities Gets Connected with Fujitsu
Fujitsu UK & Ireland
London, December 16, 2013
United Utilities has tasked Fujitsu with transforming its IT estate. This new partnership highlights a move by United Utilities to invest in a modern IT environment and will see Fujitsu implement a high capacity, scalable and secure data centre environment. This supports its vision of becoming a leading service provider in the North West of England and one of the best UK water and wastewater companies. United Utilities is looking to increase its overall agility and encourage business growth, while reducing costs.
United Utilities provides water and sewerage services to approximately seven million people in the North West of England. The company recognises the need to continually improve its operations and enhance the services it provides to customers. IT is an enabler to the business, and after carrying out a review of its data centre environment, United Utilities took the decision to transform its IT estate. It looked for a partner with a proven track record in delivering projects for similar companies, of a similar scale. Fujitsu was selected as supplier of choice following a rigorous tender process.
Under the terms of a ten-year contract, Fujitsu will design, build and manage the infrastructure which connects its data centre environments. This includes the design and provision of a fibre optic network between its existing data centre in Warrington and a new site in Manchester, which is set to open mid 2014. Furthermore, Fujitsu will manage and maintain the network on a 24/7 basis, providing engineering capability on site.
Paul Patterson, Executive Director, UK & Ireland, Fujitsu commented: “The objective here is to create a resilient and reliable network, that provides United Utilities with control over its various operations as well as helping to reduce IT costs, supporting the critical national infrastructure. At this stage in the implementation phase, we are well on our way to achieving that – and looking forward to a long and successful partnership with United Utilities.”
About Fujitsu
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.4 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com
About Fujitsu UK & Ireland
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Fujitsu UK & Ireland is a leading IT systems, services and products company employing over 10,100 people with an annual revenue of £1.6 billion. Additionally, Fujitsu’s other operations in the UK bring its total employee numbers to over 14,000 and its total revenues to £1.8 billion. Its business is in enabling its customers to realise their objectives by exploiting information technology through its integrated product and service portfolio. This includes consulting, applications, systems integration, managed services and product for customers in the private and public sectors including retail, financial services, telecoms, government, defence and consumer sectors. For more information, please see: http://uk.fujitsu.com
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Kate DeCozar Rushforth
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teamfujitsu@harvard.co.uk
Harvard PR
Graham Goulden
+ 44 (0) 843 354 9568
graham.goulden@uk.fujitsu.com
Fujitsu UK & Ireland
Date: 16 December, 2013
City: London
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