Ferrosan Outsources i to IBM, Eliminates Expense and Complicatedness
June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie
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The Danish manufacturer Ferrosan will no longer have to deal with the expense and complicatedness of managing an i-based Power Systems and System x server environment as the result of a new seven-year outsourcing deal it has entered into with IBM. Ferrosan is a privately held manufacturer of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, vitamins, and food supplements that are sold primarily in the Nordic countries of Europe. The company has revenues the equivalent of $250 million last year, and employs 800 people, according to IBM. In 2006, Ferrosan signed a three-year IT outsourcing deal with IBM. In February of this year, |
