15th August 2003
Nottingham based managed services provider Digica has been awarded a five year, $7m contract by GeoLogistics Corporation, one of the world's largest global third-party logistics companies.
GeoLogistics Corporation is a global leader in non-asset based logistics, with an extensive network of operations in over 100 countries around the world. GeoLogistics offers its customers a broad range of freight management and customised logistics solutions backed by a single, company-wide IT system. With experienced and dedicated people, GeoLogistics meets customers' specific local logistics needs on a truly global basis. GeoLogistics
combines more than 150 years of history with the latest technology and practices.
Under the contract, Digica will manage GeoLogistics AS/400 and NT servers from its data centres in Leeds, UK and New Jersey, USA as well as providing helpdesk and desktop support services to thousands of GeoLogistics staff around the world.
GeoLogistics needed the flexible commercial model provided by Digica. This allows GeoLogistics to scale its infrastructure costs in line with its business requirements. The company was also looking for the exceptional levels of IT resilience which are critical to the logistics industry, where any downtime has a major impact on a business and its customers.
Bill Flynn, president and CEO of GeoLogistics said, "Our partnership with Digica gives us the resources we need to meet the developing needs of our current customers, as well as providing us with a flexible platform to support growth for future customers. We wanted to work with a single organisation on a global basis,” he continued.
“Our customers need comprehensive and global visibility into their supply chains and the Digica solution gives us exactly that."
Joe Szmadzinski, CIO of GeoLogistics, said "We selected Digica for its specialised knowledge base and excellent reputation within the IT industry as an ISO 9001-accredited provider. We needed cost efficient 24/7 services from secure Data centres in the UK and the USA, and Digica are giving us that.
Digica CEO Mark Howling commented, "We are thrilled to have been chosen by GeoLogistics. We worked very closely with them to understand the commercial and technical demands of their business and created a portfolio of services to support their growth in a highly competitive environment. More than that, we have now created something that really sets us apart in the managed services business.
“We selected Digica for its specialised knowledge base and excellent reputation within the IT industry as an ISO 9001-accredited provider. We needed cost efficient 24/7 services from secure Data centres in the UK and the USA, and Digica are giving us that.”
Joe Szmadzinski, GeoLogistics