Abacus International Outsources Data Centre and Operating Services to Fujitsu Asia

Singapore, December 08, 2004

Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd, a leading regional IT and communications solutions provider, today announced a five-year contract to manage the data centre and operating services of leading travel facilitator Abacus International Pte Ltd.

Under the contract, Fujitsu Asia will manage Abacus’ existing data centre and operating services, which include the transfer of assets for servers, networks and switches. Thirteen staff from the IT division at Abacus will also come under the employment of Fujitsu Asia as part of the outsourcing deal.

“As the world’s number 3 player in IT services and a significant information and communications technology vendor in ASEAN, Fujitsu Asia is uniquely positioned in the outsourcing business. Fujitsu Asia’s outsourcing model has been developed in Asia for Asian enterprises with an emphasis on adding value and reducing the total cost of ownership. We are very pleased to be able to provide such services to Abacus. Fujitsu Asia’s rich heritage and accumulated know-how have served our customers well and with our core capabilities and global back-up support, we are confident of meeting ever more demanding customers’ needs. This explains why Abacus and other major companies outsource their services to us,” said Mr Norikazu Karasuda, Group CEO of Fujitsu Asia.

This outsourcing deal marks the beginning of a long-term strategic partnership between Fujitsu Asia and Abacus. As agreed upon by both parties, Fujitsu Asia will assign dedicated resources (such as servers and rack space) to provide capacity on demand, for which Abacus will be charged on a pay-per-use utility model.

By taking over existing data centre and operating services with measurable SLA (Service Level Agreement) and ITIL® (ITIL® is a Registered Trade Mark of AXELOS Limited) (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Process Methodology, Fujitsu Asia is able to provide high quality services and add value to Abacus.

Mr Don Birch, President and CEO of Abacus, said, “By outsourcing the data centre, we are able to improve operational efficiency and better manage our operational costs through strategic outsourcing, allowing us to further concentrate on our essential business.”