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easyJet signs IT outsourcing contract with SAVVIS
Airline Industry Information, Oct 26, 2006
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SAVVIS Inc (NASDAQ:SVVS), a provider of IT infrastructure services for business applications, has said that easyJet has outsourced its IT infrastructure to underpin its risk management strategy and provide an enhanced customer experience and reduced costs per seat.
SAVVIS said that 98% of easyJet's business is conducted via its website, making it one of Europe's biggest Internet retailers, and during peak periods the airline books an average of ten seats per second and generates nearly USD4m an hour.
easyJet has signed a five-year multi-million dollar contract with SAVVIS. SAVVIS will reportedly provide easyJet with a fully managed solution that integrates real-time hosting, networking and utility solutions to support easyJet's website, reservations and flight operations systems, as well as its e-mail, financial and paperless management applications.
No further financial details have been disclosed.
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