Control Data Unveils Exchange and Notes/Domino Outsourcing Services

Business Wire, April 26, 1999

ARDEN HILLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--

New Business Process Outsourcing Services Increase Efficiency of

IT Resources and Minimize Cost of Ownership

Control Data Systems, Inc. today announced new outsourcing services designed to help Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes/Domino customers free up valuable IT resources for revenue generation instead of infrastructure maintenance.

The new services combine the strengths of Control Data's industry leading outsourcing services and consulting expertise with Exchange and Notes/Domino applications to offer businesses a world-class messaging infrastructure and support environment.

Control Data's transparent management of collaborative Exchange and Notes/Domino applications allows companies to concentrate on developing relationships with customers, suppliers and other contacts instead of having to focus on time-consuming administrative and operational functions. With Control Data's assistance, companies can achieve a lower cost of ownership and easily extend electronic commerce initiatives outside their corporate intranets.

Almost 80 percent of the executives interviewed in a recent Corbett Group Survey identified business process outsourcing as an increasingly important management tool. Forrester Research estimates that the worldwide market for business process outsourcing will grow to $6.4 billion by 2001.

"More and more IT budgets and personnel are consumed by day-to-day administrative and maintenance requirements," said Matt Kramer, vice president of sales and marketing for Control Data's E-Commerce Outsourcing business. "We can break the cycle. Given our experience managing Exchange and Notes/Domino environments, our shared services and our global reach, we help our clients maximize their return on IT investments."

The addition of Exchange and Notes/Domino to Control Data's E-Commerce Outsourcing portfolio complements the company's existing services, which range from legacy messaging and complex heterogeneous infrastructures to Internet hosting and electronic commerce application service offerings.

During the month of March, Control Data's E-Commerce Outsourcing business unit processed more than 20 million messages for the 400,000 corporate mailbox accounts that it manages for clients such as Sprint, Deloitte & Touche, Fort James, J&H Marsh & McLennan, and Ernst & Young. Serving complex, corporate EC solution environments worldwide, Control Data is the recognized leader in EC hosting solutions.

Control Data Systems, Inc., is a global information technology company that delivers enterprise Internet and systems integration solutions, and E-Commerce outsourcing services. For more information, call 1-888-742-5864 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-651-415-4272 (worldwide). Visit our Web site at www.cdc.com.

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