Don' recall this being posted, apologies if it has. Yet another big Co. standardizing on Dell. Cheers
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SO) Southern Company Standardizes On Dell;
Largest U.S. Electric Utility Selects Dell Computer
Systems For Reliability and Manageability
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999--Dell Computer
Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL) announced today that Southern Company (NYSE:SO),
the largest producer of electricity in the United States, has selected Dell(R) as its
major supplier for workstations, and desktop and notebook personal computers over
the next three years.
Southern Company's U.S. operations will run on Dell OptiPlex(R) desktop PCs,
Latitude(R) notebook PCs and Dell Precision(tm) Workstations.
Southern Company has used Dell hardware as the foundation of a technology
infrastructure upgrade program, replacing approximately 20,000 PCs and
standardizing on the Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) operating system. Southern is
leveraging Dell's reliability and manageability to control I/T total cost of ownership,
as well as using customized Dell Premier Pages(sm) to place and track orders on the
Internet.
"This agreement allows us to divert resources from evaluating hardware to providing
information technology capabilities in support of our business units," said Chuck
Darville, Southern Company technology strategy director. "We wouldn't be able to
do this if we didn't have confidence in Dell's ability to meet our functional and cost
requirements."
"Dell is setting the standard for corporate computer system lifecycle management
and reliability," said Brian Wood, vice president and general manager of Dell's
Enterprise segment. "Part of the value proposition Dell brings to Southern is the
efficiency of real-time account management through our Internet-enabled Premier
Pages."
Dell has developed more than 27,000 Premier Pages Web sites worldwide since the
service's debut two years ago. Through customized secure Web sites, Dell's Premier
Pages Service offers customers online purchasing, order status reporting and
tracking, management and financial reporting, service and support, and account
team contact information. Additional information on Premier Pages Service is
available at dell.com.
Southern Company is one of several large enterprises to contract with Dell in recent
months. The Boeing Corporation, Ford Motor Company and Edward Jones have all
recently announced multi-million dollar, long-term alliances with Dell.
About Southern Company
Southern Company is an international energy company with more than 35 billion in
assets through regional utilities and operations around the world. It is the largest
producer of electricity in the United States and one of the world's leading
independent power producers. Based in Atlanta, Southern Company is the parent
firm of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power and
Savannah Electric. Through its Southern Energy Inc. subsidiary, Southern Company
supplies electricity in 10 countries on four continents and has a growing presence in
North America with assets in the Northeast, the Midwest, California and Texas.
Southern Company also provides energy-related marketing, trading and technical
services in the United States and Europe and offers Southern LINC wireless
telecommunications. |
