NASHVILLE - Sept. 8, 2004 - CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) today announced it has won a multi-year, multi-million dollar outsourcing contract with the Nashville Electric Service (NES), the 11th largest public electric utility in the nation with more than 325,000 customers in Middle Tennessee. CIBER will deliver high-level IT outsourcing services to NES, including application development, application maintenance and infrastructure support. The outsourcing services will be delivered by CIBER’s Nashville operations team and rapidly expanding public utility practice.
“CIBER demonstrated extensive knowledge and experience with all the major Federal Power Marketing Agencies and, as a global IT services company, has the wide range of resources to ensure our needs are always met,” said Vic Hatridge, Chief Information Officer for NES. “This, combined with CIBER’s partnership with Zycron Computer Services, Inc., a local Nashville-based IT provider, offered the best solution - global resources and joint local accountability.”
Under the contract, CIBER will provide all onsite IT services, including applications development and maintenance, database administration, security administration, PC support, network support and help desk services. CIBER will utilize its Project Management Methodology (CPMMä) to ensure the services are produced on-time, within budget and to NES’s satisfaction.
“Given our long history of providing outsourcing services, we understood the responsibilities included in this type of engagement and demonstrated our extensive experience and capability in providing and managing the services required by NES,” said John Wood, CIBER’s Nashville Area Director. “NES can depend on CIBER and its partner, Zycron, to deliver consistent, reliable services necessary to support their IT operations.”
CIBER has served clients in the Nashville area since 1986 and maintains a strong presence in Nashville and Middle Tennessee through its local office and support personnel.
About CIBER, Inc.
CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER’s global delivery services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974, the company’s consultants now serve client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 18 European offices and three offices in Asia. With offices in 14 countries, annualized revenue run rate of approximately $925 million and approximately 8,000 employees, CIBER’s IT specialists continuously build and upgrade our clients’ systems to “competitive advantage status.” CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. CIBER, ALWAYS ABLE.
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