Dell Signs Four-Year Managed Services and Product Agreement With UBS; Swiss Investment Firm Makes Dell Its Global Standard

Dell will provide UBS an array of managed services, under theagreement, including installation, advanced service desk, hardwaresupport and asset management for more than 30,000 desktops andnotebooks. Dell also will provide migration services for the systemsto Microsoft's(R) XP operating system. Dell has begun installing thenew systems and the rollout is planned for completion within the nextfew months.

"Dell won the contract because of the global availability of itsproducts, the exceptional price/performance ratio and itsmanaged-services offerings," said Scott Abbey, chief technologyofficer UBS. "By standardizing the PC infrastructure worldwide, we canachieve a substantial cost reduction," said Abbey

"Combining our product and services enables customers like UBS torealize the full value of Dell," said Gary Cotshott vice president ofDell Americas Services. "Through our focused services portfolio, Dellcan cost effectively install and manage the lifecycle of computers forone of the world's top financial services providers."

Dell OptiPlex(TM) GX280 desktops and Latitude(TM) D410 and D610notebooks will replace the existing client products in UBS's Swissbranches and its Wealth Management branches. All 30,000 systems willbe manufactured by Dell to UBS's specifications and through Dell'sCustom Factory Integration (CFI) services delivered with UBS'scustomized software applications installed.

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