Beacon Enterprise Signs IT Management Agreement with Hitachi Cable Indiana

Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, Inc., an emerging player in the design, implementation and management of high-performance “Information Transport Systems” infrastructure solutions, has signed a technology management agreement with Hitachi (News - Alert) Cable Indiana.

 

Hitachi Cable Indiana’s main facility is situated on 35 acres in Southern Indiana, about 10 minutes from Louisville, Ky.

 

The subsidiary serves the automotive industry with fluid movement components, ABS (News - Alert) braking systems, and the latest in advanced electrical cables for Hybrid Vehicles.

As part of the Hitachi global group of companies, the modern facilities in Indiana are able to produce millions of products per month utilizing the latest technology-aided design, manufacturing, and analytical and automated processes.

 

Beacon Enterprise officials said that the company will provide a full range of IT managed services for the Hitachi Cable Indiana facility, which consists of a three-building campus with more than 230 desktop users, video conferencing and onsite servers.

 

According to company officials, the managed services include provisioning for: voice, data, video, and the full life cycle management of desktop/server hardware and software in addition to ITS infrastructure management. 

Hitachi Cable is expected to save 30 to 35 percent of current IT-related expenditures as a result of increased efficiencies and cost cutting measures under Beacon’s expertise.

 

“We are pleased that Hitachi Cable Indiana selected Beacon Enterprise Solutions to be their complete IT solutions provider, as they adopt a more efficient and scalable managed services platform,” said Bruce Widener, CEO of Beacon Enterprise Solutions, in a statement.

 

Widener said that as the company has done with other large enterprise clients, the company looks forward to the possibility of expanding its relationship with the broader family of related Hitachi companies based upon performance at the Indiana facility.

 

Recently TMCnet reported that Beacon Enterprise reportedly signed a $24.8 million project management services agreement with one of Europe’s providers of premium carrier-neutral data centers and managed services, for the design and construction of a data center in Zurich.

 

According to company officials, the two-phase project involves the planning, design, construction management and commissioning of the data center, including climatization, power and telecommunications. Officials said that Phase 1, which has already commenced, is expected to be completed no later than March 31, 2010. Phase 2 of the agreement involves the completion of the full data center and is expected to be finished by Sept. 30, 2010.