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OpSource Kicks Off International Expansion With Opening Of London Operations Center
Simultaneously Announces Three New Customers in the UK
SANTA CLARA, Calif., -- November 17, 2003 OpSource, Inc., a next-generation IT infrastructure services company, today announced that it has begun its International expansion with the opening of its new London operations center. Simultaneously, OpSource announced that it has added three new customers in the UK: University of Cambridge (UCLES), UTILYX and NovaRentaCar.
"The opening of our London operations center demonstrates our commitment to making OpSource a leading International provider of managed IT services", said Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. "And we couldn't ask for a better start for our UK business than adding these three excellent companies to our growing roster of OpSource customers."
nternational Presence Key to Expanded Growth and Service to Multinational Customers
In addition to offering significant country specific business opportunity in its own right, an International presence is necessary in order to provide multinational organizations with consistent high quality outsourced IT services across geographies. OpSource, in response to this demand from its existing customers, has begun an international expansion that is expected to result in additional OpSource operations centers in European and Asian locations.
First Three UK Customers
OpSource's new UK customers come from the education, consultancy and consumer services sectors and they utilize OpSource services ranging from complete managed hosting to monitoring solutions. These customers include:
The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) is a department of the University of Cambridge and the focal point of Europe's high-tech industries and research. UCLES itself is part of this 'centre of excellence', researching and developing new forms of assessment and the application of new technologies to the assessment process.
Utilyx is the UK's leading provider of energy consultancy, procurement and management solutions to commercial and industrial energy buyers and public sector organizations.
NovaRentaCar Reservations is an independent car rental reservation service offering discount rates at cities and airports worldwide with leading car hire companies.
Three Pronged Customer Acquisition Strategy Continues to Deliver Strong Growth
OpSource combines direct sales, private label sales and consolidation of service assets to deliver strong growth. The successful execution of this three-pronged customer acquisition strategy has resulted in 65 customers, five acquisitions completed and successfully integrated, and operations in four US metropolitan area markets and London, England.
About OpSource
OpSource is a provider of direct and private-label IT infrastructure services to global 2000 companies. It combines innovative technology, best practices and experienced personnel to deliver services of higher quality and at lower cost than enterprises, government agencies and infrastructure providers can do themselves. OpSource SigmaCenter services range from complete technical staffing solutions for independent and corporate data centers to complex managed hosting solutions for the enterprise. The company's SigmaSystem services include the IT Infrastructure technology and services necessary for operating and managing every layer of a company's application infrastructure - from provisioning and deploying the physical networks and servers in the data center up to, and including, security, maintenance and performance optimization of customized applications.
The company is funded by Artiman Ventures and ComVentures. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA with additional operations in Southern California, New York City, Piscataway, NJ, and Chantilly, VA. For more information about OpSource, visit the company's web site at opsource.net.
