HP, International Information Techology Company and Microsoft to Maximise Windows Environment for OmanLNG

MUSCAT, Oman, 01 June 2004. OmanLNG announced today that it had chosen HP Global Services division to provide the consultancy assistance in support of their migration from NT4 domain to Windows 2003 Active Directory, Exchange 2003 and standardising the desktop platform to Windows XP.   HP will be working with International Information Technology Company LLC (IITC) who will provide Microsoft trained engineers to assist with the IT infrastructure upgrade and purchase the various Microsoft licenses for all 350 users of OmanLNG.
 
HP has the largest Windows 2000 deployment in the world and customers benefit from HPs internal experience which operates a global test network that has been upgraded to Windows Server 2003.    This ensures that HP can test even the most complex scenarios before deploying in customer environments.  OmanLNG chose HP because no other company offers the range of consulting and integration services for Microsoft offerings and because of the large and experienced Microsoft-trained workforce which presents superior talent and experience to plan, design, implement, manage, license and support migration to Window 200 and .NET solutions that reduce risk and accelerate time-to solution.
 
“HP globally, has more accredited Microsoft Professionals than any other Microsoft Solution Provider. This, together with our understanding of Oman LNG’s other critical business systems, makes us the ideal choice for a partner for this project.   Our consultants are experienced in deploying Windows 2003 technology in highly complex environments.  And in addition to our technical expertise, we also have proven methodologies in the areas of architecture and deployment of Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003,” said Herbert Zierl, Director, Technology Solutions Group, HP Middle East.
 
IITC deployment will ensure that the new Windows environment is tested and rolled-out to all OmanLNG users successfully and in a satisfactory manner. IITC, being the most experienced Microsoft CTEC in Oman will also deliver certified Microsoft training to OmanLNG’s technical staff and customised end-user training to OLNG users allowing them to migrate to the new environment quickly and smoothly.
 
“We partnered with HP Global services to guarantee a smooth and successful implementation of this project as HP follows a professional and structured approach which is based on best practices and PMI [Project Management Implementation] standards” confirms Jaykumar S, GM of IITC.
 
Working on project of this size has been challenging for all partners due to the complex IT environments that Liquefied Natural Gas companies run on.   However, the combined effort of HP Global Services and Microsoft’s team of engineers have initiated a smooth beta implementation along to ensure that Oman LNG will now be able to optimise there internal systems and maximise output.
 
“We are confident that our partnership with HP Global Services and Microsoft Consulting Services will allow us to successfully complete the server and desktop migration in the shortest possible timeframe. The target for OmanLNG is to be up and running with the new environment before the end of this year” said Vikram Gautam, Sales Manager of IITC.
 
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