NTT Data and UPS have announced a 10-year strategic collaboration to help UPS continue to modernise its IT infrastructure and data centres while providing AI and cloud services to drive business innovation.
NTT Data will also continue to help support UPS in the fast-paced world of logistics and delivery.
“We are honoured to be selected by UPS as a strategic partner on their transformation journey as they operationalise their ‘data centre of the future’ vision, deliver the next generation IT infrastructure and accelerate digital product development,” says Abhijit Dubey, president and CEO of NTT Data.
“As the third-largest data centre provider in the world, and the only one to offer full-stack transformation services, NTT Data is well-positioned to help UPS reduce operational costs and risks, drive innovation and revenue growth and maintain market leadership. This collaboration is a testament to our commitment to helping clients swiftly keep pace with the markets and prepare for the future.”
Ken Finnerty, senior vice-president: global IT at UPS, says: “NTT Data will bring world-class data center and infrastructure services to UPS. This arrangement allows the UPS technology teams, under our ‘Efficiency Reimagined’ initiatives, to focus their expertise on the development of digital solutions to solve customers’ supply chain needs.”
Highlights of the agreement include:
- NTT Data will purchase and operate one of UPS’s mission-critical data centers and enable colocation of IT workloads in-place. This includes using the best mix of public cloud and on-premises solutions to enhance efficiency and flexibility.
- NTT Data will also help develop new solutions.
- These changes will support UPS’s plans to reallocate savings toward innovative projects designed to drive growth initiatives, including developing new digital-centric services for their customers.