Perot Systems Awarded Five-Year IT Services Contract by Trinity Industries
July 23 2009 - 1:30PM
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Industry PLANO, Texas, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot
Systems Corporation (NYSE:PER) (perotsystems.com) announced today
that it has been awarded a five-year contract by Trinity Industries
for IT application maintenance services. As part of the agreement,
Perot Systems will also provide support for Trinity Industries'
Oracle and PeopleSoft technology environments. "We are pleased to
have been selected by Trinity Industries to support their HR and
financial systems, and we value the trust they have placed in our
capabilities and dedication to their business," said Steve Curts,
president of Perot Systems Commercial Solutions Group. "We are
committed to working with Trinity to establish a technology
environment that is aligned with their operational objectives and
is nimble to support their growth." Under terms of the agreement,
Perot Systems will support Trinity Industries' critical systems
operating on Oracle and PeopleSoft related to human resources,
payroll and financial functions. "Trinity Industries is pleased to
enter into this new relationship with a proven industry leader such
as Perot Systems," said William A. McWhirter, Trinity's Senior Vice
President and CFO. "We look forward to working with Perot Systems
to create a more efficient and cost-effective set of solutions for
our technology environments." About Trinity Industries Trinity
Industries, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a
multi-industry company that owns a variety of market-leading
businesses which provide products and services to the industrial,
energy, transportation, and construction sectors. Trinity reports
its financial results in five principal business segments: the Rail
Group, the Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the
Inland Barge Group, the Construction Products Group, and the Energy
Equipment Group. For more information, visit: http://www.trin.net/.
About Perot Systems Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of
information technology services and business solutions. Through its
flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates
expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that
enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and
create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas,
Perot Systems reported 2008 revenue of $2.8 billion. The company
has more than 23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe,
Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot
Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/. This press
release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such statements. For factors that could affect our business and
cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
available at http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional
information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or
obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a
result of new information, future developments, or otherwise. MEDIA
CONTACTS: PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION Karen Modlin +1 972 577-3597
Joe McNamara +1 972 577-6165 DATASOURCE: Perot Systems Corporation
CONTACT: Karen Modlin, +1-972-577-3597, , or Joe McNamara,
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