ARMONK, N.Y. (Dec. 12, 2003) — Group Michelin will turn over the management and maintenance of its information technology infrastructure in North America and Europe to IBM Corp. under the terms of an eight-year, $1.2 billion agreement signed recently.
The agreement ties into Michelin's efforts to achieve optimal financial results by applying best practices in technology adoption and accessing the best skills available in the domain of information technology, the Greenville, S.C.-based tire maker said. The agreement will affect about 600 Michelin employees worldwide, who will join IBM in the first quarter 2004.
Under the terms of this agreement, IBM will be responsible for IT production operations and management, user support, technical support, solution industrialization and distribution of servers, workstations, PCs, software and production applications.