Rockwell Collins Selects HP

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- HP (NYSE:HPQ - News; Nasdaq:HPQ - News) today announced that Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL - News), a global leader in aviation electronics, has awarded it a seven-year, $175 million global services contract to provide industry-standard solutions for IT infrastructure management, including help desk, desk-side support and server management.

"This agreement will allow Rockwell Collins to focus its e-Business resources on core services aimed at sustaining business growth and improving operational performance," said John-Paul Besong, senior vice president, e-Business and Lean Electronics, Rockwell Collins. "In addition to lowering our overall IT costs, this relationship with HP will allow us to focus our energies on creating strategic business solutions that enhance productivity, facilitate collaboration and enable faster innovation for Rockwell Collins' products and services."

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