Sunoco signs $34 million IT services contract extension with Wipro company Infocrossing

14 May 2009

Wipro  company Infocrossing and US refiner and and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products Sunoco today announced a $34 million four-year contract extension and expansion of the companies' 13-year relationship.

Infocrossing provides selective IT infrastructure, enterprise application and business process outsourcing services delivering the computing platforms and proprietary systems that enable companies to process data and share information within their business, and between their customers, suppliers and distribution channels.

Since 1996, Infocrossing has provided managed infrastructure outsourcing services that have helped Sunoco access the latest technologies including servers, storage and network devices. During the 13-year relationship, Sunoco has been able to achieve operational improvements and make enhancements to the delivery of its services to its customers.

Philadelphia-headquartered Sunoco, Inc is a leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With 910,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, approximately 4,700 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items, approximately 6,000 miles of crude oil and refined product owned and operated pipelines and 43 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States.

"This agreement builds on a 13-year relationship with Infocrossing," said Peter Whatnell, CIO at Sunoco. "It is aligned with our IT roadmap and is consistent with the intent of our IT outsourcing strategy to continue working jointly with Infocrossing to manage our mainframe, UNIX and Windows environments as well as take advantage of their shared infrastructure services such as their storage arrays."

"Sunoco's decision to extend its agreement with Infocrossing confirms our excellent collaboration and our successful relationship as a business ally," said Sameer Kishore, President and COO for Infocrossing, a Wipro Company. "We are certain that we will continue to make an important contribution to Sunoco's success."

Infocrossing, a Wipro Company, has been providing comprehensive IT management solutions for large and mid-size enterprises for more than 25 years, and operates world-class data centers throughout the United States. The company has expertise across multiple computing environments and platforms, including mainframes, iSeries, Unix, Windows and Linux servers, and offers an array of delivery models from custom solutions delivered in Infocrossing's data centers, to remote management and cloud computing.