Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA was finally able to announce the monster order from the Rabobank Nederland Dutch co-operative bank that it has been dying to tell the world about since Carlo de Benedetti dropped hints on it to shareholders (CI No 1,198). The agreement, valued at $340m, is the biggest single contract ever […]
Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA was finally able to announce the monster order from the Rabobank Nederland Dutch co-operative bank that it has been dying to tell the world about since Carlo de Benedetti dropped hints on it to shareholders (CI No 1,198). The agreement, valued at $340m, is the biggest single contract ever won by Olivetti, and a breakthrough for its new LSX-3000 family of Unix minis and micros, involving about 2,000 of them, and over 25,000 personal computer workstations. The agreement, won in competition with NCR Corp, makes Olivetti sole supplier of distributed information systems for all of Rabo’s affiliated banks and agencies. Work starts next year with completion in 1997.
