CH2M HILL Partners with CJW International
By: Brad Jones - Posted: September 26, 2006, Source: CH2M HILL
Denver, CO, September 26, 2006—CH2M HILL Managed Services business, a global provider of end-to-end IT management solutions, today announced its new partnership with Denver-based CJW International, an international telecommunications construction and managed services company, to expand the business’ existing remote monitoring service capabilities.
By means of this new partnership with CJW International, CH2M HILL Managed Services has increased its ability to mitigate customer risk in complex IT operations and ensure the seamless continuation of business activities. Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and other means, the company captures network utilization data, environmental status, statistics and events, and a record of baseline operating conditions to provide customers proactive alert, capture and response to issues before those issues become problems.
Adding to its current capabilities of network, server, desktop monitoring and IT managed services, CH2M HILL Managed Services and CJW International can now report on the performance and status of all levels of IT operations and physical facilities environment, including physical systems such as HVAC, airflow, fluid leak detection, temperature/humidity, UPS, PDU, primary and secondary power solutions, generator settings and other critical customer equipment.
“We are excited to partner with CJW International and integrate their capabilities with CH2M HILL’s to expand our IT remote monitoring services,” said Kevin Mungle, president, CH2M HILL Managed Services. “This partnership allows us to offer facility managers and chief information officers a comprehensive and complete remote monitoring capability operated completely out of our Colorado data center.”
“Our partnership with CH2M HILL enables us to offer customers an unequalled proactive tool for business management,” said Jack Dale, chief operation officer, CJW International. “By leveraging our combined abilities—CH2M HILL’s seasoned expertise in IT managed services and CJW’s superior telecommunications and managed services capabilities—our customers will receive improved network availability and reliability, reduced fixed and operational costs and measured assistance with day-to-day network operations.”
CH2M HILL operates and maintains information technology infrastructure and network-based services for clients worldwide. By providing end-to-end management of a company’s IT operations, CH2M HILL Managed Services allows companies to focus on their core business functions and remote monitoring services are scalable from five users to 50,000 or more.
Today, CH2M HILL Managed Services is recognized as one of the fastest growing in the U.S. Employing 135 IT professional to service hundreds of customers, its clients include the US Dept. of Energy, Adams County 50 School District, Atlanta Public Schools and the US Forest Service. For further information on CH2M HILL Managed Services, go to www.ch2m.net.
About CH2M Hill
Headquartered in Denver, employee-owned CH2M Hill is a global firm providing engineering, construction, operations and related technical services to public and private clients. With more than $3.8 billion in revenue, CH2M Hill is an industry leading program management, construction management for fee, and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News record (2005). The firm’s work is concentrated in the areas of transportation, water, energy, environment, communications, construction, and industrial facilities. Recognized in 2006 as one of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and a “Most Admired Company,” CH2M Hill has more than 18,000 employees in regional offices worldwide.
About CJW International
Headquartered in Denver, CJW International is a data center and telecom construction, EFI&T (Equip, Furnish, Install and Test/Turn-Up), facilities alarming/alarm monitoring and managed services corporation serving local, regional and national customers, including Zions Bank, TIAA-CREF, American Medical Response (AMR), Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, eBay, SunGard Insurance and Centrix Financial. National carrier clients include XO Communications, Verizon, Cingular, SBC and T-Mobile. Also, CJW International has provided EFI&T services for Alcatel, Lucent and Sonus Networks.
President and CEO Eric Wahlquist is a data center construction and EFI Telecom professional with 20 years of experience in telecommunications, including 15 years in the U.S. Army Special Forces and EFI&T management positions with Telcobuy.com and TEK Systems and he also served as a founding partner of Network Design Systems, Inc. Jack Dale, chief operating officer, a management consultant and business entrepreneur for 35 years, founded previously North American ClassiFACTS, a venture capital-funded database company that grew to $8.5 million in revenues and 90 employees and was acquired by AOL. For more information, visit www.cjwi.com.