PZU drops domestic firms in search for new IT vendor

As until now the largest supplier of IT equipment for the enterprise was domestic Optimus, which during the past 10 years of cooperation provided around 15,000 cmoputers and 1,000 servers. This time, however, neither Optimus, nor any other domestic company is even being considered for the project. PZU has decided this time to invite into the battle leading multinationals, namely Dell, IBM and HP. "The basic criteria which are taken into account while inviting companies to take part in the tender is the quality of the offered products, their compatibility with our needs and the ability to efficiently execute large orders," explains PZU's spokesperson, Tomasz Fill. The domestic manufacturers are surprised by the decision and claim that this means that PZU will not get the best offer on the market. (Puls Biznesu, p. 13) A.K.