Saudi Aramco Expec Computer Center Achieves Hdi Support Center Certification

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Saudi Aramco EXPEC Computer Center Achieves HDI Support Center Certification


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 22 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --


            EXPEC is first organization to achieve three consecutive

                           certification renewals


    HDI (http://www.thinkhdi.com), a global association for IT service and

technical support professionals and the premier certification body for the

industry, today announced that Saudi Aramco's EXPEC Computer Center (ECC)

recently achieved the third renewal of its HDI Support Center Certification.

The EXPEC Computer Center first received this prestigious certification in

2003 and has subsequently achieved renewal in 2005, 2007, and 2009. The EXPEC

Computer Center is the first support center organization in the world that

HDI has recertified three consecutive times.


    Craig Baxter, HDI's managing director, expressed his respect for this

achievement stating, "Achieving HDI Support Center Certification is proof of

ECC's dedication to quality operations, continuous improvement, strategic

vision, a positive work environment, and high levels of customer service, and

we are delighted to award this certification to the ECC Support Center."


    To achieve this prestigious designation, the ECC Support Center

successfully underwent a thorough on-site audit to verify its compliance to

the HDI Support Center Certification Standard. Paul Dooley, an HDI-certified

auditor, conducted the site audit. He stated, "It was a pleasure working with

ECC on this audit. The organization's management team is very focused on

strategic leadership and quality support for the organization's products and

services, as well as providing a satisfying work environment for its people.

The award of HDI Support Center Certification is well-deserved and represents

the end result of much hard work and preparation." Rick Joslin, executive

director of training and certification, HDI stated, "ECC clearly exemplifies

excellence in all of the core areas on which the HDI Support Center

Certification program focuses - leadership, policy and strategy, people

management, resources, process and procedure, people satisfaction, customer

satisfaction, and performance results."


    First introduced in 2000, the HDI Support Center Certification program is

based on the HDI Support Center Standard, an open industry standard that

focuses specifically on IT service and technical support quality. Evaluation

is based on a set of activities, each with four levels of maturity to

evaluate the support center. In order to become an HDI Certified Support

Center, a support center must achieve minimum scores as defined by the HDI

International Certification Standards Committee.


    Abdulaziz AbdulKarim, General Manager for EXPEC Computer Center, Saudi

Aramco said, "This achievement and international recognition is an

acknowledgement of ECC's continuous process improvement initiatives,

deployment of appropriate technologies and exposing our professionals to

challenging development opportunities in programs that support Saudi Aramco's

Exploration & Producing (E&P) business line. Achieving this certification for

the fourth consecutive time shows that we are able to deliver quality

services in a cost-effective manner that has a positive impact on our E&P

customers' productivity and efficiency."

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    For more information about the HDI Support Center Certification program,

contact HDI at 800.248.5667, or visit http://www.thinkhdi.com .


    About HDI

    HDI is the world's largest IT service and technical support membership

association and the industry's premier certification and training body.

Guided by an international panel of industry experts and practitioners, HDI

is the leading resource for help desk and support center emerging trends and

best practices. HDI provides members with a vast repository of resources,

networking opportunities, and the largest industry event, the HDI Annual

Conference & Expo. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, HDI offers training

in multiple languages and countries. For more information, visit

http://www.thinkhdi.com. HDI is part of UBM TechWeb.


    About UBM TechWeb (http://www.ubmtechweb.com)

    UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional

information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative

power of technology. Through its core businesses - media solutions, marketing

services, and professional information - UBM TechWeb produces the most

respected and consumed brands, applications, and services in the technology

market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs,

IT and IT Support managers, Web and digital professionals, software and game

developers, government decision makers, telecom providers and business

executives) actively participate in UBM TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb

brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers

Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; large-scale online

networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Gamasutra; research,

training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and

InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as

InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a

global provider of media and information services for professional B2B

communities and markets.


    About Saudi Aramco

    Owned by the Saudi Arabian Government, Saudi Aramco is a 

fully-integrated, global petroleum enterprise, and a world leader in 

exploration and producing, refining, distribution, shipping and marketing. 

The company manages proven reserves of 260 billion barrels of oil and 

manages the fourth-largest gas reserves in the world, 253.8 trillion cubic 

feet. In addition to its headquarters in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco 

has affiliates, joint ventures and subsidiary offices in India, China, 

Japan, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the 

United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more 

information, go to http://www.saudiaramco.com



SOURCE: HDI


    CONTACT: Allison Wroe, 

             HDI Executive Director of Marketing,

             +1-719-785-5355, 

             awroe@thinkhdi.com


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