Company Profile
UPS Information Services
Company Overview
Technology Facts: UPS
Chief Information Officer Dave Barnes
Number of technology employees 4,700
Data Centers Mahwah, NJ / Atlanta, GA
Mainframes 15
Mainframe Capacity 33,854
(Millions of instructions per second - MIPS)
Terabytes of mainframe and UNIX storage 474
(Direct Access Storage Device - DASD)
Mid-range computers 2,202
LAN Workstations 115,000
Servers 8,700
DIADs 90,000 in daily use
UPS Global Telecommunications Network
Network sites 2,445
ups.com Average Daily Usage
Hits 145 million per business day
Page Views 17 million
2004 Peak Day 262 million
2004 Peak Day Page Views 25 million
Online Tracking Average Daily Usage
Tracking requests 10.0 million per business day
2004 Peak Day 15.2 million
Technology Awards
Computerworld: Premier 100 IT Leader 2005 - Dave Barnes
IBAC Gold Quill Award of Excellence 2005 - Airupsers.com
Infoworld 100: 2004 Package Flow Technology
American Business Awards: Most Innovative Company 2004
Technology Managers Forum's 2004 - Best Practice Awards: Technology Innovation Category
Web Marketing Association's 2004 Web Award for Standard of Excellence
Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT, 2005
cdmA-List, Large Company Award 2004
Company History
Founded in 1907 as a messenger company in the United States, UPS has grown into a $30 billion corporation by clearly focusing on the goal of enabling commerce around the globe. Today UPS, or United Parcel Service Inc., is a global company with one of the most recognized and admired brands in the world. We have become the world's largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. Every day, we manage the flow of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
As the world's largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services, UPS continues to develop the frontiers of logistics, supply chain management, and e-Commerce . . . combining the flows of goods, information, and funds.
Benefits
At UPS, we believe that people are our most important asset. The enthusiastic dedication of UPS people is well known and is a direct result of UPS's long-standing people-oriented policies.
At UPS, you'll enjoy a benefits package that is unparalleled:
Adoption Assistance Program
-Cultural Gift Matching Program
-Education tuition assistance
-Employee Assistance Program
-Employee Mortgage Program
-Legal Services Plan
-Paid holidays, paid vacation
-Personal Lines Insurance purchase program
-Technical and management development training
-Work/Life Assistance Program
-And more