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25 years of experience: a continuum of services from maintenance to corporate networks
Creation of the ASC division: Background
 Although the division was created in 1989, our experience with communications systems goes back to the early 1970s. At that
time, the Collins Radio Company supplied infrastructure networks for major accounts such as airlines and banks. In France,
Rockwell Collins France entered a partnership with the American division to provide on a turn key basis the Credit Lyonnais
branch network (1975/1978). During the same period, Rockwell Collins France signed a maintenance agreement with the Credit
Lyonnais, with a commitment to results for at least ten years, to provide 99.76% minimum availability for the network, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. Rockwell Collins France then continued to develop their network and  service activities, despite Rockwell International corporation's withdrawal from the business of providing large backbone
networks in the United States in 1982.
Since 1991, Rockwell Collins France has signed agreements with Rockwell Network System (a division of Rockwell Automation, Inc. located
in Santa Barbara, California) to distribute their products, starting with France.
It was thus perfectly natural for Rockwell Collins France to start marketing LAN/WAN solutions in 1992.
ASC establishment: the geographical evolution
| 1977 |
The first experts work on various sites in France |
| 1989 |
Setting up of the division at the head office in Toulouse |
| 1993 |
Establishment of a second maintenance center based in Aix en Provence (13). The first one is based in Toulouse |
| 1994 |
Creation of a technical and marketing office in Thiais (Paris area) |
| 1996 |
Establishment of a third maintenance center based in Rantigny (60) |
| 2001 |
Move of the Rantigny repair center to Creil (60). |
Suppliers agreements: main milestones
| 1994 |
VAR agreement (Value Added Reseller) with EICON TECHNOLOGY company for marketing network cards |
| 1997 |
Agreement with LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES for marketing and integrate their ethernet gigabit and data network products |
| 1998 |
Agreement with 3COM to integrate and market its data network products |
| 1999 |
Agreement with CISCO to integrate and market its products |
| 2000 |
Agreement with AVAYA to integrate and market its products |
| 2001 |
SILVER agreement from AVAYA. |
Four main businesses
Skills: the added value of ASC
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