UPS Technology Fact Sheet
Chief Information Officer: Ken Lacy
Number of technology employees: 4,500
Data Centers Mahwah, NJ and Atlanta, GA
Mainframes 14
Mainframe Capacity 20,061
(Millions instructions per second – MIPS)
Terabytes of mainframe and UNIX storage 236
(Direct Access Storage Device – DASD)
Mid-range computers 2,275
PCs 240,000
Servers 5,000
DIADs 70,000 in daily use
UPS Global Telecommunications Network
Network sites 2,400
Packets of tracking data transmitted via cellular 840 thousand daily
Packets of tracking data transmitted via mobile radio 2.2 million daily
www.ups.com Average Daily Usage per Business Day
Hits 86 million per business day
2002 Peak Day 133 million
Tracking requests 7.9 million per business day
2002 Peak Day 10.1 million
Technology Awards
CIO 20/20 Vision Award, 2002
CIO 100 Enterprise Integration Award, 2002
Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders, 2002
Infoworld 100 2001 – Number 7 Ranking
CIO 100 Innovation Award, 2001
Computerworld ROI Top 25 Wireless Innovators, 2001
Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2001
Information Week 500 2001
PC Week FastTrack 100 – Number 1 Ranking, Enterprise Network, 2000
PC Week FastTrack 500 – Number 2 Ranking, Innovators in E-Business, 2000
Computerworld Smithsonian for Global Telecommunications Network, 1997
