EDISON, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR), a global provider of information technology (IT) services, announced today that they have been awarded a five-year contract with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, a leader in ocean transportation and outbound logistics. As part of the agreement, CIBER will provide global outsourcing services focused on the operation and maintenance of WWL's international data centers and distributed IT infrastructure.

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As an independent provider of global factory-to-dealer transport solutions, WWL provides logistics leadership in a challenging economic environment. In order to enable WWL to meet their goals, CIBER's multi-country, 24X7 global solution includes three primary delivery locations including a central Service Desk in the U.S., a technical operations team in India, as well as an engineering team based in Europe. This contract will allow WWL to realize important cost reductions while ensuring 24X7 coverage.

"Owning a data center and running general IT operations is a highly specialized and competitive area that, long-term, is better handled by a specialist company with deep competence and sustainable resources," explains Andre Hellum, Head of Global IT Operations for WWL. "By choosing CIBER, we are confident that their expertise and flexibility will help enable our success."

"This contract demonstrates CIBER's intent to continually improve quality as well as accommodate the changing needs in WWL's IT structure. The implementation of these managed services will allow for improved efficiency and increased focus on internal as well as external customer service," said Scott Frock, Vice President of CIBER's IT Outsourcing Division. "We are looking forward to offering continued support and growing our relationship based on the goals and direction we have jointly outlined."

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About CIBER, Inc.

CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy and outsourcing provider with superior value-priced services and reliable delivery for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered globally on a project- or strategic-staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., CIBER now serves client businesses from over 40 U.S. offices, 25 European offices and seven offices in Asia/Pacific. Operating in 18 countries, with more than 8,500 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1.2 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients' systems to "competitive advantage status." CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. CIBER, the Reliable Global IT Services Partner. www.ciber.com.

CIBER Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

Statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CIBER undertakes neither intention nor obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. CIBER and the CIBER logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of CIBER, Inc. Copyright© 2009.

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