IXONOS PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 11 MARCH, 2009
IXONOS SHARPENS ITS STRATEGY
Ixonos sharpens its strategy and focuses its business operations. The company
aims at continuing its profitable growth, increasing shareholder value and
creating a framework for meaningful work and a good working community. Ixonos'
major strengths are the high quality of services, superior service attitude, and
innovativeness as well as top expertise in device-independent solutions for
mobile communications, social media and digital services.
Following its specified strategy Ixonos' business operations are focused on
developing software for products and services which utilize the potential of new
mobile and Internet technologies. Ixonos provides its customers superior value
solutions for developing products and services which inspire the digital
experience, regardless of place and time. Ixonos strives to be the strategic
partner for leading service and product innovators, and help them benefit from
new business opportunities and the high productivity produced by digitality. The
company's services range from concept design, consulting and project management
to software production, hosting and maintenance.
According to its sharpened strategy Ixonos aims at developing business models
that enable both profitable growth and the price flexibility required by the
competitive situation at any time. Most important development areas are
innovation and solution capability, quality and cost efficiency, as well as the
continuous development of a customer-oriented service attitude.
Innovation and solution capability
To improve its competitiveness, Ixonos endeavours to innovate new, more
effective service and solution models, and operational processes that support
international activities. The continuous improvement of practices is focused
both on quality and productivity of internal production processes, and on
collaboration models used in customer operations. The company's customer
specific solutions utilize open-source technology platforms and components, as
well as products and services from selected partners.
Quality and cost efficiency
Ixonos aims to offer its customer organizations superior value service models
and solutions. It invests in developing the quality of services, the competence
of personnel, the operational processes, as well as in the internationalization
of all its operations. Based on the customer-centric approach, the company is
setting up international project offices at locations of its most important
customers. In response to the increasing capacity and cost challenges in
software development and testing, Ixonos establishes software production service
centres in Eastern Europe and in Asia.
Service attitude
As a services company Ixonos strives to operate unconditionally customer
oriented, and to create a corporate culture which supports and maintains
superior service attitude. Ixonos' customer satisfaction, which is among the
highest in its industry, is based not only on technical competence and the high
quality of its services, but also on the ambition to offer its clients global
coverage, its personnel's commitment to the company's vision, and on vision- and
value-based leadership.
New business segments
Following the sharpened strategy the company's business operations have been
organized into three business segments: Mobile Terminals & Software, Media &
Communities and Business Solutions.
Mobile Terminals & Software
As the software platforms of mobile phones and smartphones become open, new
applications and services continuously turn up for download. Technological
development opens up the mobile device and service markets to new players. Also
traditional phone manufacturers search for innovations in order to stand out,
add value to their devices, and to develop new business opportunities.
Ixonos' customers are the world's leading smartphone manufacturers, mobile
technology suppliers and progressive telecommunication companies. Together with
its corporate clients, Ixonos creates high-quality mobile devices and solutions
which people use to connect to global Internet services. The company also
develops mobile devices that are customized for the innovative services of its
customers.
Ixonos is one of the world's leading developers and integrators of smartphone
software. Its expertise covers the most significant mobile platforms on the
market. The company's state-of-the-art competence and long experience enable it
to build innovative products comprehensively, from operating systems to the
device's user interface.
Ixonos is a visionary partner to its customers, from new product innovation all
the way to software production and maintenance. Its understanding of consumer
needs, as well as its technological competence and flexible ways of action,
ensure the quality and cost-efficiency of its solutions.
Media & Communities
Smartphone penetration is increasing dramatically, and consumers are able to
increase and diversify their phone-based use of Internet services. Ixonos'
clientele consists of companies operating on the international market and
seeking new business opportunities through Internet services aimed at consumers
and partners.
Together with its corporate clients, Ixonos develops device-independent,
Internet-based services for media, entertainment and information delivery as
well as for social networking. In association with its customers, Ixonos creates
a world in which communication, caring, sharing and transacting is not only
flexible and efficient, but also easy and fun.
Ixonos' customers redefine their position in the value chain that extends from
services to devices. Ixonos strengthens the competitiveness of terminal device
manufacturers in their roles as providers of Internet services. It helps
Internet players improve the exposure, and increase the mobile use, of their
media and community services. Ixonos supports growth companies as they challenge
the traditional players in their field.
Ixonos' top class competence and its focused service development provides for
innovative solutions running the gamut from services to devices. Ixonos wants to
create products and services that offer superior user experiences regardless of
time, place and device.
Business Solutions
Ixonos helps its customers—in the private as well as the public sector—develop
their operations by creating new solutions for digital business and services.
Through solutions that apply Internet and mobile technologies and concepts, the
company's customers boost their operations and capitalize on new business
opportunities.
Ixonos comprehensively supports the business operations of its customers,
throughout the life span of software and system solutions. It produces
business-supportive information systems and software for the financial sector,
the manufacturing industry, and public administration organizations. Ixonos
plans and manages the business and information system projects of, among others,
its telecommunications operator customers, attending to the interests of its
customers. It also delivers technology-independent architecture solutions and
consulting services.
Regarding ICT projects, Ixonos focuses on solutions for e‑workspaces, digital
services and for document management, as well as on integration solutions.
Through the company's efficient solutions, Ixonos' customers achieve, among
others, cost savings as well as significant improvements in both external and
internal customer satisfaction.
Ixonos' long experience in business processes, in technology architectures, and
in managing projects of up to hundreds of man-years enables successful planning
and management of software and system projects.
IXONOS PLC
Kari Happonen
President and CEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Kari Happonen, phone +358 424 2231, mobile +358 400 700 761,
kari.happonen@ixonos.com
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