ESPOO, Finland, March 7, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- TietoEnator and Upplands Bro municipality have signed an outsourcing agreement that will allow TietoEnator to take over responsibility for Upplands Bro's IT operations. The agreement is for a three-year period, with the option of a further two years. This business deal is another step towards achieving TietoEnator's objective of building partnerships within the municipal sector.
Upplands Bro's choice of TietoEnator as their IT partner means that TietoEnator Processing & Network will take responsibility for server operations, customer support, PC/LAN support and consulting.
The agreement includes an extensive joint standardisation project, the main aim being to further rationalise Upplands Bro's operations and support activities.
-The decision to outsource our IT operations was strategically important and one that will mean the effectivisation and rationalisation of our IT environment. We chose TietoEnator as our IT partner because they have, among other things, a solid background as an IT partner to several municipalities in Sweden and they also have a wide range of competencies within their organisation, said Karl-Erik Lindholm, Administrative manager, Upplands Bro municipality.
-We are very happy to establish a partnership with Upplands Bro municipality, they have shown a high level of ambition regarding the rationalisation of their IT operations. The business deal is also important to us, as it is our ambition to build partnerships with more municipalities within the Stockholm area, said Monika Bertilsson, General Manager Public Sector, TietoEnator Processing & Network.
With almost 11,000 employees and annual net sales of EUR 1.1 billion, TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT services in Europe. TietoEnator specialises in consulting, building and hosting its customers' business operations in the digital economy. The Group's services are based on a combination of deep industry-specific expertise and latest information technology. www.tietoenator.com
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