Aetat Renews Framwork Agreement with TietoEnator.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2001 TietoEnator's (OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) :TIEN.) framework agreement with Aetat (Directorate of Labour), worth several million Norwegian Kroner a year, is being renewed. TietoEnator has been Aetat's most important IT partner since they started their comprehensive renewal programme in 1998. TietoEnator has been the programme's largest supplier of consultants since Aetat started its SIAMO renewal project. The company has provided project management and consultancy services, including services for www.aetat.no - one of the Norway's most visited websites. "Aetat's renewal programme represents the very acid test of the much discussed modernisation of the public sector. The programme is undoubtedly a pioneering project whose solutions will have a ripple effect ripple effect Epidemiology See Signal event. and set the standard for service production in the public sector for the coming years," says Jorn Rod Larsen, Director of TietoEnator Public in Norway. Aetat's pro-active pro·ac·tive or pro-ac·tive adj. Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory: proactive steps to prevent terrorism. focus on IT has, among other things, resulted in job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. being able to fill in their details online. "It's when users can themselves participate in their own casework case·work n. Social work devoted to the needs of individual clients or cases. case  work that we really begin to reap the benefits: the service is
strengthened and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. freed up, thus allowing important core
tasks to be attended to even better," says Rod Larsen.
On the basis of TietoEnator's broad experience from the public sectors of all the Nordic countries, the company has been able to develop its own concept for electronic public administration, with an international target group: Digital Government. The Norwegian Government has set itself a target of online government services becoming a reality by the end of 2003. The Digital Government concept is a foundation platform for renewal and change, and meets the demanding challenges faced in the development of online government services. "One of the most critical factors is the requirement for security and conformity. People have to be sure that the information provided is just as secure online as on paper, that the services offered are the same online as over the counter and that the services can also be used via the telephone, digital TV, in information kiosks and in public service offices," says Jorn Rod Larsen. With a staff of 10,000 and annual net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of 1.1 billion euros, TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT services in Europe. TietoEnator provides consulting, systems development and integration, operation and support, product development services for customers, and software services. The Group has in-depth knowledge of its customers' businesses in areas such as telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , finance, the public sector and the forest and energy industries. www.tietoenator.com Note to Editors: This press release is also accessible online at www.Waymaker.net. The following files are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. : http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/06/20010906BIT00470/bit0002.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/06/20010906BIT00470/bit0002.pdf |
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