ING Finalizes Contracts with Team of IT Service Providers for Outsourcing of Workplace Services.-- Accenture, Atos Origin Atos Origin, SA (Euronext: ATO) is an international IT corporation which operates in 40 countries worldwide, with over 50,000 employees. The corporate headquarters are located in Paris, France and Zaventem, Belgium. , Getronics and KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) Sign ING Final Outsourcing Contracts Totalling Dan 750 Million -- AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Accenture, Atos Origin, Getronics and KPN have each signed seven-year contracts with ING to jointly supply workplace services for 53,000 ING employees in Europe. As part of the agreement, approximately 430 ING employees in the Netherlands and Belgium will transfer to Atos Origin, Getronics and KPN. The workplace services include the provision, installation, maintenance and support of desktops, laptops, printers and telephones. The contracts have a total value of Dan 750 million, including VAT. Each of the four companies, which together comprise ING's preferred supplier team, will fulfill different aspects of ING's workplace services needs. Accenture, in its role as integrator, will coordinate the entire scope of services to be delivered and will manage the supplier contracts on behalf of ING, contributing its business consulting, project management and outsourcing skills. The value of the deal for Accenture is worth Dan 52 million. "By creating the preferred supplier team, ING is one of the first European companies It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of companies from the countries in the European Union. to employ a multi-vendor outsourcing arrangement where each vendor provides a part of the overall service, coordinated by a service integrator, a critical element of Accenture's overall infrastructure delivery model," said Edwin Vander Ouderaa, the senior executive in Accenture's Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. practice responsible for this deal. "This strategy, whereby governance, service management and supplier management are all part of the service integrator's role, will enable ING to adapt quickly to change and to incorporate innovative processes and technologies, creating a competitive advantage that could go far beyond pure cost savings." Atos Origin will be responsible for the complete architecture and management of the back-end of ING's office automation including e-mail and the active directory and will deliver server management services. In addition, Atos Origin will provide ING with critical end-user computing End User Computing (EUC) is a group of approaches to computing that aim at better integrating end users into the computing environment or that attempt to realize the potential for high-end computing to perform in a trustworthy manner in problem solving of the highest order. services that include user access services, design & support and application services See ASP and Web services. . The value of the contract to Atos Origin is approximately Dan 216 million. "Atos Origin is delighted with this contract win which underlines Atos Origin's prominent position in the European financial sector as a provider of advanced desktop services," said Wilbert Kieboom, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Atos Origin Northern Europe. "We are responsible for ING's complete IT infrastructure behind its office automation, which creates an extra dimension to this agreement. Our services as part of this third-generation contract will help ING focus on its core activities and increase customer service." Getronics will be responsible for service delivery to ING employees, administering help desk services to manage intake, dispatch, monitoring, and tracking of all incoming calls, as well as incident resolution. Getronics will provide onsite user support, desktop-hardware purchasing, asset management, stock handling and deployment of user devices. The value of the deal for Getronics is worth Dan 213 million. Getronics will receive an additional revenue of Dan 21 million from subcontracted sub·con·tract n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party. intr. & tr.v. sub·con·tract·ed, sub·con·tract·ing, sub·con·tracts services with suppliers. "As a leading IT services provider in the Netherlands we are able to share with our partners our user-centric approach and our considerable knowledge and expertise in this sector, so that we can jointly provide ING with the best services possible." said Klaas Wagenaar, CEO of Getronics. "Getronics is dedicated to using Information and Communication Technology to enable people to be more productive. Together with our partners, Getronics will enable ING's people to communicate and work together smoothly, effectively and productively wherever they may be, creating real business value for ING." KPN will be responsible for all fixed and mobile communication services, call centre services, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. services and conferencing services to all ING employees in the Netherlands and Belgium, including end user equipment and traffic arrangements. The value of the contract to KPN is approximately Dan 269 million. KPN board member Eelco Blok said, "We are happy to welcome ING as one of our most important customers in the financial sector with this innovative outsourcing strategy. As the preferred supplier of communication services, KPN is naturally ready to meet ING's current needs by using conventional technologies to provide greater flexibility at lower cost. But even more important is our All IP strategy that delivers innovative features directly to ING employees at the workplace. All of this makes communication easier, indeed a pleasure, and at the end of the day I believe it will enhance ING's competitive edge in its business." About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 140,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$16.65 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2006. Its home page is www.accenture.com. About Atos Origin Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company's annual revenues are Dan 5.5 billion and it employs over 47,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. and has a client base of international blue-chip companies Blue-chip company Used in the context of general equities. Large and creditworthy company. Company renowned for the quality and wide acceptance of its products or services, and for its ability to make money and pay dividends. Gilt-edged security. across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.atosorigin.com About Getronics With some 25,000 employees in over 25 countries and approximate revenues of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 2,6 billion, Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ) solutions and services. Getronics designs, builds, deploys and manages flexible and innovative end-to-end solutions, working together with our partners and clients, in order to optimize and increase the productivity of our client's mobile knowledge workers. Getronics headquarters are in Amsterdam, with regional offices in Boston, Madrid and Singapore. Getronics' shares are traded on Euronext Amsterdam ("GTN GTN gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. "). For further information about Getronics, visit www.getronics.com. About KPN KPN provides telephone, internet and television services to customers through its fixed network in the Netherlands. For business customers, KPN provides a range of services eI from voice, internet and data services to fully-managed, outsourced ICT solutions eI in the Netherlands and internationally. For both personal and business customers, KPN offers mobile services in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). . As of September 30, 2006, KPN served 6.1 million fixed-line subscribers and 2.3 million Internet customers in the Netherlands as well as 22.9 million mobile customers in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, while employing 28,412 individuals (25,921 FTEs). KPN was incorporated in 1989 and its shares are listed on the Amsterdam, New York Amsterdam, New York is the name of two locations in Montgomery County, New York:
The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. . For further information about KPN, visit |
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