Samhall chooses EDB for a further four years

(Thomson Reuters ONE) - (Oslo, 22 January 2010) The Swedish company Samhall has signed an agreement withEDB for the supply of IT operations and support. The agreement runs for fouryears with an option to extend for a further two years. The total value of thecontract over its life is approximately SEK 80 million.Through this agreement, Samhall is continuing its collaboration with EDB for ITservices that started in 2006. The new agreement expands the area of servicessupplied by EDB, and EDB will be responsible for upgrading Samhall's clientplatform to Windows 7. EDB will also implement a powerful virtualised high-speedsolution with disaster recovery using parallel data centres. The service areasinvolved include ServiceDesk, management of the IT workplace live cycle andoperating services for applications and servers, as well as communicationsservices.Samhall is a state-owned Swedish company whose business vision is to producegoods and services with a view to creating meaningful and purposeful work forpeople with disabilities that affect their working capacity. Samhall has 21,000employees working at some 250 locations across Sweden."We look forward to continuing our collaboration with EDB. Continuousdevelopment of our operations is essential for Samhall, and EDB providesvaluable assistance with this task. In addition, the new contract means that wecan reduce our costs", comments Paul Lidbom, CFO of Samhall."We are delighted by the confidence in EDB that Samhall has confirmed bychoosing to continue with EDB as its long-term supplier of IT operations", saysThomas Parmb?, Managing Director of EDB Sweden. EDB has made very goodprogress in Sweden over recent years, and is currently experiencing stronggrowth in the Swedish market.Contact persons:Thomas Parmb?, Managing Director, EDB Sweden. Tel: +468588 70 29, 0708-546 785Geir Remman, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications, EDB. Tel: +47970 55 017H?n Tenelius, Press Manager, Samhall. Tel: +46 070 -219 47 62About EDBEDB Business Partner is one of the leading IT groups in the Nordic region. Thecompany offers solutions for the full range of business-critical IT services.EDB aims to be a close and attentive partner that leverages its deep industryknowledge and international capabilities to help its customers realise the fullpotential of IT. The company has local presence in 13 countries, 6,000 employeesand annual turnover of around NOK 7.5 billion. EDB Business Partner is listed onthe Oslo Stock Exchange.  www.edb.com About SamhallSamhall's business vision is to produce goods and services in order to createmeaningful work that furthers the personal development of people withdisabilities that cause reduced working capacity. With 23,000 employees workingat some 250 locations, Samhall is one of the largest companies in Sweden. 50% ofSamhall's employees currently work in service industries. Samhall generatesannual revenue from products and services of approximately SEK 4 billion. Overthe past year, around 1,000 employees with disabilities have found newemployment outside Samhall.For further information, see:www.samhall.se [HUG#1375885]

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