Tieto Corporation PRESS RELEASE
10 January 2012 at 1.00 pm
EET
Tieto will enter into infrastructure services partnership
with Outokumpu. The four-year agreement covers centralized
and on-site capacity services as well as ERP platform
management services that can be scaled according to the
customer's needs. In addition, approximately twenty
employees will transfer from Outokumpu to Tieto.
Tieto will provide Outokumpu with centralized governance,
improved availability, scalability, best practices service
production and reduced operational expenditure. The
services include Tieto's SAP Dynamic Landscape
solution, which ensures reliable delivery combined with
cost effectiveness. Centralized processing and storage
capacity is delivered by Tieto's energy efficient data
centre in Finland and the manufacturing specific
Mill-in-the-Box solution supports the customer's
critical on-site IT operations.
"This agreement sets the foundation for our journey
targeting improvements to the way we operate our core
infrastructure today. We believe that our performance will
improve and that related expenditure will be reduced
through well-planned and well-executed transformation to
the target solution. Under this agreement, Tieto will be
able to offer us experience, good practices and standard
methods of working that will benefit the whole Outokumpu
Group," says Outokumpu's CIO Patrik Ekström.
"We are delighted to solve our key customer's
challenges by applying our infrastructure services and
bring in important service elements like reliability,
availability, continuity, cost efficiency and innovative
communications. Outokumpu is experiencing big changes and
needs IT services which are able to adapt to their business
needs," says Mikko Pulkkinen, Vice President,
Industrial Manufacturing & Services, Tieto.
For further information, please contact:
Timo Suutari, Director, Industrial Manufacturing &
Services, Tieto, tel. +358 400 751 322,
timo.suutari(a)tieto.com
Patrik Ekström, Senior Vice President - Information
Technology and Processes, Outokumpu, tel. +358 9 421
2275, patrik.ekstrom(a)outokumpu.com
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Tieto is the leading IT service company in Northern Europe
providing IT and product engineering services. Our highly
specialized IT solutions and services complemented by a
strong technology platform create tangible business
benefits for our local and global customers. As a trusted
transformation partner, we are close to our customers and
understand their unique needs. With about 18 000 experts,
we aim to become a leading service integrator creating the
best service experience in IT.
Outokumpu is a global leader in stainless steel with the
vision to be the undisputed number one. Customers in a wide
range of industries use our stainless steel and services
worldwide. Being fully recyclable, maintenance-free, as
well as very strong and durable material, stainless steel
is one of the key building blocks for sustainable future.
Outokumpu employs some 8 000 people in more than 30
countries. The Group's head office is located in Espoo,
Finland. Outokumpu is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
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