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Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Signs
Extensive Outsourcing Agreement with the Swedish Migration
Board
The Swedish Migration Board chooses Cap
Gemini Ernst & Young to be responsible for the hosting and
operations services and helpdesk functions regarding the authority’s
IT operations. The deal, valued to about € 2,4 million exclusive
of additional consultancy assignments is valid for three years,
with a possible extension.
Stockholm, Sweden – October 31, 2002 -- The
Migration Board, Sweden’s central government authority for
alien’s affairs, outsources the hosting and operations services
of its IT systems to management and IT consultancy firm Cap
Gemini Ernst &Young Sverige AB (CGE&Y). The agreement
comprises user support, technical maintenance and installation
of PC products. The contract is valid for three years with
an option for another two years.
The operational management commitment will be handled from
the Swedish Migration Board’s headquarters in Norrköping,
Sweden.
“Through this long-term outsourcing agreement with CGE&Y
we are securing the supply of qualified IT competence and
are able to adjust our IT resources in a more flexible way.
We are also elucidating order and execution roles, creating
an improved cost efficiency”, said Jan Westmar, IT responsible
at the Swedish Migration Board.
“Our goal is to be a long-term partner to the Swedish Migration
Board. Today, outsourcing is one of our most prioritized areas,
both in Sweden and globally. As many corporations and authorities
look over their IT costs, a growing number discovers the advantages
that outsourcing brings, said Björn Jacobson, Line of Business
Manager for Outsourcing Services within CGE&Y, today comprising
about 500 of the company’s 2,600 consultants in Sweden.
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About CGE&Y
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the largest
management and IT consulting organisations in the world. The
company offers management and IT consulting services, systems
integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing
capabilities on a global scale to help businesses continue
to implement growth strategies and leverage technology. The
organisation employees around 55,000 people worldwide and
reported 2001 global revenues of more than 8.4 billion euros.
More information about individual service lines, offices
and research is available at www.cgey.com
About the Swedish Migration Board
The Migration Board is Sweden’s central government authority
for alien’s affairs. We are responsible for receiving
people seeking asylum, visa related issues, working and residence
permits including citizenship affairs. We are also responsible
for foreigners in custody and helping out with voluntary return
migration. We have about 2,500 employees and our operations
are located in five geographical regions. Our head office
is situated in Norrköping, Sweden. A complete description
of the Migration Board’s locations and operations is available
at www.migrationsverket.se/
Press contacts:
Name: Philippe Guichardaz,
Corporate press office, CGE&Y
Phone: +33 (1) 47 54 50 00
E-mail: philippe.guichardaz@cgey.com
Name: Björn Jacobson,
Line of Business Manager Outsourcing Services, CGE&Y
Phone: + 46 (0) 70 666 54 46
E-mail: bjorn.jacobson@cgey.com
Name: Jan Westmar,
IT-responsible, The Swedish Migration Board
Phone: +46 (0) 11 15 62 75
E-mail: jan.westmar@migrationsverket.se
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