Aetat renews framwork agreement with TietoEnator

Aetat renews framwork agreement with TietoEnator TietoEnator's 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 and set the standard for service production in the public sector for the coming years," says Jørn Rød Larsen, Director of TietoEnator Public in Norway. Aetat's pro-active focus on IT has, among other things, resulted in job seekers being able to fill in their details online. "It's when users can themselves participate in their own casework that we really begin to reap the benefits: the service is strengthened and human resources freed up, thus allowing important core tasks to be attended to even better," says Rød 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 Jørn Rød Larsen. For further information, please contact: Jørn Rød Larsen, Director of TietoEnator Public in Norway, Phone. + 47 22 07 61 53, mobile: +47 90910852 jorn.rod-larsen@tietoenator.com Per Bakseter, Country Manager Norway Phone. +47 22 07 60 00, mobile+47 913 69 043 per.bakseter@tietoenator.com With a staff of 10,000 and annual net sales 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, finance, the public sector and the forest and energy industries. www.tietoenator.com TIETOENATOR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION Principal media ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/06/20010906BIT00470/bit0002.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/06/20010906BIT00470/bit0002.pdf