WM-Data Receives Extended Outsourcing Contract From Volvo Car Corporation

LONDON, January 11 -- WM-data, a LogicaCMG company, today announces that Volvo Car Corporation has extended its existing outsourcing contract. Volvo Car has outsourced its operations and support services to WM-data since 2002. WM-data is responsible for developing, implementing and supporting Volvo Cars' global client and server platform for about 17,000 clients in Sweden and national sales companies across the rest of Europe.

To create a more efficient and secure IT environment for Volvo Car, WM-data has implemented new services to support the virtualisation, consolidation and monitoring of the servers, the authorisation administration and has developed solutions to meet regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley. The extension of the existing agreement means that WM-data will also assume responsibility for administration and development of Volvo Cars' Tivoli systems management platform.

To outsource operations and support enables Volvo Car to focus on its core business. The services that WM-data deliver to Volvo Car combine predictability and high availability with cost effective solutions.

Stefan Gardefjord, CEO at WM-data in Sweden, said: "All operations within Volvo Car, from design to production, are IT intensive and place high demands on operations reliability. Volvo Car has awarded us with this contract extension for the operations and support of the IT environment, which is business critical for the production of cars, because we have met the high expectations placed on us in the initial contract phase. We are now part of the LogicaCMG Group, a leading IT services company, which strengthens our outsourcing offering and brings a high level of domain expertise in the automotive industry to the table."

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About WM-data

WM-data is a part of the LogicaCMG Group, a major international force in IT services. The Group employs 40,000 people across 41 countries. LogicaCMG's focus is on enabling its customers to build and maintain leadership positions using LogicaCMG's deep industry knowledge and its track record for successful delivery. The company provides business consulting, systems integration and IT and business process outsourcing across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. In the Nordics the company has about 9 000 employees and operates under the brand WM-data, a LogicaCMG company.

Press contacts: Frida Koci, PR Manager WM-data Sweden, +46-(0)8-671-0218, e-mail: frida.koci@wmdata.se. Anna Brogren, Communications Manager, WM-data Nordic region, +46-(0)8-671-9272, e-mail: anna.brogren@wmdata.se. Isabell Horvath, LogicaCMG, +49-(0)171-6546152, isabell.horvath@logicacmg.com. Alexandra Bell, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, +44-(0)7946-235681, LogicaCMG@citigatedr.co.uk