TeleComputing enters comprehensive IT-operation agreement with Handicare

den 19 juli 2010 TeleComputing has entered a comprehensive IT-operation agreement with Handicare, one of the leading health companies in Europe. The agreement means that TeleComputing will establish a new and completely centralized IT-operation solution for the company’s users in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The new IT-solution from TeleComputing includes integration opportunities for Handicare’s other companies and users internationally. The initial estimated order value is 25 MNOK which is expected to increase considerably during the 5 year contract period.

- We are very proud to have been awarded this contract with Handicare. The company’s considerable growth, particularly internationally, is very exciting and fits well with our own ambitions in offering innovative IT services to Norwegian and Nordic customers with international plans, says Sven Tore Kaasa, CEO in TeleComputing AS.
Avanced services
The new IT-operation solution means that Handicare will be able to utilize some of TeleComputing’s advanced services, including TeleComputing Managed Client and TeleComputing Managed Video. TeleComputing’s new, cloud-based service for unified communication is also included in the service delivery. This new service, which is based on Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS), gives Handicare’s users a unified, cloud-based communication solution which integrates telephony, e-mail, Instant Messaging and videoconferencing.
- We want a proactive and knowledgeable IT-operation partner that can advice us and contribute with good and flexible IT-solutions to support our business and continued growth. By using TeleComputing’s IT-solutions we can focus more time and effort on our core business and the development of our companies, says Johan Aas, Senior Vice President in Handicare AS.
Handicare, which provides technical aids for the elderly and disabled, has grown substantially over recent years, increasing its turnover from 650 million NOK in 2005 to 2.5 billion NOK in 2009. During that same period Handicare acquired 12 other companies and has become the European market leader within its industry.
- The basis for our business model is that we can, with ease and great flexibility, deliver the appropriate IT functionality to our customers no matter where they are located. This means that we can easily scale up and down to deliver the IT-needs they may have at any time. We are looking forward to working closely with Handicare and will do our utmost to ensure that they will enjoy all the benefits that our solutions can provide, says Sven Tore Kaasa, CEO in TeleComputing AS.

For more information, please contact:
TeleComputing AS: Sven Tore Kaasa, CEO, phone: +47 92 25 00 19

About TeleComputing
TeleComputing is a leading supplier of cloud computing, centralized IT On-demand solutions and outsourcing to the Nordic SMB market. Kentor, a systems integrator subsidiary, offers qualified industry- and business systems specialists, system development and IT consulting. TeleComputing has 700 employees and 800 business customers in the Nordic countries. For more information, please visit: www.telecomputing.com (http://www.telecomputing.com/).
About  Handicare AS
Handicare AS was founded in 1986 and supplies technical aids for the elderly and physically disabled. Its products include wheelchairs and homecare products (such as stairlifts), patient handling and bathroom safety products, and personal transfer and automobile adaptation solutions. Through its subsidiary Puls, the Group is also a market leader in the sale of capital goods and consumables to hospitals and institutions in Norway. Handicare has its headquarters in Moss, Norway, and has subsidiaries in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Belgium, Poland, the USA, Canada and China, and distributes its own products to an additional 30 markets. Handicare has 1400 employees. The company’s pro forma turnover was 2.5 billion NOK in 2009. More information: http://www.handicare.com (http://www.handicare.com).