Today, Getronics and Wegener, a large publisher in The Netherlands, announced their intention to sign a 3-year exclusive contract for Getronics PinkRoccade to provide workspace management services. As a result, Getronics PinkRoccade will become the strategic partner of choice for managing 4,300 workplaces in more than 80 locations as well as the related ICT infrastructure. There is also an option to extend the contract for an additional 2 years. About 60 people will be transferred to Getronics PinkRoccade. The staff councils of both companies will be involved in the further process.
In addition to this managed service, Getronics PinkRoccade will also provide Wegener with the Future-Proof Workspace, including efficient migration to a Microsoft XP environment using RDX (Rapid Deployment eXperience). The Future-Proof Workspace helps organisations continuously improve the Total Cost of Ownership, adopt new technologies and support the global standardisation and centralisation of core ICT services.
"Wegener faces a complete renewal of the whole workplace environment", says Freek Busweiler, member of the Board of Directors from Wegener. "We are confident that in cooperation with Getronics PinkRoccade this challenging and complex project will be a success and are looking forward to this new partnership".
“We are very pleased that Wegener decided to choose us”, says Klaas Wagenaar, CEO of Getronics. “This will be an important order for the combination Getronics and PinkRoccade in The Netherlands. It confirms that the new combination is on track with securing new recurring business in workspace management services. For major companies we now can offer standardised solutions. We can serve those companies with a strategic long-term partnership where we understand their business need”.
About Getronics
With some 27,000 employees in over 30 countries and approximate revenues of EUR 3 billion, Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and services.
Getronics designs, integrates and manages ICT infrastructures and business solutions for many of the world's largest global and local companies and organisations, helping them maximise the value of their information technology investments. Getronics headquarters are in Amsterdam, with regional offices in Boston, Madrid and Singapore. Getronics' shares are traded on Euronext Amsterdam ("GTN"). For further information about Getronics, visit www.getronics.com