Under this agreement HP will operate the helpdesk and provide on-site support, and will harmonise the desktop computer environment within the whole Konecranes Group.
According to the agreement, 16 global information services employees, including seven in Finland, will transfer from Konecranes to the HP organisation during autumn 2008.
Konecranes CIO Kari Suominen said: “By standardising our IT infrastructure and outsourcing the support function, we will be better equipped to face changing business challenges and to adjust the focus for IT from support and maintenance to development and innovations.”
He added: “HP is able to deliver technologies suited to end user needs and the relevant support services all over the world, quickly and flexibly.”
The transition work will start at the beginning of April 2008 and will be finalised by May 1 2009.
