Innofactor Plc Stock Exchange Release December 8, 2014, at 16:30 Finnish time
In a tendering process governed by a framework agreement, the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) has selected Innofactor as the provider for transferring application and infrastructure solutions into cloud services and as the provider of continuous services related to the cloud services. The whole includes transferring the existing On-Premises applications and infrastructure solutions of HUS into a Microsoft Azure operating services environment. In addition to this, the delivery includes development and maintenance of architecture, control and management of the cloud services, and small scale development. Project deliveries and services related to the cloud transfer are planned to be delivered in stages during 2014-2017.
In its invitation to tender, HUS estimated that the value of the delivery would be about EUR 600,000 during the contract period, which is also the maximum value of the procurement decision. However, the final value of the deal during the contract period cannot be stated for certain at this point.
“The deal is strategically important for Innofactor and significantly strengthens Innofactor’s position as a forerunner in delivering Microsoft Azure cloud services in Finland. Microsoft Azure is an important area of growth for Innofactor and the company has invested heavily in knowhow related to it. In November 2014, Microsoft granted Innofactor, as the first company in Finland, the Cloud Platform Gold competence related to Azure,” says Innofactor’s CEO Sami Ensio.
HUS is a Joint Authority formed by 24 municipalities. Its task is to offer member municipalities and their residents the necessary services for specialized medical care and care of the mentally disabled. The Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH), which operates as part of HUS, is also responsible for providing care for patients with rare illnesses or otherwise requiring specialized care in its responsibility area, which is larger than the hospital district, and in some cases, in the entire country. The responsibility area of HUCH includes, in addition to the Hospital District of Uusimaa, the South Karelia Social and Health Care District (Eksote) and the Kymenlaakso Social and Health Services (Carea).
Espoo December 8, 2014
INNOFACTOR PLC
Sami Ensio, CEO
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Innofactor is one of the leading Nordic IT solution providers focused on Microsoft platforms. Innofactor delivers business critical solutions and maintenance services as a system integrator and develops its own software products and services. Innofactor’s own product development is focused on Microsoft’s Windows Azure-based cloud solutions. Innofactor's customers include over 1,000 private and public sector organizations in Finland, Denmark, Sweden and elsewhere in Europe. The company has about 400 motivated and skilled employees in several locations in Finland, Denmark and Sweden. From 2009 to 2013, Innofactor's annual net sales growth has been 43% on average. Leading Finnish business media Kauppalehti and Balance Consulting selected Innofactor as the most successful company on the Finnish stock exchange in 2013. The Innofactor Plc share is listed in the technology section of the main list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy.
