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The Steria Group Becomes a Worldwide HP Software Platinum Partner
After several years of fruitful collaboration, HP Software has awarded Steria with Platinum partner status. This is HP highest partnership level.
With over 1,200 members, including CEOs and CIOs from US, EU, Japanese and Chinese companies, NASSCOM plays an active role in the international IT and BPO industry. This year's conference marks the organisation's 20th anniversary and is entitled «Reshaping the global economy». Speakers of note include John Chambers, the Chairman and CEO of Cisco, Rosabeth Moss Kanter specialist in leadership and innovation from Harvard Business School and CK Prahalad, well known academic and author of "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid."
Steria develops the new system for managing the 6.3 million policyholders of Chorégie, the economic interest grouping of the Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale (MGEN), La Mutuelle Des Etudiants (LMDE) and Mutualité Fonction Publique Services (MFP Services) based on the Starweb© solution.
The economic interest group GIE Chorégie has chosen Steria to develop its new information system. This system will be divided between EFFIGIE (MGEN and LMDE) and MFP Services, and will be based on the Starweb© solution developed by Éloïse. GIE Chorégie processes over 400,000 electronic medical expense claim forms per day for 6.3 million people.
Steria develops a single inter-army pay management software solution for the French Ministry of Defence In a major Public Sector modernisation project, Steria has developed a single inter-army pay management software solution (LOUVOIS - Logiciel Unique à Vocation Interarmées [1]), the IT system that will manage pay for all of the Ministry of Defence's 400,000 servicemen.
Olivier Vallet appointed CEO of Steria France
The Steria group announces the appointment of Olivier Vallet as CEO of Steria France. Olivier Vallet is a member of the Group's Executive Committee.Along with his management team, Olivier Vallet will work to speed up the process of bringing Steria France into line with the Group's overall performance objectives and providing Steria's customers with an ever-higher level of added value and quality.
Suzuki Motor España renews its end-to-end outsourcing contract with Steria for 5 more years
Steria launches in Singapore a new innovation center dedicated to mobility
Within the last 10 years, Steria has deployed numerous innovative services in Singapore, improving the daily lives of 4.5 million Singaporeans and the productivity of the city's businesses.
With 60 Asian and European engineers, the Singapore entity has become Steria's innovation centre for the development of mobility dedicated solutions and services. The centre's expertise lies in its ability to combine the latest communication technologies (RFID, GPS, GSM, M2M...) in order to create innovative services supporting mobility. The vast range of applications covers various subjects such as real time and personalised information for transport times, fleet management, mobility of senior citizens, delivery optimisation and emergency services management.
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a unique joint venture between the British Department of Health and Steria, signs up 12 new NHS organisations NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has been awarded new contracts to provide a combination of finance, accounting and payroll BPO services to a further 12 NHS organisations across the country. The contracts, with a combined value of €16.5 million (£13.8 million), will improve the quality and efficiency of services for the 23,000+ NHS professionals working in these administrations.
Steria recognised for its innovative employee shareholding policy Steria has won the "2008 Employee Shareholding Grand Prize" in the SBF 250 category and the "Special Prize for Best Progress" for its initiatives over the past two years to develop employee shareholding among its staff.
With 16% of its capital held by its employees, Steria was awarded these two distinctions at the Palais des Congrès de Paris as part of the Actionaria tradeshow.
The Employee Shareholding Grand Prize Contest is held by the French Federation of Employee Shareholders and former employees (FAS) with the aim of rewarding companies listed on the CAC40 and the SBF 250, along with non-listed companies as of this year, which promote all aspects of Employee Shareholding.
Steria and Land Registry sign €59m (£50m) partnership Steria and Land Registry have today announced a five year partnership, worth €59 million (£50 million), which will see the European end-to-end IT services company provide a managed ICT (information and communication technology) service for the organisation's Distributed IT Infrastructure (DITI) and Extranet services. The account was awarded to Steria following an eighteen-month intensive procurement process.
Cleveland Police goes mobile with Steria Steria today announces a new contract with Cleveland Police to deliver mobile working solutions across the entire force of 1,400 police officers. The €9.8 million (£7.9 million) Project CUPID (Cleveland Universal Police Information Device), to be delivered in partnership with Beat Systems Limited, will allow Cleveland Police to access and input information in the field, enhancing intelligence-led policing and letting officers to spend more time on the beat.
Steria signs €39.5 million (£31m) deal with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Steria, the European IT enabled business services company, today announces a 12-year,€39.5 million (£31 m) deal with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council to provide ICT, council tax, benefits, customer contact centre, reception and switchboard services. The partnership, which will go live in January 2009, aims to improve efficiencies at the council, provide better services for Welwyn Hatfield's 100,000 citizens and ensure a projected saving of €634,000 (£500,000) per annum.
Whitbread signs finance and accounting outsourcing deal with Steria Steria, the European IT enabled business services company, today announces it has signed a five year contract with Whitbread to provide outsourced finance and accounting (F&A) services. The contract, which will be going live in early 2009, will see Steria provide a comprehensive, timely and accurate F&A service, delivered 100% from its offshore locations.
Steria signs major BPO extension with O2 Steria, the European IT enabled business services company, today announces an extension to its finance and accounting business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement with Telefónica O2 UK until 2014. The deal builds upon an existing five year relationship between the two businesses and is due to be implemented from April next year.
Steria signs €2.5m (£2m) ICT support deal with Cotswold District Council
Steria has announced a five year ICT support partnership with Cotswold District Council. The contract, worth €2.5m (£2m), aims to improve the effectiveness and overall efficiency of the ICT support services for the council's 500 staff.
BT extends IT service support and development contract with Steria: €92 million over six years (£75 million over six years) Steria, the European IT enabled, business services company today announces the extension of its applications outsourcing contract with BT until March 2014. Steria will continue to support the key applications that underpin BT's UK operations for finance and accounting (F&A) transaction processing, ledger and payroll services. These activities are delivered by Steria through a BPO contract concluded in August 2007.
Sally Robins is appointed as Communication Director of the Steria Group Her mission will be to continue the international development of the Steria brand and to drive proactive communications across the Group, ensuring that all communications (internal and external) support company strategy. She will report to Groupe Steria CEO François Enaud.
Steria launches its Academy - 4 schools of Learning
The inaugural programme of the Leadership School, the Certificate of Global Business Leadership is delivered in partnership with U21Global, the world’s premier online graduate school.
Mr. François Enaud, General Manager of Steria Group, Dr. Mukesh Aghi, CEO of Steria India and Mr. Nick Hutton, CEO of U21Global will launch the Steria Academy in Chennai today.
Serge Ferré is appointed as the Steria Group's Project Risk Management Director As part of the Group Operations department, Mr Ferré's mission in addition to risk management is to implement a project management-dedicated programme which includes an internal training and certification course. He reports to Olivier Vallet, Group Director of Operations and Member of the Executive Committee.
Christine Soupizet is appointed as the Steria Group's Performance and Purchasing Director. Ms. Soupizet's mission is to improve the efficiency of the Support functions as well as to head and coordinate the different countries' Purchasing policies with a view to improving performance. She reports to Laurent Lemaire, Group CFO and Member of the Executive Committee.
Steria has been chosen along with IES, representative, and FTPC to provide the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport's centralized IT taxi management system. Steria, an end-to-end IT services provider for companies and public authorities and European leader in the deployment of transport systems with its Taxi Expert expertise, has been chosen, along with IES, representative, and FTPC, to deploy a taxi management system for Aéroports de Lyon. The Taxi LYS system will reduce passengers' taxi wait times and will give the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport the means to control and monitor access to taxis by optimising flow management.
Steria is to install X-ray diagnostic information systems in all the public hospitals in the Valencia Autonomous Region
The X-ray Diagnostic Information System developed by Steria for the Consellería de Sanitat (Health Authority) enables tracing and confirmation of patient appointments, recording of tasks undertaken within each system, composition of the relevant X-ray reports, as well as the generation of statistics on work carried out, all of which is incorporated into the patient’s medical record.
The system is already up and running in five hospitals in the Valencia Autonomous Region.
The contract is valued at 800,000 euros. Steria will, in addition, be responsible for ongoing maintenance over the next two years.
Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth is appointed Group Steria Human Resources Director and Member of the Executive Committee Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, 47 years old, has been appointed Group HR Director and is responsible for defining and implementing HR strategy for Steria. Steria has grown significantly since the acquisition of Xansa last year and employs 19,000 staff in 16 countries. Valerie will report to François Enaud, General Manager of Steria.
Steria’s expertise in migration of servers: La Poste, the French post office is increasing the performance of its IT system to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Le Groupe La Poste, the French post office group, the number one employer in France, second largest postal services group in Europe and number four in the world, chose Steria to carry out the migration of all its IT resources of its corporate, postal and general public network entities.
Combined General Meeeting 6 june 2008 The electronic version of the invitation to the Combined General Meeting to be held on 6th June 2008 including the legal documentation is available on Steria web site :
STERIA and ELOÏSE, a subsidiary of CIMUT join forces to develop the new APRIA RSA information system "The Starweb® solution is chosen to manage the AAEXA (ATEXA) compulsory insurance plan"
Steria announces the opening of a new Centre of Excellence for Java Agile Development in Luxembourg
The Steria Centre of Excellence for Java Agile Development opened its doors on April 28, 2008 in the presence of M. le Ministre de la Justice, Ministre du Trésor et du Budget, Sir Luc Frieden and his Excellency the ambassador of France, Sir Charles-Henri d’Aragon.
The purpose of this Java Agile Development Centre is to reach excellence in the development of high quality J2EE applications. By capitalising know-how and industrialisation of the Java development process, this excellence centre will provide to customers a high level service with high reactivity and mission critical capacities in the area of software implementation.
With Steria’s aid the Banque de France has successfully completed migration of the Paris Financial Market to the new TARGET 2 system The Banque de France has just successfully completed migration of the Paris Financial Market to TARGET 2. Steria was a critical player in this migration from TARGET 1 to TARGET 2 in terms of connecting up the Central bank’s internal systems after completing the entire TARGET 2 SWIFT chain.
Mail Distiller and Steria Restore GPs’ Email to Full Health The email system of GPs all over Northern Ireland has been given a clean bill of health thanks to Steria, the end-to-end IT services provider and Mail Distiller, the hosted anti-spam, anti-virus solution provider.
Steria-Agefiph - A partnership agreement for the integration, training and retention of employees with disabilities Steria has decided to follow through with its commitment to the employment of people with disabilities. A working group supported by management and Steria France workers resulted in the signature of a partnership agreement with Agefiph in December 2007. Initiatives are set to be rolled out in France in 2008 and 2009.
Steria wins multi-million pound contract with QCA The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has outsourced its service management operation to Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services provider. The three year contract will not only see Steria supporting ICT services for up to 700 UK users, it will also introduce innovation and flexibility into the QCA environment. It will enhance the desktop estate to support flexible and mobile working, undertake the migration to a data centre environment, introduce a new telephone system and be responsible for moving QCA’s IT facilities from its headquarters in London to its new offices in Coventry in 2009.
Steria, official supplier to the ING Renault F1 Team, wishes good luck to the team for the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship!
As the official supplier of IT consultancy services and application management to the ING Renault F1 Team, Steria is helping to improve the team’s racing performance.
Steria provides consulting services to optimise the effectiveness of the SAP solutions used in the engine development area, and develops software capable of analysing the high volumes of data produced by the car’s on-board systems.
The 2008 season starts on 16 March in Australia.
Steria and Beat Systems launch joint mobile data initiative for UK police
Steria together with Beat Systems jointly announce entering into a strategic partnership to launch a mobile data initiative that will transform the way UK police deliver public protection to the local community.
The agreement will see the establishment of a mutual partner arrangement for those Police Forces operating Steria's STORM Command and Control system.
Steria Suisse SA and Dolder SA sign a 5-year IT outsourcing contract Steria Suisse SA and Basle-based Dolder SA, an internationally-active distributer of raw materials, have signed a 5-year IT outsourcing contract. Steria will handle Dolder's information system, including its network, infocentre, telephony and ERP application. Dolder's three IT technicians have been transferred to Steria.
FinanceCom and Steria announce the creation of Steria MedShore, a new nearshore entity in Morocco
Steria MedShore is the result of a joint venture held equally by FinanceCom and Steria. Its mission is to provide booming European and Mediterranean markets with systems integration and application management services. Steria MedShore's targets include the banking, insurance, telecommunications and government administration markets.
In addition, its goal will be to eventually propel itself to the number one spot among IT service providers in North Africa, through the complementary contributions of its reference shareholders.
The new entity will create jobs with a planned workforce of 500 people to be recruited by 2012.
Steria boosts its Indian operations to fuel European growth Newly-enlarged IT-driven business services provider, Group Steria SCA [Euronext:RIA], today announced its intention to both expand and rebrand its Indian operations following the recent acquisition of Xansa.
Steria will be participating in the NASSCOM 2008 India Leadership Forum entitled "Shrinking the world, Riding the wave." This world-wide event is organized by the Nasscom association and brings together CEOs, CIOs, government officials and other luminaries from around the globe. This year's debates and discussions will focus on the globalization of the IT-BPO industry and on India's role in this context.
The NASSCOM 2008 India Leadership Forum will provide François Enaud with the opportunity to speak on Steria's acquisition of Xansa, a company the majority of whose employees is based in India. He will also lay out the Steria Group's plan to place India, which is today a driver for the worldwide BPO market, at the heart of his industrialization strategy.
In Spain, the Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha has chosen Steria to implement its new health-card information system By identifying the 1.9 million people living in the region, SESCAM’s new system will improve the quality of service to the public and enable better management of health resources.
In Norway, Steria wins Ministry of Justice contract The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police has signed a three-year framework agreement with Steria for the future provision of consulting services to the justice sector.
Swedish Social Democrats outsource IT operations to Steria For improved efficiency and greater security, the central office of the Social Democratic Party, located in Stockholm, is outsourcing all IT operations to IT integrator Steria. The aim is for all 26 party districts in the country to then follow suit.
In Switzerland, Steria develops Customer Instruction Application for HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG Steria has developed an application for HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG which automates, facilitates, standardises and minimises validation turnaround time for customers' instructions. Around 150 users, mostly in German-speaking Switzerland, are currently using this new Business Process Management system.
Steria announces the opening of a new global service centre in Katowice, Poland This cross-functional unit provides support and IT infrastructure management services. Steria offers clients a global production platform using shared tools and processes to provide both local support services and shared expertise centres. The Katowice centre utilises the Group’s infrastructure management expertise. It offers extensive opening hours, multilingual services, and the continuity of service required by companies to support their international development.
Steria creating the data exchange gateway between Sirius 2 and the A86 West Tunnel Steria, the end-to-end IT services provider for companies and public authorities throughout Europe, is contributing to Europe's largest-ever underground motorway construction project, the A86 West Tunnel.
Trusted Borders, a consortium of companies led by Raytheon Systems Limited of the UK, and including Serco Group plc, has signed a contract with the Home Office to develop and implement the nation’s ‘e-Borders’ project, an advanced border control and security programme
The Hospital de la Plana entrusts Steria with the management of its Service Information System in a global outsourcing contract The Hospital de la Plana in Vila-Real (Castellón) has entrusted Steria with both the management and the development of all of its IT applications by means of a two-year contract worth €1.2 million.
In Denmark, Steria is to provide a digital signature solution for the Midtjylland Region (Central Jutland) The health personnel in the hospitals of the region of Midtjylland Practical need safe access to a digital signature in particular in order to transfer electronic death certificates to the Health Board and to consult the national and interregional registers such as for example the “Medicinprofil” (medical profile). These requirements bring with them a considerable administrative burden because the region employs a total of several thousand people.
Steria wins MoD contract to run the LSRC Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services provider, has been selected by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to run the Land Systems Reference Centre (LSRC). The five-year contract, to begin in January 2008, will see a team with Steria, as Prime Systems Integrator, carry out system tests and technical evaluation for the Joint and Land environments. These activities are scheduled for routine work and as a support activity to pre-deployment of systems, as required, helping to reduce risks, improve efficiencies and ultimately increase performance.
The SNCF (French National Railways) renews its trust in Steria with the maintenance and updates of its new customer relationship system for the French regions For more than 10 years, Steria has partnered with the SNCF in the development of its constantly-growing business. Currently, more than 250 Steria employees work on high value-added projects or missions at the SNCF every day.
The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organization (NAV) signs IT deal with Steria The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organization (NAV) has signed a framework agreement with Steria.
Steria builds new infrastructure Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services provider, today announced a three year agreement with the Housing Corporation to deliver a range of infrastructure management services. The contract, worth £7.5 million, will help reduce operational costs and improve the efficiency and security of the Government’s agency’s infrastructure for its 500 employees and more than 2,000 registered landlords and local authorities.
The Public Society for Information and Communication Technologies for the French-speaking community (ETNIC) has chosen Steria to develop a pilot scheme for a software infrastructure to manage and control application access
As part of the modernisation of the public services, the French-speaking community in Belgium has entrusted ETNIC, the Public Society for Information and Communication Technologies with implementing and running its professional applications for a wide range of users (civil servants, teachers, pupils). The challenge entails perfectly managing access to the right resources by the right people at the right time.
In order to manage the various populations of users, Steria is developing a software infrastructure to manage and control identities and authorisations.
The Steria–Institut de France Foundation supports the Eysines Motor Education Institute through developing a communication system for children with motor handicaps In Bordeaux, an innovative communication system has been developed at the Eysines Motor Education Institute for children with motor handicaps who are unable to speak. Developed with the financial support of the Steria – Institut de France Foundation and the help of a volunteer from Steria, this system enables children to create phrases using pictograms, and provides an artificial voice and a sign language module. Once the communication mode has been mastered with the institute, the children can then use it at home to continue to learn with their family. The computer code was developed as open source, and will be offered for national distribution via motor education institutes in France.
Steria will be attending this year's Sibos conference in Boston from 1 to 5 October (stand E33)
Steria will be exhibiting at Sibos 2007, the world's leading financial forum for decision-makers from the banking and finance industries. This year’s event, powered by the SWIFT community, will deal with consolidation and globalisation, innovation, standardisation and technological evolution. Sibos will also take a more in-depth look into the securities markets value segments, as well as into the corporate-to-bank space.
Steria (stand E33) will present its range of services, from strategy consulting to technical expertise and the implementation of new solutions right through to the taking over of business operations services.
Steria strengthens its expertise in Singapore by setting up BusAIS, a real-time system that indicates waiting time between two buses Steria, an end-to-end IT services partner in Europe and major player in IT in the transport sector, has again been selected by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to manage infrastructure and increase comfort for Singapore's users. Using its expertise in deployment of mobile technologies and intelligent transport systems (ITS), Steria has designed and implemented the BusAIS system, which consists of panels in each bus shelter indicating the waiting time between two buses in real time.
Laurent Lemaire is appointed CFO and member of the Executive Committee of the Steria Group
His tasks will be to lead and co-ordinate the action of the finance divisions, audit departments, legal departments, risk and quality, IS, strategy and financial communication. He will report to François Enaud, Chairman and CEO of Steria SA and Manager of the Group Steria SCA.
Steria to deploy business transformation programme at Havant Borough Council
Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services provider, has been appointed to implement a three year business transformation programme by Havant Borough Council. The programme aims to improve efficiencies throughout the organisation and to deliver greater value to the 117,000 residents in the area.
Portability of mobile phone numbers: the new system for managing the portability of mobile telephone numbers available since 21 May 2007 has been a total success Mobile telephone operators grouped together under the GIE EGP (Economic Interest Grouping Portability Management Entity) successfully launched on 21 May 2007 the central system for the management of mobile phone number portability.
Steria to give Eastbourne Borough Council €8 million IT makeover Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services company, has announced a ten year business transformation deal to modernise and update IT systems at Eastbourne Borough Council. The contract, worth €8 million, aims to improve the customer experience for Eastbourne’s 90,000 plus residents by streamlining key services and business processes.
In Germany, Steria Mummert Consulting develops the telematics nucleus of the electronic patient’s card Steria Mummert Consulting has been awarded the first contract in the tender for the introduction of an electronic patient’s card. Steria will be working on behalf of Gematik (Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH) to develop the necessary Broker services for this project. This contract highlights the company’s leading role in eHealth in Germany.
Steria Extends Taxi Management System at Heathrow Terminal 5
Over 1 million taxi movements predicted by 2012 Olympics at world’s busiest airport.
Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services provider, has been appointed by BAA to deploy a taxi management system at the new Heathrow Terminal 5. The new £4.3 billion development, due to open in March 2008, will cater for around 30 million passengers annually. The Steria solution will reduce taxi waiting times and enable the world’s leading airport company to control and track taxi access.
A pan-German IT project brings down bureaucracy in abnormal loads traffic An avalanche of 350,000 applications for transportation of abnormal loads piles up every year in the mailrooms of Germany’s public authorities. Around 1,000 authorities and 1,500 applicants are directly or indirectly involved in the clearance process. The necessity to check every detail with all concerned means that long-drawn out decision-making is inevitable. Given the ongoing pressure of the economic situation and stiffening competition, inefficient administrative processes are a real hindrance to the country’s economy. The so-called VEMAGS IT project simplifies the application handling process for the transportation of abnormal loads and therefore speeds up the granting of clearance.
French Finance Ministry Chooses Accenture-Steria Consortium Designed to integrate French government budget expenditures, non-tax receipts and accounting into a single, unified IT landscape, the Chorus project is the largest inter-ministerial program ever undertaken in France. The new software for managing state finances enables full compliance with the LOLF framework legislation on state budgets passed in August 2001.
Hervé Payan is appointed Group Consulting Director of Steria
Hervé Payan, 41, will be responsible for developing Steria's "transformation services" offer, which combines consulting and systems integration. This offer is led by Steria's 2,000 consultants and merges core business and technological expertise to transform the business processes and information systems of key accounts and enable them to take full advantage of technological innovation.
Hervé Payan will also be in charge of developing vertical solutions for Steria and for managing international key accounts.
Steria secures €9.5 million (£6.5 million) IT services contract with Sutton Council Savings of €1.5 million (more than £1 million) expected over five years
Steria adds to its Group management team to support its growth.
- Horst Teschke is appointed Group Business Development Director
- Graham Curtis is appointed Director of Technology and Innovation
- Eric Messigny is appointed Director of Risk, Quality and Information Systems
EFREI and ESSEC win the Steria – Institut de France Foundation's 2007 Grant.
This year's jury, composed of Académie Française members and Foundation board members, decided to award two ex-aqueo awards.
Devised by a team of engineering students from the EFREI Aides Humanitaires association, the first project consists of providing IT training to pupils and teachers, who will in turn become trainers themselves. The project is targeting ten schools in Burkina Faso, eight of which are in Ouagadougou. The training offered is based on Wedus.org, an innovating Web Education System, developed by EFREI engineering students and targeting emerging countries. The second winning project by students from the ESSEC's Initiative Enfance Solidarité association, involves setting up a multimedia library at the Margency hospital in Greater Paris' Val d’Oise department, targeting young long-stay patients, mainly from the French Overseas Departments and Territories (DOM-TOM) and Africa.
Both winners received a grant of €7500.
The Steria-Institut de France Foundation Grant aims to support student projects that use information technology to help people in need.
The Belgian government calls on Steria to set up "Foreigner@Card", an electronic card for foreigners Steria, who provided the IT infrastructure and services used to roll out the original Belgian electronic identity card, is currently adapting these solutions to produce an electronic card for foreign nationals living in the country. Foreigner@Card was designed and will be launched as part of the existing BELPIC (Belgian Personal Identity Card) project. Steria will undertake the adaptations required to create this new electronic card, at central level (National Register) and for the 3 municipalities selected to pilot the new project.
Hervé Hannebicque joins the Steria Group as Human Resources Director
Hervé Hannebicque, 53, will also sit on the Steria Group Executive Committee. His role will be to draw on HR developments to support the Group's ambition to become the European reference for IT services companies. It will also entail encouraging the employees to get involved in the company's governance via the European employee shareholding scheme.
The Belgian Ministry of Finance chooses Steria to renovate the application for the tax enrollment of individuals (IPP) As part of the programme to modernise the Belgian Ministry of Finance (SPF Finances), Steria will design the integrated system for calculating and enrolling taxes for individuals. This project concerns the core activity of the Belgian Ministry of Finance. The agreement, which covers a six-year period, totals €3.8 million and will be carried out by Steria acting as the Prime Contractor, in partnership with Software AG and Deloitte.
Steria wins a significant Civil Service contract in Northern Ireland Leading European end-to-end IT services company Steria, is busy preparing for the 2007 introduction of one of the most ambitious programmes of Public Sector reform in Western Europe, after securing a contract on behalf of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) to centralise records management across all departments. This contract aims at greater efficiency accross the Civil Service in Northern Ireland.
Steria and Kabira sign a European Partnership Agreement Steria brings systems integration expertise to the deployment of Kabira's industry-specific transaction processing solutions for the European telecom market
Norwegian Armed Forces choose Steria Steria, European end-to-end IT services company, wins a framework agreement to supply development services to the Norwegian Armed Forces' secure ICT platforms. The contract is worth an estimated €6-12 million over the first two years.
The Max Planck Society, an internationally renowned German research organisation, chooses Steria Mummert Consulting The Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft) has called on Steria Mummert Consulting and its partner ORGA to manage its SAP systems. This contract includes consulting services, project development, migrating the old system to a new SAP platform and managing the new system. The consistently high security standards of the data centre, the high quality services and the compliance with the Society's technical specifications were all factors that led to the contract being awarded to Steria Mummert Consulting.
Steria, the end-to-end European IT services provider and a key reference in delivering IT solutions for the transport business, has planned, developed and implemented a new road traffic supervision system for the Swiss canton of Zurich. The new system, which is set to become the country's biggest of its kind, will go live at the same time as the opening of the first section of the western Zurich bypass.
Steria wins multi-million outsourcing contract with Bristol International Airport - Agreement over five years to radically change IT model and enable rapid growth Steria, a leading end-to-end European IT services provider, has been awarded a five year contract, worth at least €9 million, to supply a fully managed ICT service to Bristol International Airport (BIA). The contract forms a strategic element of BIA’s expansion plans which involve doubling passenger numbers from 4.5 million in 2004 to 9 million in 2015, ensuring the airport continues to be one of the fastest growing in the UK. Ultimately, passengers will benefit as the contract will deliver a range of new and improved services allowing for a more enjoyable and smoother transfer through the airport.
Trophées de l’Innovation: Steria wins the "Mobility Solutions, New Technology Solutions" award for the M2M ZigBee project
Steria has received an award from Orange Business Services and Syntec Informatique for its command of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The Group has developed a software kernel for applications that use the ZigBee protocol and has used this generic technology to create a simple, low-cost solution to help elderly people with restricted mobility to live safely in a medical environment, as part of the M2M ZigBee project.
The latter project, led by Steria, offers a framework for developing integrated applications and enabling fixed and mobile devices to communicate with each other within the ZigBee network. It also allows the network to interconnect with standard information systems and telecommunications networks via an intelligent gateway (IP network).
CNES calls on Steria and Thales to manage its IT infrastructure, networks and telecommunications systems
CNES, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (French space agency), has called on Steria and Thales to provide managed services for its IT infrastructure, networks and telecommunications. The agreement is worth €80m and will run for five years.
This outsourcing deal will enable CNES to focus on its core business as well as to benefit from its service providers' experience in pooling IT resources via industrial and innovative project management techniques and professional expertise, and therefore to optimise cost control.
Steria designs a risk management system for Iberdrola, Spain's second largest electricity and natural gas supplier. The new system, which is certified ISO 27001, will enable Iberdrola to progressively improve the way it manages information about its business. Iberdrola is an all-round energy company that produces, transports, distributes and supplies gas and electricity to customers.
Steria - Institut de France Foundation Grant: the virtual keyboard for motor-disabled persons, led by IT students from In'Tech INFO (esiea Group), is now up and running.
The CVK (Custom Virtual Keyboard) student project, which benefited in 2004 from the first Steria – Institut de France Foundation grant, came about via the partnership between the Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches (near Paris), a specialist rehabilitation centre for motor-disabled persons, and the school of IT engineering In'Tech INFO (esiea Group). The virtual keyboard provides assistance for persons who are unable to use a regular keyboard, by providing alternative means of writing. CVK can be downloaded free of charge at www.cvk.fr; it can then be customised and configured for the user's computer. Furthermore, CVK is Open Source, which will allow software developers to enhance the keyboard.
CVK: flexible and free of charge
Steria archives navigational charts dating back to 1650 for the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) has selected Steria to archive measurement data used to analyse the depth of the seabed and to scan and archive all navigational charts drawn up in Sweden since 1650.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has awarded Steria Asia a consultancy for the implementation of Singapore Changi Airport Gate Management System (CGMS). Steria has been chosen amongst several global competitors for its recognised expertise in Airport systems and its in-depth knowledge of Airport operations.
Steria has signed a 5-year contract to become the strategic IT partner of the ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister). This new relationship will result in substantial cost savings for the ODPM, as well as improving its operating performance and upping service quality levels, enabling an increasingly flexible work environment. The contract is worth €44 million and will provide robust, yet flexible IT services to over 3,000 users across sites all over the UK. Steria was selected following an intense EU tendering process involving major global competitors including Fujitsu Services and Unisys.
Security consulting: France's civil aviation authority, the DGAC , calls on Steria to study the impact of RFID technology and biometrics on airport access control
At the request of the civil aviation department (STAC ), responsible for airport and aeronautical technical matters for the DGAC's security screening department (DCS ), Steria has carried out a study on migrating the automated access control systems currently in use in France's airports to integrate new RFID and biometric technologies. The migration process will affect the 300,000 airport staff who must prove their identity on a daily basis simply to access their place of work.
Extremadura: flying the flag for the introduction of electronic medical records Thanks to Steria Spain's Civitas solution, patients in the Spanish region of Extremadura now have access to healthcare services and hospitals using personalised healthcards. This solution facilitates the administration and allocation of healthcare resources, thereby improving the quality of care provided to the population.
Steria wins the CM-CIC Securities award for best IT services company of the year Steria received the 2005 award for best IT services company at the 19th "The stock-market meets IT sector companies" day organised by CM-CIC Securities in association with KPMG Audit. This annual prize, which acknowledges a company for the pertinence of its strategy and the quality of its financial reporting, had already been awarded to Steria in 2003.
Steria signs an historic contract worth €365 million with the British Home Office
Steria has been selected by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to optimise the IT infrastructure of one of the organisations under its jurisdiction: the National Probation Service (NPS). This end-to-end IT services contract, known as OMNI (1), is designed to improve the flow of information between criminal justice partners.
The initial term of the contract is for six and a half years and may run for up to 10; OMNI replaces and enhances the STEPS contract, which was entrusted to Steria in 2001. The contract is worth a total of €365 million.
Capio, the European hospital healthcare specialist, chooses Steria to outsource its information system as part of a general agreement for international cooperation. Steria, end-to-end IT services provider for companies and public authorities throughout Europe, is progressively to take over Capio’s IT operations on all of its markets (Denmark, Finland, Spain, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland). The cooperation agreement between Steria and Capio, a Swedish-based European group, will run for five years.
Biometrics: Steria teams up with the Bavarian police to identify hooligans at the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany Steria, an end-to-end IT services provider in Europe, has been selected by the Bavarian police to implement its Steria FIT™ solution at several of the region's football grounds ahead of 2006's Football World Cup, to be held in Germany. Steria FIT™ is already in use at the new AllianzArena ground in Munich and at Frankenstadion in Nuremberg, both of which are now hosting Bundesliga matches.
The International Labour Organization approves Steria as one of its suppliers for the biometric ID card designed to improve the safety of seafarers worldwide.
In order to meet the needs of maritime businesses wanting to improve the safety of their personnel given the rise of international terrorism, the International Labour Organization1 , in association with the International Maritime Organization2 , has drafted the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention. They decided on a biometric system.
Steria, one of the three companies pinpointed by the ILO worldwide, was approved for the interoperability of its system with those of the other suppliers3 selected.
In the future, near 1 million seamen worldwide will carry biometric ID cards. This operation is the first to involve such large-scale interoperability.
Steria presents a mobile version of FIT™, its biometric solution for digitally recording and transmitting fingerprint images to Police in the German Land of Hesse.
Steria has presented a prototype mobile version of its biometric solution, Steria FIT1 , to police in the German Land of Hessen . This new technology serves to rapidly identify individuals, regardless of their location.
Hessen police force were looking for a mobile technology solution for identifying and transmitting prints in a bid to locate and apprehend dangerous individuals and thus prevent them from committing crimes. This type of technology is particularly well suited to maintaining security at busy events, such as football matches.
Hessen police chose the Steria FIT solution in the scope of their project to digitise all standard identification procedures.
Simplified Fiscal Accounts: the Belgian finance ministry chooses Steria to re-engineer its income tax processing system As part of the Belgian finance ministry's (or Federal Public Finance Department's) Coperfin program, Steria is setting up an integrated system to process tax returns and collection for both citizens and companies. This 3-year contract, which includes the first phase of system implementation, is being carried out in partnership with CSC and is worth €12.5 million. Steria is continuing to play a key role in modernising Europe's administrative systems and is thus handling a similar operation for the French Economy and Finance Ministry.
Steria implements Europe's first railway supervision system. Steria, end-to-end IT services provider and major player in IT for the transport sector, has been selected by the European Union to implement a Europe-wide railway supervision system. This new system, known as Europtirails, is scheduled to begin operating in November 2005 and will be invaluable to railway operators in terms of real time coordination of traffic in Europe. The implementation of Europtirails and the resulting harmonisation of European train connections should boost the appeal of rail transport as an ecological alternative to air transport and in turn benefit the rail freight industry.
Alliance concluded between Steria and Mummert STERIA Group and MUMMERT have signed a final agreement on 20 December 2004 defining the terms of an alliance between the two groups.
The Danish Road Directorate chooses Steria to manage road traffic supervision on the Copenhagen ring road Steria is to roll out its Traffic expert solution to improve traffic safety and fluidity during construction work on Copenhagen's ring road. Used by over 80,000 vehicles a day, this motorway will soon be expanded to three lanes over a 17-kilometre stretch: a veritable gateway for Scandinavian countries to the European mainland following the construction of the Øresund bridge, which links Sweden and Denmark. After the work has been completed, the system will be maintained and probably extended to other parts of the Copenhagen area. This is the largest road traffic management solution to be implemented in Denmark.
Steria signed a 40 million euro contract for the European Commission The European Union Commission's Directorate General for Justice and Home Affairs has chosen an international consortium led by Steria, co-contracting with HP Belgium, and associated with Mummert Consulting (Germany) and Primesphere (Luxembourg) for the development of a new Schengen Information System (SIS II) and a Visa Information System (VIS). The Schengen Information System provides reliable and exchangeable information concerning nationals of third countries wishing to enter or live in the European Union. The VIS project aims to deploy and develop a large-scale information system to manage visa requests for entry into European countries of the Schengen area.The contract, worth up to 40 million euro will ensure that, by the end of 2006 for VIS and by March 2007 for SIS II, the European Union centrally run parts of both information systems, will be up and running.
Steria: the Belgian government's number one choice for the implementation of its electronic identity card system
Steria has provided 589 Belgian municipalities with the IT infrastructure and services required to deploy the country's electronic identity card (BELPIC) system. The new card will be in the wallets of 8.5 million Belgian citizens by the end of 2006. The success of the Belgian project confirms the end-to-end IT services provider's position and compounds its claim to serving European governments and this, at a time, when many countries are considering an overhaul of their national identity card systems.
This new secure and scalable card will eventually enable the remote authentication of the holder and contain biometric data.
Steria, Prime Contractor for the Toulon Tunnel Traffic Safety and Supervision System in France Steria, an end-to-end IT services provider in Europe and a key player in transport IT solutions, developed a comprehensive operating, security and traffic supervision system for the Toulon tunnel and the public motorway network in the Toulon area in Southern France. The project includes study, development and installation through to implementation, for the Var region DDE (civil engineering and infrastructure directorate). As part of a two-year contract, Steria will also manage system maintenance and developments and train operating staff.
Groundbreakers in electronic voting: Belgians to vote electronically in the European and regional elections on 13 June 2004 Steria, a European end-to-end IT services provider, has set up its electronic voting system for the Belgian federal government to be used in the European elections on 13 June. This system, used in towns which have chosen this option, will enable 44% of Belgian voters to electronically elect their European Parliament members and their regional representatives.
When IT security means productivity:100,000 employees of T-Com, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, securely access up to 200 different applications using a single password T-Com has entrusted Steria with the implementation engaged Steria of a Single-Sign-On (SSO) solution for all of its 100,000 employees. This is one of the largest SSO projects in the world.
Biometrics: further success for Steria's FIT solution in Germany The Bavarian police has chosen Steria's FIT biometrics solution for the management and transmission of fingerprints as part of its suspect information identification and recording procedures. This project follows Steria's implementation of the Eurodac project involving the biometric management of asylum applications for the European Commission and 14 EU countries, and its setting up of a biometric facial recognition system for Grampian police in Scotland.
Toulouse: Steria develops one of the first multimodal systems for French urban transport The European end-to-end IT services provider, Steria, has developed the management and control system of seven park-and-ride car parks for the SMTC (Toulouse joint public transport union). These car parks are located along the 12km-long A Line of the Toulouse underground* and offer a total of 3500 parking spaces. Due to be up-and-running by the end of the year, this is one of the first multimodal systems to be used in French urban transport, with the underground ticket also being valid for the car park.
Steria choosen for the development of a new road traffic supervision system in Asia The Malaysian Ministry of Works has recently awarded a contract to a consortium composed of Itramas Corporation and Steria, the global IT services operator and major player in computerised transport systems in Europe, in order to implement the traffic supervision system of Johor Bahru's 25 km-long by-pass motorway. Johor Bahru lies on the border between Malaysia and Singapore and is the second largest city in the country.
Steria wins CIC Securities' best IT services company of the year award Steria received the 2003 award for the best IT services company at the 17th "La Bourse rencontre l'informatique" day organised by CIC Securities in partnership with KPMG Audit. Every year, this distinction is awarded to a company which stands out through the pertinence of its development strategy and the quality of its financial communication.
The Steria-Institut de France Foundation uses IT to help social reintegration The Steria-Institut de France Foundation, whose goal is to make information technology available to people in need, has set up an IT workshop in the north of Paris for the Association Îlot, which is dedicated to helping socially excluded people, particularly ex-prisoners. In addition to financing IT equipment, the aim is to support training personnel who will provide basic IT training to association members to help them reintegrate socially and professionally. This is the fourth such project backed by the Steria-Institut de France Foundation since it was created two years ago.
The Civil Aviation Authority outsources its IT services to Steria for £25 million (€38m)
Steria secures a £26.7 million contract to link up healthcare organisations in Northern Ireland The department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has recently awarded a 10-year £26.7 million (€40 million) contract to Steria in order to link up all healthcare organisations in Northern Ireland. Nearly 400 organisations and 350 surgeries will be able to share patient information thanks to a new Health and Care Number system. The implementation of the Health and Care Number and the establishment of a secure means of sharing information between health and social services bodies will facilitate the task of healthcare professionals and provide them with a comprehensive view of medical records. This is Steria's second contract involving secure data exchanges for healthcare systems on a national scale. The first was for the Swedish national health system.
Transfer of staff in global managed services operations: Steria launches an Employee Outsourcing Charter Steria, a key end-to-end IT services provider in Europe and a major managed services partner , has announced the creation of the Employee Outsourcing Charter, applicable to all global managed services contracts involving the transfer of staff. Available on www.steria.fr, the Employee Outsourcing Charter underpins Steria's commitment to IT outsourcing projects in which employees are transferred. As part of Steria's company culture based on human values, this charter was drawn up following a study of 200 employees transferred to Steria over the last two years and is backed by expertise acquired in managed services in the French and European arenas.
Steria implements a secure infrastructure for 300,000 Swedish healthcare professionals Carelink, an association which was created to develop the use of IT within Sweden's strongly decentralised healthcare sector, chose Steria to implement a secure infrastructure for its healthcare professionals. The Malmo region in the south of Sweden was the first to start using an authentication and electronic signature system on 1 July 2003, allowing around 2,000 agents to produce electronic invoices. This was the first stage in Steria's implementation of a national-scale electronic certification infrastructure for healthcare services.
Steria extends employee shareholding to European personnel Steria, a key European end-to-end IT services partner, has extended its employee shareholding programme to all European subsidiary personnel. A total of 310,224 shares have been subscribed, thus maintaining the employee shareholding level at 30% of the company's capital. Steria ranks number one out of all listed European companies proposing employee shareholding systems.
Frankfurt Fire Brigade to Modernise its Operations Centre with an IT Solution by Steria Steria has been called on to implement the IGNIS command and control system at the Frankfurt fire brigade's new operations centre. Designed by Steria, this system will enable the fire brigade to ensure very short response times even during peak periods of up to 2000 operations a day. This project follows the implementation of a similar, highly secure system for the Berlin fire brigade.
Steria's managed services contribute to the success of the French on-line tax return campaign Steria, a major European end-to-end IT services partner, recently implemented a managed services project for the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI) (French Inland Revenue Service) for its 2003 on-line tax return campaign. This service was provided at DGI's IT operations site in Bordeaux as part of a 3-year services contract* , with commitment to results and based on precise quality indicators.
Belgian National Elections on 18 May 2003: Over 3.2 million Belgians voted electronically Steria, a major European end-to-end IT services partner, launched an electronic voting system for the Belgian federal government. The system was used for national elections on 18 May 2003 in towns, which chose to provide electronic voting. This service enabled 44% of Belgian voters (3.2 million citizens) to elect 150 deputies to the Chamber and 40 senators electronically.
Steria provides managed services for the information system of the French naval aviation.
Steria implements a technical resources optimisation system for the new international airport in Canton, China Steria, a leading European IT services global operator, is implementing a real-time technical resources management solution for Canton's new airport. The aim of this solution, which is already used by Paris' Charles De Gaulle and Orly airports as well Rome's Fiumicino airport, is to improve the quality of service offered to passengers and airline companies.
The European Commission chooses Steria's biometrics know-how to process asylum requests and fight illegal immigration Immigration and security issues are in the headlines more than ever with the closure of the Sangatte refugee camp. At 12pm GMT (1pm Paris time) today, the European Commission launched the EURODAC project. The purpose of the project is to process asylum requests in EU member states and other states belonging to the Dublin Convention. As part of this project, Steria, the European IT services global operator, developed a central system for fingerprint identification (based in Brussels) and a system for the electronic transmission of fingerprints in 16 European countries, to fight illegal immigration.
Steria signs a framework agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence to provide global IT services Steria, IT services global operator in Europe, has signed a framework agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence to implement global IT services. Thanks to its excellence in its three core businesses: consulting, systems integration and managed services, Steria is once again proving that it can rise to its customers' challenges through its global approach.
The RATP chooses Steria to modernise its centralised control station IT systems for 12 Paris underground lines As leader of the Steria - I2E Technologies consortium, the European IT services global operator, Steria, has been chosen by the RATP (the Paris transport authority) to modernise the IT systems for its centralised control stations of lines 1, 2, 3/3bis, 5, 6, 7/7bis, 8, 10, 11 and 13 of the Parisian underground.
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Switzerland chooses Steria's system for the secure transmission of fingerprints.
A solution already adopted by 16 European countries.