ErgoGroup

Infobox Company
company_name = ErgoGroup AS
company_
company_type = Subsidiary
foundation = 1972
founder = Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration
location = Oslo, Norway
key_people = Terje Mjøs (CEO)
Dag Mejdell (Chairman)
area_served = Nordic Region
industry = Information technology
products =
services = IT operations
Solutions
Consulting
revenue = profit NOK 5,600 million (2007)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 3,500 (2008)
parent = Posten Norge
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.ergogroup.no www.ergogroup.no]
footnotes =
international = yes

ErgoGroup is a Norwegian information technology company that operates within system operation, solutions and consulting. The company has 90 offices throughout the Nordic region and is a subsidiary of Posten Norge, the Norwegian Postal Service. It is the second largest ICT operations company in Norway. [cite web |url=http://www.dagensit.no/finans/article1203380.ece |title=Klar for frierferd |author=Dagens it |date=2007-10-16 |language=Norwegian] The company also holds partial ownership in SYSteam, TransWare, Gecko, Eiendomsverdi, Buypass, Eye-Share and Bekk Consulting.

Organisation and services

ErgoGroup has organised its services in Norway into five business areas: ICT Operational Services, Solutions, Regional Services, the Nordic Region and Bekk Consulting. The ICT Operational Services works primarily with outsourcing contracts aimed at the key account market. This business area also has responsibility for ErgoGroup's communications services, and develops basic operating solutions that are used by all of ErgoGroup's business areas.

The second business area, Solutions, delivers software solutions, services and business sector solutions that streamline selected work processes within the public and private sectors. Examples of areas of specialisation are: finance and corporate performance management, portal, case and document handling, business consultancy and process optimisation, development, architecture and integration, electronic transactions, and information databases.

In 2007 ErgoGroup bought Bekk Consulting, a Norwegian consultancy company in which ErgoGroup now has 75% ownership shares and options to purchase the remaining 25% within three years. Bekk Consulting supplies consultancy, development and management services in the following areas: process and organisational development, modernisation of professional systems, portal and self-service solutions and customised business applications.

History

The company was founded as the government agency Statens Driftssentral for administrativ databehandling in 1972 to perform operational services related to IT operation. In 1985 it was made a limited company and renamed Statens Datasentral AS, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration. It bought TF Data in 1989, Oslo Data in 1991 and Statdata in 1993. The postal service bought the company in 1995, changing its name to Posten SDS. The present name was given in 2001. In 2005 the company bought the outsourcing division of Ementor and in 2006 Nor-Cargo Data, AddIQ, Fujitsu Services Norway, SYSteam (at NOK 1.1 billion) and Allianse (at NOK 900 million). In 2007 it bought 75% of Bekk Consulting. [cite web |url=http://www.ergogroup.no/default.aspx?path={346B74C8-778F-4308-9AD7-2EECE9A19B5D} |title=Historikk |author=ErgoGroup |accessdate=2007-10-25 |language=Norwegian] [cite web |url=http://www.digi.no/resultater/finans/godt+andre+kvartal+for+ergogroup/art394294.html |title=Godt andre kvartal for ErgoGroup |author=Digi.no |date=2007-08-27 |language=Norwegian]

Due to an increased customer base and enhanced value creation, ErgoGroup has experienced a steady and organic growth in recent years. The ICT industry as a whole is in a process of consolidation, due partly to market demands for increased professionalism on the part of suppliers. ErgoGroup has been an active participant in this development and has consolidated its core activities through strategic acquisitions.

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