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Spain Satama to tap into Fujitsu's Patja service and server capacity

diciembre 13, 2007

Marketing technology services company Satama Interactive Oyj and ICT services provider Fujitsu Services Oy have signed an agreement regarding IT infrastructure services. The services will be implemented within Fujitsu's Patja managed service framework, covering server capacity, availability, maintenance and support services on Satama's 450 computers. Along with the agreement, two members of Satama's on-site support staff will transfer to Fujitsu.

Satama has Finnish locations in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, and international operations in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Stockholm.

Fujitsu will first implement an extensive consolidation project on nearly one hundred Satama servers. Eventually this will lead to a fully service-based procurement of server capacity. The Fujitsu-managed server environment will, among other things, incorporate Satama's BLARP growth management system (Business Live Action Role Play). It is Satama's cornerstone product that is expected to generate hundreds of customers and thousands of end users around the world.

"We believe that later on our service supplier will make more money by managing the BLARP service than with this Patja agreement," says CEO Jarmo Lönnfors of Satama.

Satama will to some extent have to adjust its existing processes to align with the Patja service model. However, the deployment of the service will be facilitated by the solid IT knowledge in the company, and by its IT environment which is already largely standardised.

"The biggest change is that from now on our people have to pick up the phone and call the helpdesk instead of grabbing their computer and heading to the on-site support," says IT Director Teemu Saikkonen of Satama.

"In terms of our business, this seems to be an apt moment to make changes and carry out development projects. Getting server capacity as a service will improve our risk management and bring cost savings. Remote helpdesk will increase speed, agility, efficiency and cut costs. We chose Patja, because Fujitsu has the best processes to offer as well as a long experience and a bunch of great references," Saikkonen sums up.

The Patja start-up project is under way and the service will be in full speed by the end of April.

About Satama Interactive Plc

Satama Interactive Plc is a marketing technology services company. The company's strength lies in combining marketing with knowledge work expertise and technology. Our services portfolio focuses on three core business areas: Marketing, Productivity and Mobility. There are 370 experts in the Satama Group. We are based in Finland in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, and in Amsterdam, Dusseldorf and Stockholm. Satama's net sales in 2006 were EUR 35.8 million. Satama Interactive Plc (SAI1V) shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

About Fujitsu Services Oy

Fujitsu Services Oy is the leading ICT services supplier in Finland. With its cutting edge ICT service models Patja and Sohva, the company facilitates the day-to-day operations of its customers in Finland and abroad by assuming the overall responsibility for the support services, operation and development of the customers' IT infrastructure and operational applications. Fujitsu's other areas of expertise include mobile work services, electronic services as well as Microsoft, SAP and EMC Documentum based solutions.The Finland based ICT services company Fujitsu's net sales for the financial year that ended in March 2009 amounted to 395 million euros. The company employs nearly 2,700 people in Finland and the Baltic countries. Fujitsu Finland is part of the global Fujitsu Group, one of the largest ICT services providers on a global scale. Our specialist network comprises 175,000 employees in 70 countries. Patja and Sohva are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Services Oy. Read more at: fi.fujitsu.com, www.net-lehti.com.

Jarmo Lönnfors

Phone: Phone: + 358 (0)207 581 581
E-mail: E-mail: jarmo.lonnfors@satama.com
Company:Satama
CEO

Tuija Keronen

Phone: Phone: +358 45 7880 1501
E-mail: E-mail: tuija.keronen@fi.fujitsu.com
Company:Fujitsu
Director

Satu Pelttari

Phone: Phone: + 358 45 7880 9624
E-mail: E-mail: satu.pelttari@fi.fujitsu.com
Company:Fujitsu

Date: 13 diciembre, 2007