Dräger plans IT outsourcing partnership with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young / Lübeck
to become central location for IT center network in Northern Germany
Berlin/Lübeck (ots) - Lübeck-based Drägerwerk AG intends to establish an
outsourcing partnership with the management and IT consulting company Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young Deutschland GmbH. Within the scope of this partnership, Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young will acquire the IT subsidiaries Nordac Rechenzentrumsgesellschaft
mbH (data center operation) and Dräger Synematic GmbH (IT consulting) in Lübeck,
and Dräger Information Technologies GmbH (operation of hospital information
systems) in Berlin.
On November 27, 2003, the business partners signed a memorandum of
understanding. The details of the agreement will be finalized in the coming
weeks. The order volume adds up to a three-digit million Euro-amount. The
partners aim at a long-term, global partnership. They agreed to keep the
acquisition price and further details confidential.
In the future, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young will provide the IT services for the
Dräger group. The 230 IT employees of the three Dräger IT subsidiaries will be
taken over by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young offers the IT
companies and their employees a clear perspective as service providers in the
areas IT infrastructure operation, IT application management, and IT projects.
"Lübeck will then become the central location of the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
center network in Northern Germany," says Ulrich Prädel, Vice President of the
Outsourcing Division Central Europe at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.
"With this step, the Dräger group will further focus on technology for life,
namely the core competencies medical technology and safety technology. At the
same time, their increasingly global business processes will thus receive a
powerful IT partner able to meet the present and future IT requirements of the
group on a global scale," states Stefan Dräger, board member responsible for
corporate matters in the Dräger group, and IT outsourcing project manager.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the world's largest providers of
Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services. The company helps businesses
implement growth strategies and leverage technology. The organisation employs
approximately 50,000 people worldwide and reported 2002 global revenues of 7.047
billion euros. More information about individual service lines, offices and
research is available at www.cgey.com.
Dräger group
The Dräger group is a world leader in the areas medical and safety technology.
The company is headquartered in Lübeck. Besides production sites in Germany,
Australia, China, UK, India, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US, Dräger is
represented by service and sales offices in over 190 countries. In 2002, approx.
10.000 employees realised world group revenues of Euro 1.3bn. Quoted at the
stock exchange since 1972, the Dräger share is now listed in the TecDax. 6 % of
the revenues are invested in R&D every year. For more information, please visit
www.draeger.com.
ots Originaltext: Drägerwerk AG
For Inquiries:
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Neues Kranzler Eck
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10719 Berlin
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Drägerwerk AG
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23542 Lübeck
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