Nokia Siemens Networks Outsources IT Application Management to Accenture

­Accenture says it has won a contract to provide Nokia Siemens Networks with IT application management services under a three-year agreement. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will outsource to Accenture IT application management services that support certain Nokia Siemens Networks human resources and finance and control functions, as well as Nokia Siemens Networks corporate-wide tools and platforms.

"Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully partnered with Accenture over recent years," said Manfred Immitzer, chief information officer of Nokia Siemens Networks. "This agreement allows us to draw on the application services expertise of a trusted business partner to help provide our IT capability with additional flexibility, greater agility and increased cost management."

Veli-Pekka Lappalainen, a senior executive with Accenture's Communications & High Tech group, said, "Accenture's relationship with NSN spans more than a decade, well beyond NSN's formation in 2007. We continue to look forward to helping NSN leverage its IT investments to increase operational performance and gain cost efficiencies."

Posted to the site on 20th October 2009