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Elkjop Nordic selects L&T Infotech as its strategic partner for infrastructure management services

The engagement will improve availability, scalability and flexibility of IT environment with infrastructure as a service model of deployment.


Mumbai, 05 May 2016
Stein Riibe (left), Chief of Staff, Elkjop Nordic, with Sarbajit Deb, Chief Business Officer, L&T Infotech, Nordic, at the signing ceremony of the partnership
Stein Riibe (left), Chief of Staff, Elkjop Nordic, with Sarbajit Deb, Chief Business Officer, L&T Infotech, Nordic, at the signing ceremony of the partnership

Larsen & Toubro Infotech (L&T Infotech), one of India's global IT services and solutions companies and a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), today announced it has signed a multi-year contract with Elkjop Nordic to provide end-to-end infrastructure management and data centre services. Owned by British giant Dixons Carphone, Elkjop Nordic is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic region, with over 500 stores across six countries.

Under this partnership, L&T Infotech will transform data centre capabilities of Elkjop by migrating its current environment to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) model through its Nordic partner Rejlers Embriq.

This migration will improve availability and compliance of IT infrastructure, thus enabling Elkjop to meet its key business goals of rapid expansion. A simpler IT environment will provide Elkjop Nordic flexibility and scalability to expand across the Nordic region rapidly and improve the end-user experience.

"We are very pleased with the choice of L&T Infotech as a strategic IT partner. L&T Infotech is a great fit for Elkjop and the partnership offers extensive potential for future collaboration," says Stein Riibe, Chief of Staff, Elkjop Nordic.

"We followed a very rigorous process to select our partner for this engagement. We wanted a right size partner who brings cost efficiency, experience from similar engagements in the retail industry, ability to work with our other partners and cultural compatibility. We believe we have found a perfect match in L&T Infotech," says Oddbjorn Erlimo, Department Manager for IT Infrastructure Operations at Elkjop Nordic.

"A robust technology platform is critical for today's organisation to scale, expand and innovate. We want to make Elkjop Nordic more competitive with a flexible and secure IT landscape that expands with the company's growth plans," said Sanjay Jalona, CEO and Managing Director, L&T Infotech.

Elkjop engaged Glocal View as advisor for managing the outsourcing process. Vineet Jain, CEO, Glocal View, said: "We are very pleased with the selection of L&T Infotech for this engagement. Beyond partner identification and contract negotiations, we will continue to play a role in the implementation of this programme."

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L&T Infotech

L&T Infotech, one of India's global IT services and solution companies, was ranked by NASSCOM as the sixth largest Indian IT services company in terms of export revenues and among the top 20 IT business process management employers in India in 2015. It is a subsidiary of L&T, an Indian multinational company engaged in technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services, with global operations. Visit: www.Lntinfotech.com or e-mail: info@Lntinfotech.com

Elkjop Nordic

Elkjop is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic countries, with over 500 stores across six countries and about 10 000 employees. The company is owned by British giant Dixons Carphone. The company conducts sales of consumer electronics and household appliances through 500 stores in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Elkjop is committed to its customers and employees. In fiscal year 2014/15, the group traded NOK 29.8 billion and reported an operating profit of NOK 947 million.

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