This agreement brings Horten municipality into the larger group of public sector entities that are already using EDB's forward-looking SAP-based solutions for Norwegian municipalities and county authorities.

 

 

Making effective use of IT
Horten municipality's objective is to have an HR system that will help to simplify and automate its working processes by making effective use of information technology. A new HR system is essential in order to realise this objective. In addition to the traditional payroll and personnel functions, the solution will be available to the municipality's 2,000 employees through self-service functions. The new solution will deliver benefits for the municipality in a number of areas:

Long-term partner
"It was important for our decision that EDB offers a long-term, forward-looking and predictable solution that satisfies all the material requirements and preferences set out in our request for proposals. In terms of a predictable solution, we are looking not only at quality and operational reliability, but also at avoiding the risk of unforeseen costs during the term of the contract. EDB's proposal also distinguished itself in terms of its systems architecture and 24/7 availability. The payroll element of the system is particularly critical, and the fact that EDB supplies similar systems to the city authorities of Bergen and Trondheim helped to give us confidence in their solution", explains Helge Skatvedt, head of administration at Horten municipality.

 

Exceptional user-friendliness
Horten municipality attaches particular importance to making full use of the system in order to fully realise its benefits. The municipality sees training as a key factor in achieving this. "EDB offers a good E- training concept that was judged to be by far the best by the user panel that evaluated the possible suppliers. We are very confident that we have made the best decision for Horten municipality, and we look forward to a fruitful collaboration with EDB", says Helge Skatvedt.

 

Operating services for up to 10 years
The agreement has an initial term of 6 years, with options to extend by two plus two years. EDB will provide operating services for the solution.

 

EDB's new solutions suite for Norwegian municipalities is based on a unified and platform-independent solutions strategy that delivers extensive flexibility and functionality for users. The new suite is powered by service-oriented architecture from the leading international software supplier SAP, while EDB's specialist solutions for the public sector have been renewed and upgraded with additional functionality. The new solutions are role based with web-based user interfaces, and use open source software and standards. The objective of EDB's new solutions is to create an interactive dialogue within the authority, and in due course also with citizens that use these services. EDB Digital Public Sector paves the way for municipalities and health authorities to use fewer applications and so save on their operating costs and overall IT costs.

 

EDB is the largest Norwegian IT supplier to the municipality sector, and currently delivers a wide range of solutions and services to more than 300 municipalities and county authorities.

 

For further information, please contact:
Thomas Christian Holter, Director - Public Sector, EDB. Tel: +47 918 26 298
Torgeir Kristiansen, Information Director, Corporate Communications, EDB. Tel: +47 901 27 909