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S&T and HP to strengthen their partnership in CEE

Focus on solutions for Financial Services Industry

The recently signed agreement enables S&T to offer the complete portfolio of HP ervices and products across the region. Building on historic ties between the two companies, S&T and HP have decided to strengthen their existing partnership in order to seize the growing opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe. Customers in 21 countries can expect to receive outstanding IT services from S&T with the added advantage of only having to deal with one partner even in international projects. One partner, who is contributing value add to customers demonstrating S&T's expertise in desktop and enterprise systems, managed services and business solutions as SAP, BAAN, Cognos and many more.

For S&T, this agreement means a significant streamlining of its business processes with HP. HP will supply a dedicated alliance manager to S&T who will be responsible for exploiting sales opportunities and securing the expected revenue growth.

HP is convinced that this strategic partnership will benefit its customers in the region who will be able to rely on the capabilities, expertise and solutions focus of an international system integrator. "We are investing in this alliance because we see the huge potential offered by jointly developing solutions expertise which can be replicated in a number of projects and
countries", says Martin Kucera, director of the Technology Solutions Group for HP European Emerging Markets.

"This new agreement enables us to provide our clients across Central and Eastern Europe with sophisticated solutions and services in combination with best-of-breed products in our target industries of telecommunication, manufacturing, government and especially financial services", said Christian Rosner, COO of S&T.

Christoph Schell, director of HP's Solution Partners Organization for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, is confident that regional coverage coupled with a strong solution focus will be the key driver for joint success. "We see S&T as a powerful partner in selected industries, but especially in the financial services sector."