Capgemini subsidiary wins opportunity to continue the provision of IT services to Maxeda

Capgemini subsidiary wins opportunity to continue the provision of IT services to Maxeda

Capgemini has announced that one of its Dutch subsidiaries, Capgemini Outsourcing B.V. has signed a two-year contract extension worth €44 million (£37.9 million) with Maxeda to run until 2015. Maxeda is the largest Dutch non-food retailer in the Netherlands.

The original deal was a five-year contract between Capgemini and Maxeda signed on 14 December 2007. The extension will involve 170 full-time equivalents (FTEs) and see a major part of the application outsourcing and infrastructure outsourcing services delivered from Indian centres located in Kolkata and Mumbai, in addition to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, using Capgemini’s Rightshore global delivery model.

Focus on driving down costs

This contract extension will help Maxeda to reduce its total cost of ownership (TCO) by 10%. Moreover, Capgemini will provide Maxeda with flexible cloud-based platform for its SAP applications.

Jens Burgers, Maxeda chief information officer, said: “Together with the team at Capgemini, we have certainly reached a new milestone with the extension of this contract. This is a result of hard work, an increasingly sustainable relationship, and a definite belief that teamwork will result in a win/win situation for us both. The deal will also significantly reduce our TCO.”

Peter Croes, managing director of Capgemini Outsourcing B.V. said: “Our retail knowledge, our innovation capabilities combined with the fact that we previously managed to realise a return on investment of €2 million [£1.72 million] within a year, created a solid basis to take Maxeda to the next level of our service delivery.”