Skandia UK has signed a five-year £105m IT outsourcing
contract with HCL Technologies.
Skandia, a provider of long-term savings solutions, is
outsourcing application optimisation, including development,
maintenance and support, across all platforms and remote
infrastructure management to HCL.
The deal will also enable and accelerate Skandia’s move to
service oriented architecture (SOA). An SOA sees organisations
flexibly develop and distribute web-based applications in response
to the needs of the business.
Nick Poyntz-Wright, CEO at Skandia, said, “The deal will enable us
to have the scalable IT required to grow our business, develop our
products and support the key services provided by our customer
support team in the UK.”
As part of the deal, 250 Skandia roles will be transferred to
HCL and the contract will also be supported by HCL’s delivery
centre in Chennai, India.
Around 95 of these roles are currently filled by contractors or
unfilled jobs, said Skandia. Around 155 Skandia staff will transfer
to HCL.
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