Pharmaceutical firm DSM signs Atos

DSM, a worldwide pharmaceutical and industrial chemical firm, has signed a worldwide IT services contract with Atos Origin until the end of 2013.

The deal sees Atos becoming one of the preferred suppliers for the global delivery of staff for IT-related projects and services in domains such as SAP.

This side of the contract runs for three years, and also includes business consultancy services, enterprise content management, systems integration and infrastructure.

There is also a three-year contract for the delivery of network services, including secure network access for users.

“Our collaboration with Atos Origin has been excellent over the past year and we see IT as a critical support function for the realisation of DSM’s strategy. These were the underlying reasons to formalise our partnership in a Master Agreement,” said Jo van den Hanenberg, CIO at DSM.

The value of the contract has not been disclosed.

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