Outsourcing
supplier Fujitsu Serviceshas established a new managed IT services centre of
excellence in Northern Ireland and created over 400 new
jobs.
The centre is a new build property located in
Timber Quay, Londonderry, and is where the majority (328) of the
jobs will be created.
Fujitsu’s investment at the new centre is just
over £18m. Invest Northern Ireland (INI) has put in £5.65m to help
create the jobs.
On top of the 328 new jobs in Derry, over 74
positions are being created at Fujitsu’s current office in Belfast,
taking the total employed by the company in Northern Ireland to
over 800.
David Courtley CEO at Fujitsu
Services, said, “Derry has an advanced
local infrastructure, the availability of an IT focused labour
market and a very close proximity to the UK/European marketplace,
which made it an ideal choice.”
The new Fujitsu facility will deliver managed IT
services to Fujitsu’s European customer base as well as to firms
across the UK.
During the first phase of the development at
Derry, 50 jobs will be established during 2007. The remaining jobs
will be created during the next two years as the centre grows, with
the aim for it to be fully operational by the end of
2009.
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