Tieto cited as a strong Performer by Independent Research Firm.

PUBLISHED ON: 27 January 2011

Tieto Corporation         PRESS RELEASE         17 January 2011 at 12.00 am EET

Tieto has been acknowledged as a Strong Performer in "The Forrester Wave(TM): EMEA Applications Outsourcing, Q4 2010", (Forrester Research, Inc., December 2010). According to the report "Tieto is highly attuned to the future of SaaS and recognizes the importance of support automation and user self-service in the delivery of applications management services". Forrester's 50-criteria evaluation looked at 15 leading providers of applications outsourcing solution vendors in EMEA.

Ari Karppinen, head of Operations and Managed services in Tieto says: "We are delighted that Tieto was named a strong performer by Forrester and it is a great achievement being included among the 15 leading providers. For us the report is a great benchmarking tool to see how we are doing in EMEA and especially among bigger players with whom we cannot compete in scale like geographical coverage - but we are strong in our main markets in the Northern Europe."

Erik Nordmark, Global head of ASM: "There are new delivery models that together with the traditional outsourcing models will transform the IT market in the coming years and Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of them. Tieto sees that SaaS, combined with traditional Application Service Management as a total service delivery, will be the future for our existing and future customers.  Tieto offers its customers access to the company's broad expertise to provide not just technology value but also business value."

For further information, please contact:


Erik Nordmark, Global head of ASM, Tieto
Phone +46 70 220 55 57, erik.nordmark@tieto.com

Ari Karppinen, Executive Vice President, Operations and Managed services and transformation
Phone: +358 20 727 1137, ari.karppinen@tieto.com


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Tieto is the leading IT service company in Northern Europe providing IT and product engineering services. Our highly specialized IT solutions and services complemented by a strong technology platform create tangible business benefits for our local and global customers. As a trusted transformation partner, we are close to our customers and understand their unique needs. With more than 17 000 experts, we aim to become a leading service integrator creating the best service experience in IT. www.tieto.com