TietoEnator opens St Petersburg service centre
TietoEnator has opened a service centre in St Petersburg to serve current TietoEnator customers in Russia.
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The service centre offers infrastructure and hosting services, project and application management services, and expertise in digital customer service development.
TietoEnator President and CEO Pentti Heikkinen said: "Many of our customers are expanding their business in Russia. We want to support our Nordic and European key customers' existing and future businesses in Russia by providing a full range of IT services in the country. Russia has a long tradition of excellent technical education, and the country has decided to compete with India on outsourcing. We want to have local presence in Russia to be able to provide high-quality, cost-effect services for our customers."
The establishment of St Petersburg office is one step in expanding TietoEnator's operations in Russia. A secondary purpose of the service centre is to help identify new business opportunities in the area. TietoEnator has been present in Russian market since 1998. A branch was established in year 2002 having major Russian banks as customers.