Paris, March 21, 2007 – In today’s risk sensitive environment, failure of IT-dependent systems may lead to catastrophic events, loss of life, critical business consequences or severe information security leaks, putting trust and credibility at risk. To help companies manage their challenges in IT risk management, DNV has established a new operation DNV IT Global Services.
DNV, the international leader in services for managing risk, has formed a new operating arm called DNV IT Global Services. The new operation will help large organisations ensure the efficiency and predictability of their IT-dependent processes and software. This will help them to manage risk and maximise business opportunities.
The new operating arm will combine DNV group’s IT risk management knowledge with the expertise of four companies acquired by the group over recent months - CIBIT, Echelon Consulting, Q-Labs and Tireno.
Together they will offer system and software process improvement, IT service management, information management and information security – as well as other centres of excellence, optimising business processes at every stage of the IT lifecycle. Experience spans the finance, telecommunications, government, defence, aerospace and automotive sectors.
While the extensive use of IT-dependent processes has undoubtedly improved organisations’ business efficiency, it has also increased those processes’ overall complexity and potential to be a source of vulnerability within organisations. Nevertheless, IT is a key factor for ensuring efficient business practices, assisting in critical tasks, and increasing people’s ability to analyse and provide relevant data for informed decision-making.
Henrik Madsen, chief executive officer at DNV, comments: “DNV has a proven ability to provide independent support to organisations operating in risk sensitive and specialised environments such as maritime, oil and gas. With the new acquisitions we extend our ability to identify and control issues and vulnerabilities in the IT-dependent operations of global organisations that want a more predictable return on their IT-investments.”
DNV IT Global Services’ chief operating officer, Annie Combelles, says: “The new operation’s depth of expertise is a market differentiator, as is the fact that it is part of a foundation. As such, it is vendor independent and can focus on structuring services to meet clients’ needs and add further value.”
Based in Paris with 300 expert consultants and engineers and training specialists, DNV IT Global Services has identified a €500 million European market opportunity alone within the wider €33 billion European market for IT services (source: Gartner).
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DNV IT Global Services specialises in the following service areas:
- IT service capability maturity, information management and knowledge management, providing organisations with expert consultancy and training.
- Provision of information security consultancy and safety analysis skills.
- Systems and software process and change management helping large enterprises to improve systems development, control production costs and align them to business needs.
- IT service management and infrastructure knowledge that helps organisations manage these services in line with changing business requirements.
For further information, please contact:
Annie Combelles, chief operating officer, DNV IT Global services +33 (1) 49 08 58 00
Mark Walker/Susie Mueller Chameleon PR, + 44 (0) 207 680 5500
Stuart Brewer, senior communications officer, DNV Corporate Communications +(47) 67578511