May 24, 2006, St. Petersburg
Since 2001 Personec Group (then Tieto Enator) have been outsourcing various IT projects to its Russian partner Arcadia, Inc. Personec - the leading provider of HR and payroll management solutions in the Scandinavian market, and Arcadia – one of the most experienced payroll software-makers, united their efforts to achieve great productivity and mutual satisfaction, even more than that!
The two companies realized numerous projects together and managed to match the needs of thousands of clients in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The products, which have become part of the public domain, solve various problems: helping Personec’s clients with self-service and business interconnections over the Internet, integrating the opportunities of comprehensive human resource management, and bringing essential innovations into the business world.
Arcadia assigned a big team of software professionals to work with Personec in the framework of an offshore dedicated center. Fast communication, together with swift and considered decision-making, eliminate the geographical and cultural distance between Scandinavia and Russia – two neighbors and allies.
Large projects between the two companies count on human-years, which means that Personec and Arcadia live their business lives almost simultaneously gaining invaluable experience and mutual profits. Personec Group is Arcadia’s return customer and one of the main business partners in Scandinavia.
Operating predominantly from its St. Petersburg-located office, the Russian developer is open to expanding its abroad presence, which was proved in practice in 2002 when Arcadia, Inc. established its branch in Finland (Ardin Software Oy). In this context Personec Group (jointly owned by TietoEnator and Nordic Capital) provides a good sample of maintaining a multinational enterprise successfully.
New goals to accomplish, new projects to realize… The tendency of outsourcing to Russia – not news anymore, but the reality of cost-effective software development and profitable collaboration.
About Personec Group.
Personec is the largest provider of human resources and financial management solutions, as well as consulting and outsourcing services, in the Nordic region. Personec's business idea is to help its customers streamline their business processes through the use of specialized knowledge and powerful IT systems. Personec is owned by TietoEnator and Nordic Capital. The company employs 1,300 experts and has a customer base of about 19,000 organizations representing different business areas within both the public and private sectors in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.