Abraxas and Bedag join forces
Movement in the Swiss IT market for public administrations: The boards of directors of Abraxas and Bedag have agreed to cooperate extensively in a letter of intent. The aim of the cooperation is to jointly strengthen their respective positions in the public administration market and thus realize synergy gains.
Movement in the Swiss IT market for public administrations: The boards of directors of Abraxas and Bedag have agreed to cooperate extensively in a letter of intent. The aim of the cooperation is to jointly strengthen their respective positions in the public administration market and thus realize synergy gains.
According to the press portal, a joint subsidiary is to be founded, which will commence operations on January 1, 2008. The data center services and desktop services as well as the employees working in these areas are to be combined in the subsidiary. The prerequisites are good, write the companies; both belong to cantons, provide comprehensive IT services in administrations and are roughly the same size. Berne-based Bedag employs around 400 people in Berne and Lausanne, while Abraxas, which belongs to the cantons of Zurich and St. Gallen, employs around 300. With their main customers, the densely populated and large cantons of Berne, St. Gallen, Zurich and Vaud, they cover 40 percent of the cantonal public IT market. No job losses are expected as a result of the merger. On the contrary: the companies expect to create numerous new jobs, including highly qualified jobs, in the new subsidiary. The planned collaboration still requires the approval and agreement of the owner cantons of Berne, St. Gallen and Zurich.
According to the press portal, a joint subsidiary is to be founded, which will commence operations on January 1, 2008. The data center services and desktop services as well as the employees working in these areas are to be combined in the subsidiary. The prerequisites are good, write the companies; both belong to cantons, provide comprehensive IT services in administrations and are roughly the same size. Berne-based Bedag employs around 400 people in Berne and Lausanne, while Abraxas, which belongs to the cantons of Zurich and St. Gallen, employs around 300. With their main customers, the densely populated and large cantons of Berne, St. Gallen, Zurich and Vaud, they cover 40 percent of the cantonal public IT market. No job losses are expected as a result of the merger. On the contrary: the companies expect to create numerous new jobs, including highly qualified jobs, in the new subsidiary. The planned collaboration still requires the approval and agreement of the owner cantons of Berne, St. Gallen and Zurich.
