Samlink Ltd, a leading Finnish IT banking services provider, has signed a seven-year, 55 million Euro strategic outsourcing agreement with IBM. Under the agreement, IBM will manage Samlink's infrastructure services across its data centre environment, enabling Samlink to focus on core IT banking service activities.

Samlink hopes the contract will cost efficiencies whilst providing improved business flexibility, reliability, availability and security.

Heikki Sirve, Chief Executive Officer of Samlink commented: "We provide IT and product development services for our clients in the Finnish financial industry. To be successful, our clients need high-quality and cost-efficient services. The partnership with IBM will enable us to raise our services to the next level."