Norway’s SLF chooses Steria for application portfolio management contract

The Norwegian Agricultural Authority (Statens Landbruksforvaltning – SLF) has chosen Steria as its chief partner for applications maintenance, in an agreement worth €6m (NOK 50m) over the next four years.

Under the agreement, Steria assumes administrative responsibility for 18 applications for SLF; a team of eight Steria employees will relocate to SLF's premises.

Steria will also supply SLF with technological and architectural consultancy. The agreement includes assistance in connection with setting up central administration processes based on IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards and flexible development, in addition to which the IT consultancy company will assist SLF in putting in place and implementing test regimes.

SLF chose Steria following stiff competition from Computas, Cap Gemini, Ergo and Sirius IT.