This new I.R.I.S. business development will allow the Belgian company to extend its role in 2012 with about twenty new resources.
Pierre De Muelenaere, President and CEO: "I.R.I.S. was already very active among International Institutions in Belgium, Luxembourg and other countries like The Netherlands, Spain, Germany or The United Kingdom, providing them with technical staff and turnkey applications in the fields of ECM (with Documentum®, SharePoint®, Livelink, etc.), document capture and ICT (IT Infrastructures). This business extension is perfectly in line with our strategic positioning, and a perfect opportunity to bring to light one of the fundamental segments I.R.I.S. specializes in."
Brigitte Niset and Daniel Boujo (General Managers at I.R.I.S. International Organizations): "I.R.I.S. is very active with the European Organization. For one of our major contract, we are in consortium with Unisys Belgium, Intrasoft, Sogeti and Reggiani. Together we play a key role in providing the European Commission with a broad range of Information Technology (IT) services.
In 2011 this Consortium won a large IT contract with the European Commission, the largest framework agreement for provision of staff issued by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT). It covers a wide range of IT services in the fields of document management, web content management, geographical data management, information and data analysis tools, information security and quality, and user assistance.
Denis Hermesse, CFO: "This business development strengthens a very important business line at I.R.I.S. and it will contribute positively to I.R.I.S.' EBIT in 2012"
Financial calendar and financial information
- Publication of the full financials for 2011: 22 March, 2012
- Annual General Meeting: 15 May 2011 at 9 a.m.
- Annual report: last week of April 2011
- Publication of the half-year results: 23 August, 2012
Forward Looking Statements
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