| Volvo IT has signed a three year agreement with the City of Göteborg in Sweden, worth SEK 20 million. The deal was completed as a result of Volvo IT’s capacity to run low-cost mainframe environments. |
| A group of employees from the Volvo Group in Göteborg, Sweden, have been taking part in a project in which a personal CO2 “pedometer” has kept a check on what their commuting to work costs in the form of carbon emissions. Their journeys were registered using software in their mobile phones and a concept developed by Volvo IT. By changing their behaviour, the group succeeded in reducing their carbon footprint by more than 30%. |
| Volvo IT hereby invites the mass media to a press conference on Wednesday, May 27, to present the results of the “Green Commuting” project. The objective of the project, which was implemented in cooperation with the City of Göteborg, was to measure time, efficiency and environmental impact relating to commuting. A group of employees within the Volvo Group in Gothenburg participated in the project. With the help of a device fitted to their mobile phones, they were successful in changing their modes of commuting to and from work and considerably reduced their CO2 emissions. |
| Volvo IT has secured a five-year contract with the City of Stockholm, Sweden. It involves IT operations, workplace systems and a service desk and is one of the largest public-sector IT negotiations in Sweden, as well as being Volvo IT’s largest ever deal. |
| The procurement process involving SPV’s IT operations has now been completed and Volvo IT will be responsible for running SPV’s mainframe computer system. Strålfors and Atea are also included in this procurement agreement, which is worth a total of SEK 70 million. |
| Volvo IT and business system supplier IBS have signed an agreement making it possible for IBS’ customers to allow Volvo IT responsibility for operating their business systems. |
| By launching Volvo On Call, Volvo Cars will become the first automotive manufacturer to offer safety related services, such as emergency calls and breakdown calls, to car buyers in Russia. |
| Volvo IT has been commissioned to develop and maintain FordEcat, a system Ford's dealers in Europe are using to streamline the sale of parts and service. A new version of the system will have been installed at 5,500 dealers in 40 countries by the end of June. |
| WirelessCar, BMW and Connexis won an award at the Telematics Detroit 2008 conference for launching the Next Generation Telematics Protocol, NGTP. Using NGTP, drivers can access new services without making technical adjustments inside the vehicle. |
| Volvo IT was one of the winners when the IP telephony award was presented in Stockholm last week. The IP telephony award is a joint venture between the Swedish magazine Telekom idag (Telecom today) and the IP telephony forum. |