Sogeti launches global collaboration platform for its 20,000 employees

• Thursday, 22 October 2009

New IBM Lotus Connection 2.5 is selected to promote collaboration and social networking within the Sogeti Group worldwide

22 October 2009 – Sogeti, a leading provider of professional technology services, has selected the new IBM Lotus Connection 2.5 social networking platform to connect its 20,000 people spread across 200 offices in 14 countries. Sogeti, already a Lotus Connections beta program participant, chose this tool following an extensive analysis in which all available options were reviewed. Sogeti is one of the first companies in the world to use the updated version of the powerful collaboration platform from IBM.

“Our people are our most valuable asset. As a multi-national company with 20,000 employees dispersed, from India to the US, we needed a powerful tool to connect our people and provide them with a social platform to share information and collaborate,” said Luc-François Salvador, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Sogeti Group. “We chose Lotus Connections because it is a powerful collaboration platform that goes way beyond simple sharing of documents and furthermore, it is people-centric rather than project or document-centric. We believe that this is the future of collaboration and we are pleased to be at the forefront of this new trend.”

A request from employees

The new collaboration platform is a direct result of Sogeti’s worldwide, collaborative and online brainstorm held in April 2008 that used social networking technologies to enable open dialogue between employees from different countries and time zones around the subject of building the ’Sogeti of the Future’. Every Sogeti employee was asked to contribute by generating, discussing and evaluating ideas focused on four key themes:

Our People; how to collaborate more efficiently

Our Clients; how to build closer and new relationships

Technology; how to use new technology, create new services and strong partnerships

Corporate Social Responsibility; how to contribute to make a world a better place

One concrete result of this initiative is the new global collaborative working environment named TeamPark, which will be made available to all Sogeti employees worldwide on 21 October 2009.

A people-centric platform for the future mTeamPark will enable all Sogeti employees to find and connect to the right person within the Group, wherever their location, against parameters such as work experience, interests, professional position, etc. The platform offers many social networking tools to share knowledge and collaborate virtually around technology, services and clients. TeamPark provides tools such as personal profile, communities, blogs, wikis, discussion forums, file share, bookmarks and activities. It is a people-centric system with a level of functionality, superior to other document or project-centric system currently on the market.

Michiel Boreel, Chief Technical Officer at Sogeti Group, commented: “This is the dawn of a new beginning. We are building a future Sogeti in which collaboration and social networking are key for delivering client solutions faster, connecting the right people wherever they are, and making Sogeti as a group a more attractive employer. Innovation and passion for technology will thrive and grow on TeamPark, a collaboration platform that has been developed to meet the needs of our people.”

The work around the new collaboration platform has been based on the Sogeti TeamPark® approach, a registered trademark by Sogeti, especially created to manage client projects of collaboration platform implementation. The platform is based on Lotus Connections, Microsoft Office Communicator and Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway, and will also integrate with several Microsoft SharePoint instances.

For more information please contact:

Hazel Butters or Ellie Turner
Prompt Communications on behalf of Sogeti UK
Tel: 020 8996 1650 / 07780 687813
sogeti@prompt-communications.com

About TeamPark

TeamPark is Sogeti's international social networking platform where 20,000 colleagues from 14 countries can collaborate. Through TeamPark we create social and business-oriented connections that focus on knowledge, fun, productivity, communities and client satisfaction. For more information please visit: www.sogeti.com/teampark.

About Sogeti

Sogeti is a leading provider of professional technology services, specializing in Application Management, Infrastructure Management, High-Tech Engineering and Testing. Working closely with its clients, Sogeti enables them to leverage technological innovation and achieve maximum results. Sogeti brings together more than 20,000 professionals in 14 countries and is present in over 200 locations in Europe, the US and India. Sogeti is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cap Gemini S.A., listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. For more information please visit www.sogeti.com.

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