Teppo Kuisma has been nominated as Managing Director of the Ixonos Group’s Business Solutions unit which will be hived off into a subsidiary as of 1 January, 2010. The intent of the incorporation is to simplify the juridical organization of the Group, develop and strengthen the business operations as well as to align the activities in Finland to better answer  the needs of the customers and the nature of the business operations. Timo Aittoniemi, who has worked at the executive level in the unit, will continue as Director in the new corporation.

Teppo Kuisma has worked at Ixonos as Chief Project Officer and Senior Consultant since 2007. His responsibilities have included the development of business process models and technology partnerships of the Business Solutions unit. Earlier he worked as Chief Project Officer at Mermit Business Applications Oy which was acquired by Ixonos Plc, and as IT Application Center Manager at UPM.

Ixonos’ Business Solutions unit is focused on developing and providing e-Government solutions which support the acceleration of business processes, and information and case management of different kinds of organizations. The solutions include e-Government and Business Portals as well as Project Management and PMO Services and Enterprise Architecture Consulting. The unit has contributed in a groundbreaking manner to the development of electronically supplied services and in promoting them actively to the different public administration organizations.

The clientele of the Business Solutions unit consists of companies in the Finnish industrial and service sectors, banks and insurance companies, as well as of Finnish public administration organizations.

For more information, please contact:
CEO, Kari Happonen, tel. +358 400 700 761, kari.happonen/at/ixonos.com
Chief Project Officer, Teppo Kuisma, tel. +358 50 581 4075, teppo.kuisma/at/ixonos.com

The modernized ministerial information system Ixonos has implemented for the Prime Minister’s Office of Finland was introduced this autumn. The system contains information on all Governments, ministers, State Secretaries and Advisers who have served after Finland gained its independence. It is used and maintained by the Government Communications Unit and the Government Session Unit.

The Government website also includes the “Cabinets and ministers since 1917″ service, which allows media, citizens and other interested parties to access information in the system. They can search for Finnish Governments and ministers e.g. according to term of office, political party, gender and name. The modernized website also provides essential information in English and Swedish.

“The ministerial information system plays an important part e.g. during changes of government, when exact figures on each minister’s number of days in office are needed. The revised information system is easier to use than its predecessors were, and it offers versatile reporting”, explains Olli Haapa-aho, Chief Communications Specialist in the Government Communications Unit.

Through competitive bidding, Ixonos was chosen to implement the system. Eleven vendors had submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office tenders for the project. In addition to having delivered the system, Ixonos also hosts it. Ixonos has previously carried out the technical implementation of the Prime Minister’s Office website as well as of the Finnish Government’s website and media service.

For more information, please contact:
Ixonos Plc, Mika Kuutti, Sales Manager, tel. +358 40 759 9525, mika.kuutti/at/ixonos.com

Prime Minister’s Office, Government Communications Unit, Olli Haapa-aho, Chief Communications Specialist, tel. +358 9 1602 2025,  olli.haapa-aho/at/vnk.fi

Links:

• “Cabinets and ministers since 1917″ on the Finnish Government’s website:
  http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa-valtioneuvostosta/hallitukset/vuodesta-1917/en.jsp
• The Finnish Government’s website: www.valtioneuvosto.fi/etusivu/en.jsp
• Website of the Prime Minister’s Office: http://www.vnk.fi/etusivu/en.jsp

Ixonos participates in the IndustryForum Telecom event, which will be held on 8–9 December 2009 in Vanajanlinna, Hämeenlinna, Finland. Ixonos’ focus areas are e-Services and Business Portals, Document and Case Management and Professional Project Management Services.

Panu Kause, Director, Partnerships and Innovation will give a speech “Killing Projects as an element of Business Agility”. Ixonos has published a related research article “The Why and How of Killing a Project” in June 2009.

Ixonos representatives on the spot at the event include:
- Ari Kankaanpää, Key Account Manager, tel. +358 050 5250746
- Riz Haque, Key Account Manager, tel. +358 40 412 9965
- Ilkka Puikkonen, Key Account Manager, tel. +358 40 5911 995

Ixonos contact for the event:
Panu Kause, Director, Partnerships and Innovation, tel. +358 40 838 4603, panu.kause/at/ixonos.com