Patni laps up deal worth 20 mn pounds

PUNE, INDIA: Patni Computer Systems Ltd. has secured a five-year contract with UK IT services provider 2e2.

The contract will provide a range of support services for 2e2’s end-user clients and the delivery of in-house support services. The estimated contract value is in the region of over £20 Million with the potential to further scale rapidly in the first two years. 

2e2 is one of the fastest growing IT service providers in Europe and has operations across the UK and Isle of Man, Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. 2e2 works with companies within the telecommunications, media, healthcare, retail, transport, public, financial services and professional services sectors.

Patni anticipates starting to provide initial services under this new contract before the end of the year. This deal is expected to be strategic in nature for both companies with complementary service offerings in the European market, adds a press release.

Neil Allpress, UK MD at 2e2 said: “In common with all IT and Infrastructure services companies, we have to look at the best ways to provide value to our clients.  Working in partnership with Patni brings us flexibility and extra skills and services that we can leverage for our existing and new clients. We chose Patni because of its clear commitment to our partnership and because of its proven technical expertise. This will allow us to offer a choice of delivery models, to introduce new services far more quickly and to scale our delivery rapidly to meet the requirements of our Cloud-services customers.”

Derek Kemp, President, EMEA at Patni said: “We are pleased to confirm our contract with 2e2 for end-user support services such as help desk, service desk and field operations. 2e2 has an excellent reputation for customer service in the marketplace and is growing quickly as a result. We are proud of the role that we will play in helping 2e2 to build its business still further.”