Addedo admitted as the first ever partner into the IBM Software ValueNet Program in Sweden
2009-09-07 : Stockholm, Sweden
Addedo announced today that is has been accepted as the first ever partner into the IBM Software ValueNet program in Sweden.
Carina Tell, Partner Manager IBM Cognos, explains, “our partners are critical to the success of IBM’s Information on Demand agenda. With their solutions and deep expertise our partners provide superior business value to our joint clients. With this I am very happy to welcome onboard Addedo to the ValueNet program, being one the more experienced and successful partners we have in Sweden.”
She continues, “for years, Cognos has built a broad, global ecosystem of successful partnerships that has helped our customers drive Business Intelligence and Financial Performance Management through a blend of technology, product, and services offerings. To become an IBM Software Value Net partner a number of tough criteria have to be met, primarily on competence and proven experience. IBM Software ValueNet aims to ensure that only highly qualified partners represent the software portfolios, with the desired result being customer satisfaction and success. Only truly competent and dedicated partners shall serve our customers.”
Johan Berggårdh Managing Director of Addedo Sweden asserts, “we will now bring the best from our Cognos Platinum Partner legacy, leverage the new IBM Software ValueNet program from IBM Cognos and levitate ourselves to new heights. We look upon the shared future with great expectations. Addedo and IBM share a common vision for providing market leading solutions to enable organisations to more effectively deal with challenges around business intelligence and financial performance management.” He continues, “Addedo is very proud to have been selected by IBM as the first ValueNet partner in Sweden.”
Addedo Sweden has been working with CFOs and Group Finance functions from many different companies delivering on the transformation of their group finance function to meet the changing needs of the organisation, specifically around financial reporting, consolidation and analysis. Prior to IBM and the Software Value Net program Addedo was a Cognos Platinum Partner with a comprehensive client services framework which included consulting, software reselling, implementation, and training services.
Since its inception the company has signed on many new customers and added expertise and skills in support of its financial performance management operation. Addedo will continue to do so within the new partner framework IBM Software ValueNet.
Contact:
Carina Tell, Partner Manager, IBM Sweden
Mobile +46 707 933635
carina.tell@se.ibm.com
Johan Berggårdh, Country Manager, Addedo Sweden
Mobile +46 70 3217732
johan.berggardh@addedo.com
About Addedo
Addedo is an independent consultancy. Our consultants work for the CFOs and Group Finance function. We identify and implement improvements in partnership with our clients. Through information technology and process changes we help transform these improvements into better corporate performance. We serve a large client base ranging from emerging businesses to the largest Fortune 3500. Common for many of our clients is that they want to improve and support their reporting and consolidation process.
Addedo has offices in Sweden and Switzerland and the UK. This is where the bulk of our customers are located, even though many of our consultants are engaged in projects throughout Europe.
We strive to be the pan European consultancy partner to Group Finance.
Everybody here at ÅF has been super happy with Addedo and specifically you Cecilia – your competence, your commitment and your social talent. If it were not for you keeping everything together, we would definitely not have made it. You are on top of the list for our future needs. Johan, thank you for lending us a SUPER PROJECT MANAGER.
-Kerstin Salmen, Financial Controller, ÅF