Sword Group: New Win
Sword Technologies S.A., a Sword Group (Euronext Paris: SWP)
company, as member of the I(P)NNOVATE consortium, has signed the
Software Development and Maintenance (SDAM) framework contract of
theEuropean Patent Office (EPO) with a budget of €300 million.
Sword Technologies S.A., in a consortium with Everis Spain, has
competed with worldwide leading IT services providers and has
subsequently been awarded a 5-year framework contract worth
€300 million for the Software Development and Maintenance (SDAM) of
all the European Patent Office (EPO) IT applications and
systems. Sword Technologies foresees a revenue of circa €100
million for this 5-year contract.
The European Patent Organisation is an intergovernmental
organisation set up pursuant to the European Patent Convention,
which entered into force in 1977 and is currently comprised of
38 member states. Its executive body is the European Patent Office
(EPO), which has as its main task the search and examination
of patent applications and the granting of European patents. The
EPO has circa 30,000 end-users accessing EPO IT systems daily
and operates from its premises in Munich and Berlin (Germany), The
Hague (the Netherlands), Vienna (Austria) and Brussels
(Belgium).
This framework contract is the most significant contract in the
Patents and Intellectual Property field in Europe. It focuses on
the development and maintenance of 30+ current IT systems and
EPO applications in filing, search & examination, oppositions,
appeals and patent information, with the potential to design
and implement 40+ new systems, and is considered to be the
cornerstone of EPO’s comprehensive modernisation strategy.
« Sword is proud to be in a position to contribute, via its
services, to EPO’s vision and strategic plan for 2023, and
especially EPO’s goal and corresponding key initiatives to
simplify and modernise its IT systems.With our commitment to
excellence, we are certain that our services will facilitate the
complete modernisation of EPO’s complex IT landscape and the
Office’s goals will be achieved with increased innovation,
security, scalability and flexibility. » said Dieter ROGIERS,
Managing Director of Sword Technologies S.A.
About Sword Technologies SA Sword Technologies SA, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Sword Group SE, is responsible for all business
activities in Belgium and Luxembourg with a near-shore delivery
centre in Athens, Greece.
About Sword Group SESword has 2 300+ IT/Digital & Software
specialists present over 5 continents to accompany you in the
growth of your organisation in the digital age.As a leader in
technological and digital transformation, Sword has since 2000
acquired a solid reputation in software publishing and in complex
IT & business project management.With Sword, you have the
guarantee of a strong close and qualified local commitment, the aim
of which is to optimise your processes and data.
Grafico Azioni Sword (EU:SWP)
Storico
Da Mar 2024 a Apr 2024
Grafico Azioni Sword (EU:SWP)
Storico
Da Apr 2023 a Apr 2024
