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According to a joint report from global management consultancy Arthur D. Little and Volvo Group, executives must rethink and leverage their IT solution portfolio as a competitive company asset.

Volvo IT’s Product Development Solution Unit has organised a much-appreciated seminar on Systems Engineering. More than 100 participants from all the product development companies within the Volvo Group gathered in Gothenburg.

In only 10 weeks, employees of the City of Gothenburg have succeeded in reducing their carbon emissions through changes in their commuting habits using Commute Greener, a new mobile phone and web application from Volvo IT. One of the groups actually succeeded in reducing its carbon emissions by as much as two thirds. To date, 9,900 zero-emission kilometers have been registered – a distance corresponding to 235 marathons.

Volvo IT, a business unit within the Volvo Group, has signed an agreement with the Norwegian insurance company Storebrand covering several years. The agreement, which has been signed with the parent company, involves the operation of systems that manage the insurance company’s funds for the Swedish markets in its subsidiary SPP. This agreement is Volvo IT’s first deal outside Volvo Group companies in Norway.

The Integration Days gives you valuable insights on integration, SOA and BPM, things that are getting increasingly important with today’s demand for increased efficiency and flexibility.

Volvo IT and Volvo Cars Corporation (VCC) have signed a license agreement which allows VCC and all subsidiaries to use JVS (Java for Volvo Solutions) for all their Java software development.

Using basic, diesel-powered vehicles, seven economics students from Gothenburg are hoping to create jobs for poor people in Ghana. This project focuses on practical entrepreneurship and Fortos is supporting it with expertise.

Robert Andersson and his colleagues at Volvo IT External Sales have the tough job to tie up large organisations to Volvo IT in order to double the sales volumes in three years.

The City of Stockholm project has now delivered 24,000 clients since the migration began in November last year.

On June 2nd, WirelessCar was officially certified as a Service Provider for offering services to fulfill the regulatory requirements for tracking and immobilization in Brazil.