Ensuring optimization of project portfolio resourcing

Tampere, Finland and Blonay, Switzerland: Today, Silverbucket Oy of Finland and Fennobiz GmbH, the Swiss sales and marketing company specialising in helping Nordic hi-tech companies to enter the Western European markets, announced they have signed an agency agreement. Having established a solid customer base in Scandinavia Silverbucket is now entering the Swiss market with its leading SaaS based project portfolio resource management solution.

”The Swiss market is very interesting for Scandinavian solution providers as there are excellent opportunities for business not only in the local companies, but also in the numerous headquarters of multinational companies located there. Optimal use of resources is a top priority in a country like Switzerland, where personnel costs play a major role and the Silverbucket solution will certainly be a valuable asset to companies here”, said the CEO of Fennobiz GmbH, Mr Pekka Niskanen.

Mr Tuomas Mikkola, CEO of Silverbucket said, “Entering the Swiss market is a huge opportunity for us. I am convinced that we are able to provide an excellent solution for the Swiss project organizations, which would like to improve the efficiency of their resourcing process. Switzerland is also a perfect gateway for us to the German-speaking Europe.”

Silverbucket is a cloud service for resource management which suits all organisations working on projects – regardless of the branch they operate in. With the help of a user-friendly resourcing tool, you get a clear view to the company’s resource allocations, which contributes to a better project planning and execution of projects.

About Fennobiz GmbH: Fennobiz, established in 2011, is on a mission to help hi-tech companies enter the Swiss, German and Austrian markets. The company acts as a sales agent for a number of Scandinavian companies and also provides direct sales services to Swiss and German companies in the ICT business. Further information: www.fennobiz.com

About Silverbucket Oy: Silverbucket is a Finnish IT company providing an awesome tool for project portfolio resource management. Company’s main product is an easy-to-use SaaS tool for resourcing and following the project portfolio. Silverbucket is based in Tampere, and it has many significant domestic and foreign customers. Further information: www.silverbucket.com

Blonay, Switzerland: Today, Fennobiz GmbH, the Swiss sales and marketing company specialising in helping Nordic hi-tech companies to enter the Western European markets, announced it has signed an agency agreement with the Finnish company Datapartner Oy. Having helped create new business and opportunities for a number of Nordic, German and local companies Fennobiz is now expanding its offering the leading solution Invest for Excel® from DataPartner.

“A lot of individual spreadsheets are created in organisations for evaluating business cases and investment opportunities and this can be challenging. There might also be a doubt about whether the calculations are really correctly made. Invest for Excel® will provide our customers with a reliable and complete solution and it is already available in multiple languages, including German. We are excited about the great potential for the solution on the Swiss market”, said the CEO of Fennobiz, Mr Pekka Niskanen.

Mr Jens Westerbladh, CEO of DataPartner, said “We have already helped over 1.500 organisations worldwide, such as Daimler, to make better prepared business decisions and now we are delighted to bring our solution to the Swiss market together with Fennobiz, building on their wide customer network and practical approach to customer service”.

Invest for Excel® is

• designed for private and public sector organisations of all sizes for
• capital budgeting, financial modelling and valuation
• providing a secure and correct way of preparing data for business decisions

About Fennobiz GmbH:

Fennobiz, established in 2011, is on a mission to help hi-tech companies enter the Swiss, German and Austrian markets. The company acts as sales agents for a number of Nordic companies and also provides direct sales services to Swiss and German companies in the ICT business.

About Datapartner Oy:

DataPartner is a global provider of software products for capital budgeting, financial modelling and valuation. We also offer consulting services and training. DataPartner was established in 1987 in Finland. In Northern Europe, DataPartner is the leading software supplier for capital budgeting. Currently we experience a fast growth on a global level, serving companies and corporations from all industries in over 50 countries.