EANS-News: adesso to help BARMER GEK conduct software tests as part of major projects

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Subtitle: IT service provider and health insurer close long-running
framework contract

Dortmund (euro adhoc) - Following an open tender by BARMER GEK,
adesso AG has been awarded a strategic partnership framework contract
and will now support Germany's largest health insurance provider in
its software testing activities. BARMER GEK is undertaking an
ever-increasing number of major projects, and the current contract
covers the implementation of application tests to ensure their
subsequent error-free start-up. To achieve this objective, BARMER GEK
will rely on the expertise adesso has accumulated in the field of
public health insurance funds and modern software testing procedures.

BARMER GEK is currently updating a number of its existing software
systems and has selected the SAP-based sector-specific solution
oscare® as its core platform. BARMER GEK and adesso have signed a
framework contract that runs for several years so the insurance
company has full access to expert support for its inhouse IT unit's
work on major projects. adesso will use company-wide testing
processes to ensure components in BARMER GEK's software solution can
be launched as planned and without software errors. To this end,
adesso will assign testers with certificates from the International
Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) to the job. These
highly qualified professionals will not only be familiar with the
technical basis of the work, but they are also experts in the
relevant processes. Automated testing processes will also be used
where possible to ensure particularly efficient testing.

BARMER GEK is Germany's largest health insurance company and
employees approximately 15,000 people at over 800 offices and
branches nationwide. The company handles the health insurance needs
of some 8.7 million people.

The Executive Board

Further inquiry note:
Martin Möllmann
Manager Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 231 930-9330
E-Mail: ir@adesso.de

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company: adesso AG
Stockholmer Allee 24
D-44269 Dortmund
phone: +49 231 930-9330
FAX: +49 231 930-9331
mail: ir@adesso.de
WWW: http://www.adesso-group.de
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: DE000A0Z23Q5
indexes: CDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/general standard: Frankfurt
language: English